Expectation Check...Personalized 2.0 Reminder

As we are nearing the halfway mark from this school year, it is important to check our expectations.  These are the consistent expectations for this school year that were shared during the August Personalized Learning 2.0.  Please take a moment to stop and reflect on your year so far.  Consider if you are making shifts towards meeting these expectations.  Are these actions becoming observable in your learning environment?  What support do you need to continue to meet this expectations?

It is highly encouraged to take a moment and reflect on the expectations with your team, peer, administrators, and consider next steps for you to continue to grow.  These would be great expectations for Administrators to ask or reflect on through learning walks over the course of the next few months. Please feel free to contact Mike Rice or Sarah Mumm with any questions at all.

What will this look like for Kaneland Teachers next year?

1.  Unpacking Standards into learning targets (“I can statements”)
2.  Defining what Mastery looks like for each standard/target
3.  Aligning assessment questions to learning targets
4.  Ensuring all learning activities are tied to targets and assessments
5.  Providing timely feedback tied to specific standards/targets
6.  Evaluating feedback structures for their usefulness in the above practices

What will this look like for Kaneland Students next year?

1.  Students can articulate learning targets for a given learning activity
2.  Students understand what mastery of a given standard/target looks like
3.  Students can clearly see the tie between assessments and standards
4.  Students can explain how learning activities support growth to a standard
5.  Students can articulate how feedback they are given aligns to a standard
6.  Students utilize feedback they are given to plan the next steps in learning

What are some things we probably won’t get to quite yet but may be dabbling in?

1.  Completed learning progressions

2.  Total student choice in what standards are mastered and when

3.  Personalizing content and/or process

4.  More conferencing about standards and attainment

5.  More student choice about when to investigate specific standards

6.  More student choice in terms of how to show mastery of a standard

7.  Ability to move at their own pace (ahead of or behind) “standard” pace