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Episode 10: Distinctive Schools on Communities of Care and Thoughtful Instructional Strategies
On this episode of What Will We Take With Us?, a series featuring our conversations with education leaders across the United States on how they grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic in K-12 education, we speak with two leaders at Distinctive Schools...
10 Ideas For Using Virtual Breakout Rooms During Distance Learning
This article provides ideas for how teachers can use breakout rooms including breaking students up into targeted small groups and putting students into groups to work on projects.
How to Use Breakout Rooms in Zoom for Teaching and Learning
This video from Flipped Classroom Tutorials provides step-by-step directions on how teachers can set up breakout rooms.
Elementary School Badge Plan
At The Forest School, students create a badge plan each year and work backwards to complete additional badges and “level up.”
ASU Prep Digital’s Student Weekly Planner
Teachers at ASU Prep Digital help their students plan out their week by mapping out their synchronous classes and the asynchronous work they need to complete. In this example, this sixth grade class has five live lessons to attend in one week, and...
A Day in the Life of an ASU Prep Digital Student
This video shares a glimpse into how a student at ASU Prep Digital uses the flexibility that the school offers to plan out coursework based on her personal schedule, which also includes daily music practice/lessons.
My Tech High's Schedule Builder
Families and students can use this interactive tool from My Tech High to build a sample personalized schedule.
Taos Academy’s Hybrid Weekly Schedule
These examples from Taos Academy demonstrate how different students with unique needs can craft a weekly schedule that best supports their individual learning style as well as personal circumstances.
Leveraging Data to Advocate for More Creative Learning Experiences
With the right data, teachers, leaders, and families can better advocate for the right supports to ensure that students experience more creative learning opportunities
Advocating for Students’ Unfinished Learning Needs
Collecting data to assess and monitor student learning progress can help address unfinished learning needs and advocate for needed supports.
Making Sense of Your Data Findings for Advocacy
After data analysis, making sense of your findings is a critical next step to connect what you have observed in the data with actionable ideas and strategies for advocating for student needs.