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EdTech

Organizing a Modern Edtech Stack for Modern Pedagogy, Part II: The LMS

[…] of this series for evaluating your student information system (SIS), the software we use in our edtech stacks are the tools we use to stay organized and keep instruction moving forward which are used by the largest swath of our learning communities. Specialists throughout our schools and in our district central offices may use other […]

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Getting Through

Students and Equity at the Heart of School Redesign

[…] decided to focus their work in the Strategy Lab on piloting solutions to the problem. Kassi Hall, Multi-tiered Systems of Support Coordinator, and Amanda Koth, the Director of Instructional Design and Support, set off to understand the challenges more deeply and start to identify solutions through their work in the Strategy Lab. Transformation is often […]

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Equity & Access

Returning to School: Why Video Is Here to Stay

[…] recording some of your direct instruction plans for learners to watch as “homework” then spending class time diving into work and building understanding. Enriched Station Rotation. Create differentiated videos for each of your small group stations so students can watch a video that you created and be working on different review activities in their […]

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Personalized Learning

Social-Emotional Learning and Whole Child Education: Approaches for Supporting Students’ Learning and Development

[…] programs, professional learning, or assessments. Schools and districts can implement SEL in many different ways. This includes explicitly teaching social and emotional skills, integrating SEL into academic instruction, and building a sense of community throughout the school. It can also include strategies to strengthen adult SEL, such as giving educators opportunities to reflect on […]

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Competency-Based Education

Framing and Designing the HOW

[…] After designing the why, we move to the goals, our what, and then set our path to design the how. This process is to define how we learn, our instruction, our assessment, and how we report on growth. After defining the why of what we do, our approach flows next to the outcomes, or the what. […]

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Learning Design
EdTech

Data-driven SEL: How It Can Help Meet Your Students’ Needs

[…] refocus their lessons around activities to support this skill. Using data to pinpoint students’ strengths and needs has been transformative. It has helped our staff provide targeted instruction and strategies for individuals, as well as at the school level, the grade level, and the classroom level. It continues to drive our services to students, […]

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Future of Learning

Strategies for Fostering a Productive Distance Learning Experience

[…] submitted and how, and which assignments are optional.  Build Community: No matter the learning modality, developing a classroom community and building relationships are foundational for learning. Virtual instruction can feel overwhelming and isolating especially for our youngest learners. Find ways to help students feel connected to the teacher, one another, and the broader learning […]

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Leadership

Reaching for Better with Teacher Evaluation and Support

[…] having been adequately trained to teach online. Those who have returned to school buildings are putting their lives on the line and nothing about their classrooms or instruction is close to what was normal a year ago. Acknowledging that we are still in the midst of a crisis and that most administrators have not […]

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