The First 20 Days of Virtual Learning
A tool for all teachers PreK-12, from those who are new to implementing virtual learning to those who are further along on their journey
Building and Sustaining a Remote Work Culture
The shift to full-time virtual work is a challenge. Even for our team at Education Elements, where virtual work has always been a consistent part of our work culture, the transition to being fully remote has necessitated revisiting and reimagining best practices...
Building Responsive Systems to Transform Education
Read about responsive practices that we equipped districts with, to take on their unique challenges and achieve their big goals.
How to Create Strategic Planning Teams
At Education Elements, we believe that it is crucial to evaluate the people you need to engage in order to have a richly representative plan that responds to the fundamental needs of your community.
Strategic Planning Stakeholder Engagement Guide
As you begin a new initiative or initiate your strategic planning process it is essential to engage your community intentionally to glean their priorities, pain points and questions.
Personalized Learning + Social-Emotional Learning
A brief that illustrates how to use the Core Four Elements of Personalized Learning to align Personalized and Social-Emotional Learning in a way that is tangible for teachers and leaders.
Personalized Learning Classroom Walkthrough Tool
Our Personalized Learning Classroom Walkthrough tool helps you to set goals for teachers based on the Core Four elements of PL and track progress against them. Intended to support, not evaluate, this guide lets you to know what to look for, and what to work through, together.
Personalized Learning + Project-Based Learning
A brief that illustrates how to use the Core Four Elements of Personalized Learning to align Personalized and Project-Based Learning in a way that is tangible for teachers and leaders.
The Responsive Org Playbook
Leaders struggle to improve how their teams collaborate, make decisions, and achieve their goals. We created this playbook to capture how we built and grew Education Elements as a thriving, responsive, learning organization.
Education Elements Annual Report: Focus on School, District and Regional Transformation
Stories of how we are supporting diverse organizations to change their instruction and their cultures to better meet student needs.
The First 20 Days of Personalized Learning
A tool for all teachers PreK-12, from those who are new to implementing personalized learning to those who are further along on their journey.
What can you do about teacher turnover
Here is an infographic with eight key design elements to consider at a system-level when working to improve teacher retention.
Setting Design Parameters for Personalized Learning
As schools and districts shift to personalized learning, creating alignment across classrooms and schools is essential. To facilitate this alignment, school leaders can establish parameters for personalized learning.
Core Four Continuum of Personalized Learning
The continuum presents the various activities which educators can undertake in the classroom in support of the implementation of the Core Four elements of personalized learning at its different stages.
Using Technology to Support Learning
Introducing modern technology into classrooms and schools can seem like a daunting task. See what we can learn from cutting-edge tech companies about cloud technology, why it's important, and what stops us from making the most of it.
The NEW School Rules: 6 Vital Practices for Thriving and Responsive Schools
An excerpt from the new book from Anthony Kim & Alexis Gonzales-Black. In this chapter, the authors explore how changing your approach to planning changes your outcomes. Simple changes can lead to big successes.
7 Steps to Improving Student Attendance
Low student attendance can have devastating effects on performance and success. Learn all the ways you can make a difference by boosting attendance and setting students up for success.
Communicating Personalized Learning to Families and Stakeholders
Between navigating the personalized learning journey, and managing misconceptions and uncertainty, it can become an enormous task to communicate PL efforts. This white paper will help create an inclusive and effective dialogue to get families and other stakeholders excited about PL.
5 Ingredients to Create a Culture of Innovation in Your District
One of the worst things any organization can suffer is stagnation. While innovation is important, it can be intimidating to embark on a journey of change. Learn how you can encourage a culture in which innovation is ongoing and the norm.
Playlist Building 101
Playlists are an effective personalized learning tool for classrooms. This guide will help instructors ask the relevant questions for creating targeted playlists for their classrooms.
Understanding & Developing New School Models Part 1
In Part 1, we explore the school structures that have been in place for decades. Do these systems need updating? If they do, what do we need to change to create better outcomes? The paper focuses on four areas of change which have the biggest impact on modernizing existing school structures.
An Overview of the Core Four of Personalized Leaning for Parents
The guide demonstrates the various forms the core four elements take to support personalized learning inside of classrooms. Parents will learn about techniques employed by instructors at the classroom level to empower students to learn and take charge of their education.
