Five Ways to Jumpstart Personalized Learning

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September 10, 2021

By: Lori Phillips

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

  • Listening to learner and educator voice is essential for creating personalized learning environments that reflect individual needs
  • Offering choice and using varied assessments helps students engage deeply and demonstrate mastery in ways that work best for them
  • Connecting with community organizations and building educator networks accelerates the shift toward student centered learning practices

Turning schools into personalized learning environments can take a lot of time, research, reflection and trial and error. While systemic change takes the right tools and conversations, small steps can also lead to large gains in creating personalized learning environments responsive to student needs.

This resource from Remake Learning outlines, describes and provides examples for the incremental steps that educators can take to cultivate personalized learning practices before or while the larger school community is working towards systemic transformation.

Five ways to start your journey towards personalized learning:

  1. Listen to learner and educator voice
  2. Provide opportunity for choice
  3. Use a variety of assessments
  4. Connect with out-of-school organizations
  5. Collaborate and network

Starting your journey towards more personalized learning doesn’t have to be complicated.

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This resource was co-written by former Director of State Advocacy Anne Olson.

THE AUTHOR

Lori Phillips
Senior Director of Teaching and Learning

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