To support school leaders in building decision-making skills and autonomy around school-based budgeting, Hopkins Public Schools provided district-facilitated support to school leaders.
To support students with the greatest needs for intervention, Hopkins Public Schools’ central office deployed paraprofessionals to school sites to support independent learning and work time for whole-group classes while highly-qualified teachers supported one-on-one and small-group instruction and intervention.
With school closures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hopkins Public Schools reimagined their use of outdoor and community spaces to return to in-person teaching and learning.
Two second-grade teachers at Eisenhower Elementary of Hopkins Public Schools created a pilot outdoor immersion classroom, leveraging the outdoors to drive inquiry-based learning.
Highline Public Schools intentionally reflect and improve their use of strengths-based (often referred to as asset-based) language when supporting and referring to students.
Monterey Peninsula partnered with local nonprofits and city groups to offer on-site learning support and enrichment opportunities for students experiencing homelessness to access during remote learning.
Short description of this strategy that appears on summary pages (e.g., search results). Ector County Independent School District leaders began weekly coordinate and response meetings. These meetings resulted in coordination, problem solving, and consistent messaging.
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District creatively leveraged personnel, particularly staff whose capacities were freed up, to address various student and family needs, such as attendance and engagement when shifting to distanced learning.
Ector County Independent School District held a weekly press conference with every local media outlet to update the public on the status of schools during the pandemic and to share updates on teaching and learning practices. Every other week, they broadcast live on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
Monterey Peninsula took a design-thinking approach to identify challenges, listen to students, and co-design solutions.
