StrongMind Materials for BOCES RFP 2023-24 School Year

Hybrid Solution: Our hybrid solution blends self-paced learning, teacher-led activities, and project-based learning (PBL) to provide flexibility to students, empower teachers to focus on building relationships with their learners, and encourage students to apply critical thinking to link their K-12 learning to college, career, and life. The StrongMind solution is customizable to meet your local needs.

The StrongMind virtual solution blends personalized self-paced learning, teacher-directed synchronous learning, small group collaboration, and authentic project-based learning (PBL). Our solution can be turn-key or tailored to your local needs

Designed specifically for virtual, hybrid, and blended learning, StrongMind courses for K-12 are Digital Promise certified and Quality Matters approved. They provide flexibility to support your local innovation, teacher tools to bolster effective instruction and use pedagogy based in learning science to boost student achievement.

Community Engagement: We specialize in helping K-12 schools engage with and expand their local communities. Tailored to your vision and goals, we can reach out to your community to build awareness of your school/program, strengthen your school brand, recruit and recapture students, and foster a thriving school community.

StrongMinded SEL offers personalized SEL for K-12 learners. Our solution is research-based and Digital Promise certified, requiring minimal teacher training to get started. With hundreds of bite-sized lessons that can be combined into customizable playlists, StrongMinded is the only SEL solution that is both instructor and student-driven.

StrongMind provides educational services and solutions (ESS) that are developed and customized to meet your local needs. Our ESS includes governance, policy, compliance, and accountability; technology planning and implementation; student services; teaching and learning professional development; and human resources support, including hiring.

Provides educators with the opportunity to closely examine aspects of best practices in online instruction, discovering standards and skills for effective online delivery. Course participants will:

• Examine instructional strategies for online engagement, content differentiation, personalized learning implementation, and project-based learning incorporation.
• Learn how to develop and manage digital learning options for students, produce opportunities for collaboration, and design and develop digitized content.
• Apply knowledge to their instructional practice through the design, development, and delivery of activities and lessons.

Provide educators with the opportunity to study tools and best practices for supporting effective digital learning. Course participants will:

• Investigate strategies and resources for engaging 21st-century learners and building digitally responsible students in a blended setting.
• Study the impact of gamification, learn basic game theory, and explore elements of gaming that can be integrated into existing curriculum.
• Closely examine aspects of project-based learning in a blended setting in order to reflect on and refine current instructional practices.
• Apply knowledge to their instructional practice through the design, development, and delivery of activities and lessons.

This series is aimed at supporting educational leaders as they begin to design and implement digital learning in their school or district. This series:

• Provides an overview of blended learning basics as well as a deep dive into sustainable and disruptive models.
• Supports high-quality blended learning across multiple groups of stakeholders: students, teachers, and community-at-large.
• Tools and strategies are introduced, shared, and practiced.

Provides educators with the opportunity to study tools and best practices for personalized learning implementation. Course participants will:

• Build student profiles and diagnostic assessments, learn how to use data to guide students in identifying learning targets and writing objectives and goals, and design multiple assessments for various mastery levels.
• Examine student support structures and management of independent learning time.
• Study aspects of culturally responsive teaching practices that build equity for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse student populations.
• Investigate best instructional practices for developing classroom climate, promoting student agency, building learner partnerships, developing literacy, supporting first and second language acquisition, monitoring progress, and deepening the learning experience through personalization and authenticity.
• Apply knowledge to their instructional practice through the design, development, and delivery of activities and lessons.

Provides educators with an introduction to the basics of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL). Course participants will:

• Learn about the elements of SEL, diving deep into each, and explore social-emotional learning in the classroom. Understand how to measure SEL and implement activities supporting SEL soft skills-building.
• Focus on cultivating an environment that supports SEL and effectively integrates SEL best practices.

Provide educators with the opportunity to examine blended instructional best practices and strategies within a core subject.

• Subjects included in this series are math, English, science, social studies, PE and health, and special education. There is also a course specific to librarians or media specialists.
• Educators will apply knowledge to their instructional practice through the design, development, and delivery of activities and lessons.

