…proficiencies in whatever they choose to study. Between the two systems — flexible pathways and proficiency-based learning — students negotiate a curriculum that keeps them engaged and satisfies their curiosity…
Read morewith this profound shift in education as we know it? Why pair badges with flexible pathways? When we imagine the requirements of Act 77 — PBGRs, PLPs, and Flexible Pathways…
Read more…better understanding of, what our state’s Act 77 Flexible Pathways legislation looks like in action. In part, this stems from wanting to be sure the current focus on proficiency-based teaching…
Read more…these questions, looking at the Challenges, Successes, Evidence and Next Steps. Pillar 2: Flexible Pathways Flexible Pathways as defined by Vermont’s Proficiency-Based Learning Glossary: “Any combination of high-quality expanded…
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…77 The two tenets of act 77 are flexible pathways and personalized learning plans. According to Vermont’s Agency of Education, flexible pathways (bolds mine): Flexible Pathways Flexible Pathways are any…
Read morestudents in authentic learning opportunities? How is this experience showing flexible pathways for learning? Now tell us Take the quiz on flexible pathways! Designing flexible pathways for early adolescents Start…
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…giving them a way to manage all those idiosyncratic pathways, all these flexible pathways that students are now pursuing. How are we documenting those? How are we keeping track of…
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…flexible pathways portion of Act 77. And thinking about how we can help more students be successful by broadening the scope of pathways available to them. Emily: I think it…
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…that works without first listening to students. We can create as many flexible pathways as we want, but if they are not the flexible pathways that our students want, then…
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…in Protean. These are flexible pathways for reflection Kind of like taking a flexible pathway and putting it in a flexible pathway! It’s that idea of if we’re going to…
Read more…PLP Pathways, 2018 Oh, the Challenges! Oh, the Possibilities! Jana Fabri-Sbardellati, VT Flexible Pathways Collaborative, 2018 Examples and Tools Phys Ed 2.0: More Learning, Less Suffering, Life LeGeros, Tarrant Institute,…
Read more…and with greater shared purpose. Project exhibition for peers and parents culminating a project-based learning unit on endangered species. Pillar Three: Flexible pathways Flexible pathways are certainly present in the…
Read moreTips and Tricks to Redesign your Classroom What are some ways you could start making a flexible classroom to facilitate flexible learning? “Flexible classrooms” image by The Avery Coonley…
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…walls? Hunter education in a Flexible Pathway environment When Vermont committed to the ambitious outcomes of Act 77 in 2013, the state agreed to provide flexible pathways for learning in…
Read moreIt takes a combination of flexible pathways and student passion. Peoples Academy Middle Level 6th graders Noble Beerworth, Josephine Simone, Anna Isselhardt, and Jacob Fougere won big at this year’s…
Read more…Session 2 we saw that WWSU was already moving in these directions, as we explored district initiatives and student profiles related to personalized learning, proficiency-based education, flexible pathways, and student…
Read moreImplementation of personal learning plans (PLPs) around Vermont As Vermont works through the first year of implementing personalized learning and Act 77, Flexible pathways to secondary education completion (pdf) there…
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…with the impacts of addiction and mental illness. And we explore other themes: how to really see kids, the importance of representation in books, and the power of flexible pathways….
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Read more…this unique professional development opportunity is helping Vermont’s middle grades educators deal with the challenges posed by legislative Act 77, the Flexible Pathways Initiative. Also, 200 Vermont educators dance like…
Read moreOn exploring flexible pathways to learning This past August, Vermont Secretary of Education Dr Rebecca Holcombe addressed the 2016 Amplifying Student Voice & Partnership Conference on the topic of equity…
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…sustained silent reading: there’s student choice, student self-direction, flexible pathways, diversity and a democratic classroom. This particular student right here is engaged in sustained silent reading: This student (whose…
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…and in the morning work sessions, Act 77 was identified by name as supporting community-based education. CBL opportunities can definitely be part of students’ flexible pathways towards proficiency. Culturally, there…
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…but in our education system, we have something called Act 77, legislation that provides students with more vigorous opportunities in personalized learning. With Act 77, students can explore flexible pathways…
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Read more…of it: teachers, professors, Tarrant Institute staff, and students from across Vermont gathered to learn how to better personalize learning, engage early adolescent students, create flexible pathways to graduation, foster…
Read moreHow are educators and students tackling PLPs around the state? Vermont’s Act 77, the Flexible Pathways Act, mandates that every student in grades 7-12 statewide have a Personal Learning Plan…
Read moreFoundations & Connections Types of Student Involvement, Schlechty Center on Engagement, What Are Flexible Pathways? Vermont Agency of Education, April 19, 2017 Examples & Tools PBL Planning Template, Katy Farber,…
Read more…eight different strands under the theme of Flexible Pathways for Young Adults. The eight strands are: Middle Grades Organization Middle Grades Curriculum Embedded Literacy in Middle Grades Brain-Based Education for…
Read more…their own interests. These independent– but educator and community-supported– efforts can engage students and help them find flexible pathways and career possibilities. Now tell us Take a moment to introduce…
Read more…meet the shared end goal. Clarity enables flexible pathways toward a shared outcome. How it fits into the proficiency-based education ecosystem: In proficiency-based learning environments, learning goals provide criteria for…
Read more…students to exercise voice and choice? Flexible pathways in proficiency-based learning Voice+choice=a better math classroom I co-design design summative assessments with learners that encourages them to create multiple forms of…
Read moreFoundations & Connections Our Work is Worth It! Kevin Hunt, PLP Pathways, 2018 Oh, the Challenges! Oh, the Possibilities! Jana Fabri-Sbardellati, VT Flexible Pathways Collaborative, 2018 Examples & Tools Phys…
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…to include with our posts. Accessibility also includes other less well-known strategies, such as: Don’t use color to indicate semantic differences. (“Click the red button for flexible pathways, and the…
Read moreat any other time in history, especially in Vermont, we have the ability to provide flexible pathways to graduation for students. We can allow learners to craft their own educational…
Read more…norms and routines. And ultimately, working toward more personalized and flexible pathways is a fool’s errand when we shut them out of the process. Susan Hennessey’s penetrating post about students’…
Read more…embarking on ambitious plans for offering their students personalized and flexible pathways to learning. Some are implementing their own versions of makerspaces or genius hours, carving out time in the…
Read moreand meet folks who care just as much as you about getting Flexible Pathways right, and wonder how the Legislature’s new spending cap on Act 46 will affect the future….
