In many blended and personalized environments, how teachers work with students and with each other changes. In some cases, teachers may work in teams. In others, they may take on differentiated or specialized jobs depending on student needs as well as teacher content and functional expertise.
Blended and personalized educators seek to engage students deeply with learning objectives by understanding their motivations and interests and giving them choice and agency in their work. Educators use different strategies to understand interests as well as to apply boundaries to student choice depending on developmental or mastery levels.
Blended and personalized schools differentiate instruction to help all students master content based on needs, strengths, and preference. Educators apply different instructional methods to help students master essential knowledge, concepts, and skills. These include modifications to practice (how instruction is delivered), process (how the lesson is designed), products (the kinds of work products students complete), content (the specific readings, research, or materials students engage with), and groupings (how students work together).
