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Cisco ISD’s Redesign Process
Cisco ISD has been highly intentional about how it is trying to improve teaching and learning for its students.
Partnering Externally to Cultivate Capacity Internally
How to leverage external partnerships to help districts extend or accelerate their scaling process.
Connecting Teachers To Actively Share Their Practice
How to help teachers accelerate their adoption of blended strategies in an informed and authentic way.
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.
Daily Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Check-ins
Teachers set aside some time at the beginning of each class to engage in some quick SEL activities and better understand how students are feeling.
Step One: Craft a compelling why
Successful blended and personalized implementations have clear statements for why they are pursuing change through blended and personalized learning. They ground all of their work in this “why,” referring back to it again and again.
ReNEW DTA Academy
ReNEW’s Dolores T. Aaron Academy (“ReNEW DTA”) is a charter school serving students in pre-K through 8th grade in New Orleans, LA that has developed a mastery-based, 8th grade math program.
Teacher-Led Large Group Instruction
ReNEW DTA addresses grade-level scope and sequence through ongoing whole-group instruction. The teachers create heterogeneous groupings to help all students access grade-level content, regardless of individual skill level.
Class Competitions
To keep students on pace, teachers create a class competition that runs daily and by “unit.”