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Get Educator Input with the LearnPlatform Edtech Grading Rubric
The LearnPlatform grading rubric is designed to be a grading protocol for educators to share valuable insights on the edtech tools they encounter on a daily basis. Use the rubric as a way for educators to provide feedback in a useful and systematic...
Beyond Brick and Mortar Podcast: VLACS on a Mastery-Based Approach in Virtual Learning
In this episode of TLA's "Beyond Brick and Mortar" podcast series, which features leaders of established virtual and hybrid learning programs from across the U.S. as they discuss what makes their programs a success – and what they had to learn along...
Chicopee’s Edtech Inventory Survey for Stakeholders
Chicopee Public Schools conducted a survey of all staff members to determine which edtech tools they were using and their comfort level with each tool. The survey also asks staff what support they would like to better implement the tools.
Unlocking Time's strategy on using virtual learning days
This time strategy, created by Unlocking Time, profiles how schools have designed virtual learning days based on various needs, such as emergency situations or to allow for teacher planning days.
Prioritizing Standards and Modeling Standards-Based Units
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cedar Rapids Community School District worked with teachers to narrow their focus based on priorities aligned around standards.
Districtwide Learning Framework To Create Coherence With Greater School Autonomy
Hopkins Public Schools shifted decision-making to be more school-based and used the district learning framework to provide guidance and ensure coherence and continuity across the district.
Rolling Out Centrally Developed Curricular Blueprints To Support Remote Learning
Dr. Suzanne Newell, Director of Academics at Austin Independent School District, shares how the district reshuffled its academic coaching team to support the creation of a centrally aligned virtual curriculum that all teachers could work with.
Creativity in the Technology-Rich Classroom Framework and Protocol
This resource presents a framework (The 4Ps of Creativity) and protocol to help educators iteratively design new learning experiences that nurture student creativity. This tool also includes reflection and feedback protocols for students as well as...
Reimagining High School Grading Slidedeck
In response to the high failure rate with students during the pandemic, Renton School District sought to make changes to grading policies and practices — not only to reduce the number of F’s but also to make the district’s grading system more...
Start Safe SEL Lessons
In response to the pandemic, Renton School District prioritized students’ health and wellbeing by embedding social-emotional learning in the first 15-minutes of class, a strategy called “Start Safe SEL.”
Beyond Brick and Mortar Podcast: The Forest School Online on Student-Centered Learning, Real-World Relevance, and Continuous Improvement in Virtual Learning
In this episode of TLA's "Beyond Brick and Mortar" podcast series, which features leaders of established virtual and hybrid learning programs from across the U.S. as they discuss what makes their programs a success – and what they had to learn along...