Personalized Learning and Habits of Mind — Making the Case
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Article: Examines each of the 16-habits-of-mind
Our Blog Post on the connection between the attributes and habits of mind: FourAttributes with HOM
Our Blog Posts on clarifying what personalized learning is: Constructive Controversy on Personalized Learning Dan Meyer post
Sounding Board — Exploring Seven Elements of Personalized Learning Design
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Our article in Education Leadership (March 2017): OrchestratingtheMove
What It Looks Like in Practice
Resources:
Dr. Eric Chagala of VIDA (Vista, Ca.) and Meghan Ofer of Roxborough (Littleton, Co.) chat with Allison Zmuda about what personalized learning looks like in their schools and what they’ve learned as building principals.
Q1: What does personalized learning look like in your school?
Q2: Is personalized learning appropriate for all students?
Q3: How do you work to grow professional practice?
Q4: As a building principal, what is one lesson you learned the hard way?
Q5: What is one thing you can suggest to a building principal to get started with personalized learning?
Website: Reinventing 3rd Grade; Douglas County, Colorado
Website: Playbook designed by teachers at Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools
Website: Habits of Mind Institute
Website: Blueprint Program (Grades 5 and6)
Blog: series from David Russo (High School Science)
Blog: series from Laura Stott (High School Social Studies)
Blog: series from Kristen Wright and Erin Cordova (Grade 1 teachers)
Prompting Dialogues to Lead the Change
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Blog: The Fable of the Table
Coaching: Blog post on Power of a Good Idea
Coaching: Blog post on Growing Staff Culture
Leading Personalized Learning — Growing a Culture of Innovation
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Coaching: attribute-printouts-faculty
Coaching: attribute-printouts-students
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