Locust Grove Continuous Improvement Plan
As part of Henry County Schools’ personalized learning initiative, each school must develop a continuous improvement plan to guide their ongoing development and growth.
December 11, 2017
Craft Category: Artifacts
Locust Grove Project Sample: Center Stage 8th Grade
Locust Grove Middle School focuses on a project-based learning model. This sample overviews the timeline and driving question of a project.
December 8, 2017
Locust Grove Beliefs, Visions, Mission & Goals
Locust Grove defined its Beliefs, Visions, Mission & Goals to ensure all staff are aligned on a common vision.
December 8, 2017
Locust Grove 8th Grade Passion Capstone Project Overview & Rubric
Locust Grove Middle School designs a capstone project for soon-to-graduate 8th graders modeled around ‘Genius Hour.’ Students select a topic to research and build expertise in, working towards a final presentation and using a predefined rubric to guide their efforts.
December 8, 2017
Locust Grove 8th Grade ELA Learner Pathway
Locust Grove Middle School designs a capstone project for soon-to-graduate 8th graders modeled around ‘Genius Hour.’ Students select a topic to research and build expertise in, working towards a final presentation and using a predefined rubric to guide their efforts.
December 8, 2017
Locust Grove House Project Design Sample: Water Tower Project
Locust Grove Middle School creates houses and related projects that align with the high school’s career pathways. Students in the middle school explore passions related to possible college and career opportunities through their house projects. Sample projects include: writing a novel, constructing a water tower, building a 3D model of an atom, and writing music.
December 8, 2017
Learner Positioning Systems
The Learner Positioning Systems initiative brings together the current learning science research and research-based strategies to help educators and product developers support the full diversity of learners.
December 6, 2017
Intentionally Diverse Charter Schools: A Toolkit
This toolkit is designed to help charter school leaders and their stakeholders design and implement intentionally diverse charter schools. It presents decisions and actions, along with specific examples from three diverse charter schools, for school leaders’ consideration. Using this toolkit, leaders will learn more about how to measure student diversity, how to intentionally recruit and retain students, how to ensure that diversity is supported and experienced meaningfully at the individual, classroom, and schoolwide levels, and how to create and run schools that help all children thrive.
December 4, 2017
NCSRC Case Study: Diversity at Valor Collegiate
The National Charter School Resource Center conducted a case study on Valor’s intentionally diverse model.
December 4, 2017
Enrichment Schedule at Valor Collegiate Academies
The enrichment schedule at Valor is built to allow for social-emotional learning and an elective.
December 4, 2017