Read more…personalization of learning and allow for flexible pathways to achieving learning targets. Middle School is Not a Building speaks to student-centered practiced that allow for engagement, voice, collaboration, and inquiry….
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…based education and flexible pathways? In 2008, myself and a few other educators at Essex Middle School decided to build a new kind of school. Over a 10-year period, students…
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…of 15! Hope and her friends give us a model for flexible pathways for learning, grounded in relevant, local community events, with community partners. This is a model for our…
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Read more…excited with boundless energy for the school day…And what if I told you it was grounded in the most powerful forms of pedagogy: personalization, proficiency based education and flexible pathways?…
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What do the Global Goals sound like in action? The three Essex Middle School students who delivered the keynote address at the 2nd annual Cultivating Pathways to Sustainability conference spoke…
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…there’s an invasive species group in a school that I work in. They end up coordinating with all these different community groups. They see what adult pathways could look like…
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Read more…proficiency? With learning scales. Clarity on the destination allows personalized learning and flexible pathways to flourish. Susan Hennessey’s recent blog post provides some great examples from Peoples Academy Middle Level…
Read more…what’s most impressive here is the Saint Albans City School system is structured to support students when they identify a need and want to take action. Hellooooooo, Flexible Pathways! St….
Read more…personalized and personally-driven education while critiquing institutional approaches. It’s a few steps further down the personalized and flexible pathways road we’re on here in Vermont. The Future of Development, &…
Read more…settings that are becoming increasingly personalized? ​How is personalized learning similar to, yet distinct from, differentiated instruction? ​ How do proficiencies, personal learning plans, and flexible pathways contribute to getting…
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…chronicles lessons learned from the implementation of state legislation that mandates personalized learning plans and flexible pathways for students in grades 7-12. These can include internships, service and project-based learning,…
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…little more about what’s going on in the classroom. “Get Into Google Classroom”, for instance. “What’s new with flexible pathways?” Google Hangouts. Or Facetime, just a quick videoconference can take…
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…have some together workshops. If somebody may need some flexible pathways, a little slower. If teachers really experience that happening for them, they’d be like, yeah, this is the way…
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Read more…another iteration of these proven practices. Ubiquitous learning is exciting and daunting Imagine a future in which all students have personal learning plans that helps them navigate truly flexible pathways…
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Flexible pathways in digital music We had a chance to hear from student digital audio producers at Randolph Union High School, in Randolph VT. They, along with innovative educator Raymond…
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Read more…in personalized learning that that is what spurred Act 77 and the Personalized Learning Plan Mandate? A little background on Act 77 In 2013 the Vermont Legislator passed the “Flexible…
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Read more…both these events, one of the hottest topics was personalized learning. As Vermont moves to implement Act 77, Flexible pathways to secondary education completion (pdf) there ‘s a lot of…
Read more…we are asking folks to now facilitate learning through the lens of Personalization, Proficiency, Flexible Pathways and the Transferable Skills. In Vermont, those are: Clear and Effective Communication Self Direction…
Read more…formative assessment, summative assessment, and meaningful instruction! At Shelburne Community School, in Shelburne VT, educator Sam Nelson combines the ideas behind flexible pathways in proficiency-based learning as he and his…
Read more…and storytelling support to educators. We believe that effective personalized learning is possible; it depends on personal learning plans (PLPs), flexible pathways for learning, and proficiency-based education, implemented school-wide. We…
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Read more…where he studied personalized learning and flexible pathways in Vermont secondary schools. He has also focused on supporting students’ transitions to college academics through his teaching with the Upward Bound…
Read more“Do you know where you are?” An exercise for taking stock of Act 77 implementation. PLPs PLPs in Seesaw 3 easy tech tools for PLP reflections Flexible Pathways Hitting…
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…our pathways, and so we’re going to track whether or not they’re participating in some kind of flexible pathway. I would say, most work in Vermont is in one of…
Read more…digital work flow, it promotes effective practices such as developmentally appropriate material, multiple pathways (or intelligence), Technology rich, and flexible. It just works -Period! Here is one example of workflow:…
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…Learning Launching PLPs with “The Learner Profile” Designing Flexible Learning Pathways for Young Adolescents Scaffolding for Equitable, Deeper Learning PLPs and Proficiency-Based Assessment PLPs, Goal-Setting and Student-Led Conferences Sustaining Innovation…
Read more…experimenting with pace and progress monitoring in a proficiency-based system through blended learning. The tools used in blended learning environments can support: flexible pacing, differentiated instruction, immediate interventions and anytime,…
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