{"id":12644,"date":"2017-06-14T07:31:23","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T11:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/?p=12644"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:26:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T19:26:37","slug":"vermont-act-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/vermont-act-77\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you know where you are?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Taking stock on implementing Vermont’s Act 77<\/h1>\n

\"Vermont“Do you know where you are?”<\/p>\n

Usually it’s a question medical professionals ask in emergency situations. It’s not as dramatic in the context of education, but it can be just as useful as a diagnostic criteria.<\/p>\n

We’re going to ask you to take stock of where you are in the implementation of three pillars: Personalization (PLP\u2019s), Proficiency, and Flexible Pathways. They’re the three pillars holding up\u00a0Act 77,<\/a>\u00a0Vermont’s legislation to put students at the center of innovative school change.<\/p>\n

whips out a clipboard, tucks pen behind ear<\/em><\/p>\n

Ready?<\/p>\n

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Just like when it comes to proficiency-based learning for students, schools need to have clearly defined targets, evidence of progressions, and reflections about the work that indicate next steps in the process.<\/p>\n

That’s the whole point of taking stock of where you are: so you can know where to go next.<\/p>\n

\"Vermont<\/p>\n

For each of the three pillars of personalized learning, we’re going to give you some statements to reflect on, and ask you to work through the statements, thinking about:<\/p>\n