Provide educators with a deep dive into various models of blended learning. Course participants will:

• Examine effective instructional strategies and best practices for engaging learners in digital settings, designing and managing digital learning options for students, differentiating content to personalize the learning experience, and integrating active learning strategies in their blended classrooms.
• Use data analytics to personalize learning and develop course content that drives blended instruction.
• Explore Open Educational Resources (OER), including the basics of identifying and using these free curricular resources as well as more advanced skills of customizing and personalizing them.
• Apply knowledge to their instructional practice through the design, development, and delivery of activities and lessons.

Provide educators with the opportunity to study tools and best practices for supporting effective digital learning. Course participants will:

• Investigate strategies and resources for engaging 21st-century learners and building digitally responsible students in a remote setting.
• Study the impact of gamification, learn basic game theory, and explore elements of gaming that can be integrated into existing curriculum.
• Closely examine aspects of project-based learning in a remote setting in order to reflect on and refine current instructional practices.
• Apply knowledge to their instructional practice through the design, development, and delivery of activities and lessons.

This series is aimed at supporting educational leaders as they begin to design and implement digital learning in their school or district. This series:

• Provides an overview of blended learning basics as well as a deep dive into sustainable and disruptive models.
• Supports high-quality blended learning across multiple groups of stakeholders: students, teachers, and community-at-large.
• Tools and strategies are introduced, shared, and practiced.

Provides educators with an introduction to the basics of Social-Emotional Learning (SEL). Course participants will:

• Learn about the elements of SEL, diving deep into each, and explore social-emotional learning in the classroom. Understand how to measure SEL and implement activities supporting SEL soft skills-building.
• Focus on cultivating an environment that supports SEL and effectively integrates SEL best practices.

Provides educators with the opportunity to study tools and best practices for personalized learning implementation. Course participants will:

• Build student profiles and diagnostic assessments, learn how to use data to guide students in identifying learning targets and writing objectives and goals, and design multiple assessments for various mastery levels.
• Examine student support structures and management of independent learning time.
• Study aspects of culturally responsive teaching practices that build equity for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse student populations.
• Investigate best instructional practices for developing classroom climate, promoting student agency, building learner partnerships, developing literacy, supporting first and second language acquisition, monitoring progress, and deepening the learning experience through personalization and authenticity.
• Apply knowledge to their instructional practice through the design, development, and delivery of activities and lessons.

Provide educators with the opportunity to examine blended instructional best practices and strategies within a core subject.

• Subjects included in this series are math, English, science, social studies, PE and health, and special education. There is also a course specific to librarians or media specialists.
• Educators will apply knowledge to their instructional practice through the design, development, and delivery of activities and lessons.

Provide educators with a deep dive into various models of remote learning. Course participants will:

• Examine effective instructional strategies and best practices for engaging learners in digital settings, designing and managing digital learning options for students, differentiating content to personalize the learning experience, and integrating active learning strategies in their blended classrooms.
• Use data analytics to personalize learning and develop course content that drives remote instruction.
• Explore Open Educational Resources (OER), including the basics of identifying and using these free curricular resources as well as more advanced skills of customizing and personalizing them.
• Apply knowledge to their instructional practice through the design, development, and delivery of activities and lessons.

At iSucceed Virtual Schools, students enjoy the freedom of online school with personalized support from highly qualified teachers. Available for grades 8-12, learning is 100% online, giving students the flexibility and freedom to balance learning with their lifestyle. Teachers can easily customize learning for their students using a fully digital curriculum.

What does learning look like at iSucceed?

• Students can enroll full or part-time
• Learners complete 100% online coursework from any location at any time of day
• Students can take a full scope of courses, including accelerated learning, credit recovery, or a mixture

Elite Academic Academy offers three unique options for TK-12 students, empowering learners and their families to select the best option for their needs and goals. A premiere independent study educational option, Elite focuses on flexible, individualized homeschool, virtual, and blended academies for students not choosing to attend traditional brick and mortar schools. Students also enjoy a variety of enrichment programs where they can pursue extracurricular and/or career/vocational interests.

Elite offers three flexible learning options for students and families:

• Homeschool Academy
• Virtual Academy
• Flex Academy

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