Nicole Ottmer, Personalized Learning Systems Coordinator at Colorado Springs School District 11 describes what resources and guidance the district provided to support teachers and increase quality as they created their own professional development sessions for other teachers within the region.
Nicole Ottmer, Personalized Learning Systems Coordinator at Colorado Springs School District 11 describes how providing immersive professional learning experiences for teachers helps to model and encourage the same types of experiences to be provided to students.
Natasha North, K-12 Literacy Specialist at Colorado Springs School District 11describes how her district launched cross-curricular inquiry projects focused on learning phases rather than standards.
Nicole Ottmer, Personalized Learning Systems Coordinator at Colorado Springs School District 11, provides an overview of the district’s launch of inquiry-based projects aimed at increasing student engagement.
In response to the pandemic, Renton School District built a central hub of resources to support the mental health of its staff. Screenshots of the internal site (or intranet) include:
Landing page with context
Curated apps collection
Guided meditation videos
Local community healing spaces
In response to the pandemic, Renton School District in Washington state prioritized students’ health and wellbeing by embedding social-emotional learning in the first 15-minutes of class, a strategy called “Start Safe SEL.” The following lesson presentations from K-2 demonstrate how “Start Safe SEL” is incorporated, including specific opening activities and rollout.
In response to the high failure rate with students during the pandemic, Renton School District sought to make changes to grading policies and practices — not only to reduce the number of F’s but also to make the district’s grading system more equitable. This slide deck, from a meeting with high school principals and district leaders, shares the background on the process they used to surface and spread solutions.
As Renton School District in Washington transitioned abruptly to remote learning in response to the pandemic, the district brought teachers together to collaboratively prioritize standards.
This research brief, created by the Annenberg Institute at Brown University offers an overview of the evidence-base and eight design principles for high-dosage tutoring programs.
This document outlines principles and plans for initial roll out of high-dosage, personalized tutoring at Metro Nashville Public Schools.
