Chapter 1: Personalized Learning for Young Adolescents
Foundations and Connections
- Personalized Learning and Personal Learning Plan,The Glossary of Education Reform, New England Secondary Schools Consortium
- How Personal Learning is Working in Vermont, Penny Bishop, John Downes, and James Nagle, Educational Leadership, 2017
- Promising State Policies for Personalized Learning, Susan Patrick et al., iNACOL, 2016
Chapter 2: Personalized Learning Plans (PLPs)
Foundations and Connections
- Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations
- Motivation, Engagement, and Student Voice, Eric Toshalis and Michael J. Nakkula, Jobs for the Future, 2012
- The Future of Jobs: Employment, Skills and Workforce Strategy for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, World Economic Forum, 2016
- Proficiency, Personalization, and a Cocktail Napkin: Or, How PBL Became PPBL, Emily Rinkema, Champlain Valley Union High School, 2018
- Personalized Learning Plan Critical Elements, Vermont Agency of Education, 2017
Examples and Tools
- Geography of Self, Lori Lisai and Joseph Murphy, Lamoille Union Middle School
Chapter 3: Laying the Groundwork for Personalized Learning
Foundations and Connections
- The Learning Edge: Supporting Student Success in a Competency-Based Learning Environment, Laura Shubilla and Chris Sturgis, iNACOL, 2012
- What is SEL? The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning
- Gold Standard Project Based Learning, Buck Institute for Education
- Transferable Skills: Sample Graduation Proficiencies and Performance Indicators, Vermont Agency of Education
Examples and Tools
- A K-8 PLP Continuum, Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union, Vermont
- iLead: A Model for Service Learning and Leadership, Katy Farber, Tarrant Institute, 2017
- What Vermont Students Really Think about Personal Learning Plans, Susan Hennessey, Tarrant Institute, 2016
- Use a Student Leadership Team for Feedback on PLPs, Life LeGeros, Tarrant Institute, 2017
Chapter 4: Launching PLPs with “The Learner Profile”
Foundations and Connections
- Learner Profiles, The Institute for Personalized Learning
- Vermont Personalized Learning Plan: Conceptual Framework Narrative for Students, Vermont Agency of Education
Examples and Tools
- Identity Project: Who am I now? Lindsey Halman, Essex Middle School
- Personal Learning Plan Community Page, Team Summit, Montpelier Main Street Middle School, Vermont
- How Can Students Teach Educators about Social Identity? Audrey Homan, Tarrant Institute, 2018
- Who Are We as West Rutland? Emily Hoyler, Tarrant Institute, 2018
- I Is for Identity, Rachel Mark, Tarrant Institute, 2015
Chapter 5: Designing Flexible Learning Pathways for Young Adolescents
Foundations and Connections
- Types of Student Involvement, Schlechty Center on Engagement,
- What Are Flexible Pathways? Vermont Agency of Education, April 19, 2017
Examples and Tools
- PBL Planning Template, Katy Farber, Rachel Mark and Jeanie Phillips, Tarrant Institute
- Service Learning Planning Template, Katy Farber, Tarrant Institute
- How to Plan a Service Learning Project in 5 Stages, Jeanie Phillips, Tarrant Institute,2018
- All About Service Learning, podcast episode, “The 21st Century Classroom”, with Katy Farber and Jeanie Phillips
- How to Tell your PBL Story, Emily Hoyler, Tarrant Institute, 2017
- How do you Measure Success with PBL? Scott Thompson, Tarrant Institute, 2019
- 4 Times to Connect Students with an Authentic Audience, Emily Hoyler, Tarrant Institute, 2018
- How to Build a Better (Student-Made) Chicken Coop, Jeanie Phillips, Tarrant Institute, 2018
Chapter 6: Scaffolding for Equitable, Deeper Learning
