Voices Heard: learning from our students
In the past few months, we’ve been meeting with groups of students from six Vermont schools, asking them about their
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SEL and mindfulness with the Learning Lab
Drew Kutcher, an art teacher in her first year teaching at Proctor High School has built Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and
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How to change assessment & grading practices
…in a middle level math classroom Deirdre Beaupre, a 7th grade math teacher at Lamoille Union Middle School took a
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Takin’ a ride with Alpha 5
As an instructional coach, I want to push myself on the fact that I rarely take the time to celebrate
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Top 10 ways to spend a snow day
#1. Making lists As a fan of lists, I went to bed Monday night mulling over my top 10 list
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Meet Learning Lab VT 2019!
Now that you understand the why of proficiency-based and personalized learning, are you ready to see the how? Learning Lab
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Sam Nelson’s Bright Spots & Belly Flops
What’s the plan? Here’s a quick reminder of my focus question for this year’s Learning Lab: How can social justice
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The role of students in the Learning Lab
Students are an integral part of Learning Lab VT. They have to be. When educators sign up to host Learning
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Tom Drake’s Bright Spots & Belly Flops
Without question a big #highfive goes out to the opening of classroom and school doors through visiting other schools and
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Welcome to Learning Lab VT
Welcome to Learning Lab VT Ever wonder whether you’re really up to the task of meeting your learners’ needs? We
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The Year of Yes
The Year of Yes Or, Why My Kids Have Their Phones Out… I am a stickler for a plan. Type
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Courtney Elliott’s Bright Spots and Belly Flops
Students in Courtney Elliott’s class work on a Mystery Skype with a class in Wisconsin to demonstrate communication skills
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Corey Smith’s Bright Spot Belly Flops
Inquiry Question: How might personalization through self-reflection, self-assessment, and flexible grouping and scheduling across grades 3 and 4 at
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To be honest, there has been an even split of successes and failures to date. Let’s take a look shall
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Fractions, Llamas, Self-Directed Learning
Tasha Grey’s Learning Lab Reflection: As much as I love division with fractions, and think it makes perfect sense,
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This Is Really Scary (And I’ve Never Been More Excited)
When asked “what is your working definition of personalized learning?” Charlie Herzog, an educator at Flood Brook replied: “Relevancy is
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This Is Really Scary (And I’ve Never Been More Excited)
When asked “what is your working definition of personalized learning?” Charlie Herzog, an educator at Flood Brook replied: “Relevancy is
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