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.
This template from The Forest School Online demonstrates how students lead a daily 15-minute morning launch which covers learner outcomes, questions of the day, and a call to action. The morning launch kicks off each day by building culture among the students and setting the tone for the day.
At My Tech High, parents and families use the program’s Facebook group to share notes, feedback, and questions on different curriculum providers and tools. Families have a large number of options for curriculum platforms, so peer feedback is crucial to determine the best fits for families.
Laurel Springs School has created regional Facebook groups where parents, families, caregivers, and students (over the age of 13) can join and connect with each other. These groups can be used to arrange in-person meetups as well as other regional activities.
Laurel Springs School brings together parents and families through Community Connections, a monthly event held in Zoom designed to help families connect and meet each other.
ASU Prep Digital offers monthly events for parents and families to connect with each other as well as school staff, including principal coffee chats, fundraisers, game nights, and more. These events are listed on an interactive calendar on their website.
The Forest School Online sends their families a weekly feedback form about their experience, as well as their child’s experience. They synthesize these responses into an email that they then share with the school community.
Learn more about the weekly feedback survey in this brief video.
The Forest School and The Forest School Online have created a digital contract for parents/caregivers to sign that commits them to supporting their student’s journey at the school. The contract includes parent/family expectations, ways to overcome challenges and celebrate their child, and action steps to take during the course of the school year.
Teachers at ASU Prep Digital use this template to track their communication (e.g., phone calls, text messages, emails) with students and families.
