Personalized Learning Plans (PLPs)
…students? And remember, PLPs aren’t just for the teacher. Here are some ways we think PLPs can help various stakeholders. Notice the many ways stakeholders can use PLPs to know…
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PLPs to Know Students Well: Introducing the Personal Learning Plan Toolkit
…my students? And remember, PLPs aren’t just for the teacher. Here are some ways we think PLPs can help various stakeholders. Notice the many ways stakeholders can use PLPs to…
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Looking at PLPs
…students? Consider a few of these questions: What are the structures to support kids creating meaningful and regular work in PLPs? How can PLPs be used to help to reach/teach…
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Google Tools for personal learning plans (PLPs)
…year. Joy Peterson: The 7th graders, their PLPs are on Naviance, so we’re doing something slightly different, to just kind of get them started and in the mindset of PLPs….
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PLPs in Seesaw
…agree on is the power of PLPs to let us more clearly see our students, and learn more about them as individuals. Let’s look at two schools building PLPs and…
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Increasing student engagement in PLPs at Williston Central
It’s about providing choice in reflection tools Personalized Learning Plans (PLPs) across the state have taken many different forms and serve a few different purposes. One common thread among educators…
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Student-led conferences and engagement in PLPs
…and engagement in PLPs, or personal learning plans. Here’s what she and her team discovered. Transcript appears below. Hi! I’m Katie Bryant. I teach at Lamoille Union Middle School, I’m…
Read moreCh 2: PLPs Aren’t Just For The Teacher
PLPs are for anyone who can provide access, enhance meaning, increase support, and expand learning for students. Wait! That means all of us! Families and caregivers. Student-led PLP conferences often…
Read moreHow can students reflect on their PLPs?
…how those PLPs address Vermont’s Transferable Skills. A great tool especially for younger students to create voiced-over slideshows showcasing their PLPs. Adobe Spark also provides a library of in-app…
Read moreUse a student leadership team for feedback on PLPs
Guiding Crossett Brook PLPs with student voice The Crossett Brook PLP student leadership group presented their recommendations on PLPs to the teaching staff at the end of the school year….
Read moreCh 7: PLPs & Proficiency-Based Assessment
…than for, his students. Food for thought Many educators are helping students build PLPs featuring growth Vermont’s transferable skills. These are: Students can organize their PLPs into these areas and…
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PLPs, Parenting, and a Pandemic
…learning? There are possibilities. And PLPs. One way we could do this is with PLPs– personalized learning plans. PLPs. Their blend of learning tool-meets-portfolio might be just the thing to…
Read moreChapter 8: PLPs, Goal-Setting, and Student-Led Conferences
…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,…
Read moreCh 3: Laying The Groundwork for PLPs
…The good news is that PLPs can actually help create this strong learning climate. At The Ottauquechee School, in Quechee VT, educator Kim Dumont conducted a year-long action research project…
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Care and Feeding of the PLP
…looked at examples, talked about the purpose of PLPs, and thought about how they would best serve our learners. The results: a list of non-negotiables. TRSU PLPs begin with student…
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PLPs and literacy
…classroom instruction reflected the choice and self-direction at the heart of Personalized Learning Plans (PLPs). In addition to the positive response of students, one of the most exciting things about…
Read more(Re) Designing PLPs with students
…While there certainly were some successes, many agreed student engagement with PLPs fell flat. Piscatelli invited me into her PLP group to work directly with students to design a more…
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Using Seesaw with Google Classroom for PLPs
How can educators manage PLPs in remote learning? What goes into a Learning Management System? And what does it look like to effectively tie the two together in a smooth…
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Teaching students how to set personal exploration goals
…track their progress. Also educate teachers about PLPs. Right now at the high school, I’m the only teacher (to my knowledge) who has a working knowledge of PLPs and is…
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The new Crossett Brook personalized learning plans
One way to make sure PLPs are student-driven: hand them the keys At the end of last school year, the PLP Student Leadership Team at Crossett Brook Middle School presented…
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#vted Reads: Personalized Learning in the Middle Grades, with Penny Bishop
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…if you will, that came through the legislature: all students have to have PLPs by a certain date, and so we thought: okay, yes. PLPs, goals, let’s do it. But…
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The rise of the project-based PLP
…learn; and a growing number of Vermont schools are betting projects will be key to helping students care about their PLPs. How could project-based PLPs work for your students? …
Read moreHow Vermont middle grades educators are powering up PLPs this summer
…an effective PLP looks like. It’s a huge challenge for Vermont’s middle grades teachers. Educator #4: Did you have people that piloted PLPs this year? Educator #5: I know that…
Read moreCross-school goal-setting for PLPs
Motivating students around goals by connecting schools Many Vermont students have worked hard this year establishing personal and academic goals as an important part of developing Personal Learning Plans (PLPs)….
