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      • Ch 1: Defining Personalized Learning
        • 1.1 The Three Pillars of Personalized Learning
        • 1.2 The Definition of a PLP
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      • Ch 2: PLPs Aren’t Just For The Teacher
        • 2.1 Knowing Students Well
        • 2.2 Avoid the Pitfalls!
      • Ch 3: Laying The Groundwork for PLPs
        • 3.1 What Are Your Pedagogical Priorities?
        • 3.2 Structures to Support Personalized Learning
      • Ch 4: Starting with the Learner Profile
      • Ch 5: Flexing Your Pathways
        • 5.1 Engaging Pedagogies for All
      • Ch. 6: Scaffolding for Equitable, Deeper Learning
      • Ch 7: PLPs & Proficiency-Based Assessment
      • Ch 8: Student-led PLP conferences
      • Ch 9: Sustaining Innovation
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Flexible Classroom Spaces

Marco Polo app
Flexible Classroom Spaces Tools We Like 

Virtual video walkie-talkies? Meet the Marco Polo app

May 21, 2020May 26, 2020 Jeanie Phillips Scott Thompson 0 Comments asynchronous messaging, broadband, equity, video notes

Why the Marco Polo app? With social distancing and remote learning on educators’ minds, there’s never been a more urgent

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This middle school is not a building

October 25, 2019September 22, 2020 Scott Thompson 1 Comment Bethel, place-based learning

Welcome to White River Valley’s outdoor classroom Students and faculty at Bethel Elementary and White River Valley Middle Schools firmly

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Flexible classrooms Proctor Elementary School
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What flexible seating looks like in action

January 10, 2018September 10, 2018 Emily Hoyler 0 Comments Proctor Elementary School

Physical aspects of a student-centered classroom Sometimes what seems like a little change can make a big difference. That’s what

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Moving in the middle

July 3, 2017November 3, 2017 Shelly Blancq 0 Comments Cornwall School, kinesthetic learning

Getting up and shaking it off works for middle grades students Remember the last time you had to sit through

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8 ideas for outdoor learning

May 12, 2017May 12, 2017 Katy Farber 0 Comments

Expand your classroom and keep kids engaged The weather is getting nicer. The sun is finally out. And you are

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Designing learning spaces for students

September 2, 2016April 19, 2018 Katy Farber 1 Comment #readytolaunch

Create open, flexible, engaging spaces for active student learning. The beginning of the school year! Desks, mailboxes, coat hooks labeled.

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Creating cooperative learning spaces

May 20, 2016May 20, 2016 Scott Thompson 0 Comments

A visualization exercise for changing classrooms It’s not your imagination. It really is the time of year when everyone gets

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Creating flexible classrooms for personalized learning

February 8, 2016February 8, 2016 Tricia Stokes 13 Comments

Flexible classroom spaces encourage flexible learning My principal in Baltimore came into my classroom one day and saw one of my

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