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Guide: Online Professional Learning
TLA, in partnership with EdSurge, conducted a comprehensive review of the scientific literature on adult learning and uncovered six key drivers that make for quality online learning for practitioners.
Remote Learning Excellence: Three-Session PD Training for Educators and Leaders
This three-session series was designed to support leaders in building staff capacity for implementing remote and distance learning models. It is openly licensed (free!) and includes concrete resources to begin designing and launching effective...
Activity: District Self-Assessment
When designing change, teams start with an in-depth analysis of the history of their school(s), what is currently working well in the district, and where the district’s primary pain points are.
Activity: Define a Problem of Practice
When designing change, teams define a problem to tackle, asking “How might we?” as a way to start to imagine a more equitable, resilient future of teaching and learning.
Activity: Match the Right Solution to Your Problem
When designing change, teams select solutions that reflect the needs and priorities of students, families, teachers, and classified staff.
Activity: Reflect on Equity in Your Solution
When designing change, teams should regularly pause to reflect on whether equity has been embedded in their process and whether their planned change will lead to more equitable outcomes.
Activity: Reflect on the Pilot
When designing change, teams use data from a pilot in order to determine whether the planned change should be scaled.
Activity: Reflect on Equity in Your Pilot
When designing change, teams regularly step back to reflect on whether equity has been embedded in their process and to validate whether the planned change leads to more equitable results, especially before scaling any planned change.
Pumpkin Launch Challenge with Remote Buddies
This video shows students in fourth and fifth grade working with their remote buddies on a pumpkin launch design challenge at Design 39 in Poway, CA.
Remote Buddy Projects
Grouping in-person and remote students together for small groups and projects enables a stronger classroom culture and community between all learners, while also ensuring consistency.
Monterey Peninsula: Preparing Stakeholders for Co-Creation
As part of their pilot for Real-Time Redesign, one of the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District design team’s initial priorities was to orient students and teachers to their role as co-designers. The team designed a short training session in...