Craft Category: Strategies

Teachers help students set SMART goals, an exercise that builds agency and helps students improve their learning.

Students have a large amount of choice as to whether they want to work with a partner or in a group and, if so, who they work with.

Playlists are used to organize learning activities, enabling student choice and agency.

Specific days throughout the year for staff to meet and discuss data and instructional practices.

Students are able to provide formal feedback each year through YouthTruth surveys.

Students provide daily feedback about their level of understanding of what they’re working on by putting their names into folders with various emojis on them.

Students and teachers interact with data in a variety of ways, all geared toward improving teaching and learning.

MAP assessments have helped Cisco educators better understand students’ learning needs and improve their learning experience.

Conferences are an important part of blended learning at Cisco, as students and teachers work together to understand data in a meaningful way that can improve instruction for each student.

Extension classes provide extra time for all 6th grade students and specific 7th grade students to get the academic supports they need.