Read morePeer collaboration on PLPs
…assemblies where a committee of 6th grade students, led by their teacher, select exemplary PLPs and invite the creators to present to the entire middle level. 6th grade students at…
Read more4 ways personalized learning plans are taking off in Vermont
Educators are embracing digital tools for planning and sharing Personalized learning plans, or PLPs, are non-traditional pathways by which students can navigate from entrance to graduation in a way that’s…
Read moreChapter References
…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…
Read moreDo you know where you are?
…dispositions. Where are you on PLPs? Use these questions to take stock: PLPs are currently being implemented in my school. These PLPs are owned and driven by the students. And…
Read morePersonalized Learning in Vermont
…real-world learning that oftentimes exceeds standards for learning. Taking it to the streets: PLPs are a community issue At Essex High School, students construct STEM-based PLPs within an advisory,…
Read more2.2 Avoid the Pitfalls!
…all of it linked to reflections in their PLPs. DON’T: Over-school-ify the experience Students can be turned off by PLPs that are too teacher-centered. Left to their own devices,…
Read more4 examples of students as partners in school change
…focus on their own PLPs. Then the two groups of students engaged in PLP-brainstorming over pizza-making, generating ideas about future PLPs as well as tasty pies. click to enlarge…
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Checking in with Stowe & PAML’s peer PLP collaboration
…and plot the future of personalized learning plans (PLPs). And they’d paired up students as PLP peer collaborators and spent some time reviewing PLPs in pairs. So we wanted to…
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Personalized Learning in the Middle Grades
…Learning Launching PLPs with “The Learner Profile” Designing Flexible Learning Pathways for Young Adolescents Scaffolding for Equitable, Deeper Learning PLPs and Proficiency-Based Assessment PLPs, Goal-Setting and Student-Led Conferences Sustaining Innovation…
Read morePersonalizing Vermont’s education system
Move to implement PLPs reflected at two local conferences for educators Fall in Vermont features two amazing local conferences for educators: VT Fest and the Rowland Foundation Conference. And at…
Read moreHow students tell their PLP stories
Scaffolding PLPs so students understand them 5th and 6th graders from Fayston Elementary School took their personal learning plans (PLP) in extraordinary and unexpected directions this year. All because of…
Read moreClimate, Community and Voice from Day 1
…I’m now cringing when I hear educators develop PLPs without consultation by students.” “The PLP share-out session was hugely helpful in our planning for how we will use PLPs at…
Read moreThe 8th grade consultants shaping education at Burke Town School
…in West Burke VT, educators wanted to get student input on several development initiatives. These included the 8th grade PBL unit, a 6th grade integrated PBL unit, how PLPs are…
Read more1.2 The Definition of a PLP
…Tools for PLPs Re-designing PLPs with students Increasing student engagement in PLPs Our PLP resource page Now tell us How do you define a PLP? What do you believe the…
Read moreChecking in on personalized learning around Vermont
…in fulfillment of his PLP PLPs for students and teachers, side by side At the Fayston School, 5th and 6th graders have spent the fall working on their PLPs alongside…
Read moreScreencasting as PLP reflection
Students create screencasts for student-led conferences Sixth graders at The Dorset School in southern Vermont are in their second year of working with Personal Learning Plans (PLPs). These exuberant adolescents…
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Scheduling and student choice
The middle school team at Rutland Town School in Rutland, VT have been working on a more fully integrated implementation of personal learning plans (PLPs) at their school. They’re also…
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What can we learn from summer unschooling?
…Wu brothers’ PLPs look like. And that’s what we’re asking of ourselves right now, and you too. (Caveat: only if you have the capacity. If you just need to go…
Read more3.1 What Are Your Pedagogical Priorities?
