An electronic, episodic series of information and activities that blends CIL's work in Personalized Learning and the Science of Innovation. INNOpods use multimedia to convey information and self-pacing to support personalized engagement, and they provide opportunities for users to think about, assimilate, and implement their learning immediately in useful, practical ways.
Personalized learning varies the time, place, and pace of learning for each student, enlists the student in the creation of learning pathways, and utilizes technology to manage and document the learning process and access rich sources of information” (Twyman & Redding, 2015, p. 3)
The Virtual Learning Program (VLP) Review Guide is a framework for SEAs and LEAs to assess the quality and rigor of virtual programs. The guide provides context for the VLP Standards and offers a deeper operational understanding of the quality and rigor embedded in each standard.
This Lesson Plan Reflection Guide provides a framework to help educators consider how well their lesson plans support personal competencies and personalized learning. It may serve both as a rubric for evaluating how well a lesson plan personalizes and addresses personal competency, as well as a guide for strengthening lessons.
Reflection on Instruction is a peer-to-peer observation tool designed to help teachers support and learn from one another in the course of personalized learning, including enhancing personal competencies for each and all students and using technology to support instruction. Using the tool enhances the ability to review and reflect on the lesson with accuracy and specificity, with a focus on student benefits across both instructional goals and personal competencies.
Whatever our role, the best thing we can do for students is to keep getting better at what we do. Here is how we improve.
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What We Learned Together (Word)
Improving professional practices includes a cycle of assessing, planning, implementing, and monitoring our progress. Here is how we work through that cycle.
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What We Learned Together (Word)
No man is an island. School improvement takes teams of people working together toward the same goals. Here is how we improve our teaming.
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What We Learned Together (Word)
Quiz: Getting Better in Teams (Word)
Tips for coaching a district or school through the school improvement process.
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What We Learned Together (Word)
Scenario 1: Getting Better Together with Coaching (Word)
Scenario 1: WiseWays (PDF)
Scenario 2: Getting Better Together with Coaching (Word)
Scenario 2: WiseWays (PDF)
A closer look at how a leadership team assesses an indicator of effective practice.
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What We Learned Together
A closer look at how a leadership team creates a plan for implementing an indicator of effective practice.
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Creating Learning Assessments
Creating School Plans Activity Sheet
A closer look at implementing and monitoring the team's work on effective practices for school improvement
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What We Learned Together (Word)
Implementing and Monitoring School Plans Activity