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      • How to use this Educator’s Guide
      • Ch 1: Defining Personalized Learning
        • 1.1 The Three Pillars of Personalized Learning
        • 1.2 The Definition of a PLP
        • 1.3 New Student & Teacher Roles
      • 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
      • Chapter References
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Connecting Vermont students with dairy farms

May 31, 2019June 7, 2019 Audrey Homan Katy Farber 5 Comments Cabot Leads, Molly Brook Farm, The Cabot School, Vermont dairy

There’s more math, biology, and chemistry than you’d think. It’s a wintry morning in one of the coldest Februarys in

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How to do a library diversity audit

May 27, 2019June 4, 2019 Audrey Homan 0 Comments equity, librarians, Ottauquechee School, social justice, student voice

7 tips for educators Create a place where all students lives are seen and valued. Expand the idea of what

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Can Minecraft save the world?

May 24, 2019June 4, 2019 Katy Farber 0 Comments Global Goals, minecraft, Ottauquechee School

These 4th graders say yes. With a little help from the UN’s Global Goals. Students at Ottauquechee Elementary School took

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How to make real, sustainable change in the Northeast Kingdom

May 14, 2019May 30, 2019 Audrey Homan Katy Farber 0 Comments bike trails, Burke Town Offices, Burke Town School, climate change, Cultivating Pathways to Sustainability, Global Goals, King Arthur Flour, Kingdom East, Shelburne Farms, sustainability, Trout Unlimited

Think Global Goals, make local change   The UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals are ambitious goals that countries, organizations, and

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