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Unlocking Time's strategy on using virtual learning days
This time strategy, created by Unlocking Time, profiles how schools have designed virtual learning days based on various needs, such as emergency situations or to allow for teacher planning days.
Quarterly, Cross-Subject "Big Idea" Inquiry Projects
Colorado Springs School District 11 developed a teacher-led planning process for quarterly, cross-subject "big idea" arcs where students worked through six phases of learning with built-in reflection, culminating in a performance assessment.
Reopening Schools: Ideas Across Scenarios
The Highlander Institute compiled resources to support re-entry planning from a review of 50+ resources as well as the collective brainstorm of 50+ talented teachers and leaders across the state of Rhode Island.
Understanding By Design (UbD) Framework
The Understanding By Design (UbD) framework is a planning resource that supports the design of curriculum, assessment, and instruction. UbD leads teachers through three stages when designing learning experiences: Identify desired results...
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.
Multi-Age Classrooms
West Belden uses multi-age classrooms to help meet the unique needs of each learner.
West Belden's Collaborative Teaching
West Belden teachers work across classrooms to deliver instruction and support to multi-age cohorts.
Roots Elementary
Roots Elementary was a K-2 charter school in Denver that used technology along with innovative staffing, curricular, and physical structures to provide a student-centered learning experience.
Scheduled Ongoing Large Group Instruction
Roots uses large group instruction daily during Habits of Success time, as well as during direct instruction.
Roots Executive Director Discusses Structure for Scheduling
Roots ED and Founder, Jonathan Hanover, discusses the norms and routines used for scheduling student and teacher activities. Transcript: Jon Hanover:basically what we did is we split our content team as – for growth, there's four different...