A slide deck overview of Meriden Public Schools’ virtual summer STEM enrichment program, which includes the project objective of building a functioning tabletop game and a project timeline.
Meriden Public Schools explains the systems they put in place with the shift to remote learning to support multilingual parent/guardian communication.
Meriden Public Schools describes its collaborative partnership with the local teachers’ union and other community partners to problem solve and plan.
Meriden Public Schools explains its partnership with the local community college to trade classroom space for free college courses for Meriden staff and students.
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.
