Craft Category: Strategies

Teachers at Valor use exit tickets as a quick method to check student understanding.

Valor piloted a self-directed summer math course to help prepare students for more challenging content the following academic year.

Teachers at Valor have created multiple options for student support when they are struggling with content.

Valor provides staff with multiple days throughout the year to focus on student data.

Valor has a structured process for reviewing student work samples, which they use to identify common challenges related to assignments and their relevant content.

Teachers at Valor employ a variety of assessments to collect formative, summative, and benchmark data. They use this data to improve instruction.

Students at Valor use math notebooks to organize their math notes and progress through content.

Creating an extra 55 hours of math instruction throughout the school year to help students backfill knowledge gaps and review content previously covered.

Valor students in use playlists to review and extend their learning in their math review class, which is supplemented by differentiated instruction as well.

Every student has a device at Valor, and can take it home, extending the learning environment beyond school.