My Tech High requires students to submit weekly learning logs, a short summary of each student’s educational activities over the course of the week. This video provides a step-by-step look at how students can complete a learning log.
The course pace chart from ASU Prep Digital provides estimated time and deadlines for students to complete specific lessons and assignments in a course. The virtual school allows students to work at their own pace and complete assignments asynchronously, and this pace chart provides a roadmap to assist students with time management over a semester.
Teachers at ASU Prep Digital help their students plan out their week by mapping out their synchronous classes and the asynchronous work they need to complete. In this example, this sixth grade class has five live lessons to attend in one week, and then students need to complete a series of assignments over the rest of the week in different content areas. This weekly planner can help students stay on top of their coursework and supports them in building time management skills.
Gem Prep Online requires students to join two to three synchronous live lessons per week. This schedule maps out the live lessons per grade level that students are required to join. During the rest of the week, students complete coursework, assignments, and projects in Canvas, the school’s LMS.
Students at The Forest School Online work with a peer partner each morning to set their daily goals on a tracker and create action plans for their “core skills” block. They hold each other accountable and support each other through daily goal progress checks and action-plan reviews.
Learning Success Coaches at ASU Prep Digital use this call log and progress-monitoring tracker to check in weekly with their assigned students, provide guidance for their courses, and monitor their academic performance to offer support as needed.
Teachers at ASU Prep Digital have their fifth-grade students join a live synchronous class huddle each morning to review the weekly plan, ask students to set goals, and incorporate social-emotional learning (SEL) activities such as icebreakers, emotion check-ins, spotlight student achievements, and more.
At The Forest School, students create a badge plan each year and work backwards to complete additional badges and “level up.”
Students at VLACS use Badgr to track their badges and find information related to specific career pathways.v
Administrators at Taos Academy work closely with students and families to support students from a 360-degree view. If a student’s data indicates they need additional support, the staff does a “Taos Academy Bearhug” by meeting with the student and family to reflect upon their strengths and create an action plan to help them develop academically and/or socially.
