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A blog exploring innovative school change by the UVM Tarrant Institute

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      • Penny Bishop
      • John Downes
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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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trauma-informed education

trauma-informed distance learning
Remote Learning 

Trauma-informed distance learning, with Alex Shevrin Venet

April 24, 2020April 23, 2020 Life LeGeros Alex Shevrin Tim O'Leary 3 Comments trauma-informed education

The need for trauma-informed practice is particularly salient during the current global pandemic, when many if not all of us

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On The Come Up: guest Marley Evans, left, with host Jeanie Phillips.
#vted Reads 

#vted Reads: On The Come Up

November 18, 2019March 6, 2020 Jeanie Phillips 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Charlotte Central School, equity, Marley Evans, Mississippi, systemic racism, trauma-informed education
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Hoo boy, we have a CORKER of an episode for you today, with On The Come Up, by Angie Thomas.

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Therapy dogs in Vermont schools

April 9, 2018August 7, 2019 Scott Thompson 2 Comments Crossett Brook Middle School, Shelburne Community School, therapy dogs, trauma-informed education

Who let the dogs in? For some students, being ready to learn when they arrive at school is a big

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#everydaycourage and trauma-informed education

September 11, 2017August 7, 2019 Alex Shevrin 0 Comments #everydaycourage, trauma-informed education

#everydaycourage is always around us if we can slow down to notice it. I spent many years working in a

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Remote Learning 

How to use Google Docs so students talk to you

April 20, 2017March 20, 2020 Audrey Homan 10 Comments #everydaycourage, Edmunds Middle School, Google Docs, Google Forms, trauma-informed education

Using technology to help build relationships [Editorial Note: We originally ran this post back in 2014, but have updated it

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  • 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
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