Use a student leadership team for feedback on PLPs

Guiding Crossett Brook PLPs with student voice The Crossett Brook PLP student leadership group presented their recommendations on PLPs to the teaching staff at the […]

Checking in with Stowe & PAML’s peer PLP collaboration

When last we left the students of these two plucky Vermont middle schools, they had managed to connect students and educators via Google Hangout. They’d […]

Scheduling and student choice

Standard 3-part story-driven post: 1) what it is, 2) what it looks like in a school, 3) how to do it in your school The […]

3 visualization exercises for proficiency-based learning

Outcomes, process and automaticity I worked with a group of teachers this summer to re-think goal-setting with their students. We know it’s a key component […]

Telling the PLP story

Student reflection with Adobe Voice and Explain Everything Students at Fayston Elementary School worked hard this year with their team of teachers, not just to […]

How students tell their PLP stories

Scaffolding PLPs so students understand them 5th and 6th graders from Fayston Elementary School took their personal learning plans (PLP) in extraordinary and unexpected directions […]

Negotiated curriculum and project-based learning

Building a democratic classroom at The Edge Part of the power of implementing a negotiated curriculum is that it doesn’t just center student voice, it […]

Using digital tools to change student goal-setting and reflection

Measuring how students approach goal-setting in the 5th and 6th grades   Educators at Wallingford Elementary School and Shrewsbury Mountain School, in central Vermont, undertook […]

Google Tools for personal learning plans (PLPs)

A teacher-authored case study Today we hear from a grade 5-6 team venturing into the world of personal learning plans (PLPs) using Google Tools. Jared Bailey, […]

Screencasting for a student-led conference

Using technology to help family communication go more smoothly This week on the podcast: Rachel Mark traveled to The Dorset School, in Southern Vermont, to […]

Teaching students how to set personal exploration goals

Goal-setting as a process This presentation, delivered by Harwood Union High School teacher Lissa Fox at the 2016 Middle Grades Conference, describes an Action Research project that […]

Student-led conferences and engagement in PLPs

A middle school case study Katie Bryant, an English teacher at Lamoille Union Middle School, presents the results of her semester-long action research project examining […]

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