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District Support for Schools Shifting to Personalized Learning
Henry County Schools provides monetary support, invests in people, and takes time to talk through issues and challenges of transitioning to personalized learning.
Scaling Personalized Learning through Cohorts in Henry County School District
Henry County Schools selects a small number of schools each year to transition to personalized learning. Each cohort is provided with additional resources to plan and implement the change.
Cisco Junior High School
Cisco Junior High School is a small district school in Cisco, TX, about two hours outside of Dallas, serving students in grades 6-8. Cisco ISD has scaled blended learning to 3rd-8th grade math and science, and is working toward scaling across...
Centralized vs. Decentralized Implementation: How do we decide what the district should hold tight vs. loose?
This guide unpacks the relative benefits of centralized or decentralized implementation of new instructional models and offers examples of the way systems across the county have managed this tension.
What are Open Educational Resources and how can I start using them?
Educators seeking to understand and use Open Educational Resources (OER) can use this guide to help them search for high-quality, rigorous, and standards-aligned OER.
Leadership That Moves You Forward, Part II: Engagement, Collaboration, and Teambuilding
This Insight, based off of research conducted by the Institute for Teaching and Leading, explores the most impactful actions site-level leadership can use to effectively lead schools through engagement, collaboration, and teambuilding.
Leadership that Moves You Forward, Part III: Diving Deeper on Creating Culture for Change
This Insight, based off of research conducted by the Institute for Teaching and Leading, explores the actions of school and district leadership in terms of their impact on empowerment, self-efficacy, mindset, and motivation of the learning...
Team Collaboration: How do leaders build in time and team structures for data-driven instruction?
Personalization in classrooms requires broad, intentional use of data across schools and systems. This guide explores how leaders can foster effective data-driven instruction by setting aside time, creating structures, and offering supports needed...
Leveraging Language: How can students who are learning English use their home language in a personalized classroom?
Are you interested in learning how to better support your students who are learning English (“ELs”) by offering opportunities to use their home language in your general education classroom? If so, this guide will map out specific ways to engage your...
Today’s One Thing for Leaders: Hiring Teachers in a Remote Setting, Part 2 – Teacher Onboarding
This installment of Today's One Thing for Leaders explores the process of onboarding new teachers in a remote environment.
Today’s One Thing for Leaders: Engaging and Supporting Families and Teachers Over the Summer
This installment of Today's One Thing for Leaders explores how leaders can support and engage families and teachers over the summer.