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Multiple Uses of MAP Data
MAP assessments have helped Cisco educators better understand students’ learning needs and improve their learning experience.
Student-Led Learning Activities
Educators often create opportunities for students to learn from each other in Cisco.
Group (Advisory Class)
Bronx Arena offers a weekly advisory class called “Group,” which creates time for students to build relationships and community-like structures within their class.
Arenas (Four-Hour Time Blocks)
Students spend the majority of their instructional time in an open class period working on their individual academic plans, receiving customized support as needed.
Prioritizing Non-Traditional Metrics
Given the unique challenges of their personalized learning approach and student population, Bronx Arena prioritizes data focused on attendance and output.
Student Pacing Based on Content Mastery
Bronx Arena has built a competency-based model so that students not only get a personalized experience but are truly able to accelerate and/or slow down based on their learning needs, due to their flexible schedule and time allocation.
Cisco Raising Blended Learners Design Pillars Template
The Design Pillars template describes Cisco ISD's universal foundational elements on which each student experience is based.
Using Data to Identify Growth Areas for Staff at Cisco
Educators and administrators at Cisco communicate across grade levels to collaborate and use data to improve the educational experience for students.
Balancing Blended Structures and Teacher Autonomy at Cisco
Cisco ISD has provides enough structure and guidance to help ensure quality and consistency across classrooms, but also allows teachers to have autonomy over the instructional approaches used in their classrooms.
Example: Prior Knowledge - Mental Hooks for Learning (IgnitED Research)
This video shares evidence from the learning sciences and a practitioner perspective around prior knowledge.
Digital Notebook
This is an example of a digital notebook that a high school science teacher builds for their students every unit. Their students participate in a hybrid model in which they are both in-person and remote throughout the week. By having everything in...