Foundations and Connections
- Equal Opportunity for Deeper Learning, Pedro Noguera, Linda Darling-Hammond and Diane Friedlaender, Jobs for the Future, 2015
- Student-Centered Schools: Closing the Opportunity Gap, Diane Friedlaender et al., Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2014
- What is Blended Learning? Clayton Christensen Institute
- Universal Design for Learning Guidelines, Center for Applied Special Technology
Examples and Tools
- Assessment in Proficiency-Based Classrooms, Susan Hennessey, 2016
- Personalize Learning with Open Educational Resources, Susan Hennessey, Tarrant Institute, 2015
- Creating Independent Student Playlists – Remixed, Noah Hulbert
- Managing Time in Blended Classrooms, Susan Hennessey, Tarrant Institute, 2016,
- 6 Ways Teachers Are Using Padlet, Katy Farber, Tarrant Institute, 2018
- Revolutionize Student Research with Padlet, Life LeGeros, Tarrant Institute, 2016
- Let’s Play Education: Telling the Story of My Learning Lab, Chris Bologna, Tarrant Institute Learning Lab, 2018
- What Are the Benefits of Taking Genius Hour School-Wide? Life LeGeros, Tarrant Institute, 2017
- Brainado: The Padlet, Life LeGeros, Tarrant Institute
- Sharing Your School’s Passion Projects, Jeanie Phillips and Rachel Mark, Tarrant Institute, 2018
- EMMA: A Mobile Studio for Creating and Making, Lucie deLaBruere
- The Maker Movement and Transferable Skills, Lucie deLaBruere and Life LeGeros, Tarrant Institute, 2017
Chapter 7: PLPs and Proficiency-Based Assessment
Foundations and Connections
- What is Proficiency-Based Learning? Vermont Agency of Education
- A New Era for Educational Assessment, David T. Conley, Jobs for the Future, 2014
- Standards-Based, The Glossary of Education Reform, Great Schools Partnership
- What is Proficiency-Based Grading? New England Secondary Schools Consortium,
- What is the Difference between Standards-Based Grading (or Reporting) and Competency-Based Education? Matt Townsley, CompetencyWorks, 2014
- Harvard and Wellesley and Tufts, Oh My!Competency Works, Chris Sturgis, 2016
- How Selective Colleges and Universities Evaluate Proficiency-Based High School Transcripts: Insights for Students and Schools,Erika Blauth and Sarah Hadjian, New England Board of Higher Education, 2016
Examples and Tools
- 4 Ways to Begin Using Scales for Assessment, Life LeGeros, Tarrant Institute, 2016
- The Crucial Role of Practice in a Proficiency-Based Environment, Life LeGeros, 2017
- 4 Key Concepts for Families about Proficiency-Based Reporting, Neal McIntyre and Rachel Mark, Tarrant Institute, 2018
- Why Host a Whole-School Exhibition? Rachel Mark, Tarrant Institute, 2018
- Culminating Events for Project-Based Learning, Katy Farber, 2017
- When Students Share Their Work, It Deepens the Learning, Rachel Mark, Tarrant Institute, 2018
Chapter 8: PLPs, Goal-setting and Student-Led Conferences
Examples and Tools
- Student-Led Conferences and Engagement in PLPs, Audrey Homan, Tarrant Institute, 2016
- The Rise of the Project-Based PLP, Life LeGeros, Tarrant Institute, 2018
- What Makes for Good Goal-Setting in a PLP?Life LeGeros, Tarrant Institute, 2015
- Growth and Reflection, PLP Pathways
- One-Year Plan for PLPs and SLCs, Swift House, Williston Central School
- One-Year Plan for PLPs and SLCs, Tuttle Middle School
- PLP and SLC Implementation Checklists
Chapter 9: Sustaining Innovation in Your Classroom, Team or School
Foundations and 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 and Tools
- Phys Ed 2.0: More Learning, Less Suffering, Life LeGeros, Tarrant Institute, 2018
- (Re)Designing PLPs with Students, Susan Hennessey, Tarrant Institute, 2016