Wyoming’s Future of Learning Application.pdf

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WYOMING’S

FUTURE OF LEARNING

PARTNERSHIP

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WHAT is the opportunity?

We are inviting school districts in Wyoming to apply for a special collaborative opportunity to re-imagine K12

education. The goal is to rethink and innovate key elements of instruction & assessment that are more responsive

to learners and support the Wyoming Profile of a Graduate, setting all learners on a path to a range of college and

career options. The RIDE Pilot will support districts and their communities as they engage in this participatory

process. The focus will be on creating learning environments that put students at the center by designing instruction

& assessment practices that adapt to each student’s unique abilities and interests within four key domains:

Competency-Based Learning, Flexible Pathways, Personalized Learning, and Student Choice in Learning.

WHO is involved?

This opportunity is made possible through the support and innovative partnership between:

Governor Gordon’s RIDE initiative

Wyoming Community College Commission

Wyoming State Board of Education

Wyoming Department of Education

University of Wyoming, College of Education

With support from:

2Revolutions (Lead Technical Assistance Partner)

READY? How to apply!

• Is your district ready to further transform teaching and learning?

• Are your building and teacher leaders looking for

innovative strategies to

shift their practice to a more

student-centered approach?

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WHY should you apply?

Continue your district transformation toward student-centered learning with deep professional learning

and coaching support

• Grow Your Educators & Your Leaders

• Customized professional learning for your educator and system-level supports

• Dedicated Coach and access to a range of national experts to support growing the student-centered

practices across your district

• Differentiated monthly opportunities to learn for Superintendents and District Leadership, Building

Leaders, and Implementing Teacher Leaders

• 3 virtual convenings for pilot district leaders to collaborate around specific problems of practice and

help inform statewide policy recommendations

• Be an Active Part of a Statewide Community of Practice

• Join 2 in-person convenings (September Kickoff event, May Celebration of Learning) bringing

together local, state, and national partners and thought leaders to celebrate student-centered

learning and learn more to scale student-centered structures and practices

Meeting & District

Participants

Monthly Collaborations Purpose

Superintendent 1st week of the month

30 minutes

Monitoring progress of the work and

supporting how this work continuously

aligns with district vision.

Design Team 2nd week of the month

60 minutes

Monitoring progress of the work,

sharing successes and navigating

roadblocks, reflecting on and planning

for upcoming learning, ensuring

support for implementation between

teach-ins, coaching for systems/

structures.

Implementing

Teacher Leaders

(Teach-in)

Typically 3rd or 4th week of the month

90 minutes virtual (every other month)

3 hours in-person (every other month)

Implementing teachers are also

expected to engage with asynchronous

learning and application throughout

the month. This might be individual or

in collaboration with their local cohort.

Engage in new learning, socialize

successes and challenges, and build

prototypes to apply new learning into

their practice.

Office hours Scheduled weekly by the coach

60 minutes

Individual or small group check-ins

addressing questions or problems of

practice; time to support implementing

practitioners in the learning and

applications they are engaging with in

between teach-ins.

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An Overview

• One Wyoming-wide goal to transform instruction and assessment.

• Four interrelated strategies to support student-centered teaching and learning.

• Unlimited ways to customize in districts to be community responsive.

Wyoming’s Future of Learning

Reimagining & Innovating the Delivery of Education (RIDE) Pilot

Competency-Based

Learning

Progression is based on

demonstrated learning and

proficiency rather than

seat time.

Personalized Learning

Students’ interests drive relevant

& authentic learning to

proficiency.

Student Choice

Students given

choice & voice on

the learning

pathway to

proficiency.

Flexible

Pathways

Learning pathways

to proficiency are

constructed in and

out of the

classroom.

Wyoming’s Student-Centered Learning Domains