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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 Reatkes 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

• Use Tech Tools to Nurture Inclusion
• Bring Students to the Table for School Decisions
• Let Students Make Decisions in your Classroom
• Provide Non-Verbal Options for Participation
• Use Discussion Protocols
• Interview Learners
• Create and Administer Classroom Feedback Surveys

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

• Design a Flexible Learning Space
• Cooperative Learning Strategies
• Help Learners Teach Each Other
• Lead Guided Discussions
• Strategically Group Learners
• Create Group Roles
• Create Group Working Norms with Learners
• Make Group Progess Visible
• Provide Peer Feedback Protocols

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 Reatkes and Test Corrections
• Co-Create Rubrics with Students

Use Assessment as a Tool for Learning

• Use Tech Tools to Provide Just-In-Time Assessment Feedback
• Co-Create Rubrics with Students
• Move On When Ready
• Data Trackers
• Station Rotation
• Support Learner Self-Assessment
• Conferencing as a Method of Assessment
• Checks for Understanding
• Strategy Exit Tickets
• Provide Peer Feedback Protocols

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

• Make Thinking Visible
• Provide goal-setting frameworks and tools
• Provide learners with tools to prioritize their time
• Create Learner Jobs
• 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
• Bring Students to the Table for School Decisions
• Let Students Make Decisions in your Classroom
• Provide Non-Verbal Options for Participation
• Use Discussion Protocols
• Interview Learners
• Create and Administer Classroom Feedback Surveys
• Connect Learners to Mentors
• Bring the Real World into the Classroom
• Take Learners into the Real World
• Design a Flexible Learning Space
• Protocols for Reflection on Learning
• Project-Based Learning
• Cooperative Learning Strategies
• Help Learners Teach Each Other
• Lead Guided Discussions
• Strategically Group Learners
• Create Group Roles
• Create Group Working Norms with Learners
• Make Group Progess Visible
• Create Portfolios with Learners
• Host a Defense of Learning
• Host Student Led Conferences
• Host Exhibitions of Learning
• Encourage Reatkes and Test Corrections
• Co-Create Rubrics with Students
• Move On When Ready
• Data Trackers
• Station Rotation
• Support Learner Self-Assessment
• Conferencing as a Method of Assessment
• Checks for Understanding
• Strategy Exit Tickets
• Provide Peer Feedback Protocols
• Explore College, Career, and Life Options with Learners
• Provide Options for Accessibility
• 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