Practices within learning acceleration do not rush the curriculum; instead, they skillfully provide grade-level content to all students - even those who are 1, 2, or 3 or more years behind grade level. While this is a tall order, recent research has shown that students rise to the high expectations teachers hold.

Insight Education Group's

Customized Learning Acceleration Plans

Insight’s targeted and customized approach helps districts to accelerate learning through pivots in leadership practices, instructional systems and mindsets.

Coaching

The Learning Acceleration Coach provides learning opportunities around research-based instructional strategies that support the identified content area (i.e. literacy or math). Other learning series topics include: leadership/instructional coaching and development, effective PLC models and implementation, research-based instructional strategies for math and literacy, change processes, and high-level performance management.

Project Management

The Learning Acceleration Coach manages all aspects of the partnership while building leadership capacity within the district team. This also includes creating opportunities for cross-initiative collaboration to ensure the learning acceleration work is aligned to other district priorities.

Capacity Building

Throughout the process, Insight’s goal is to build capacity within district and campus leaders to continue moving the work forward through a gradual release model. The transfer of leadership practices, such as strategic plan development, goal development, communication planning, meeting agenda preparation, and data collection and visualization are all carefully planned for with district leads. Leadership mindsets, knowledge, behaviors, and skills are developed and enhanced to expand the capacity of all leaders.

Data Analysis

Insight supports the district to leverage and analyze data to:

• Identify the areas of greatest need and set annual goals utilizing formative assessments (i.e. walkthrough data, exit tickets, unit assessments) and summative assessments (i.e. state data, local assessments)

• Define the current state of performance, target trends, and prioritize gaps within instructional data

• Determine the capacity needs and the growth points

• Establish “data talks” to track the progress towards determined goals and measures.

Implementation Support

Insight coaches work with designated district leads and team members to prioritize gaps in targeted content areas, grade levels, and student groups based on their data. Based on the identified needs, we work collaboratively with districts to ensure equitable access to high-quality curriculum and instruction.

We provide three tiers of instructional strategies that enable teachers and leaders to increase their ability to deliver grade-level content to all students and monitor progress to meet expectations. Strategies are specifically applied to identified needs and follow a clear acceleration plan to meet bi-annual goals.

The Learning Acceleration Coach also facilitates both synchronous and asynchronous meetings with the district-appointed team to create an annual action plan and provides targeted implementation support.