Managing Accelerated Learning Committees
Under Texas HB 1416, Accelerated Learning Committees are no longer required. But, some school may still choose to make use of them. An accelerated learning committee includes staff members, and the student and parent or guardian if possible. Their job is to meet to create an educational plan for a student, and then monitor [...]
Tracking Accelerated Instruction
For Texas Districts trying to meet the requirements of House Bill 1416, one element is for students in accelerated instruction to have 15 to 30 hours of instruction in the subject they struggled in, based on student response. We’ve talked about how schools can create time for accelerated instruction, and how to schedule students, [...]
Scheduling Students for Accelerated Instruction
Texas House Bill 1416 (an update to HB 4545) requires that any students in grades 3-8 who did not score at least Approaches on their STARR assessment or End of Course (EOC) exam receive intervention support, referred to as accelerated instruction. However, with parent approval some schools may receive a waiver and that number [...]
Creating Time for Accelerated Instruction
Under Texas House Bill 4545, now updated by HB 1416, it’s required that students meeting certain criteria are given supplemental accelerated instruction, during the school day. This includes not only academically, but emphasizes their social-emotional needs as well. For schools, this will mean that time needs to be spent with each student, or perhaps [...]
Enrichment is Essential for All Students
It’s true, students likely have not learned what they would have in a pre-Covid, fully in-person school year. Standards of where a student should be, at a certain grade level, are defined. Schools that use competency based grading systems and or that are a high functioning PLC may also have defined what is essential [...]
3 Tips for Making Virtual Office Hours More Effective
Many schools and educators are using 'office hours' to meet with students and set aside time to give them the extra help and one-to-one communication they need. You may think of office hours just being something that college professors use but they can be effective for high schools, and even middle schools as well. [...]