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Summit Learning Platform
Summit Public Schools has created the Summit Learning Platform that is available to any teacher nationally and used by all schools in the Summit Learning Program. The platform does four things: Empowers students to be self-directed learners,...
Open Textbooks Cost Savings Calculator
Open Textbooks Cost Savings Calculator: A simple tool that calculates the cost savings of using open textbooks.
Tool: What is the financial impact of using OER?
By using OER, school districts can keep overall costs for instructional materials low.
UnboundEd Enhance Instruction Tools
UnboundEd offers Enhance Instruction tools, a set of free professional learning resources for teachers and leaders that focus on the application of content related to the standards in K-12 math and English Language Arts. The content guide in math...
modEL Detroit
modEL Detroit, an initiative of StandardsWorks, is supporting Detroit Public Schools in K-8 ELA by providing both planning and delivering resources to support teachers implementing the EL Education curriculum. It has developed Powerpoint slides that...
Implementing OER: A History Teacher's Perspective
Dr. Eric Langhorst, OER coordinator and middle school U.S. history teacher from Liberty Public Schools, provides an overview of his journey to implementing OER. He shares his process of restructuring his planning by starting with the standards and...
Collaborative Reflection Time
Learn about Garnet Valley School District’s multi-step protocol for educator collaboration and reflection, enabling iteration and improvement on instructional materials.
Liberty Public School’s Curriculum Alignment and Publication Checklist
This tool was created by Liberty Public Schools to guide the publication of its curriculum. Since most of their courses are published openly, school leaders wanted to make sure anything that was submitted to the district met these guidelines.
Curriculum and OER Vetting Tool
This tool is used by teams of writers at Liberty Public Schools to make sure each piece of OER content used for a lesson meets all standards.
OER Passport
This tool from Mountain Heights Academy is leveraged to ensure that all faculty engage in production, use, reuse, create, publish and share content. At the beginning of the year, every teacher receives their own tangible passport, enabling them to...
Reimagining Time in School for All Students
The Unlocking Time Initiative seeks to empower K-12 school leaders to adopt new time strategies that fuel student-centered learning. It provides support for educators working to improve their school’s use of time. They offer a free website with...