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Daily Agenda
West Belden creates daily agendas to help organize the different learning activities taking place during a class period.
Creating Individual Learning Playlists at Roots
At Roots Elementary, teachers create individualized playlists that scholars work through during independent learning time.
Google Calendar for Schedules
Using Google Calendar to schedule student rotations through independent learning stations, conferencing, and small-group instruction.
Defaulting to Individual Playlists
In order to keep young students on-task and focused, scholars learn to follow their independent learning time calendar tasks when not told otherwise.
Student Choice of Resources and Assignments at Pleasant View
During independent learning time, students have choice over which subjects, standards, and learning resources they tackle in any one session. This process of offering and supporting students' choice-making has developed over time as initially...
Student Partner Choice at Pleasant View
Students can work independently or with others during independent learning time. If working with others, and not assigned to a small group for instruction, students may choose their learning partner.
Student Goal-Setting at Pleasant View
Students set goals at the beginning of every independent learning session. In the beginning, students struggled to set goals, so teachers helped students develop their goal-setting skills as a whole class.
Self-Directed Summer Math Pilot at Valor Collegiate Academies
Valor Collegiate Academies piloted a summer math program where students worked with a set of playlists designed to foster independent learning.
Problem of Practice: “Prix Fixe” vs. “A-la-Carte”
This guide unpacks the relative benefits of creating a central “prix fixe” implementation model vs offering more flexible “a la carte” options and offers examples of the way systems across the county have managed this tension.
Take Advantage of Lost Learning Time
Virtual learning days may occur once a week, just a few times a semester, or exclusively when there is an emergency situation such as a “snow day.” On these days, teachers post class assignments online and students work on them at their own pace...