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Promising Practices Series kicks off on June 4th

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Register for the First Session of a New Series
of Promising Practices Webinars!

Join us next week on Tuesday, June 4th at 1pm EST for the first session of a new Promising Practices Series of webinars from the National Partnership for Student Success (NPSS). As an NPSS Supporting Champion, Throughline Learning is excited to co-host a panel discussion that will dive into place-based models for expanding student support roles. Attendees will hear from both school leaders and community educators about benefits to students — as well as the success coaches who serve them.

For this kickoff session, the NPSS Hub will highlight partnerships in Rhode Island focused on providing academic and social and emotional support to students from community educators who serve as success coaches. Launched in partnership with Throughline Learning, community educators provide students at Reservoir Avenue Elementary in Providence Public Schools and Segue Institute for Learning with tutoring supports during the school day.

About NPSS: The National Partnership for Student Success is a public-private partnership between the U.S. Department of Education, AmeriCorps, and the NPSS Hub located at the Everyone Graduates Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Education.  The NPSS helps schools, educators, and communities connect all students with evidence-based, people-powered supports to learn and achieve to their potential.

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Build capacity to increase the range of stories and perspectives in lessons

Partnership Example
Our partnership with Greater Commonwealth Virtual School (GCVS) in Massachusetts centers around school goals of building community, fostering connection, and deepening student engagement.

All high school teachers at GCVS completed Throughline Learning’s curriculum reflection, exploring which perspectives are represented in current curriculum materials and taking action to better honor the student identities present in their classrooms. Teachers implemented strategies to intentionally diversify lesson sources and perspectives, solicit student feedback, and incorporate students’ cultures and interests into their coursework.

While teachers typically do not have control over curriculum selection decisions, this work demonstrated how small enhancements can make a big difference in student feelings of relevance and engagement.

Core Services

• Strategy-Based PLCs: Curriculum Reflection
• 1:1 Teacher Coaching
• Student Experience Survey

Impact
“Our Throughline partnership has been transformational. Our coach has helped teachers create trusting, inclusive, student-centered class communities, and improved students’ willingness to engage in productive struggle and take academic risks.” — GCVS Principal

GCVS student perspectives on curriculum relevance and representation increased 14%

“I have been implementing the practices and have seen great growth. I have many students ‘stepping into the stretch zone’. ” — GCVS Teacher

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