A small subset of classrooms that move ahead of the main field of teachers to showcase what Modern Learning looks like at different stages.

How we all agree our classroom will work. All of the students helped make these and agree to follow them.

I meet with my teacher to talk about my learning.

Culture Conversations help move staff through the change process as the district moves to a modern learning environment.

This is my notebook where I showcase my learning and track my data using Learning Roadmaps and Learning Plans.

Bringing all of the components of the education system together to form one cohesive system.

Modern Teacher’s Framework which has 6 drivers that move incrementally through 7 stages to guide districts through managing digital convergence.

Digitally connecting content, tools, systems and users to form a robust system across the district to support the instructional model.

The leader at the district who is responsible to keep the work moving for the following drivers: Leadership, Modern Curriculum, Instructional Model, Digital Ecosystem, Professional Learning and Community. This person ensures the SI teams finish their tasks.

Six categories of Success Indicators, which drive a district’s progress through the Digital Convergence Framework. The six drivers are Leadership, Instructional Models, Modern Curriculum, Digital Ecosystem, and Professional Learning.

Completed work I can show my teacher so he or she knows I have accomplished my learning target.

First order change is small incremental change, for example implementing a new program.

Period of time with an established end date during which the district works to complete a set number of selected SIs. Each goal cycle is made up of approximately 10-12 SIs and lasts for about 3 months.

The unifying design principles of instruction that are reflected in every classroom within the district.

A term used to combine several overlapping concepts related to the learner, including learning style, intelligence preferences, interests, academic readiness, standards mastered, culture and gender.

Learning Management Systems provide tools for teachers to organize digital curriculum, create online or blended learning experiences and track student progress. Examples are Empower, Canvas, Schoology, Google etc.

Plans students use to navigate their learning pathways.

How I know what I am in my learning for each subject for the year and what standards I have already learned.

Where I go to find the unpacked standards and other things that help me learn

This means I learned my standard.

Messages sent out by the Superintendent at each stage of the Digital Convergence Framework to communicate the progress of the work and to celebrate successes.

A micro-credential is a mini certification or credit in a specific topic area. Modern Teacher offers 2 micro-credentials for each module- 1 for literacy and 1 for fluency.

A short lesson with a narrow focus that provides instruction on a skill or concept that students will relate to a larger lesson experience.

A Modern Curriculum includes a Continuum of Learning and Learning Progressions with aligned content, tasks, activities and assessments for all core content areas and grade levels. A modern curriculum also includes information on how mastery of learning will be monitored and reported.

Virtual recognition awarded to teachers as they finish the 4 phases of professional learning with Modern Teacher- Phase 1: Learner Centered; Phase 2: Rigor and Relevance Phase 3- Learning Environments Phase 4- Master Teacher Certified

When learning takes place all online. Students may take a virtual class or receive all of their classes virtually.

Personalized learning is an educational approach that aims to customize learning for each student’s strengths, needs, skills and interests. Students are met where they are in their learning the pace is varied.

Students move through learning progressions at their own pace receiving timely, differentiated support based on their individual learning needs.

Proficiency scales outline the progression of learning for mastering a standard. Students may enter at different levels depending on their prior knowledge.

A document that is created by a school district to outline the Knowledge, Skills and Dispositions that each child will build.

Refers to the cognitive complexity of an instructional task.

A structure or tool built around the levels of rigor that supports educators when building progressions of learning and aligned content, tasks, activities and assessments. Examples of Rigor Frameworks- Modern Teacher Cognitive Growth Targets, Marzano's Rigor Framework, Bloom's Taxonomy

Completely reinventing the system. For example transitioning to Modern Learning Environments.

Why we come to school. Our classroom goals. We all make them together.

The team that completes the work for any given SI after an onsite strategy day or virtual call before the next session.

7 progressive levels of work within the Digital Convergence Framework. These stages are made up of a series of Success Indicators (SIs). A district's overall progress is represented with a score. While a district may have reached Stage 2 in the Leadership driver and Stage 4 in Modern Curriculum driver, for example, their overall stage value represents the average of their progress across all 5 drivers.

How we know what to do in our classroom when our teacher is busy or for things that we do everyday. You can have an SOP for walking in the hallway, or what to do when you need help but your teacher is busy.

A grading system in which only the summative assessment is used for the final grade for each standard. Homework, group work, tasks, activities etc. are formative assessments and not added into the grade.

Small steps that districts move through while working within the Digital Convergence Framework.

The Theory of Action organizes the district's vision into a high-level plan that is testable and periodically revisited.

A unit pulls together a group of related standards, essential questions, learning progressions, 21st Century Skills, pre and post assessment and authentic task.

What I need to know and be able to do to learn a standard.

A slide deck (presentation) made specifically to communicate the vision of the modern learning environment to all stakeholders within an organization.