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      • Ch 1: Defining Personalized Learning
        • 1.1 The Three Pillars of Personalized Learning
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        • 2.1 Knowing Students Well
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      • 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
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goal-setting

tracking reading goals
Self-directed learning 

Setting & tracking reading goals

April 20, 2020February 11, 2021 Jeanie Phillips 4 Comments digital literacy, digital literacy tools, goal-setting, literacy, reading logs

I am NOT a fan of mandatory reading logs. I am, however, a huge fan of reading for pleasure. Stories,

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student engagement in PLPs at Williston Central
Action Research Reflection 

Increasing student engagement in PLPs at Williston Central

April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 Audrey Homan 0 Comments goal-setting, Google Forms, MGC, Protean, sketchnoting, student surveys, student voice, transferable skills, ubiquitous learning, Williston Central School

It’s about providing choice in reflection tools Personalized Learning Plans (PLPs) across the state have taken many different forms and

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negotiated curriculum
Uncategorized 

Negotiated curriculum and project-based learning

June 16, 2016October 2, 2018 Audrey Homan 1 Comment democratic classroom, goal-setting, PLPs, project-based learning, The Edge @ Essex Middle School

Building a democratic classroom at The Edge Part of the power of implementing a negotiated curriculum is that it doesn’t

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using digital tools to change student goal-setting and reflection
Action Research Goal-setting 

Using digital tools to change student goal-setting and reflection

March 14, 2016December 7, 2018 Audrey Homan 6 Comments 1:1, goal-setting, Google Docs, Google Forms, Google Sites, MGC, Shrewsbury Mountain School, Wallingford Elementary School

Measuring how students approach goal-setting in the 5th and 6th grades   Educators at Wallingford Elementary School and Shrewsbury Mountain

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"Goal-setting as a process: Teaching Students How to Set and Achieve Personal EXploration Goals" by Lissa Fox
Action Research 

Teaching students how to set personal exploration goals

February 22, 2016December 7, 2018 Life LeGeros 10 Comments goal-setting, Harwood Union High School, MGC, Middle Grades Institute (MGI)

Goal-setting as a process This presentation, delivered by Harwood Union High School teacher Lissa Fox at the 2016 Middle Grades Conference, describes

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Uncategorized 

Providing support for goal-setting in a PLP

January 20, 2016January 20, 2016 Rachel Mark 6 Comments goal-setting

3 strategies shared by local educators At Manchester Elementary Middle School, sixth grade students speak fluently about their Personal Learning

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Uncategorized 

What makes for good goal-setting in a PLP?

November 18, 2015February 2, 2016 Life LeGeros 17 Comments Crosett Brook Middle School, Fayston Elementary School, goal-setting, Moretown Elementary School, PLPs, Waitsfield Elementary School, Warren Elementary School

Life’s four guidelines for goal-setting In my experience as a teacher and administrator, I noticed a pattern to goal-setting in

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What to say instead of “21st Century”

October 19, 2015 Alex Shevrin 6 Comments goal-setting

Shifting the conversation from “the future” to my future When “21st century skills” first emerged as an educational term, we

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News 

Links Round Up: Goal-Setting for Personalized Learning

January 14, 2015May 27, 2015 Robin Merritt 4 Comments goal-setting, personalized learning, PLPs

Give your students ownership over their learning through goal-setting activities Happy New Year! With school back in session and a

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