Accelerated Learning
Discover how to effectively accelerate learning with support custom-designed for your school’s unique goals.
Are your accelerated learning strategies producing transformative results in the classroom?
Learning acceleration has proven to be the most effective method to mitigate learning loss.
Learning loss has disrupted academic progress for students and teachers. Many districts are still grappling with how to best accelerate the learning process. Traditional methods to curb unfinished learning have fallen flat. With limited resources at your disposal, school districts are challenged to find and implement accelerated learning strategies to prevent the effects of learning loss from becoming permanent. Especially for those students disproportionately affected in recent years.
Learning Acceleration strategically prepares students for success in current grade-level content. Insight’s accelerated learning support is grounded in the belief that educators must develop authentic and trusting relationships so that students feel supported holistically.
What does accelerated learning look like?
Learn how Rio Grande City High School is making the shift from remediation to learning acceleration first-hand.
Hermalinda Ayala Rios, Dean of Instruction at Rio Grande City High School
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.
Reversing Learning Loss: A Look at the Numbers
Closing opportunity gaps remain top of mind for school leaders across the nation. Performance data shows a custom-built learning acceleration strategy that empowers teachers and nurtures students is key.
Improvement in grade-level objectives for accelerated learning classrooms.
Source: Zearn
Improvement in grade-level learning for Title I schools.
Improvement in grade-level material for students of color and learners from working class families.
Learning acceleration closes learning gaps through:
- Rigorous Instruction
- High-Quality Materials and Curriculum
- Aligned Assessments
To effectively reach all students, educators need to understand how to incorporate instructional strategies within the curriculum and daily lessons so that they can effectively shift practices away from remediation and towards on-grade-level content. With access to high-quality, grade-level content, students engage in purposeful, new learning.
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.
Learning Series
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.
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.
“Working with Insight has been a catapulting experience for our district because it has afforded us a platform of support and camaraderie unlike any other.”
Elsa Villarreal-Morris, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction
Rio Grande City Grulla Independent School District, Texas
Learn More About Accelerated Learning Strategies
Meet Jason Stricker. An experienced teacher, instructional coach, chief academic officer, consultant, and business leader who brings a deep understanding of educator effectiveness and organizational change and its impact on stakeholders at all levels. Co-founder of Insight Education Group and Insight ADVANCE, Jason has extensive experience in learning acceleration strategies, executive coaching, and has led numerous cabinet-level retreats.
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