Summer Planning Toolkit

Summer Planning & Success Toolkit

Augment your in-person (and virtual) summer school plans with helpful resources, blogs, and worksheets aligned to your specific summer goals.

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Credit Recovery

Summer is the perfect opportunity for students to recoup lost units and recover credits so they can stay on track toward their graduation goals.

Credit Recovery Program Planning Guide

4 Instructional Best Practices to Support Credit Recovery

5 Ways to Implement A Virtual Summer School Program

How do you get there?

Stand up a credit recovery program using your own teachers and our digital courseware.

Build a virtual credit recovery solution, powered by our state-certified teachers.

Intervention & Acceleration

The work continues to help our students recover from compounded learning loss with intentional acceleration and intervention programs—design a targeted approach for this summer.

6 Strategies for Building Your Summer Acceleration & Enrichment Program

[Teacher Tips] Implementing an Acceleration Plan to Address Unfinished Learning

4 Things You Should Know to Support Struggling Middle and High School Students

How do you get there?

Diagnose learning needs, meet students where they are, and shore up longstanding skill gaps to accelerate growth.

Introduce modular curriculum that remediates grade-level concepts tied to courses, EOCs, or even college readiness exams.

Master standards and ensure grade-level proficiency with proven practice and formative assessments.

Bridge Programs

Some grade transitions are more difficult than others; ensure students are prepared to make the critical jump to middle school or high school.

Summer School: Bridge Programs for 8th Grade Transitions

4 SEL Skills Every Student Must Have for a Successful Grade Transition

[Infographic] Importance of a Successful Middle to High School Transition

How do you get there?

Offer just-in-time courses to ensure students are ready for the next grade transition.

Create a flexible, virtual grade transition program to meet students’ needs.

Enrichment

Summer school is the perfect time for students to get ahead and earn more credits, creating scheduling flexibility in the year ahead.

5 Research-Based Components of a Successful Virtual or Hybrid Learning Program

An Introduction to Enrichment and Supportive Classroom Strategies

Not Your Father’s Summer School: How Districts are Reinventing Summer Programs to Increase Opportunity and Achievement

How do you get there?

Help students earn additional credits using your own teachers to get ahead this summer.

Extend learning options and enrich instruction virtually in your summer programming.

Early Literacy

Read by the 3rd Grade: 10 Features to Look for in Online Literacy Programs

[Infographic] The Impacts of Literacy for Early Learners

The “Science of Reading” and What It Means for Your Classroom

How do you get there?

Meet students where they are in their reading journey and promote intentional academic growth.

Build early literacy foundations aligned to the five pillars of reading.

Teacher Tools

Offline options are great to have year round. All of our Edmentum programs include printable items to help you out, but we also rounded up some fun and free options you can download and print right away.