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A Self-Directed, Competency-Based Approach to Social-Emotional Learning
Valor students work through the Compass Phase System in a self-paced, competency-based approach spanning from grades 5 through 12.
Committing to Work on Individual, Relationship, and Community Topics
Individual, Relationship, and Community-based activities that students complete and often share through a communal practice called “Circle.”
Common Data Practices
Students and teachers interact with data in a variety of ways, all geared toward improving teaching and learning.
Balancing Student Choice and Needs with Playlists
Playlists are used to organize learning activities, enabling student choice and agency.
Designing Cisco ISD's Student Experience Pillars
Cisco ISD designed four core components of the student experience that it hopes to achieve through blended learning.
Fixed Strategy vs. Adapt with Experience: How flexible should our district strategy be over time?
This guide unpacks the relative benefits of creating fixed versus adaptive scaling strategies and offers examples of the way systems across the county have managed this tension.
What are critical decision points when measuring to inform and improve teaching and learning practices?
Teachers and education leaders must make a series of critical decisions when beginning measurement to inform and improve teaching and learning practices. This guide provides an overview of three of these decisions and offers guidance on how to make...
What are key considerations when launching a researcher-practitioner partnership?
External partners can add critical capacity and expertise to help schools tackle measurement goals. However, successful research-practitioner relationships require intentional approaches. We offer three key considerations for launching a successful...
Using OER in a District Context
Learn about different ways various districts have utilized OER to support and enhance their educational approach.
Designing Student-Informed Modules Using OER
Learn how Concourse Village Elementary School was able to adopt new OER curriculum to support its students and create its own social studies and literacy interdisciplinary OER modules.
How can professional development support creating and implementing Open Educational Resources?
This guide provides an overview of implementing effective personalized professional development that supports curating and creating high-quality, rigorous OER curriculum, alongside concrete resources around competencies for educators.