Personalized Learning
Volume 2, Issue 1: April 15, 2016....and May 4, 2016
In a Nutshell . . .
April 15, 2016:
Today's focus for the Personalized Learning Design Team revolved
around tightening up our ideas into a manageable workload.
Note: I was sick with a nasty stomach bug the following Monday/Tuesday and forgot
to send this newsletter out to the staff.
My apologies!
May 4, 2016:
Today's focus for the Personalized Learning Design Team is to finalize the "prototyping" document for the county-wide Design Day 2 presentation.
We also developed a plan for general knowledge building of goal-setting competencies for the faculty.
Dynamic Diana Stops By . . .
Diana Laufenberg met with us again to assess our work so far. Our agenda included discussion of the following topics:
- our pilot being implemented on Team 1;
- Design Day 2 with the HCS Cohort 17;
- future implementation of ideas we've generated for this three-year implementation.
Personalized Learning Tenets
As a reminder, HCS advocates for all schools to move toward personalized learning. For more information, please review this webpage.
Three-Year Projection
Our cohort has a three-year roll out design for implementation, and Diana aided greatly in helping us determine the main focus points for Year One. Please see below for more information.
Year One Projected Outcomes
Some of the main points decided upon for Year One were:
- All students will set personalized learning goals that they update and reflect on week to week.
- All teachers will set personalized learning goals (at least one of the goals needs to attend to the PL tenets) that they update and reflect on month to month.
- All staff will have an opportunity to participate in PBL training - all staff will be trained by the end of Year Two.
- An opportunity will be provided for those teachers wishing to participate in mindfulness training.
- Investigate options for revising the master/bell schedule to meet the overall mission and vision. Convene a focus group for this work.
- Investigate model schools that have implemented restorative justice as a framework for discipline in their schools. Perhaps a pilot inside a team or individual classrooms to try out the process.
- Discuss the role of focus groups and a possible rethink of the different focus groups to attend to PL tenets.
- Investigate the role of a transition meeting to attend to the personalized progress that a student has made as they move back to their home school placement
Personalized Learning
Be sure to visit HCS personalized learning page -- LOTS of good information on the PL tenets.
Henry County Schools
Event Information
Design Day 2
Design Day 2 is our next county-wide meeting with our cohort schools.
When?
Thursday, May 12, 2016, 08:00 AM
Where?
Sharon Baptist Church
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