Thousand Oaks, CA – Compass Charter Schools (CCS) presented at the Southern California i-Ready User Summit on Tuesday, September 19. The i-Ready User Summit was a professional development opportunity that focused on creating a deeper understanding of i-Ready’s diagnostic and instructional tools.
Crystal Villegas, CCS elementary school teacher, gave a presentation called “Tapping into the Heart: Applying Principles of Social Emotional Learning for i-Ready success.” The presentation highlighted CCS’ Success Academy, a program that gave scholars the opportunity to work on their i-Ready instruction. The Success Academy helped scholars learn valuable strategies like time management, goal setting, and organizational skills along with MindUp lessons, which are based on social-emotional learning concepts. The program also helped scholars foster a growth mindset and learn core breathing practices that help them explore areas of self- awareness, self-management, social awareness, communication skills, and responsible decision making.
“I am so thankful for the opportunity to present at the i-Ready User Summit and represent CCS,” said Villegas. “Our staff is truly passionate about creating personalized learning experiences for our scholars. i-Ready is an important tool that allows us to meet scholars where they are, and create an individualized learning plan to guide them in the right direction throughout their educational journey.”
The Summit brought together experts and peers to discuss i-Ready’s adaptive testing features, reporting and analytics, success stories, and new strategies to maximize instruction and support for scholar growth. Villegas’ presentation demonstrated how academic staff can call upon social-emotional learning concepts to help scholars successfully use the i-Ready diagnostic and develop a critical set of personal skills that will help them achieve success throughout the lives.
“CCS is committed to offering each scholar the support they need to achieve success, and i-Ready is an important part of that process,” said J.J. Lewis, CCS President & CEO. “The i-Ready diagnostic allows our staff to assess each scholar’s academic strengths and helps them identify subjects that may require more support. Thank you to Crystal for giving a wonderful presentation during the Summit to highlight how CCS’ Success Academy helped scholars excel at their i-Ready instruction.”
CCS continues to use i-Ready to gain a better understanding of each scholar’s academic needs, and to support the teachers as they create personalized academic experiences for their scholars. Follow CCS on Twitter and visit the hashtag #iReadyCA, to see highlights from the Southern California i-Ready User Summit.
About Compass Charter Schools
Compass Charter Schools (CCS) is a WASC-accredited virtual public charter school serving thousands of scholars throughout the state. Catering to TK-12 grade scholars, CCS offers the choice of either their home school or online academic program. CCS is committed to creating a collaborative virtual learning community, inspiring scholars to appreciate the ways in which arts and sciences nurture a curiosity for lifelong learning, and preparing scholars to take responsibility for their future successes.
For more information about CCS, visit www.compasscharters.org.