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Navigating Management Challenges
Find out how Relay GSE has approached management and classroom culture when implementing blended learning.
Senior Project Oral Presentation Rubric
Students are recorded giving feedback to their peers using the Oral Presentation Rubric as a guide. This allows students to better internalize the expectations of the oral presentation for themselves. The class spends a significant amount of time...
Multi-age Learning Pods
Placing students in grade bands of 2-3 and 4-5 to allow them to move in between classes based on ability level
Example: Fulton County: Vanguard Teachers Program
This program overview and blog post from Getting Smart illustrates how Fulton County built out their capacity in a strategic manner around blended learning by building a Vanguard Team, comprised of educators who have mastered the art of technology...
Data Days
Valor provides staff with multiple days throughout the year to focus on student data.
Prioritizing Student Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Growth through an SEL Curriculum
Valor designed the Compass, a comprehensive human development model and social-emotional curriculum, to foster students who lead balanced, purposeful lives.
A Self-Directed, Competency-Based Approach to Social-Emotional Learning
Valor students work through the Compass Phase System in a self-paced, competency-based approach spanning from grades 5 through 12.
Single-Gender Grouping via “Prides”
Students at Valor spend time in a single-gendered small group meant to foster community and individual non-academic support.
1:1 Devices at Locust Grove
Locust Grove recently provided moved from students sharing devices to each student having their own. This is the story of how they did it.
Creating Warm-Ups to Fill Skill Gaps
Students have a daily warm-up activity that addresses learning needs and applies cross-curricular skills in math.
Multiple Options for Working with Partners
Students have a large amount of choice as to whether they want to work with a partner or in a group and, if so, who they work with.