The goal of this class is three things:
First, help you better understand what Personalized Learning is. Defined as a diverse variety of educational programs, learning experiences, instructional approaches, and academic-support strategies that are intended to address the distinct learning needs, interests, aspirations, or cultural backgrounds of individual students.
Second, help you better understand what Differentiated Instruction looks like, which is a tailoring instruction to meet individual needs. Whether teachers differentiate content, process, products, or the learning environment, the use of ongoing assessment and flexible grouping makes this a successful approach to instruction. And better yet, how PowerSchool and the PTPro gradebook can support you in the process.
Finally, help you know, as a teacher, how to put together IEP's for each student, which is a document and a process that students use - with support from school counselors, teachers and parents - to define career goals and post secondary plans in order to inform their decisions about their courses and activities throughout high school.
Topic Skill
Advanced
Topic Eligible for PD Credit
Yes
Topic Cost
$ 45 per participant
Topic Min Participants
6
Topic Max Participants
20
Topic Duration
4
Topic Major Goal
To introduce you to Standards Implementation - and the next steps in Standards Grading; moving to individualized instruction.
Objective Description
- Apply the principles of Differentiated Instruction by analyzing and illustrating how instruction can be tailored to meet individual student needs.
- Construct individualized IEP's for each student. Collaborate with school counselors, teachers and parents to create comprehensive IEP's that define student career goals and post-secondary plans.
- Develop a cohesive process to inform students' decisions regarding their HS courses based on their IEP's.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of different strategies that differentiate content, process, products and learning envirionments.
- Gain a thorough understanding of the concept of Personalized Learning, encompassing its various components, including educational programs, instructional strategies, and academic - support approaches.
- Recognize how Personalized Learning addresses diverse learning needs, interests, aspirations and cultural backgrounds of individual students.
- Utilize PTPro and PS to support the implementation of Differentiated Instruction.