HCS Personalized Learning

Creativity LOOK FORS

Learner Profiles Cards - Collect student-reported data about their strengths in subjects and preferred approaches to learning (Example)
Survey Students - Learn more about the student interests and backgrounds in your classroom by surveying students (Article, Example #1, Example #2, Example #3)

Design Thinking - a way of solving problems that encourages risk taking and creativity (Article)
Inquiry-based Learning - form of active learning that starts by posing questions, problems or scenarios that allow students to investigate for authentic answers or solutions (Article)
Real World Connections - learning that allows students to actually experience, practice, or apply concepts that help students construct meaning
Visible Learning Strategies-set of routines to push creativity and thinking dispositions (Article + Protocols, additional protocols)
Creating Communities of Innovation - Toolkit from Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Project Zero on creating innovation within classrooms (Resource Bank)

Performance Task Tool - Use this tool to create tasks that align with the Core Five (HCS Performance Task Tool)
Independent Exploration - Provide students with opportunities for online research to extend their knowledge on specific topics. (Article)
Portfolios - provide students a platform for storing and sharing their best work (Article); think about the shift from a culture of achievement to one of accomplishment (Article)
Partnerships - consider how to break down boundaries between school and the real world (Article); understand 5 keys to rigorous project-based learning and view a list of resources on building community partnerships (Video + Resource Bank)