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Remote-Friendly Assessments: How can I build assessments that are accessible for students in remote and hybrid learning environments?
Looking for ways to assess a student’s mastery of new learning, no matter their physical location? This guide shares specific strategies to ensure students are engaging with and mastering content, whether they are working remotely or inside the...
Piloting Three to Six Week Inquiry Projects
To boost student engagement during remote learning, D11 provided teachers with targeted grade level relevant guidance to support students in the creation of cross-content inquiry projects that spanned three to six weeks.
"Listening Sessions" for Building Trust and Open Communication
Every month, the Colorado Springs School District 11 Superintendent hosts a Facebook Live session called “Beyond the Mask” to communicate district needs and changes and engage in conversation with students, teachers, families, and community members.
Graduate Profile as a Planning Tool to Support Teaching and Learning Pilots
Created based on community and staff feedback, Colorado Springs School District 11’s graduate profile outlines the eight core competencies the district believes all graduates need to embark upon graduation. The profile is frequently referred to as...
Virtual Learning Plans Teacher Workshop
Slide deck for a teacher workshop on how to create and implement personalized learning plans. Included in the deck are examples of learning plans, learning plan templates, district guidance, and tips and suggestions for implementation.
Virtual Weekly Workshop Session Plans
Four examples of different virtual learning workshop session slide decks prepared by the Department of Personalized Learning at Chicago Public Schools. Session topics include: Providing Students Choice in Giving and Receiving FeedbackBest Practices...
Domain-Specific Professional Development Scope and Sequence
A nine-month scope and sequence for personalized learning professional development for teachers, which includes differentiated pathways dependent upon the domain teachers choose to focus their learning on.
Developing Students' Self-Management Skills at Chicago Public Schools
Savannah Bell, Personalized Learning Leader at Chicago Public Schools, describes how teachers and leaders at Tanner Elementary School adapted their social-emotional learning scope and sequence to focus on self-management skills.
Third and Fourth Grade Mastery-Based Grading
At Mt. Vernon Elementary School, mastery-based grading was implemented to support and encourage students to easily determine their own mastery guided by teacher feedback.
THRIVE on Five Introductory Video
This video, featuring students, introduces the THRIVE on Five virtual personalized learning days piloted at Liberty Public Schools. This was an initiative developed in partnership with students as a result of the switch to remote learning at the...
THRIVE on Five Overview and Choice Boards
This communication sent from the district to families and students explained the launch of and thinking behind the virtual personalized learning days. The document contains links to guiding choice boards for projects in early childhood, elementary,...