Mass Insight Advanced Placement Equity Building Tools

Social Emotional Learning

Setting-up Academic Goals

To help students manage their coursework in AP courses by learning about and seting SMART goals.

Create a Schedule or Routine

To guide students in setting a schedule to effectively prioritize and utilize their time in AP coursework and out of school.

Daily Mindfulness Routine

To promote increased focus, class participation, and a sense of academic belonging; at the beginning of every class, students and teachers silently meditate for five minutes.

Short Student Working Styles Discussions

To guide students in reflecting on and share their working preferences with a group in order to identify strategies to navigate procrastination.

Student Contracts

To support students in developing a sense of responsibility for their studies, their class, and ultimately themselves.

Compass Points Check-In

To provide students a platform for sharing vital information about themselves, their worries, excitement and questions with others, producing an opportunity to create common ground and a sense of community early.

Give Choices to Students

To give students choice with regard to assignments and projects so that they have a voice in what they learn and how they demonstrate their learning.

Harness the Potential of Group Work Through Establishing Effective Group Processes and Guidelines

To obtain the highest benefit from group projects and cooperative learning to ensure that collaboration enhances learning.

Student Group Noticing Routine

To build in the routine of students holding one another accountable for learning and presence in class.

Temperature Check Opportunities: Ice-breakers at beginning of meetings & Daily 5 Minute Mindfulness Workbooks

To re-center adult experience and social-emotional needs around past and ongoing traumas.

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