KIPP MA created a list of focus group questions for each audience they engaged with, including teachers, leaders, students, and families. The questions were grouped into six different themes, including student outcomes, student agency, digital literacy, support for all learners, conditions for success, and school-home connection.
In this episode of TLA’s “Beyond Brick and Mortar” podcast series, which features leaders of established virtual and hybrid learning programs from across the U.S. as they discuss what makes their programs a success – and what they had to learn along the way, we chat with Jill Rogier, Head of Schools, Digital, and Betsy Fowler, Executive Director of Strategic Initiatives at ASU Prep Digital. Learn about their approach to student-centered supports, flexibility for educators, and ensuring all of their students have a path to post-secondary education.
In this episode of TLA’s “Beyond Brick and Mortar” podcast series, which features leaders of established virtual and hybrid learning programs from across the U.S. as they discuss what makes their programs a success – and what they had to learn along the way, we chat with Matt Bowman, founder and CEO at My Tech High. Learn about their innovative model focused on personalizing education to students’ individual goals and learning preferences, offering their students flexibility and a tailored approach to education – all at no cost to families.
In this episode of TLA’s “Beyond Brick and Mortar” podcast series, which features leaders of established virtual and hybrid learning programs from across the U.S. as they discuss what makes their programs a success – and what they had to learn along the way, we chat with Rachel Babcock, Co-Director and Co-Founder of Map Academy. Learn about their holistic and student-centered approach to education, designed to address the unique needs and life circumstances of students as an alternative high school. Their model weaves together collaborative and cooperative learning, student data, support structures, and crucial programs that help them develop their postsecondary and career readiness in order to attend to myriad aspects of their students’ learning experiences.
In this first episode of TLA’s “Beyond Brick and Mortar” podcast series, which features leaders of established virtual and hybrid learning programs from across the U.S. as they discuss what makes their programs a success – and what they had to learn along the way, we chat with Megan Palevich, former Head of School at Laurel Springs School. Learn about their fully virtual K-12 program that emphasizes personalization and one-to-one work between students and teachers, flexible schedules to accommodate learners whose schedules or needs don’t align with traditional seat-time requirements, and a strong community among staff, students, and families.
This survey is intended to help schools and districts to understand the state of adult wellbeing within their community.
Resurgence Hall Charter School sent out a reopening guide and held a virtual orientation session for students and families who opted to return to school to go over safety procedures and policies. The guide included arrival and dismissal procedures including maps to clearly show how to drive to the drop off points and the maps also indicated where the daily health screenings occur prior to students exiting the car.
Mission Grammar School created this video showing the new arrival and dismissal procedures school for their younger students and families that was infused with joy and excitement around welcoming students back after the campus closed due to COVID-19.
Uxbridge High School Principal Michael Rubin created this video with the assistance of engineering teacher Michael Smutok that shows the new arrival procedures and shows a car following the new arrival route. This was sent to parents and students ahead of the first day of school so they would be familiar with the procedures and also understand the rationale behind them.
Milford High School Principal Joshua Otlin speaks directly to students and families asking for their support to make sure the return to in-person learning is safe for them and staff members.
