The Road to Proficiency
Have you
heard your student(s) talk about goal setting or Personalized Learning Plans and
want to know more?
Personalized Learning
Plans (PLP’s) are developed by
students—typically in collaboration with teachers, counselors, and parents—as a
way to help them achieve short and long term learning goals. Cognitive
science supports that when students have ownership over their own learning we
improve the learning environment and promote positive motivational, social and
emotional habits and dispositions toward learning. Personalized learning means
using a diverse variety of learning experiences, instructional
approaches, and goal-oriented strategies that are intended to address the
distinct learning needs of individual students. For more information and
research on PLP’s: http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1365.html
PLP’s in our Schools:
Personalized learning, which we know contributes to a higher level of student
performance and deeper learning, has always been an integral part of our
schools’ missions. Our process is guided by an emphasis on creating students
who are Thinkers, Problem Solvers, Effective Communicators, and Personally and
Socially Responsible Citizens. As we head
down ‘The Road to Proficiency’, the implementation of Personalized Learning
Plans is helping students at PAML set goals, plan ways in which to meet the goals, collect evidence towards the goals and periodically reflect on the progress towards the goals. We work to provide authentic ways to share the results of their work on the goals; which happens with student-led conferences, as well as other opportunities.
To read
more about Personalized Learning Plans grab a
coffee and visit this section of the Road to Proficiency Website