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    • Ch 1: Defining Personalized Learning
      • 1.1 The Three Pillars of Personalized Learning
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    • Ch 2: PLPs Aren’t Just For The Teacher
      • 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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Margaret Dunne
Identity News 

Exploring Identity with 4th and 5th Graders

June 29, 2021April 12, 2022 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments advisory, goal-setting, identity, MGC, Middle Grades Institute (MGI), Mount Holly, social identity

Margaret Dunne, a fourth and fifth-grade educator at Mount Holly School in Mount Holly VT, originally presented “Exploring Identity with

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Challenging Simplified Notions of Health Equity
Action Research 

Challenging Simplified Notions of Health Equity in the Middle Grades

April 2, 2021April 2, 2021 TIIE Staff 0 Comments health education, MGC

Lindsay McQueen, a middle school science educator at Edmunds Middle School, in Burlington VT, originally presented “Challenging Simplified Notions About

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Making Science Authentic: Teaching Place-Based Decolonized Ecology in the Middle School Classroom
Action Research Flexible Pathways 

Place-Based, De-Colonized Ecology in Middle School

March 25, 2021April 1, 2021 TIIE Staff 1 Comment Lyndon Town School, MGC, ubiquitous learning

Natalie Smith, a middle school science educator at Lyndon Town School, in Lyndonville VT, originally presented “Making Science Authentic: Teaching

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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 29, 2022 Audrey Homan 0 Comments goal-setting, Google Forms, MGC, proficiency-based learning, 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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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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Charlotte Central School project-based learning
Action Research 

How do you measure success with project-based learning?

February 25, 2019April 1, 2019 Audrey Homan 0 Comments Buck Institute, Charlotte Central School, design thinking, iteration, learning through failure, MGC, NGSS

“A Tale of Three Projects” Two Vermont educators share how they measure success with project-based learning units… in space! Allan

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student-directed classroom
Action Research 

Toward a student-directed classroom

February 11, 2019April 1, 2019 Katy Farber 0 Comments MGC, Ottauquechee School

Releasing responsibility in Ottauquechee Ottauquechee Elementary School teacher Kim Dumont had a vision. She wanted to build her students’s self-direction

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Peoples Academy Middle Level action research advisory
Action Research 

How to build teacher advisory

November 19, 2018December 7, 2018 Audrey Homan 0 Comments advisory, MGC, Peoples Academy Middle Level

Peoples Academy Middle Level shares their action research “It’s getting personal”. Peoples Academy Middle Level teachers discuss how they’ve created

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flexible pathways and proficiencies
Action Research Flexible Pathways Proficiency-Based Learning 

Flexible pathways in proficiency-based learning

June 7, 2017April 29, 2022 Life LeGeros 0 Comments Act 77, learning scales, MGC, quizlet, Shelburne Community School

Standard 3-part story-driven post: 1) what it is, 2) what it looks like in a school, 3) how to do it in your school

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iLearn action research
Action Research 

Scheduling and student choice

May 8, 2017June 15, 2021 Audrey Homan 1 Comment MGC, Rutland Town School, scheduling

The middle school team at Rutland Town School in Rutland, VT have been working on a more fully integrated implementation

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sustained silent reading
Action Research 

Can sustained silent reading help reluctant readers?

March 8, 2017April 29, 2022 Katy Farber 1 Comment literacy, MGC, Poultney Middle School, sustained silent reading

How student choice can support literacy English teacher Laela Warnecke set out to answer one question: “How might sustained silent reading impact

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Innovative Edtech Classrooms 

Revolutionize student research with Padlet

June 6, 2016November 16, 2016 Life LeGeros 4 Comments Crossett Brook Middle School, MGC, Middle Grades Institute (MGI), padlet

Organize research materials digitally and collaboratively Tiffany Michael, from Crossett Brook Middle School in Waterbury, Vermont, describes how her use

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1:1 norms and digital citizenship action research
Action Research 

Implementing 1:1 norms and digital citizenship

April 25, 2016December 7, 2018 Audrey Homan 3 Comments 1:1, Brattleboro Area Middle School, MGC, Middle Grades Institute (MGI)

How do student behaviors change? Debi Serafino, a math teacher at Brattleboro Area Middle School, presents the results of her semester-long action

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Uncategorized 

A community-based interdisciplinary unit

April 4, 2016November 16, 2016 Susan Hennessey 6 Comments 1:1, Hazen Union School, MGC, Middle Grades Institute (MGI), Popplet

A tech-rich case study from rural Vermont The team from Hazen Union Middle School, in Hardwick, Vermont, conducted an action research project

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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, 2016April 13, 2022 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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Google Tools for personal learning plans
Action Research 

Google Tools for personal learning plans (PLPs)

March 7, 2016December 7, 2018 Life LeGeros 13 Comments 1:1, Google Classroom, Google Docs, Google Drawings, Google Sites, Google Slides, Lucid Press, MGC, Middle Grades Institute (MGI), Williston Central School

A teacher-authored case study Today we hear from a grade 5-6 team venturing into the world of personal learning plans (PLPs)

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Mill River PD action research
Action Research 

How does professional development affect technology integration?

February 29, 2016December 7, 2018 Audrey Homan 11 Comments 1:1, EdPuzzle, Google Classroom, Kahoot, MGC, Middle Grades Institute (MGI), Mill River Union High School, nearpod

The impact of PD in a 1:1 teaching environment A trio of middle grades educators from Mill River Union High

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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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Katie Bryant SLC action research
Action Research Student-Led Conferences 

Student-led conferences and engagement in PLPs

February 10, 2016October 1, 2019 Audrey Homan 13 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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PLPs and literacy at Crossett Brook Middle School
Action Research 

PLPs and literacy

February 5, 2016December 7, 2018 Life LeGeros 5 Comments Crossett Brook Middle School, MGC, Middle Grades Institute (MGI)

Incorporating student choice into reading This screencast, from Crossett Brook Middle School, in Waterbury, Vermont, describes an action research project based

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Uncategorized 

Fostering global connections with Danby, Vermont

February 28, 2014April 13, 2022 Audrey Homan 2 Comments Currier Memorial School, MGC, Middle Grades Institute (MGI)

  This morning we’re honored to be able to share a prezi by Currier Memorial School educator Susan Gibeault, on

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