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Additional Math Instructional Time through a Content Focus Class
Creating an extra 55 hours of math instruction throughout the school year to help students backfill knowledge gaps and review content previously covered.
Coordination Between Core Content and Math Focus Teachers
Content and Focus math teachers have the same students throughout the semester and coordinate their teaching and data to best meet each student’s instructional needs.
Self-Directed Summer Math Piloting
Valor piloted a self-directed summer math course to help prepare students for more challenging content the following academic year.
Highlighting Essential Habits for Developing Excellence in Mind, Body, and Spirit
Valor determined two core Compass Habits representing excellence in each of the five Compass Disciplines. Students develop competency in each of these habits, which are sequenced through a series of phases within the Compass Phase System.
A Self-Directed, Competency-Based Approach to Social-Emotional Learning
Valor students work through the Compass Phase System in a self-paced, competency-based approach spanning from grades 5 through 12.
Committing to Work on Individual, Relationship, and Community Topics
Individual, Relationship, and Community-based activities that students complete and often share through a communal practice called “Circle.”
Faculty Social-Emotional Learning
Valor educators participate in similar social-emotional learning activities as students.
Direct Instruction Centered on Social-Emotional Growth
Each student at Valor participates in a once weekly elective-type class that provides direct instruction related to their social-emotional learning.
Locust Grove Middle School
Locust Grove Middle School is a 6th-8th grade personalized learning school in Henry County School District in Georgia.
Collaborative Planning with Data
Teachers of the same grade and subject share a planning period and meet weekly to discuss student data and personalized instructional practices.
Developing Academic Competencies
Creating district-level competencies that help clarify learning expectations for educators, students, and families.