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Wait Questions
One way to ensure all students both engage and offer up answers when participating in synchronous remote instruction is by offering “Wait Questions.”
Muted Share-Aloud
To help combat Zoom fatigue, anxiety, and connectivity issues, allow students to be flexible about when they turn on cameras during synchronous lessons.
Expectations Ensure Engagement
Regardless of whether students attend school in person or remotely, being explicit about roles and expectations in small groups is vital to engagement and the effective use of time. In remote settings, expectations may change, so educators must be...
Hybrid Learning With a Focus on In-Person Time for Labs, Hands-On Activities, and Collaboration
For students who are involved in remote learning, Hopkins Public Schools provided authentic, in-person learning experiences for hands-on activities and collaboration.
Teacher Discusses Prep Time and Collaborative Planning at Roots
Roots teacher, Mackenzie Wagner, shares how structured protocols and tools support planning. Transcript: Mackenzie Wagner: the form that we use right now is effective in guiding next steps for instruction. I'm hoping to make it even more detailed...
Team Work Tables
LPS Navigate uses tables rather than desks to allow better teaming, collaboration, and conferencing.
Green Lanyards
This strategy encourages students to collaborate by designating leaders in the classroom with green lanyards.
Professional Learning Communities at Trailblazer
Weekly meetings to discuss student data and identify interventions.
Trailblazer's Team-Based Flexible Learning Spaces
Students self-select and move between learning spaces based on their learning preferences and needs.
Trailblazer's Professional Learning Communities
Trailblazer carves out weekly one-hour blocks for teachers to collaborate around student data analysis and action planning.
Lovett's Teacher Planning Time
Through daily individual prep periods and an extended co-planning session each Friday, Lovett teachers work together to align curriculum, plan activities to engage students and use data to uncover areas where students need improvement.