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Clamshell

Clamshell is when students close their laptops like clam shells (45 degrees) without closing them completely. It can be used to grab students attention and save time between transitions. 

Active Spelling

This screencast shows how one teacher engages her students in an active spelling activity. In this video, the educator explains and models the strategy in action, sharing how she guides students through physical movements (e.g., jumping jacks) to...

Storytelling Built to Engage Community Stakeholders

Most schools and districts have a specific communications strategy built-in to their yearly calendar; however, many of these schools and districts need to work on the storytelling they use in order to leverage communication strategies more...

Teacher Fellowship Opportunities

How to provide peer-supported opportunities for teachers to engage in personalized learning practice.

2019 TLA Measurement Fellow Application

Roots Teaching Fellowship Job Description

Roots offers aspiring teachers the opportunity to work under a Lead teacher for a year through its Teaching Fellowship. Fellows earn an elementary teaching license through the University of Colorado (fully paid for by Roots) as well as a...

Step One: Craft a compelling why

Successful blended and personalized implementations have clear statements for why they are pursuing change through blended and personalized learning. They ground all of their work in this “why,” referring back to it again and again.

Guide: Bellwether Education: Policy Playbook for Personalized Learning

Bellwether Education Partners, a nonprofit consulting group, offers a key policy "playbook" that can be instrumental to aligning systems in a strategic manner on the state and local level.