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Our grading system is not standards based, it is a gotcha policy. If you do not get it now, you are penalized and do not have an opportunity to redo or relearn. Some students learn things at a different pace, we should not penalize them if they still want to learn and grow. Need to allow the opportunity to redo/retake/remix since the goal is to learn in the end.

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Technology as an instructional & differentiation tool

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Technology as an instructional & differentiation tool

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Demonstrate ways to integrate tech into an authentic audience publication. Students create their own portfolio so it becomes student centric & differentiated learning!

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Project-based and connected to real life skills

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Project-based and connected to real life skills

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application to the real world. Students are able to transfer their knowledge to their community

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application to the real world. Students are able to transfer their knowledge to their community

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Focus on getting to know the students, help support differentiation, and expertise. Not just paper and pencil assessments.

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Group w accountab

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building a culture where students take risks, ask questions, and aren't afraid to be wrong

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building a culture where students take risks, ask questions, and aren't afraid to be wrong

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Caring teachers- helping students to navigate school

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Caring teachers- helping students to navigate school

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In theory-innovation guiding principles but not sure that leaders or teachers understand exactly how to do that--common example..."I do PBL"

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In theory-innovation guiding principles but not sure that leaders or teachers understand exactly how to do that--common example..."I do PBL"

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Transferring the thinking and talk to students; shifting the teacher/student talk ratio

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Transferring the thinking and talk to students; shifting the teacher/student talk ratio

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problem based learning, multiple ways of demonstration of the learning, student centered, students engagement

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problem based learning, multiple ways of demonstration of the learning, student centered, students engagement

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Thinking of AP classes in high school

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Addressing relevancy from the initial moments of the lesson

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Addressing relevancy from the initial moments of the lesson

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CLASS - Child and Adult Interaction Framework with best first instructional strategies for emotional support, classroom organization, and instructional support

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CLASS - Child and Adult Interaction Framework with best first instructional strategies for emotional support, classroom organization, and instructional support

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The Innovation Guiding Principles have been the "learning beliefs" that we've used in the work with Innovative Learning Environments to ensure that we ground that work in thinking first about teaching and learning, and how space can support what we want to see instructionally.

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BVSD now has four new buildings and one significant remodel: Emerald, Creekside, and Douglass Elementary Schools have been replaced with brand new buildings constructed on the same sites; the first BVSD school in Erie, Meadowlark, is a PK-8 that was built in the Flatirons Meadows Neighborhood; and Centaurus High School is undergoing a major renovation. These buildings now serve as BVSD's "Exemplar Schools," showcasing 21st Century School Design.

The efforts go beyond total re-builds. Innovation Funds are designated for each school: $200,000 for each elementary schools; $400,000 for each middle school; $600,000 for each K-8 school; and $800,000 for each high school. These funds will become available to schools during their assigned bond Phase. The developed guidelines and process will seek to align the work of The Success Effect and the BVSD Innovation Guiding Principles to the allocation of each site's Innovation Funds.

Innovation Guiding Principles

We believe that learning is a journey inspired by authentic questions. Along the journey of inquiry, learners acquire knowledge, abilities, ways of thinking, and skills that shape them for the next journey. Inquiry can be initiated by facilitators seeking to guide the journey learners towards specific knowledge and skills, or more ideally, originate with the learner. We will foster a culture in which questions are as important as answers, and every learner is challenged/encouraged to inquire.

Learn more about the Building for Student Success Program's direct connection to implementing the
Success Effect

Visit Building for Student Success Program Website

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Innovation Guiding Principles | BVSD - Boulder Valley School District

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BVSD now has four new buildings and one significant remodel: Emerald, Creekside, and Douglass Elementary Schools have been replaced with brand new buildings constructed on the same sites; the first BVSD school in Erie, Meadowlark, is a PK-8 that was built in the Flatirons Meadows Neighborhood; and Centaurus High School is undergoing a major renovation.

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Multiple ways to demonstrate understanding

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Multiple ways to demonstrate understanding

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Give students multiple ways to show their learning,  paper,  presentation, movie, blog, poster, poem etc. Let them decide.

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student interacting with other students

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Ask students rather than command

Create buy-in to have student engagement

advanced content for many

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Integrating SEL into instruction.
I've seen a new focus on relationship building in high schools this year.

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- All students are talking, listening, reading and writing to learn,  understand, demonstrate and share

- Each student is engaged in relevant learning in applied "real world" situations (even skills are learned in context)

- Each student belongs to the class