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Gulfport Virtual Academy's Approach to Targeted, Relevant Virtual Learning

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Setting Clear Expectations for Student Engagement (KJ Virtual Academy)

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Increasing Student Buy-In with Targeted Communications (NYC SWOW)

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Addressing Student Engagement Through Hybrid Project-Based Learning (Cabarrus Virtual Academy)

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Using Data to Advocate for Students with Learning Differences

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Making Sense of Your Data Findings for Advocacy

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Analyzing Real-Time Data for Student Advocacy

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Strategies for Equitably Analyzing Disciplinary Data

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Advocating for Students’ Unfinished Learning Needs

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Developing a Data Story

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Leveraging Data to Advocate for More Creative Learning Experiences

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Leveraging Disciplinary Data to Advocate for Students

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Early College Credit

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Flexible Scheduling for Virtual and Hybrid Learning

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Synchronous Virtual Learning

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Learning Studios

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Student Badges

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Discussion Boards

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Discussion-Based Assessments

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Virtual Teacher Office Hours

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Homework Hotlines

Remote Pathways

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Using Highest-Qualified Staff for 1:1 Support

Virtual, Outcomes-Based Contract Tutoring

Piloting Mastery-Based Grading

Equity-Focused Attendance Phase-In

Cross-School, Virtual Interventions

What I Need (WIN) Block

Career Academy Vocational School Partnership

Building a Partnership with Local Community College To Increase Access to Learning Opportunities

Offering College-Credit Bearing Opportunities

High-Dosage Tutoring

Expanding Community “Creative Learning” Initiative

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"Walking Time" to Support Standards Mastery

Multi-Grade Level Classrooms

Schoolwide Student Identity Day

Virtual Personalized Student Learning Plans

Daily Student Success Coaching

Virtual Manipulatives

Collecting Real-Time Student Data

Gather Data Through Gamification

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Virtual Rotation

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Remote Buddy Projects

Expectations Ensure Engagement

Virtual Scavenger Hunt

Defining Clear Roles in Group Work

Color-Coding for Ease and Clarity

Online Agenda

Virtual Notebooks

Virtual Oral Assessment

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Model, Model, Model

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Non-Verbal Representation

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Total Language Response

Say Something Cards

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Scaffolded Summary

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Know-Wonder-Learn (KWL) Chart

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Complete Sentences

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Example: Mix It Up! The Benefits of Mixed-Ability Groups (IgnitED Research)

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Example: The Myth of Learning Styles (IgnitED Research)

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Take Advantage of Lost Learning Time

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Implementing a Flex Time Period

Demonstrating Mastery with Two Challenges and a Capstone

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Student Pacing Based on Content Mastery

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Students Focus on Three Credits

Measuring Three Levels of Mastery

Creating Small Group Instruction Opportunities with Content Specialist Teachers

Co-Creating Graduation Plans with Credit Mapping

Graduated Student Autonomy

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Activity-Based Collaborative Learning Labs

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Arenas (Four-Hour Time Blocks)

Creating a Culture of Revision

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Collaboration between Teachers and Advocate Counselors

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Targeted Small Group Instruction

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Balancing Student Choice and Needs with Playlists

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Common Data Practices

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Multiple Uses of MAP Data

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1:1 Data Conferences

Using Pretests and Posttests to Identify Learning Growth and Needs

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Creating Extra Time for Student Support in Extension Classes

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Creating Warm-Ups to Fill Skill Gaps

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Whole Class Instruction

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Selecting Small Groups by Learning Level

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Benchmarking Progress with MAP Tests

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Identifying Mastery and Growth Areas with Pretests and Posttests

Collaborative Planning with Data

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Supporting Students with Learning Disabilities

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Makerspaces

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Tool: Learner Positioning Systems from Digital Promise Global

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Prioritizing Student Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Growth through an SEL Curriculum

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Incorporating Expressions of Gratitude into the School Day

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Intentional Practices to Build Students' Self-Awareness and Mindfulness

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Communal Practice Affirming Personal, Interpersonal, and Community Development

