Mar 26, 2018, 1:53 PM
(from the Christensen Institute) Increasingly schools are experimenting with classroom staffing arrangements to further magnify personalized learning. Four ideas:
1. Non-teacher roles to increase student support. Example: Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in San Jose uses volunteer tutors to provide individual and small-group instruction, and math coaches take on some of the tasks that normally fall to teachers.
2. Software to support better teacher-led instruction. Example: Software at Cristo Rey generates reports on student learning data that guide how teachers organize small-group lessons and projects.
3. Development and coaching programs to support teachers. Example: In the Navigator Schools in California, both formal and on-the-spot coaching sessions are critical components of their approach.
4. Talent recruitment pipelines to grow excellent educators. Example: To ensure consistent instructional quality among its educators, Navigator Schools created a teacher pipeline that recruits small-group instructors, who transition into teachers-in-training, and eventually teachers.
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