Students at The Forest School and The Forest School Online engage in quests – real-world challenges around a specific theme that students explore deeply and produce work to showcase at an exhibition. This blog post shares some examples of quests that students worked on across grade levels during January and February 2022.
Students at The Forest School share their experiences of participating in apprenticeships starting in middle school.
High school students at Taos Academy can participate in an internship to receive elective credit. This handbook outlines what students need to do to receive credit along with expectations and guidelines around grading and progress reports.
My Tech High requires students to submit weekly learning logs, a short summary of each student’s educational activities over the course of the week. This video provides a step-by-step look at how students can complete a learning log.
Village High School is a hybrid school that has created a unique schedule for their student body. The school offers “Remote Fridays,” where students can work independently at their own pace from home, or use them as “intensive” days where they can dive deep into an elective and spend a longer block of time on it. This calendar also shows other unique opportunities for students, such as dedicated work weeks or drop-in help sessions at the school.
These examples from Taos Academy demonstrate how different students with unique needs can craft a weekly schedule that best supports their individual learning style as well as personal circumstances.
Families and students can use this interactive tool from My Tech High to build a sample personalized schedule.
This video shares a glimpse into how a student at ASU Prep Digital uses the flexibility that the school offers to plan out coursework based on her personal schedule, which also includes daily music practice/lessons.
The course pace chart from ASU Prep Digital provides estimated time and deadlines for students to complete specific lessons and assignments in a course. The virtual school allows students to work at their own pace and complete assignments asynchronously, and this pace chart provides a roadmap to assist students with time management over a semester.
Teachers at ASU Prep Digital help their students plan out their week by mapping out their synchronous classes and the asynchronous work they need to complete. In this example, this sixth grade class has five live lessons to attend in one week, and then students need to complete a series of assignments over the rest of the week in different content areas. This weekly planner can help students stay on top of their coursework and supports them in building time management skills.
