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      • 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
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Celebrating learning at Richmond Elementary School

May 19, 2015May 19, 2015 Audrey Homan 9 Comments BitStrip, coding, community partnerships, Glogster, Richmond Elementary School, student-centered learning, Vermont

4th grade researchers share Capstone Projects with community This past Wednesday, 4th grade scholars at Richmond Elementary School, in Richmond, Vermont,

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Uncategorized 

The Problem with Genius Hour

November 15, 2014February 28, 2016 Penny Bishop 20 Comments middle school, student engagement, student voice, student-centered learning

Shouldn’t every hour be a genius hour? Anyone paying attention to education in the US lately has seen the proliferation

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Science Saturdays 

Natural Disasters in the Classroom

October 11, 2014October 11, 2014 Mark W. Olofson 7 Comments Earth Science, STEM, student-centered learning

When I was still teaching high school, I was presented one quarter with the option of creating and teaching a

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Real World PBL 

“See America”: Cabot students share their PBL research

May 27, 2014June 26, 2017 Audrey Homan 11 Comments American history, community anthropology, cultural anthropology, Garageband, QR codes, social justice, student-centered learning, The Cabot School, Thinglink

Project-based learning is alive and well in rural Vermont As part of The Cabot School‘s Exhibition of Learning earlier this

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