Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
SynopsisIn their personal lives, students retrieve and experience information customized to their interests. In school, students only receive information other stakeholders choose to disseminate. They needn't just be recipients. They are capable of using their voices and choices to take control of their learning. In Personalizing Learning Through Voice and Choice, authors Adam Garry, Amos Fodchuk, and Lauren Hobbs reveal the tools and structures K-12 teachers and administrators can use to help students extend that ownership from the classroom to the school building and throughout the district. Personalized learning helps bridge the disconnect between how students consume information in and out of school. K-12 teachers and administrators will: Uncover right-now ideas for engaging students in important classroom, school, and districtwide curricular decisions, Learn steps that help them change their classroom, school, and district cultures, Recognize indicators that different stakeholders display when they are ready for personalized learning, Realize student, classroom educator, and school and district administrator roles in empowering student voice and choice, Discover ways to amplify students' voices within the entire school and district Book jacket., With Foreword by William M. Ferriter Personal investment in learning is critical for every student. This practical resource introduces the key concepts of personalized learning and breaks down what personalized learning looks, sounds, and feels like in the classroom. The authors reveal structures that empower student voice and choice across a school and lead to increased motivation for students. They also share stories about real students who have had the life-changing opportunity to design their own learning experiences. Increase student engagement in the classroom using personalized learning techniques: Receive inspiration that will help you change the culture of learning for students and increase student motivation. Learn the roles of students, teachers, school site administrators, and district administrators in this culture change. Explore readiness tiers, indicators, student supports, and student engagement strategies, including personal learning plans. Uncover right-now ideas for engaging students in important curricular decisions. Discover ways to amplify student voices within school as a whole. Contents: Foreword by William M. Ferriter Introduction: Defining Moments and Defining Terms Chapter 1: Empowering Learner Voice Chapter 2: Empowering Learner Choice Chapter 3: Empowering Learner Voice and Choice at Scale Epilogue: The Personalized Approach