*Why* do you want to personalize learning? What’s your purpose for using PLPs? Teachers typically have a range of priorities. Two common ones are to increase equity and to foster…
Read moreCh 8: Student-led PLP conferences
Asking students to share their PLPs is one powerful way to engage families in a deeper understanding of their child’s learning and progress. What does one look like? At Lamoille…
Read moreVermont Fest 2015
…Killington this week. Vermont Fest will be in full effect on Thursday and Friday and educators will be eagerly awaiting the opportunity to exchange ideas and practices around PLPs, goal…
Read moreWhat I Learned From My PLP
…document your professional growth, provide a framework for reflection, and gain a better understanding of how to make PLPs most useful for your students. I shared what I have gleaned…
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How does professional development affect technology integration?
…rolling with PLPs for students and the teachers will be taking that over. We had felt like the PLPs weren’t all that personal when we had an outside person in…
Read moreProfessional development through Google Hangouts
Two years ago, our middle level team undertook a pilot project to begin work on personal learning plans (PLPs). Under the guidance of James Nagle, professor of education at St….
Read moreWhat makes for good goal-setting in a PLP?
…to do well. Working with and learning from the educators in Washington West Supervisory Union, where students are working on goals as part of their Personalized Learning Plans (PLPs), I’ve…
Read moreProviding support for goal-setting in a PLP
3 strategies shared by local educators At Manchester Elementary Middle School, sixth grade students speak fluently about their Personal Learning Plans (PLPs). They’ve been working on setting goals in a…
Read moreTelling the PLP story
Student reflection with Adobe Voice and Explain Everything Students at Fayston Elementary School worked hard this year with their team of teachers, not just to implement personal learning plans (PLPs),…
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A tale of two tech tools
…then build the PLP around it.” When Stowe educators heard from students the goals-based PLPs were falling flat, they embraced this shift to project-based PLPs two years ago and continually…
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…we have these things call PLPs, Person Life Learning Plan. And each of those have a different page. Each one of our work goes into each of those categories, here…
Read morePersonalized Learning in the Middle Grades
…It’s available now. Teachers in grades five through eight can use personalized learning plans (PLPs) to increase student agency and engagement. PLPs help students establish learning goals aligned with their…
Read more2.1 Knowing Students Well
Remember that first pillar? You know, the one that had PLPs at the top and knowing students at its foundation? Right! It emphasized providing a window into students’ identities. Students…
Read moreChapter 4: Launching PLPs with the Learner Profile
Foundations & Connections Learner Profiles, The Institute for Personalized Learning Vermont Personalized Learning Plan: Conceptual Framework Narrative for Students, Vermont Agency of Education Examples & Tools Identity Project: Who am…
Read moreChapter 7: PLPs and Proficiency-Based Assessment
Foundations & Connections What is Proficiency-Based Learning? Vermont Agency of Education A New Era for Educational Assessment, David T. Conley, Jobs for the Future, 2014 How Selective Colleges and Universities…
Read moreStoring digital badges for portfolios
…artifact I created and submitted to have earned the badge. How does badge storage work with PLPs? Think about how important this is as students in your district start…
Read moreScreencasting for a student-led conference
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…I put it out to my students last year and I said, um, I wanna make PLPs more fun, more exciting, how can we do that? Because we just had…
Read moreA community-based interdisciplinary unit
…map out detailed plans. Low tech, but highly effective. To set some context, Hazen went 1:1 with iPads for the first time this year and they introduced PLPs at the…
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Implementing 1:1 norms and digital citizenship
…I know he’s worked very hard on that and done some great work in PLPs as far as providing evidence that speaks to that. Another thing was that what we…
Read moreWill we see you at Dynamic Landscapes 2016?
…so many partner educators to choose from. You won’t be disappointed any way you go! PLPs Meet Literacy Jen Hill Crossett Brook Middle School Revolutionizing Student Research with Padlet Tiffany…
Read moreMiddle Grades Institute Reflections
…in their own learning, develop PLPs and flexible pathways. Why limit ideas to one school? Cross-collaboration within and between schools is vital. This happened regularly at MGI and benefited everyone….
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Scaffolding deeper identity work with students
…some amazing products to put the “personal” in PLPs. Launching with staff During a summer in-service, Tuttle’s teacher-led Professional Learning Committee briefly presented the idea of an identity project to…
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