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      • Ch 1: Defining Personalized Learning
        • 1.1 The Three Pillars of Personalized Learning
        • 1.2 The Definition of a PLP
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      • 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
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Elizabeth Stockbridge
Action Research 

Unlocking family communication in math class

March 20, 2019April 1, 2019 Life LeGeros 0 Comments best part of my week, Elizabeth Stockbridge, emails home, family communication, Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, MGC, student writing, weekly emails

Students write weekly emails to their families Lizzie Stockbridge, a 6th grade math teacher at Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School

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Teaming 

17 ways to communicate with students’ families

October 10, 2018October 12, 2018 Scott Thompson 0 Comments family communication, family engagement

BINGO. Communication with student’s families outside of student led conferences (SLC) is vital. Giving parents the information they need in

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Innovative Edtech Classrooms 

How to get students to communicate with families

September 14, 2018January 5, 2019 Audrey Homan 1 Comment explain everything, family communication, family engagement, family involvement, Google Drive, Peoples Academy Middle Level

Welcome to the Best Part of My Week And yours, likely. Peoples Academy Middle Level educator Joe Speers shares how

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Innovative Edtech Classrooms Student-Led Conferences 

Want end-of-year family involvement?

June 10, 2016September 19, 2018 Rachel Mark 0 Comments Brattleboro Area Middle School, family communication, family engagement, family involvement

Try Passage Presentations. The end of every school year is tough. Teachers and administrators struggle to keep students in line,

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QR codes and videos at Parent Conferences

April 15, 2016April 15, 2016 Kevin Laverty 8 Comments Christ the King School, family communication, QR codes

Expanding parent conference time with technology We’ve all been there: how do you fit 40 minutes worth of information into

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Student-Led Conferences 

The Parent’s Role in a Student-Led Conference

February 19, 2016February 28, 2016 Rachel Mark 9 Comments family communication

How can you support your student in sharing how they learn? In recent decades, schools have turned the table on

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Katie Bryant SLC action research
Action Research Student-Led Conferences 

Student-led conferences and engagement in PLPs

February 10, 2016October 1, 2019 Audrey Homan 11 Comments 1:1, Act 77, family communication, Google Slideshow, Lamoille Union Middle School, MGC, Middle Grades Institute (MGI)

A middle school case study Katie Bryant, an English teacher at Lamoille Union Middle School, presents the results of her

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Balancing screen time and family time

November 30, 2015February 2, 2016 Rachel Mark 5 Comments digital citizenship, family communication

When to put the device down Let’s face it, it’s a challenge to balance technology in our lives; but it’s

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Innovative Edtech Classrooms 

Multiple platforms, multiple voices: scenes from a 1:1 rollout

September 3, 2015September 3, 2015 Susan Hennessey 7 Comments 1:1, Blogger, family communication, Hazen Union School, student voice

Collaborative blogging puts students’ voices out front Hazen Union School 8th grade student Elijah Lew-Smith shared the first student post of the

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