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Strategies: Personalized Learning
Develop Learner Agency
- Make Thinking Visible
- Provide goal-setting frameworks and tools
- Provide learners with tools to prioritize their time
- Create Learner Jobs
- Use Discussion Protocols
- Protocols for Reflection on Learning
- Help Learners Teach Each Other
- Lead Guided Discussions
- Encourage Retakes and Test Corrections
- Data Trackers
- Support Learner Self-Assessment
Customize the Learning Experience
- Support Learners in Understanding Themselves
- Use Tech Tools to Provide Just-In-Time Assessment Feedback
- Use Tech Tools to Nurture Inclusion
- Use Tech Tools to Personalize Instruction
- Passion Projects
- Create Learner Portraits
- Provide Choice Boards
- Create Playlists for Learners
- Design a Flexible Learning Space
- Move On When Ready
- Station Rotation
- Provide Options for Accessibility
Amplify Learner Voice
Strategies: Authentic Learning
Promote Anytime/Anywhere Learning
- Connect Learners to Mentors
- Bring the Real World into the Classroom
- Take Learners into the Real World
- Design a Flexible Learning Space
- Project-Based Learning
Design Real-World Learning
- Passion Projects
- Protocols for Reflection on Learning
- Project-Based Learning
- Create Portfolios with Learners
- Host a Defense of Learning
- Host Exhibitions of Learning
Spark Collaboration
Strategies: Competency-Based Learning
Design Performance-Based Assessments
- Project-Based Learning
- Create Portfolios with Learners
- Host a Defense of Learning
- Host Student Led Conferences
- Host Exhibitions of Learning
Plan with a Competency-Based Approach
- Create Playlists for Learners
- Protocols for Reflection on Learning
- Project-Based Learning
- Encourage Retakes and Test Corrections
- Co-Create Rubrics with Students
Use Assessment as a Tool for Learning
Strategies: Equitable & Inclusive Learning
Partner with Learners to Reach Their Full Potential
- Provide goal-setting frameworks and tools
- Create Learner Jobs
- Support Learners in Understanding Themselves
- Use Tech Tools to Nurture Inclusion
- Provide Choice Boards
- Create Playlists for Learners
- Provide Non-Verbal Options for Participation
- Connect Learners to Mentors
- Bring the Real World into the Classroom
- Take Learners into the Real World
- Explore College, Career, and Life Options with Learners
- Provide Options for Accessibility
Cultivate a Sense of Belonging
- Bring Students to the Table for School Decisions
- Let Students Make Decisions in your Classroom
- Explore Identity with Learners
- Develop Classroom Agreements with Learners
- Use Art to Get to Know Learners
Nurture a Meaningful Learning Community
- Use Tech Tools to Nurture Inclusion
- Create Learner Portraits
- Cooperative Learning Strategies
- Explore Identity with Learners
- Develop Classroom Agreements with Learners
- Do Quick and Fun Checkins Regularly
- Host Daily Whole-Class Meetings
- Nurture Gratitude
- Self Regulation Techniques
- Use Art to Get to Know Learners
