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-Provide Time to Organize - provide time for students to get their materials together once or twice a week.
-Use Checklists - give checklists for task completion and have them set checklist goals
-Keep your classroom organized-an organized classroom promotes organized students and makes materials accessible
-Change Students' Inner Voice- review options that students can say to themselves to help replace their fixed mindset
-Maintain Success Files- each student has a folder where they add examples of success each day.
-Share Stories of Overcoming Obstacles- share personal examples or examples from others who have overcome obstacles and benefit from practical optimism.
Personalized learning requires that students not only choose their path to mastery, but express their needs as students. They must express their choice of mastery task and use their voice when co-planning with their teacher and working with peers.
-Flexible Seating- students have seating options based on necessary assistance, and/or comfort
-Student Choice of Pathway to Mastery-allow students to choose the path that they will take to learn content and demonstrate mastery
-Co-planning Sessions- student and teacher co-planning sessions occur regularly with the student taking the lead and the teacher offering just right support
With the help of my planning team, I will implement a personalized learning environment in my classroom by the end of the 2018-2019 school year.
My classroom is reasonably ready to transition to personalized learning. We are a 1:1 school, equipped with Chromebooks. This is of great assistance when students are choosing their path toward mastery. I already have several flexible seating options available, and my students work to develop growth mindset as part of our morning meeting.
-Space and mobility of furniture may be a problem as our classrooms are small
-management of time to hold the many co-planning sessions
-school policy requires certain common assessments
-content is madated by the state standards
-elementary students have limited executive function
-quantity of standards required to be taught inhibits the time spent teaching them, limiting mastery learning
Actionable steps toward a personalized
learning classroom.
August I will utilize growth mindset activities during morning meeting to establish our mindset from the beginning of the school year. These activities will continue sporadically throughout the year.
September-May: Students will organize and reflect on their own personal success folder. These folder will serve as a celebration of successes
-January-May: I will introduce peer mentors in the classroom. Peer leaders will have the opportunity to coach and support their classmates
-August-October: a variety of seating options will be gradually introduced. The guidelines for using each type of seat will be reviewed.
-October to May: students will have a choice of where they sit each week. Students will rotate through different seating options.
-September-May: students will be given a variety of seating options based on their learning needs during given tasks or times of the day. Students will sit in the area that best supports their learning.
-August-October: Traditional teacher-centered classroom - the teacher teaches and determines student needs for choice and voice
-October-December: Teacher-centered with student choice and voice-the teacher provides more flexibility in task design for students to show mastery
-January-March: Learner-centered with teacher and learner co-designers-the learners are able to co-design the curriculum and learning environment with the teacher
-March-May: Learner-driven with teacher and learners as partners - students have the knowledge and skills to drive their learning based on their teacher, peers, and community
Based on Bray & McCluskey, 2014
-August-September: Community building activities will allow students to feel more comfortable with their teacher and peers. This relationship is important so students are comfortable voicing their learning needs.
-September-February: students co-plan with the teacher to determine next steps in mastery and decide learning pathway
-February-May: students co-plan with peers and share with the teacher their plan for mastery and pathway for learning. Peer feedback will support learning and work in conjuction with teacher feedback.
-August-October: establish and practice routines and procedures so that all students understand classroom processes
-October-May: gradually release responsibility to students with the use of visuals and checklists. Students will have time each week to review their pace and task progress and to set goals for the upcoming days.
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Bray, B., McCluskey, K. (2014). Building personalized learning environments. Retrieved from http://www.advanc-ed.org/source/building-personalized-learning-environments.
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