2016 - 2017 Impact Report: Building Capacity for Personalized Learning and More
Education Elements examines the impact of personalized learning, competency-based learning, and dynamic organizational design on districts across the country with promising results. A survey of district leaders from 25 districts and school surveys of 3,600 responses teachers from 17 districts
How Districts Can Begin Taking Steps To Reimagine High School
Each personalized learning environment calls for distinct considerations, including the use of instructional time, school support roles required, and resources available. The following infographic will show you three base personalized learning models for districts and schools to think about when creating personalized learning environments.
The Blended Workbook: Learning to Design the Schools of Our Future
Written by Michael Horn and Heather Staker, the workbook includes key points drawn from over 50 case studies illustrate what works, what doesn't, and how to build a successful blended-learning program. This workbook's organizational structure allows you to jump in at any point to access field-tested exercises that will deepen your understanding of the design process.
It is time for districts to change what teaching and learning looks like in elementary schools
Each personalized learning environment calls for distinct considerations, including the use of instructional time, school support roles required, and resources available. The following infographic will show you three base personalized learning models for districts and schools to think about when creating personalized learning environments.
Curriculum Process Framework
The most essential questions to address when considering building a process for curriculum adoption in one framework. Discover the 5 essential areas that will make or break the success of your curriculum adoption.
Review, Demo and Select Digital Tools
This white paper is focused on the third phase of curriculum selection: reviewing, demoing and selecting tools. It is designed to help you make the right decisions and avoid costly mistakes and financial and organizational tensions in your district.
Personalized Learning Implementation Framework - White Paper
This white paper is meant to provide sample activities for using the PL framework, and share stories of how schools and districts have utilized the framework to make transformational changes in teaching and learning.
Competency-Based Education Toolkit
In this toolkit you will find lessons learned in and around Competency-Based Implementation – from assessment practices to network infrastructure.
Determine Offline-Online Curriculum Alignment and the Role of Digital tools
Determining the right mix of offline and online curriculum tools is crucial to the success of personalized learning. This mix will ensure that digital tools are not disconnected from other curriculum decisions.
Competency-Based Education Framework
Districts all around the country are trying to understand how to set a strong foundation for competency-based education. The CBE framework helps district leaders to focus on what really matters by breaking CBE planning down into actionable areas.
Personalized Learning Communication Guide
Effective communication is a cornerstone of successful innovation in education. We have created this new communications guide on how to communicate about your blended and personalized learning initiatives
Personalized Learning in the State of New York
16 districts and two BOCES across New York are making the shift to student-centered learning environments and personalized learning. A white paper about changing learning for over 45,000 students in NY state.
Align Curriculum Goals with Personalized Learning Vision
Developing your Personalized Learning curriculum strategy can be complex. Ideally, everyone at the district shares a vision for what PL will accomplish. This white paper helps you guarantee your curriculum goals are aligned with your vision.
Personalized Learning Implementation Framework
This implementation framework shows 25 essential areas to effectively launch, support, sustain, & grow personalized learning
Curriculum Selection Guide
While curriculum selection can be a challenge, a structured approach makes all the difference. In this infographic you will find the three key phases for selecting curriculum to support Personalized Learning
The Core Four of Personalized Learning
The Core Four white paper includes a framework, actionable ideas & insights from districts who have successfully implemented personalized learning. It can help you get started or take the next step - for your whole district or within your own classroom.
Personalized Learning Biggest Challenge
A recent study of 450 educators, including district leaders, school leaders, teachers, private businesses and other groups from 46 U.S. states, that revealed the one the biggest challenge to personalized learning
Personalized Learning Impact Report 2015-2016
By a variety of measures, we are seeing strong outcomes for students, teachers and administrators who are implementing personalized learning with Education Elements. Check out this Personalized Learning Impact Report 2015-16 for details
Personalized Learning Playbook
A playbook that introduces the concept of personalized learning and breaks down three important changes to consider for educators and leaders alike.
Six Personalized Learning Risks
“What have other districts done that we should avoid?” To answer that we developed a list of the top six mistakes we see; along with advice on how to avoid making them.
Understanding and Supporting Blended Learning Teaching Practices
This guide explains how blended learning fits into a personalized learning model of instruction. It also breaks blended learning down into specific domains to help measure your own blended learning implementation.
Collaborative Learning Framework
To meet the demands of our changing workforce and to solve real-world issues and be productive citizens, classrooms need to have a culture that encourages and inspires students to work together.
Virtual Program Implementation Framework
Our Virtual Program Implementation Framework highlights 25 areas of focus that will make or break the success of your virtual school
