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Exploring innovative, personalized, student-centered school change

  • ABOUT
    • The Tarrant Institute
    • Tarrant Institute Staff
    • Our Partner Schools
    • Our Publications & Presentations
    • How to Use This Blog
    • Terms of Use
    • Some final reflections from former TIIE staff
  • OUR BOOK
    • 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
  • TOOLKITS
    • Action research
    • Adult Culture
    • Digital citizenship
    • Community & Culture
    • Community Engaged Learning
    • Equity toolkit
    • Essential Skills & Dispositions Toolkit
    • Family & Community Involvement
    • Flexible classrooms
    • Genius Hour
    • Identity
    • Makerspaces
    • Negotiated curriculum
    • Outdoor and Place-Based Learning Toolkit
    • Personalized Learning Plans (PLPs)
    • Proficiency-Based Education
      • Learning Goals
      • Formative Assessment
      • Summative Assessment
    • Project-Based Learning
    • Reflection
    • Remote Learning
    • Scheduling
    • Service learning
    • Student-led conferences
  • VIDEOS
    • Middle Grades Conference (MGC)
    • Outdoor & Place-Based Learning
    • PLP videos
    • Proficiency-Based Learning Videos
    • Project-Based Learning (PBL) Units
    • Student-Led Conference Videos
    • Tech Tips for Teachers
    • The Learning Lab
    • #vted Reads Videos
    • Workshops & Webinars
  • PODCASTS
    • #vted Reads
    • The 21st Century Classroom
      • The 21st Century Classroom Audio
  • ARCHIVES

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Recent posts

  • Some final reflections from former TIIE staff (5/22/2024)
  • Introducing our Community Engaged Learning Toolkit (4/21/2023)
  • Introducing our Outdoor and Place-Based Learning Toolkit (4/17/2023)
  • Introducing our Equity Toolkit (3/24/2023)
  • Prioritizing daily movement and experiential learning in Newark (1/31/2023)
  • Introducing our new Project Based Learning toolkit (1/27/2023)
  • Winter Break Reading & Listening: 2022 Edition (12/9/2022)
  • Introducing our new Advisory toolkit (12/2/2022)
  • Introducing our NEW Community & Culture Toolkit! (11/11/2022)
  • Sixth Graders Revamp Lyndonville (11/4/2022)
  • NEW Essential Skills & Dispositions Toolkit (10/25/2022)
  • Introducing our NEW Adult Culture toolkit (10/14/2022)
  • PLPs to Know Students Well: Introducing the Personal Learning Plan Toolkit (9/30/2022)
  • Updated Student-Led Conferences Toolkit (9/28/2022)
  • Why Advisory matters so much (9/16/2022)
  • Introducing our updated Identity Toolkit (9/9/2022)
  • Happy Summer Reading! (6/23/2022)
  • What Matters Most Now: Lesson Three – Authenticity (6/14/2022)
  • #vted Reads: The Last Cuentista (6/8/2022)
  • What Matters Most Now: Lesson Two – Rethink What We Teach (5/19/2022)
  • What Matters Most Now: Lesson One – Slow Down (5/12/2022)
  • #VTED Reads: Care Work with Dr. Winnie Looby (4/28/2022)
  • Rethinking assessment to rebalance education (4/26/2022)
  • Centering Connection and Wellness: A Lifelong Sports Program at Rutland Middle School (4/1/2022)
  • #vted Reads: The Other Talk (3/24/2022)

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