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Taking a whole-learner approach, learning is intentionally connected to the unique interests, passions, and needs of the learner. Connect the learner's future self to the experiences created for them and with them today. We get to know the learner as humans. How do we do this at the West Ada Academies? Authentic experiences, flexible time, collaboration in mentoring and our LMS tracking data.
Mentoring
Student PLPs
Authentic Experiences with Choice
How do we get to know our students?
How do we get to know our students?
We do not blame learners
We believe all can improve through intentional aim and effort
We believe clear is kind and unclear is unkind.
We have two system-wide ways we get to know our students.
The human side- mentoring and building relationships
The data side- the student personalized learning plan (PLP) in our LMS called Slate.
Mentoring is the foundation of all we do. One adult and a group of students come together to form a mentor group. The mentor is the first person of contact for each learner and their outside support.
Mentoring is not a class during the day. It is a time set aside for learners and their mentors to come together to:
Build strong relationships
Build Community and Ownership
Build Progress through Partnership
Build Future-Minded Learners
The PLP: Personalized learning Plan
The Personalized Learning Plan
The PLP is the one place all student data can be found and is collected for ease of communication and decision making. There are several dashboards, but here we see two major ones: The Progress Report and My Profile.
The Progress Report communicates like a report card. My Profile is almost social media like, but asks about student preferences for learning.
Both are a great example of how students are seen as individuals and how we can personalize their learning.
How do the unique interests, passions, and needs of the learner get explored?
Where are we now?
We are learning more about students being able to personlize their own learning and making important decisions linked to who they want to be. We are not experts yet.
We are abandoning...
We are abandoning...
planning out entire units without student choice
Students having no say in what they take
We are strengthening...
We are strengthening...
student choice in studios they are scheduled into
Studio design for choice
The use of PLP data in MTSS and any conversations about students
We are newly embracing...
We are newly embracing...
Students on leadership teams
See how we are embracing learner-centered systems with our links below:
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