Learning Coach Academy: Supporting the Role of Parents or Guardians in Remote Learning
By: Heather Hiebsch and Cheryl Fenlason. Heather and Cheryl share hybrid, personalized, and blended learning tips to develop and support Learning Coaches to help students adapt - and even thrive - in this uncertain educational landscape.
Leaning into the Innovation Opportunity
[…] where they are, and encouraging work that matters– combining social and emotional learning, competency-based learning, and project-based learning. These learner-centered strategies can be incorporated into the core blended learning that students engage with at schools and when learning remotely. They can also serve as the design principles for new academies and micro-schools serving unique […]
Reopening Schools: A Getting Smart Webinar Recap
[…] going to need flexible staffing plans, more subs than ever before. This might be a regional solution.” Kelly on the staying power of remote learning: “Remote learning and blended learning is here to stay. It will shift over time, but it is the future of learning.” – Rebecca on the innovation opportunity: “When we think […]
Lights, Cameras, Zoom! Engaging Students Online
By: John Hardison. John shares how he transformed his Rock the Class lessons into online interactive courses with new learning structures and new settings.
It’s Not About The Grade, It’s About the Growth: 5 New Mindsets for Hybrid Assessment
While the pandemic has had its roadblocks, it has provided dynamic learning experiences that allow for continual feedback and iteration, voice and choice, reflection, and opportunities for continual growth.
A Unique Thanksgiving Season: Even More Reasons to Be Grateful for Our Teachers
By: Erin Gohl & Kristen Thorson. As we approach Thanksgiving, those of us who surround and depend on teachers—from parents of students to school administrators—must note, acknowledge, and convey thanks for all our teachers have done and continue to do for our children, families, and communities.
Eight Ways New Schools Innovate
[…] earn an AA with a high school diploma. Solar Prep is a Dallas ISD PK-6 (soon to be PK-8) girls school with a 50/50 socioeconomic diversity blend featuring blended and hands-on STEAM learning including robotics and coding. The sudden shift to remote learning in March exhibited the limitations and inequities of current learning models while […]
A New School That Thinks Like a Kid
New and emerging Portal Schools has a vision to create a school that allows students to simultaneously earn a high school diploma and a Bachelor’s degree in an environment that is fully designed for them.
Reflecting on the Hybrid Experience
Rachelle Dene Poth shares her experience and some tips for virtual and hybrid learning.
With Remote Professional Learning, The Opportunities Are Boundless
[…] Asaf Bitton and Beth Rabbit on the State of Health and the Parabola Project Juliana Finegan is a Managing Partner at The Learning Accelerator. An expert in blended and personalized learning, she leads TLA’s Practitioner Learning work to push forward innovation education by building and supporting a pipeline of blended educators and leaders, seeking […]