Elementary Workshops
Welcome to our Personalized Learning Cohort workshop selection page. Here, please view our offered workshops at each level and then reserve your spot on the appropriate sign-up form below. Besides these workshops, please also feel free to explore our blogs and other resources.
Session Titles and Descriptions
Cultivating a Cycle of Reflection to Increase Student Voice
In this session, we will discuss how to incorporate student reflection before and after a math topic in order to increase student ownership of their learning. We will share some techniques we have tried this year and give time for brainstorming strategies to incorporate into your own practice.
Presenters:
Juliette Llyod & Claire Grogan
Projects for Progress
We will be sharing how projects can help to further students' understanding of past and current topics in math. We will explore the 5 E’s and share tips of how to build engaging projects for your students.
Presenters:
Page Murphy & Cameron Lesperance
Personalized Learning through Gamification
Through this PD, educators will make connections to how gamification can impact learning experiences in our classrooms for students and teachers. We will explore how the power of play can increase learner engagement.
Presenters:
Molly Waitt
What Was My Goal Again? How Can We Better Support the Middle Stage of Goal Setting
In this session, we will talk about the challenges in keeping our students actively thinking of their goals and action steps when goal setting is not the "lesson of the day". We will share some strategies being implemented this year and brainstorm other ways to implement and support this practice.
Presenters:
Susan Jones & Samantha Sousa
Building in Representation: Building Up Self-Directed Learners
In this session, we will dive into the meaning of representation through the lens of UDL. We will explore resources geared towards developing students into self-directed learners, both at school and at home. We will discuss new technology tools that help students to access curriculum and advocate for themselves as learners.
Liz Strasser, Paige Kelly, & Kendel Amari
Shoeboxes of the Digital Age: Student Created Portfolios that THEY Own!
We all remember the shoeboxes/pizza boxes/binder collection of student work. Come explore how students can take ownership and reflect on their work to create portfolios that they truly own.
Presenters:
Liz Collier & Melanie Acevedo
Pathways &
Playlists for Flipped Learning
In this session, we will discuss flipped learning experiences for students and how this can empower and impact learning opportunities in the classroom.
Nicole Forcillo & Katie Linskey