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Innovative Education in VT

A blog exploring innovative school change by the UVM Tarrant Institute

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    • We stand against systemic racism.
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      • Penny Bishop
      • John Downes
      • Susan Hennessey
      • Audrey Homan
      • Emily Hoyler
      • Life LeGeros
      • Rachel Mark
      • Robin Merritt
      • Jeanie Phillips
      • Scott Thompson
      • Lucie delaBruere
    • Our schools
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      • 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
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    • REMOTE LEARNING
    • PERSONALIZED LEARNING
      • PERSONALIZED LEARNING PLANS (PLPs)
      • FLEXIBLE PATHWAYS
      • PROFICIENCY-BASED EDUCATION
        • Learning Goals
        • Meaningful Instruction
        • Formative Assessment
        • Summative Assessment
    • Action research
    • Digital citizenship
    • Family & Community Involvement
    • Family communication
    • Flexible classrooms
    • Genius Hour
    • Identity
    • Makerspaces
    • Negotiated curriculum
    • Project-based learning (PBL)
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Manchester Historical Society in action
Stories from VT Students 

Who are the keepers of your town’s history?

March 1, 2019March 5, 2019 Audrey Homan Rachel Mark 0 Comments 3D printing, architecture, CAD design, history, integrated unit, Manchester Elementary Middle School, Manchester Historical Society, Tinkercad

Reviving Manchester’s past through oral histories & 3D printing With support from the local historical society, 7th graders in Manchester

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Flood Brook monument with students
Learning Lab VT 

This Is Really Scary (And I’ve Never Been More Excited)

November 21, 2018November 22, 2019 Audrey Homan bright spots and belly flops, Flood Brook Union School, history, social justice

When asked “what is your working definition of personalized learning?” Charlie Herzog, an educator at Flood Brook replied: “Relevancy is

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Uncategorized 

Leonardo da Vinci’s Smartphone

March 18, 2016March 17, 2016 Lori Morse 2 Comments 1:1, app-smashing, Google Draw, history, social media, Thinglink

History from the Inside Out Every two years our team does an interdisciplinary unit on the European Renaissance. I’m a

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Innovative Edtech Classrooms 

Making Civil War videos like Ken Burns

March 18, 2015March 18, 2015 Audrey Homan 6 Comments digital video, history, student filmmaking, US History

Narrating WW Isaac Robbins’ letters home Ken Burns’ epic nine-part documentary on The U.S. Civil War ranks among the most

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Thursday Links Round Up: finding primary sources for history and art

February 5, 2015February 5, 2015 Robin Merritt 4 Comments American history, arts, Google Cultural Institute, history

Let Google bring the world to your students Primary sources? Yes please! As you delve into your various teaching units,

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UPCOMING EVENTS

 

  • 1/23: 2021 MIDDLE GRADES CONFERENCE #mgcollab
  • 1/28 @ 3pm EST: Innovating in the Classroom with Interactive 3D Tools
  • 2/4 @ 3:30pm EST: Who’s Outside? Building an Anti-Racist Bookshelf
  • 2/9 @ 4pm EST: De-Colonializing Place-Based Education
  • 2/10 @ 7pm EST: Facilitating Hard Conversations
UVM Tarrant Institute for Innovative Education online events

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