wow! new york is on fire with the desire to personalize learning for students! currently, 18 districts and 2 boces are rethinking their school structures and instructional approach to ensure that over 45,000 students get what they need, when they need it. we’re thrilled to work with such a bold and inspiring group of leaders!

want to hear directly from your colleagues about their experience? read our q&a with district and school leaders from five different districts.

the enlarged city school district of middletown begins its fifth school year with personalized learning. with all teachers trained in personalized learning, the district is working with 瑞士vs喀麦隆亚盘赔率 to create a robust resource bank to support both novice and experienced teachers. middletown is a personalized learning pioneer not only in the state but also the nation.

julie ball, second grade teacher at barringer road elementary school in central valley school district, started the year incorporating flexible seating and student choice in her classroom. follow julie on twitter at @livelove_teach2!

shout-out to districts in the wayne-finger lakes boces for starting a cross-district collaborative on personalized learning! the collaborative was inspired by the leadership team at dundee central school who hosted teachers, coaches, and district leaders from geneva city school district, marion central school district, and penn yan central school district. participants shared their tips and tricks for personalized learning in their classrooms, and then followed a consultancy protocol to work through struggles they have had with implementing personalized learning. the group plans to reconvene several times this year.

participants shared:

• "i learned a ton from several teachers who were further along than i regarding playlists, blended space, and providing individual learning paths.”
• “others are in the same boat and it was nice to have other teachers interested in what i was doing around pl."

personalized learning is in full force in romulus central school! teachers, students, parents and administrators are “all in” with talking about, working with and growing skill sets which are drastically changing the district’s instructional practice.

romulus credits their focus on teacher input with the success and continued positivity for personalized learning. romulus tapped six teachers to join the administrative staff to serve on the “pl council,” or leadership team.

on october 23, the romulus team will present at the school administrator’s association of new york state (saanys) annual conference in cooperstown, ny. if you are at the conference, please consider joining the romulus team at 11am in the natty room for “21st century, student-centered education in action.” contact lynn rhone at lrhone@romuluscsd.org for more information.

our final shoutout goes to gananda central school district which has started the year hosting "pl hangouts" with cohorts of teachers. the purpose of the hangouts is to ask questions, and to share ideas and resources. teachers have discussed goal setting, flexible seating, station rotations, and fitting the nys modules into this work.

as director of curriculum, instruction, and assessment and project lead kelly van laeken shared, “we’ve had unbelievably high level collegial conversations!  everyone walked out having learned something from each other in less than 50 minutes.” for ideas on how to run pl hangouts, contact kelly at kvanlaeken@gananda.org

keeping personalized learning a priority, finger lake times, july 2017 (marion csd)

marion jr.-sr. high school principal nick ganster provides an honest reflection on his efforts to keep pl “the main thing.”

central valley teachers receive a lesson in personalized learning, times telegram, aug 2017 (central valley csd)

nyscoss councilgram, aug 2017 (瑞士vs喀麦隆亚盘赔率 )

confused about what personalized learning is or is not? read our article in the summer volume of the nyscoss councilgram (p. 6). 瑞士vs喀麦隆亚盘赔率 is a signature partner of the council.

november 19-20, 2017
瑞士vs喀麦隆亚盘赔率  district superintendents' information session
albany, ny