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A real-world action plan for educators to create personalized learning experiences Learning Personalized: The Evolution of the Contemporary Classroom provides teachers, administrators, and educational leaders with a clear and practical guide to personalized learning. Written by respected teachers and leading educational consultants Allison Zmuda, Greg Curtis, and Diane Ullman, this comprehensive resource explores what personalized learning looks like, how it changes the roles and responsibilities of every stakeholder, and why it inspires innovation. The authors explain that, in order to create highly effective personalized learning experiences, a new instructional design is required that is based loosely on the traditional model of apprenticeship: learning by doing.Learning Personalized challenges educators to rethink the fundamental principles of schooling that honors students' natural willingness to play, problem solve, fail, re-imagine, and share. This groundbreaking resource: Explores the elements of personalized learning and offers a framework to achieve itProvides a roadmap for enrolling relevant stakeholders to create a personalized learning vision and reimagine new roles and responsibilitiesAddresses needs and provides guidance specific to the job descriptions of various types of educators, administrators, and other staffThis invaluable educational resource explores a simple framework for personalized learning: co-creation, feedback, sharing, and learning that is as powerful for a teacher to re-examine classroom practice as it is for a curriculum director to reexamine the structure of courses.

A real-world action plan for educators to create personalized learning experiences

Learning Personalized: The Evolution of the Contemporary Classroom provides teachers, administrators, and educational leaders with a clear and practical guide to personalized learning. Written by respected teachers and leading educational consultants Allison Zmuda, Greg Curtis, and Diane Ullman, this comprehensive resource explores what personalized learning looks like, how it changes the roles and responsibilities of every stakeholder, and why it inspires innovation. The authors explain that, in order to create highly effective personalized learning experiences, a new instructional design is required that is based loosely on the traditional model of apprenticeship: learning by doing.

Learning Personalized challenges educators to rethink the fundamental principles of schooling that honors students'' natural willingness to play, problem solve, fail, re-imagine, and share. This groundbreaking resource:

Explores the elements of personalized learning and offers a framework to achieve it Provides a roadmap for enrolling relevant stakeholders to create a personalized learning vision and reimagine new roles and responsibilities Addresses needs and provides guidance specific to the job descriptions of various types of educators, administrators, and other staff

This invaluable educational resource explores a simple framework for personalized learning: co-creation, feedback, sharing, and learning that is as powerful for a teacher to re-examine classroom practice as it is for a curriculum director to reexamine the structure of courses.

A real-world action plan for educators to create personalized learning experiences

Learning Personalized: The Evolution of the Contemporary Classroom provides teachers, administrators, and educational leaders with a clear and practical guide to personalized learning. Written by respected teachers and leading educational consultants Allison Zmuda, Greg Curtis, and Diane Ullman, this comprehensive resource explores what personalized learning looks like, how it changes the roles and responsibilities of every stakeholder, and why it inspires innovation. The authors explain that, in order to create highly effective personalized learning experiences, a new instructional design is required that is based loosely on the traditional model of apprenticeship: learning by doing.

Learning Personalized challenges educators to rethink the fundamental principles of schooling that honors students'' natural willingness to play, problem solve, fail, re-imagine, and share. This groundbreaking resource:

Explores the elements of personalized learning and offers a framework to achieve it Provides a roadmap for enrolling relevant stakeholders to create a personalized learning vision and reimagine new roles and responsibilities Addresses needs and provides guidance specific to the job descriptions of various types of educators, administrators, and other staff

This invaluable educational resource explores a simple framework for personalized learning: co-creation, feedback, sharing, and learning that is as powerful for a teacher to re-examine classroom practice as it is for a curriculum director to reexamine the structure of courses.

Bring focus to your mission for modern learning. Whether you’re upgrading a department, school, or district, the authors offer a systemic framework, proven processes, and practical strategies your team can use to achieve your vision. Explore the building blocks for creating a curriculum that supports modern learning, an assessment system that captures evidence of 21st century skills, and instruction that aligns with modern learning principles.

Redesign education to meet the needs of 21st century students. In the second edition of Leading Modern Learning, authors Jay McTighe and Greg Curtis outline a reworked version of their blueprint for major education reform. More than a simple refresh, the latest edition incorporates new insights, experiences, and tools that will help you implement modern learning practices in your department, school, or district.

Use this book to guide education and curriculum reform and empower modern learners:

Understand the necessity and value of education reform and updating school curriculum for the 21st century classroom.Learn how to use a blueprint for your vision of learning, mission, and curriculum development to establish mission clarity and effective instruction and assessment practices.Explore systems thinking and frameworks for backward-design that can be utilized by school leadership to develop action plans and guide school curriculum reform for modern learning.Read an all-new chapter on change management and strategic planning for district and school leadership as well as new Notes From the Field, which highlight how to avoid potential missteps and misunderstandings that inhibit progress.Utilize the appendices and free reproducibles to further your understanding of education reform, curriculum development, and school leadership for modern learning.

A joint publication of ASCD and Solution Tree

Contents:ForewordIntroductionChapter 1: Creating a Futures-Oriented Vision and MissionChapter 2: From Mission to ActionChapter 3: Curriculum for Modern LearningChapter 4: An Assessment System for Modern LearningChapter 5: Instruction for Modern LearningChapter 6: A Reporting System for Modern LearningChapter 7: Leadership for Modern LearningAppendix A: Sources for Futures-Oriented Thinking Tools and ProcessesAppendix B: Sample Sources and Performance Indicators for 21st Century SkillsAppendix C: Sample Map of Cornerstone Performance Tasks and Transfer GoalsReferences and ResourcesIndex

With foreword by Jay McTighe

Break the cycle of endless busywork to achieve sustainable change. With the support of Moving Beyond Busy by Greg Curtis, you will learn how to commit to a few clear, learning-focused goals -- and then act on them -- using the input-output-impact (I-O-I) framework. This accessible framework simplifies the process of transformation, helping you bridge the gap between your school''s mission and vision and real student-centered teaching and learning.

Use this change-management book to develop your strategic plan for school improvement:

Examine traditional approaches to change management in schools and why they have often been ineffective.Study the why-what-how sequence of change and how it provides a path to greater goal clarity and effectiveness.Become familiar with the input-output-impact (I-O-I) framework, and understand how to use it to achieve lasting, transformational change.Learn key methods for strategic planning in schools and how to enact change in your school.Identify ineffective actions to eliminate in order to reduce teacher burnout and free up time and resources for practices that align with the school''s mission and vision.

Contents:Foreword by Jay McTigheIntroductionChapter 1: Why -- Identifying Problems With the Current Approach to ChangeChapter 2: What -- Realigning Thought and ActionChapter 3: How -- Putting Impacts at the CenterChapter 4: How -- Assessing for ImpactsChapter 5: How -- Designing Systems Around ImpactsChapter 6: How -- Facilitating ChangeEpilogueAppendices