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Profile of Waukesha Flight Academy http://bit.ly/1nDR5Ez
- Participated in Verizon App Challenge
- Future City Competition - "Rookie of the Year"
- Math now part of PATHS
- 2017 MAP Reading Scores increased from Fall to Winter (224 median to 232 median!)
- Continued exploration of Standards-Based Grading
- Successful integration of STEAM
What did PATHS look like?
"Flight" Plan
Continued...
- 6th, 7th, and 8th participated this year
- Adding 5th grade next year
- There will be a 5/6 House and a 7/8 House
- Continues the PL Journey at Wheatland
- Expansion of program is beginning to take root with Elem. and MS teachers
- PL is happening in classrooms across the school at varying levels
- Application process
- Continued plan for flexible learning spaces
Barbara Bray & Kathleen McClaskey
What is Personalized Learning?
- Focus on the student/learner
- Consideration for flexibility in the pace and space of learning
- Instruction tailored to learner preferences, learning patterns, and needs
- Shared ownership for learning
- Continuous monitoring of student progress
- Using assessment data to inform instruction
- Individual student learning plans
- For ANY AND ALL types of students
- No FLOORS or CEILINGS
Personalized Learning
puts the
at the center of EVERYTHING
What is PATHS?
PATHS is a Wheatland integrated personalized learning program that aims to create a flexible learning environment where students can customize academic paths based on interests and learning styles through authentic project based activities.
Choice
Voice
F.A.I.L.
"The setbacks, mistakes, miscalculations, and failures we have shoved out of our children's way are the very experiences that teach them how to be resourceful, persistent, innovative, and resilient citizens of this world." - Lahey
- Students and parents both may feel frustrated
- New learning setting and expectations are high for academics and behavior
- This is a partnership and we are all in it together
Goal setting
Jr. Lego League Robotics
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7wZzW2FN1K5b0VjOHRxM0dlY0k
- Jr. Lego League
- MS Lego League / Robotics
- STEM / EIE
- Computer Club
- Comic Book Club
- No-cut Sports Program
- Schoology - management tool
- Integrated Math (except HS credit math)
- Connections with local businesses
- Authentic learning opportunities
- Expansion of "Audience" and "Purpose"
Wheatland Programs
What are the continued possibilities for Wheatland?
Sky is the Limit
Let's "Fly"