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Search and download resources developed by Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. These PDFs, videos, slides and more support teams, schools, districts and educators seeking to learn about or help build the Next Education Workforce.
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 […]
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.
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.
Elementary instructional blueprint: Team-based differentiated practice
Elementary instructional blueprints suggest ways teams of educators with distributed expertise might deploy themselves to better deepen and personalize student learning.
Topics:
Deeper and personalized learning
Instructional planning
Grade:
Elementary
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.
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 […]
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 […]
Riverview High School: Learning space layout
Riverview High School serves 90–120 students in grades 7–12. Many of these students have left their assigned district schools due to disciplinary reasons or are transitioning out of juvenile detention […]
Topics:
Partner spotlights
Grade:
Secondary
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 […]
Sousa Elementary School: Multi-age team learning space layout
At Sousa Elementary School in Mesa, Arizona, an educator team consisting of one lead teacher, three certified teachers, one special educator and three MLFTC residents supports a multi-age group of […]
Topics:
Partner spotlights
Grade:
Elementary
Sousa Elementary School: Spotlight on the schedule
At Sousa Elementary School in Mesa, Arizona, an educator team consisting of one lead teacher, three certified teachers, one special educator and three MLFTC residents supports a multi-age group of […]
Topics:
Partner spotlights
Grade:
Elementary
Stevenson Elementary: Learning space layout
At Stevenson Elementary School, 75 third graders work with a core team of educators that includes a lead teacher, certified teachers and MLFTC residents. In this resource, you’ll see the […]
Topics:
Partner spotlights
Grade:
Elementary