{"id":12848,"date":"2017-06-28T06:06:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T10:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/?p=12848"},"modified":"2022-04-29T14:23:32","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T18:23:32","slug":"j-term-at-hazen-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiie.w3.uvm.edu\/blog\/j-term-at-hazen-union\/","title":{"rendered":"J-Term at Hazen Union"},"content":{"rendered":"

Personalized, proficiency-based PBL or bust<\/h1>\n

\"three<\/a>During a faculty meeting in late December of 2016, educators and staff talked about the need to provide personalized learning options for students at their small, rural Vermont school. They wanted do so in a way that \u00a0honored the students’ need for passion-based, independent projects, as well as the desire of the faculty and staff to provide structured supports.<\/p>\n

But what could that look like in action?
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\"j-term<\/h2>\n

John Craig, Hazen’s Associate Principal (pictured above) describes this opportunity this way:<\/p>\n

“At the end of May, our Middle Level will be engaging in a J-Term. Modeled off of the work from Lyndon Institute<\/a> and many other schools throughout Vermont, our teachers are working to create authentic, hands-on, applied learning seminars. Based off the interests, strengths, and passions of our students, seminars offered<\/a> will be led by staff and community members to provide opportunities for meaningful learning experiences that are different from what already exists in our school\u2019s curriculum offerings.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And Hazen 8th grader Abby tells us how this kind of learning is different… and exciting.<\/p>\n

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