Help Students Develop Empathy: Teach Empathy via Learning for Justice
Give students the opportunity to think about and practice empathy. Use lesson plans from Teaching Tolerance.
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Develop Student Agency: Allow Students to Manage Their Daily Learning
Use design thinking, or a hackathon approach, to give students the opportunity to envision how their daily school experience should change to allow st…
Teach Time Management: Help Students Develop 21st-Century Skills
Teach time management: Challenge students to use their time to do what matters most to them by using lesson plans like
this one from Harvard Graduate…
Help Students Be Life-Ready: Teach Collaboration and Teamwork
Provide opportunities for students to work on skills that teach collaboration and teamwork - two skillsets required for their future success in career…
Create Internship Programs With Local Businesses: Providing Students Opportunities & Experience
Create internship programs with local businesses or organizations, such as Chamber of Commerce. Work with business partners to embed on-the-job projec…
Capstone Projects Focused on Real-World Issues: Create Meaningful Experiences that Engage All Students
Set up a process for students to annually engage in capstone projects focused on real-world issues. Have each student reflect and apply several key id…
Connect Career Interest with School Curriculum: Foster Student Engagement & Understanding of Relevance
Using MyNexMove.org, have students explore career options. Have the students make connections between what they learned, and the careers they are most…
Incorporate KNOW Skills for Student-Centered Learning: Redesign Your School to Incorporate Project-Based Learning
Redesign and commit to a schoolwide framework and curriculum that uses Project Based Learning and/or cross-curricular experiences for all students.
Incorporate THINK Skills for Student-Centered Learning: Use Design Thinking as Your School’s Foundational Backbone
Identify a THINK framework, such as design thinking, to set up as a foundational backbone that can be embedded every period, every day throughout your…
Create a Career Pathway Experience: Making Learning Relevant for All Students
Create CTE or career pathways schoolwide so that every student experiences project-based learning throughout their school experience. Check out Valley…