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Learning Village gives educators access to the best practices, instructional strategies, lesson plans, and resources from around your school district - all from a centralized SharePoint Web portal. Content from publishers is fully integrated into the portal as well as pacing guides aligned to state standards and supporting resources.

How effective is the Learning Village for teachers?
  • Connects educators to district approved lesson plans, publishers content, and up-to-date instructional resources
  • Aligns lesson plans and content to district, state, and national standards
  • Easily share learning experiences, best practices, lesson plans and have open discussion around educational issues within a virtual community
  • Plan for classroom instruction by reviewing student performance data, search for resources and aligning to district planning guide all accessible within the Learning Village
How to view content in the Learning Village

  1. Go to the Employee Portal


  2. Enter your portal user name and password

    Log-in

  3. Select the tab Learning Village. You will land on the dashboard. The dashboard is a collection of information modules that provide snapshots of recent news, new content, discussions, and upcoming events

    Dashboard

  4. First time users must set up their Personal Calendar. Click on the Calendar tab then right click on Personal Calendar and select Create Personal Calendar from the pop-up menu

    Creating a Calendar

  5. Type a name and a short description of your calendar. Check the box to activate the Instructional Calendar then click OK

    Naming your Calendar

  6. Now you will be able to see your Personal Calendar

    View of the Personal Calendar

  7. Click on the Content tab. All district, publisher, and user content is stored in the content library. On the left side select a content item template to view a listing of associated content items

    Content Library

  8. The picture below is an example of a listing of content item in this case Quarter 1 Middle School Pacing Guide

    Viewing the Pacing Guides




Tutorials

 Introduction
 
 

Support:

Email: lvsupport@dadeschools.net
Phone:305-995-1915

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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