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.
Webinar slide deck from the Personalized Learning Department at Dallas ISD on how to create self-paced lessons with Google Slides.
Webinar from the Personalized Learning Department at Dallas ISD on how to create self-paced lessons with Google Slides.
Video of morning announcements at Hall Personalized Learning Academy at Oak Cliff of Dallas ISD. Embedded in their morning announcements are two examples of their Teach-Back Tuesday strategy, which includes a student teaching a mini-lesson of a math concept and a small group of students supporting their teacher with a read-aloud.
This communication sent from the district to families and students explained the launch of and thinking behind the virtual personalized learning days. The document contains links to guiding choice boards for projects in early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school grade levels. All of the choice boards are aligned to the competencies of the district’s graduate profile.
This video, featuring students, introduces the THRIVE on Five virtual personalized learning days piloted at Liberty Public Schools. This was an initiative developed in partnership with students as a result of the switch to remote learning at the start of the pandemic. On Fridays, students got to pick the activities they completed on a choice board and students were encouraged to share their learnings with peers, family members, and on social media.
Liberty Public Schools formerly adopted a new profile of skills and competencies graduates will develop as they are growing up and then as they start college or begin to work. The graduate profile includes both academic and non-academic competencies that the district seeks to cultivate in its students.
Sample schedules for Kindergarten – 8th grade that include walking time for ELA and math.
Liberty Public School students in learning cafe classrooms work along pathways based on their mastery level. This artifact includes an example of a pre-assessment students take. Teachers use the data from these pre-assessments to provide students with a pathway that includes activities like creating videos and practicing skills. The artifact includes samples of various pathways students in the same group may be working on based on their needs.
