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Districtwide Morning Meeting Time
Build in a time at all schools for all students regardless of location (virtual or in-person) when they are able to build relationships with staff members and their peers.
How Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Reduced Their Failure Rate by over 60%
This Getting Smart article tells more of the story behind MPUSD’s switch to mastery grading during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Piloting Mastery-Based Grading
In response to the high failure rates seen during the pandemic, Monterey Peninsula shifted its grading system to be more focused on standards mastery.
Distance-Learning MOU With a Focus on Instructional Aims
Leaders at Monterey Peninsula Unified School Districts worked to negotiate an agreement with union leaders that clearly defined expectations for remote instruction in ways that tied to student-centered aims.
Empathy Interviews and Co-Design Sessions
Monterey Peninsula took a design-thinking approach to identify challenges, listen to students, and co-design solutions.
Leveraging Local Media to Communicate with Multilingual Families
Ector County Independent School District held a weekly press conference with every local media outlet to update the public on the status of schools during the pandemic and to share updates on teaching and learning practices. Every other week, they...
Rethinking the Use of Outdoor and Community Spaces
With school closures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hopkins Public Schools reimagined their use of outdoor and community spaces to return to in-person teaching and learning.
Using Highest-Qualified Staff for 1:1 Support
To support students with the greatest needs for intervention, Hopkins Public Schools’ central office deployed paraprofessionals to school sites to support independent learning and work time for whole-group classes while highly-qualified teachers...
School-Based Budget Decision Making with District-Facilitated Support
To support school leaders in building decision-making skills and autonomy around school-based budgeting, Hopkins Public Schools provided district-facilitated support to school leaders.
Vision 2031: Adoption of District-Wide, 10-Year Vision for Innovation
Using feedback from multiple stakeholders, Hopkins Public Schools crafted a vision for what an innovative education would look like within the district by 2031, including the ideal portrait of a graduate.
Activity: "State of..." Team Mad Lib Protocol
Teams can use this activity to story-tell and reflect on a change management and/or innovation initiative. Teams are asked to use a "mad lib" style template to share the driving problem or challenge they were trying address, the solution they...