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Scaffolded Small Group Instruction

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Looking at Student Work Protocol

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Diverse Data Sources

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Coordination Between Core Content and Math Focus Teachers

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Additional Math Instructional Time through a Content Focus Class

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Multiple Methods of Student Groupings

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Playlist Data Trackers

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Lovett's Modified Grading Based On Skill Level

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Modifying Standards to Meet Student Needs

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Structured Student Data Analysis

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Collecting Student Data through Varied Assessments

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Promoting Personalization through Learner Pathways

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Trailblazer's Opportunity Hour

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Differentiating Instruction Based on Student Need

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Differentiating Units & Classes at a High Level

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Lovett Learner Profiles

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Peace Circles

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Full Inclusion of Students with Learning Disabilities

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Multi-age Learning Pods

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Weekly Learning Cycles

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Integrating Online Programs to Differentiate Learning

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Trailblazer's Team-Based Flexible Learning Spaces

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Trailblazer's Cross Grade-Level Teams

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Inclusion Approach to Special Education

Marzano's Practice

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Authentic Projects

STAR Testing Data Use

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Teacher Ongoing Data Use

Student Choice of Learning Pathway and Pace

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Flexible Working Groups

Pleasant View's Integrated Teaching Teams

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Customized Playlists to Keep Learners on Track

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Supports for Pacing

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Power Standards

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Learner Choice as to How To Demonstrate Higher-Level Mastery

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Learner Choice of Mastery Level

Triangulation of Data

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Reading Interventions

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Progress Monitoring Through Empower

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Capacity Matrix

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Working Across Grade Levels

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Flexible Daily Small Group Instruction

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Tiered Student Supports

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Self-Reported Grading

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Immediate Results to Teachers

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Data Dashboard for Progress Monitoring

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Work at Home

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Direct Instruction for Academic Content and Non-Cognitive Skills

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Heterogeneous Teams

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Moving with Mastery Through Learning Standards

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Creation and Use of Micro-Standards

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Structured Data Analysis Reflection

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MAP Data Use

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Daily Adjustments to Student Learning

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6-8 Week Data Cycles

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Co-creation of schedules

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Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Groups

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6-8 Week Learning Groups

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Defaulting to Individual Playlists

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Daily, Weekly, and Long-Term Student Groupings

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Common Behavior Management Techniques

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Emphasizing Assessment Readiness

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Student Self-Reporting Progress

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Emphasis on Life Skill Development

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Teacher-Led Large Group Instruction

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West Belden's Standards Based Reporting

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Progress Triangulation

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Periodic diagnostic process

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Multiple Methods of Support

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Flexible Grouping

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Defaulting to Independent Learning Time

Daily Agenda

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Structures to Support Individualized Pacing

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Multi-Age Classrooms

Families as Learning Partners

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Targeted Large Group Instruction

Targeted and Relevant

Color-Coding for Ease and Clarity

Offering visual clues to help students and teachers find the right thing at the right time.

Overview

Color-coding has always been an effective way to organize and easily find what you are looking for, and this is no different when teaching in the remote space. By color-coding and organizing activities, tasks, and other resources consistently, students and teachers are able to quickly access and understand where to find information and how.

Color-coding can be used to support both students and teachers alike:

Student Support:

By building a system with colors that students equate with different days (see Color-Coded Google Assignments), different parts of the assignment (see Weekly Checkpoint Document), or different resources (see Digital Notebooks), educators ensure students know what they may have missed, where they should look for information, and how to access the content whether they are participating in in-person learning, working remotely, or anything in between.

Teacher Support:

Color-coding notes also helps teachers to take a quick glance at their students’ notes remotely (via a program like GoGuardian) to ensure students are all at the same place, on task, and where they need to be when implementing assessments.

NOTE: To ensure access for all students, be sure to consider barriers students may face. If a learner has trouble seeing color, consider switching up a shape or creating another marker that does not rely upon color identification – which could even be the name of the color in parentheses.

Featured Artifact

GoGuardian Weekly Checkpoint Document

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Strategy Resources

Color-Coded Google Assignments

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