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Building Identity Units Through the Personal Learning Framework

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Today’s post is brought to you by Don Taylor, language arts and social studies teacher at Main Street Middle School in Montpelier and co-director of PLP Pathways.The school year is in full swing and as…

5 Steps To Re-Energize Personal Learning in Your Classroom

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This post is from PLP Pathways contributor Maura Kelly, teacher at Peoples Academy Middle Level inMorrisville, VT.Walking through the halls at school it is clear we are in the thick of it. We are past…

The Second Pillar: Proficiency Based Learning

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Today's blog is from PLP Pathways contributor Kevin Hunt. Kevin teaches grades 5 - 8 on the Swift House at Williston Central School. He can be reached @kmphunt22 on Twitter.Recently, at a faculty meeting,…

Personalization, Proficiencies and Flexible Pathways: Through the Lens of Education for Sustainability (EFS)

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This post is from PLP Pathways contributor Lindsey Halman, teacher and founder of The Edge Academy, Essex Middle School.What if it was possible to unite Vermont schools around the mission of creating sustainable…

Change Is In The Air

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Maura Kelly is a humanities teacher at Peoples Academy Middle Level in Morrisville, Vermont and co-director of PLP Pathways. She has a passion for working with young adolescents and believes in the power…

Building a Learning Community

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Over the next few weeks, we'll be featuring teachers throughout Vermont as they implement personal learning in their classrooms. Today's post is by Don Taylor of Main Street Middle School in Montpelier.Across…

Integrating Personal Learning Plans Into Practice

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At this point in the year, you've probably had some experience either 1) implementing personal learning plans in your classroom, 2) planning for PLP implementation, or 3) hearing about personal learning…

Sterling House Implements PLPs

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This blog was co-authored by Joy Peterson and Jared Bailey. Joy and Jared are teammates on Sterling House at Williston Central School. Joy is the ELA teacher and Jared is the math teacher.Act 77 requires…

Swift House PLP History: Part 2

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This week we will be featuring the second in a series of blog posts from Kevin Hunt, a contributor to PLP Pathways and teacher in the Swift House, Williston Central School. PLP Pathways encourages contributions…

Hazen Union: Linking PLPs, Identity, and the Community

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Our incredible team of Hazen Union 7th and 8th grade teachers have been working collaboratively and intentionally over the past year to create opportunities for all students to feel empowered in addressing…

PLPs and Parent Communications

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Late September and early October bring leaf-peepers, spectacular fall foliage, and hopefully, some rhythm to the school year. Among all the activity, and depending on school implementation of personal…

Are Relationships the Key To Good Goals?

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As the school year progresses, students should be working their way through the Identity stage of the Personal Learning Framework. As noted in our last blog post, not only can this serve as a great way…