Learning Technology Grant 2018-2021 Summary
Creating Integrated Models of Learning for the Modern Classroom
Welcome!
Creating Integrated Models of Learning for the Modern Classroom is a program targeting High School, Middle School, and Elementary School teachers and students in three school districts. These districts will work together to create model lessons using technology to support culturally and linguistically-responsive (CLR) instruction. They will achieve this by working and planning together, and with the help of external educators in the fields of CLR, integrated co-teaching (ICT) and instructional technology.
Educators will learn about practices that empower students to be more engaged and self-directed as they interact with different types and levels of content. Teachers will be given time to apply what they've learned through collaborative curriculum planning sessions and collaboratively redesign curriculum, lessons, and activities. Finally, they will create models for others to learn from about what it means to be culturally responsive and inclusive in a classroom setting to meet the needs of diverse learners. We look forward to impacting student achievement in a positive way.
The members of the consortium are the Sayville, South Huntington, and Wyandanch School Districts. To read more about the grant click on the link to the description on NYSED site.
Introduction to the consortium
In the school year 2018-21, members of the cohort worked on:
Integrating social emotional components into school culture through their own programs like the Sayville STRIDES websites
Enhancement of curriculum maps in MS Math and HS Science to incorporate technology and culturally responsive practices
Improved co-teaching practices and expanded models to more classrooms through:
creation of an online repository as a resource for ICT Station teaching complete with task cards and ideas for content areas
delivering instruction using different models of co-teaching - both for remote learning and on-site learning
incorporating technology to assess student needs and skills
meeting students where they are by personalizing instruction
Integrating social emotional components into integrated co-teaching models
Blended learning courses across the three school districts involved in the grant - some individualized by district; others held for members of all districts to join