Schoology Tutorial for New Personalized Learning Campers
An overview of how to engage in the Personalized Learning Camping Trip series for professional development via Schoology.
An overview of how to engage in the Personalized Learning Camping Trip series for professional development via Schoology.
A webinar from the Personalized Learning Department at Dallas ISD’s Personalized Learning Camping Trip series focused on instructional rigor.
Video of morning announcements at Hall Personalized Learning Academy at Oak Cliff of Dallas ISD. Embedded in their morning announcements are two examples of their Teach-Back Tuesday strategy, which includes a student teaching a mini-lesson of a math concept and a small group of students supporting their teacher with a read-aloud.
Example video of a student-led conference at Henry B. Gonzalez Personalized Learning Academy of Dallas Independent School District.
The shift to remote learning at Austin ISD created an opportunity for new collaboration across the district, including grade-alike professional learning communities (PLCs). To maximize the collaboration time, the Austin ISD academic team developed an orientation for teachers to learn about PLCs.
Teacher guide on how to structure and hold a one-to-one student conference with options for three different structures:
An advice-based conference with a focus on relationship building
An assessment-based conference with a focus on designing instruction
A reflection-based conference with a focus on setting and monitoring goals
This communication sent from the district to families and students explained the launch of and thinking behind the virtual personalized learning days. The document contains links to guiding choice boards for projects in early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school grade levels. All of the choice boards are aligned to the competencies of the district’s graduate profile.
This video, featuring students, introduces the THRIVE on Five virtual personalized learning days piloted at Liberty Public Schools. This was an initiative developed in partnership with students as a result of the switch to remote learning at the start of the pandemic. On Fridays, students got to pick the activities they completed on a choice board and students were encouraged to share their learnings with peers, family members, and on social media.
A professional development slide deck on how to self-assess the quality of a student conference.
Liberty Public Schools formerly adopted a new profile of skills and competencies graduates will develop as they are growing up and then as they start college or begin to work. The graduate profile includes both academic and non-academic competencies that the district seeks to cultivate in its students.