Personalized Practice to Mastery Workshop

Module 3: ADAPTIVE ONLINE TOOL Practicing Algorithm Identified Skills to Mastery

Strategy: During instructional planning, use current mastery data (e.g., recent benchmark or progress monitoring skills data from a universal screener or current adaptive online tool report) for each reading skill to plan practice activities based on student-specific skills mastery.

Synchronous Session: Practicing Algorithm Identified Skills to Mastery

Personalized Practice to Mastery | TXRL Workshop (Slides)

Mini-Lesson |Practicing Algorithm Identified Skills to Mastery

Adaptive online tools provide structured grade-level and individualized skill practice to support mastery. However, their effectiveness depends on intentional use, monitoring, and support—they are not a stand-alone solution.
Onboarding Students ➡️ Set clear expectations.
Monitor Learning Progress ➡️ Teachers & students actively track progress.
Provide Supports ➡️ Ensure students maximize learning through
- Motivational Supports to provide their best effort; and
- Instructional Supports to help when their stuck.

Key Criteria for Online Adaptive Tool

Use a high quality online adaptive tool with an algorithm that advances students upon mastery of skills.
Follow recommendations for time and frequency provided by vendor to ensure appropriate progress.
Monitor students’ learning behaviors during the online work time to ensure students are engaged in learning.
For students who do not make progress with the online instruction, work with them directly (or provide peer support) until they are able to find success with online instruction.

District Team Step-Through Online Adaptive Tool Guide

District Step-Through

Opportunity to hear directly from your district leaders on how the Online Adaptive Tool will work in your district context including clarifying details such as those below:

Adaptive Online Tool Purpose

- What is the core instructional purpose of the online adaptive tool?
- What misconceptions might teachers have about the adaptive online tool that we need to clarify?

Activity Content

- What adaptive online tool must students use? What is the minimum minutes or lesson completion for K-3 Grade levels according to the vendor?

Support Students on Adaptive tool

- Motivational Supports: How will students be supported to provide their best effort? (e.g., progress tracking, goal setting, celebrations).
- Instructional Supports: How will students be supported instructionally if they are struggling online or stuck? (e.g. direct support, peer support, offline activities)

Q&A

- Campus Literacy Teams: Do you have the clarity you need regarding the Adaptive Online Tool expectations so they can be implemented on your campus? Note and ask any questions or clarifications your Campus Literacy Teams have in mind.