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Building Capacity With an Edtech Champions Program
Edtech champions programs provide a promising way for schools and systems to increase capacity for edtech support in schools, provide leadership opportunities for early-adopter staff, and foster a cross-school systems network of edtech leaders.
Using a Capacity Matrix as a Pacing Guide at Lindsay
Brandy Quintero, a teacher at Lindsay, explains why and how teachers decided to integrate a pacing guide into the district's capacity matrix.Transcript: Brandy Quintero: When we started out with the capacity nature, just it was more like a checklist...
Getting Smart Blog Post: Building Capacity - using...wait for it...HUMANS!
This blog post from Getting Smart illustrates how Fulton County built out their capacity in a strategic manner by building a Vangard Team, comprised of educators who have mastered the art of technology use with classroom instruction.
Gulfport Virtual Academy's Approach to Teacher and Student Capacity
Through participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, Gulfport Virtual Academy sought to support students who struggled with asynchronous courses and empower teachers to try new technologies and teaching practices to support...
Building Teacher Capacity to Increase Student Belonging (KIPP DC)
Through their participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, KIPP DC sought to improve their students’ sense of belonging as well as their educators' capacity to mentor students.
State Strategies to Develop Teacher Capacity for Personalized, Competency-Based Learning
This issue brief shares state policy recommendations and action steps for policymakers who are supporting the redesign of educator workforce systems to enable educators to build the skills, competencies and knowledge needed to thrive in modern,...
Novi Virtual's Approach to Teacher and Student Capacity with Technology
Through participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, Novi Virtual sought to provide students with flexible and equitable access to instruction, as well as make teachers feel empowered to try new technologies and teaching practices...
KJ Virtual Academy's Approach to Teacher & Student Capacity with Technology
Through participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, KJ Virtual Academy sought to provide an effective learning solution for disengaged students and offer a sustainable workload for teachers.
Recovering Capacity by Using AI for Lesson Planning and Creating Instructional Materials
Teachers spend significant time creating lesson plans, presentations, practice problems, and other instructional materials to ensure lessons are rigorous and accessible. Generative AI can reduce this workload by producing high-quality instructional...
Executive Summary: Building Community and Capacity - The Effects of the First Year of LUSD’s Teacher Residency Program
This executive summary presents the key findings of a mixed-methods study conducted to understand the effects of the first year of Lindsay Unified School District’s “grow-your-own” residency program. Lessons learned from this study can serve as a...
A K-12 Federal Policy Framework for Competency Education: Building Capacity for Systems Change
This report discusses a student-centered federal policy framework designed to advance the growth of competency education. The authors argue that the current traditional system fails students, and it is time to reframe quality, accountability, and...