Five Strategies for Advancing Student-Centered Innovation

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In response to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Michigan-based Future of Learning Council, share five strategies for addressing challenges revealed by the pandemic. The strategies were developed by looking at innovations policymakers and educators implemented as temporary strategies to better meet the needs of individual students. What of these temporary strategies can become… Read More ›

Five Ways to Jump-Start Personalized Learning This Fall

small steps towards big change

Turning schools into personalized learning environments can take a lot of time, research, reflection and trial and error. While systemic change takes the right tools and conversations, small steps can also lead to large gains in creating personalized learning environments responsive to student needs.  This resource from Remake Learning outlines, describes and provides examples for… Read More ›

Educator Competencies: Video Examples of ‘Developing Metacognitive Skills”

The Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Teaching are designed to be a customizable tool to guide educator development.

By mastering the twelve foundational competencies, educators can build a solid foundation for continued growth. The competencies are a subset of those outlined in the Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Environments, created to empower a growing number of teachers to implement and scale up a transformation of their classrooms into places of personalized, student-centered learning. While… Read More ›

Educator Competencies: Video Examples of ‘Positive Learning Environments’

The Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Teaching are designed to be a customizable tool to guide educator development.

By mastering the twelve foundational competencies, educators can build a solid foundation for continued growth. The competencies are a subset of those outlined in the Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Environments, created to empower a growing number of teachers to implement and scale up a transformation of their classrooms into places of personalized, student-centered learning. While… Read More ›

Educator Competencies: Video Examples of ‘Promoting Student Agency’

The Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Teaching are designed to be a customizable tool to guide educator development.

By mastering the twelve foundational competencies, educators can build a solid foundation for continued growth. The competencies are a subset of those outlined in the Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Environments, created to empower a growing number of teachers to implement and scale up a transformation of their classrooms into places of personalized, student-centered learning. While… Read More ›

Educator Competencies: Video Examples of ‘Assessment and Data’

The Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Teaching are designed to be a customizable tool to guide educator development.

By mastering the twelve foundational competencies, educators can build a solid foundation for continued growth. The competencies are a subset of those outlined in the Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Environments, created to empower a growing number of teachers to implement and scale up a transformation of their classrooms into places of personalized, student-centered learning. While… Read More ›

Reflection Tool for Prioritized Competencies: A Video Walkthrough

A reflection Tool for Prioritized Competencies

Are you engaging with the revised edition of the Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Environments and ready to build your understanding of how your practices align to the indicators for each competency? The Reflection Tool for Prioritized Competencies provides a guided approach with thoughtful questions designed to assist you in determining where you are in your… Read More ›

Prioritized Competencies and Assessment Tool: A Video Walkthrough

prioritized competencies and assessment tool

When we were creating tools to support the use of the revised edition of the Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Environments, we knew we needed to prioritize competencies that focused on the implementation of personalized, learner-centered environments and the professional development of practices that nourish them.  The video below offers a walkthrough of the prioritized… Read More ›

Resource Round-Up: Honoring Student Voice with Authentic Products

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Engagement can be an ongoing struggle in remote and traditional classroom settings, but there are technologies and strategies available that can open the door to many authentic student projects. Blogs, podcasts, digital storytelling, and a variety of non-traditional genres of writing can feel closer to the kind of communication students do out of school. Below… Read More ›