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Self-Assessment: Equitable EdTech Systems

This self-assessment mirrors the structure of the EdTech Systems Guide: Equity-Driven Selection, Implementation, and Evaluation, distilling foundational concepts into a series of statements about users’ edtech practices. Using a modified version of the Stoplight Protocol from DataWise, users indicate how often they engage in each practice – consistently, in pockets, or not at all. Additionally, it provides space for users to add evidence to support their ratings and observations or to capture reflections. The information collected in this worksheet will help leaders identify potential areas to target for systems-level process improvements.

June 14, 2024

Virtual & Hybrid Learning Model Design Guide Workbook

This tool accompanies The Learning Accelerator (TLA)’s Virtual and Hybrid Learning Model Design Guide. As you navigate the guide, capture reflections, new concepts, and relevant resources about quality virtual and hybrid program design, as well as next steps to develop or strengthen your virtual and hybrid learning programs.

September 22, 2023

Beyond Brick and Mortar Podcast: My Tech High’s Tuition-Free & Student-Centered Approach to Virtual Learning

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.

May 19, 2023

Beyond Brick and Mortar Podcast: Laurel Springs School on Personalization, Flexibility, and Community-Building in Virtual Learning

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.

May 19, 2023

White Paper: Launching Forward: Leveraging pandemic innovations to advance school systems

This white paper release from The Learning Accelerator is a companion piece to our Hop, Skip, Leapfrog work to identify pandemic innovations advancing school systems. This paper zooms out from discrete innovation points, highlighting thematic stories and offering a look across systems and experts to share broader patterns in the new skills, capabilities, and mindsets which will help the K-12 sector make bigger leaps as communities move through recovery to advancement.

April 22, 2022

Agency by Design: Making Learning Engaging

“Learner agency is about having the power, combined with choices, to take meaningful action and see the result of those decisions. It can be thought of as a catalyst for change or transformation. Learner agency is about students having the understanding, ability and opportunity to be part of the learning design and taking action to intervene in the learning process to become effective lifelong learners.”

–Derek Wenmoth

The global COVID-19 pandemic pulled back the curtain on the growing need for greater student agency and student engagement. As we rethink the future of education in a post-pandemic world, learner agency must be at the center of learning designs and learning models so that we can support students anytime, anyplace, and at any pace. We must re-imagine what agency and engagement can look like in contemporary practices.

This report offers guidance – including practical advice – to education leaders and teachers in redesigning schools and classrooms by centering on learner agency, through a shift in the ownership of learning. It also provides clarity around the definition and meaning of learner agency and addresses the implications for high-quality practices in new learning models.

October 19, 2021

Rolling Out Centrally Developed Curricular Blueprints To Support Remote Learning

Dr. Suzanne Newell, Director of Academics at Austin Independent School District, shares how the district reshuffled its academic coaching team to support the creation of a centrally aligned virtual curriculum that all teachers could work with.

May 3, 2021

Vision 2031

Hopkins Public Schools’ landing page for the district’s Vision 2031, which outlines the vision for an innovative education and a portrait of a graduate in 2031.

April 30, 2021

Creating a Districtwide Learning Framework at Hopkins Public Schools

Ann Ertl, Interim Director of Innovation, Design, and Learning at Hopkins Public Schools describes the district’s learning framework and how it is used to provide school leaders with guidance around decision making for their individual schools given the district’s shift towards school-based autonomy.

April 30, 2021

School-Based Budgeting with District Support at Hopkins Public Schools

Ann Ertl, Interim Director of Innovation, Design, and Learning at Hopkins Public Schools describes the district’s shift to providing school leaders with increased autonomy around school-based budgets.

April 30, 2021

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