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Personalized Learning. Meeting the Personalized Needs of Each Student. Superintendents Leadership Institute June 28, 2011. Good Kids Doing Great Work. Our Collective Journey.
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Personalized Learning Meeting the Personalized Needs of Each Student Superintendents Leadership Institute June 28, 2011
Our Collective Journey Developing students who are healthy, responsible, and self-directed and who have the knowledge and Global 21skills that will bring them satisfying and productive lives.
What does that student look like? • Goal oriented • Self-directed • Motivated • Independent thinker • Independent worker • Good communicator • Problem solver • Engages in multiple strategies • Takes responsibility for his/her own learning
What are the needs of students and what do they need from us?
What do students want to be? • Goal oriented • Self-directed • Motivated • Independent thinkers • Independent workers • Good communicators • Problem solvers • Engage in multiple strategies • Takes responsibility for their own learning
“We need to have an alignment from the people highest up to the students all working on the same goal. Students are pretty much ready to have a curriculum that’s based on them, but we really need everyone else to be on the same page.”
“We need to have an alignment from the people highest up to the students all working on the same goal.Students are pretty much ready to have a curriculum that’s based on them, but we really need everyone else to be on the same page.”
Personalized Learning • What is Personalized Learning? • What does it look like? • How do we get there?
What Personalized Learning is NOT • Personalized Learning is not synonymous with • Individualization • Differentiation
Working Definition • “Personalization refers to instruction that is paced to learning needs (i.e. individualized), tailored to learning preferences (i.e. differentiated),and tailored to specific interests of different learners. In an environment that is fully personalized, the learning objectives and content as well as the method and pace may all vary.”
Top Ten Essential Elements • Essential Elements • Flexible, Anytime/Everywhere Learning • Redefine Teacher Role and Expand “Teacher” • Project-Based, Authentic Learning • Student Driven Learning Pathway • Mastery/Competency-Based Progression/Pace • Policy Enablers • Redefine Use of Time (Carnegie Unit/Calendar) • Performance-Based, Time-Flexible Assessment • Equity in Access to Technology Infrastructure • Funding Models That Incentivize Completion • P-20 Continuum and Non-grade Band System
West Virginia Exemplar Cabell County Schools Extended Learning Opportunities Lenora Richardson, Supervisor SorayaBoukhemis, HHS Graduate Cabell County’s goal to provide more individualized learning for students with varied interests and experiences evolved into the ELO project. The goal is to provide learning opportunities for students to achieve their potential and receive credit towards high school graduation that is earned online or in a non-traditional optional setting best meeting the individual learning needs and interests of the students.
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