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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.
Daily and Weekly Goal-Setting
Students start their week by determining how many and which learning goals they would like to pursue.
Structures for Supporting Self-Directed Learning
Teachers created clear norms and supports to help students be effective self-directed learners.
Pleasant View's Weekly Collaborative Planning Time
Pleasant View Elementary teachers meet weekly to plan instruction.
Pleasant View's Standards-Based Report Cards
Pleasant View Elementary uses standards-based report cards, which communicate mastery of standards as opposed to grades.
Shifting to self-directed learning: Setting a "default" mode
Blended and personalized learning models attempt to put students into greater control of their learning. Teachers need to build in explicit supports and structures to support students as they exercise greater choice and control. One structure we...
One-Way Streets
Students always move in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction when moving throughout the room.
Clamshell
Clamshell is when students close their laptops like clam shells (45 degrees) without closing them completely. It can be used to grab students attention and save time between transitions.
Navigating Management Challenges
Find out how Relay GSE has approached management and classroom culture when implementing blended learning.
Workshop
Driven by the previous day’s formative assessments, students participate in blended learning stations in different parts of the classroom that feature student choice about the learning modality for that part of the day.
The "Why" and "How" of Mastery-Based Progression
As more and more educators across the country are moving towards blended learning, they are struggling with a very challenging question: how exactly do I make mastery-based progression happen in my classroom?