Bringing mindfulness into the learning space
Educators at SPARK School at Kyrene de las Manitas give students the opportunity to practice intentional mindfulness each day during Student-Selected Mindfulness Time.
Family interviews
Big Picture Learning educators hear multiple perspectives on students’ interests, assets and challenges at the beginning of the year through a process they call family interviews. This is a key first step in meaningfully deepening and personalizing student learning.
Community culture questionnaire
Educators at Elm Street Academy created a community culture questionnaire out of their desire to ensure students had a voice in decision-making about community building, rules, policies and student leadership.
Interest-based student groupings
One way Next Education Workforce teams deepen and personalize learning for students is through dynamic student grouping. Dynamic student grouping: Is responsive to student data. It may be driven by formative student learning data or by student interest. Is temporary!...
Skills-based student groupings
One way Next Education Workforce teams deepen and personalize learning for students is through dynamic student grouping. Dynamic student grouping: Is responsive to student data. It may be driven by formative student learning data or by student interest. Is temporary!...
How teaming has impacted one lead teacher’s practice
Mountain View School kindergarten lead teacher Danielle Ashenbrener describes how a team-based approach has helped her to get to know her students better and to target student learning to meet individual students’ needs.
Student-led conferences
SPARK School at Kyrene de las Manitas has shifted from teacher-owned conferences to a student-led approach. This change supports the educator team’s goal of creating a student-centered learning environment in which learners own their progress and goals. This resource...
Student-selected support
In an effort to shift the ownership of learning from educator to student, SPARK School at Kyrene de las Manitas has implemented a system for students to reflect on their learning and progress, identify the academic support they need and schedule time to meet with the...
10 Tips for planning team-based deeper learning
The educator team at Kyrene de las Manitas Innovation Academy co-plans project-based units that support deeper learning. The 10 tips appearing in this document are drawn from their approach to planning. To get started, consider how your team might implement these...