2016/10/19 Students pinpoint their academic needs in Georgia.
On Mondays at Luella Middle School, the big, broad goal of "personalized learning" gets distilled down to a simple concept: Students who need extra help get it.
All students at the school in the Henry County system in Georgia spend an entire day once a week with access to additional academic support. The decisions about which subjects they will spend the most time with—math, language arts, social studies, or another—are left largely to them.
Those sessions, known as What I Need, or WIN, periods, are designed to give students choice and responsibility over their learning.
(...) Today, that revised model for personalized learning rests on five pillars. There's a focus on nurturing competency-based education, with flexible pacing for students; promoting readiness for college and careers; boosting learning through technology; supporting project-based learning; and establishing learner profiles, or personalized-learning plans for students.
CHALLENGING THE 21ST CENTURY. Why? Because such a challenge to put together a scaled system that provides personalized learning in our education system that has its historic roots in homogenization. Kudos to Henry County for committing to doing better. It is also impressive to see districts willing to give teachers some of this same voice and choice in how to meet the challenges of personalized learning. The one-size-fits-all methodology of 20th century, factory schools served a purpose once upon a time, but we now live in a less certain world where pace of change makes it almost impossible to predict the skills and knowledge students entering kindergarten today will need 13 years from now. This sort of move to meeting individual student needs and providing opportunities for students to move at their own pace or pursue learning through a variety of styles is critical to meeting the challenges of the 21st century.
CHALLENGING THE 21ST CENTURY. Why? Because such a challenge to put together a scaled system that provides personalized learning in our education system that has its historic roots in homogenization. Kudos to Henry County for committing to doing better. It is also impressive to see districts willing to give teachers some of this same voice and choice in how to meet the challenges of personalized learning. The one-size-fits-all methodology of 20th century, factory schools served a purpose once upon a time, but we now live in a less certain world where pace of change makes it almost impossible to predict the skills and knowledge students entering kindergarten today will need 13 years from now. This sort of move to meeting individual student needs and providing opportunities for students to move at their own pace or pursue learning through a variety of styles is critical to meeting the challenges of the 21st century.
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