Math Expressions combines elements of standards-based instruction with the best traditional approaches. Through drawings, conceptual language, inquiry, and real-world examples, it helps students make sense of mathematics.
Based on learning pathways, students access content and resources online.
Teachers use pre-assessments and student choice to design student learning pathways.
The principal of Trailblazer discusses the rationale and benefits behind competency-based learning.
Investing in strategic communications leads to improvements in solidifying and sharing the vision as well as recruitment and retention.
In-building coaches support ongoing development with teachers.
The district supports strategic vision setting and action planning through change management structures.
Teachers utilize various data to identify student needs and determine learning pathways and interventions.
Mrs. Vasquez, a teacher and a parent at Trailblazer, discusses the benefits of competency-based learning for parents of students.
Teachers collaborate and align on breaking down standards into skills and scoring criteria.
