Proactively plan curriculum for diverse classrooms
In education, you have to adapt to the needs of the classroom in real time.
Whether a student is having a crisis or a teacher needs to take time off, reaction is a crucial aspect of your job. While these skills allow for fast responses to emergent issues, educators can become more proactive by setting foundations in place for a more supportive classroom, regardless of what the day throws at them.
With Beacon, teachers can combine reactive and proactive practices to plan high-quality instruction that meets the needs of individual students. Because data is accessible and documentation is easy, instruction is more intentional, purposeful, and impactful for students of all backgrounds.
Beacon also has the tools to document and analyze each step the team takes to support student growth.
Make data-informed decisions with confidence
We hear it all the time: you’re data-rich and implementation-poor. You have an abundance of information about students at your fingertips–what you need is the ability to make decisions with that data to proactively support student learning. Beacon makes it easy to follow up on data conversations with real program and curriculum improvements. Collaboration becomes more strategic, enabling teams to adjust in real-time instead of waiting for periodic meetings or reports.
- Easily tie curriculum initiatives to student improvement because everything you do to support students lives within the software for easy access and analysis.
- Know for certain whether strategies for intervention and enrichment are increasing performance because assessment is a part of your curriculum, not an afterthought.
- Scope and Sequence data provide you with the insight you need to support teachers when they need it, not after the fact.
Plan and document strategies to support diverse needs
Every classroom is shaped by the complex backgrounds, unique needs, and different learning styles. As a result, each teacher will need strategies, resources, and coaching that are unique to their students and their classrooms. Thankfully, teachers can differentiate curriculum as much as they need to support each student and meet them where they are.
- Teachers can strategize per individual student and per class period. Whether as a team or as individuals, teachers can add multimedia resources, write unique lessons, and drag and drop strategies that support a diverse student body.
- Track student improvement to program initiatives by analyzing real student data next to the instructional strategies you used.
- Ensure transparent communication to students, parents, and admins because the modifications, accommodations, and strategies you use to support students with unique needs are built into your curriculum.
Strengthen and improve instructional and assessment programs
Curriculum managers are used to juggling unique programs, binders full of assessment data, and every teacher’s paper lesson plans to come to a conclusion about program success. Beacon consolidates everything under a single platform, transforming fragmented data into clear insights.
- Analyze the effectiveness of your curriculum using Beacon’s native data analysis features to connect curriculum decisions to learning outcomes.
- Move beyond metrics and understand the impact of your curriculum. See assessment scores from Aware in the context of each unit, reteach, or program initiative.
- Tie instructional success to individual, team, or school initiatives because all of your lessons, resources, strategies, and assessments live together in the software.
Coach teachers to improve student outcomes
When your teachers are well-supported, your students are well-supported. Beacon enables leaders to take an active role in the success of their teams. Because it’s easier to see how teachers are contributing to team and student success, they can support teachers according to their individual needs.
- Provide immediate, contextual feedback that teachers can implement on the spot, whether on lessons, resources, or overall strategies.
- Use your standing and expertise to strengthen lessons and curriculum. Modify, create, or upload additional resources for teachers to use.
- Use the data you gather from Beacon to plan timely, relevant learning opportunities in Strive.
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