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Personalized Learning Environments(That Really Work!)

November 13, 2012Welcome! Bienvenue! 歡迎! Willkommen! Benvenuto! 환영! Seja bem-vindo(a)! Bienvenido!

Rudi Lewis www.facebook.com/silverbacklearning

[email protected] @SilverbackLS

+1.208.258.2582 www.silverbacklearning.com

About Silverback

• Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, USA

• A true mesh of educators and engineers

• Originated within a US school district to provide teachers a collaborative process to maximize achievement for all students

• Incubated in 1 school district, then 6, then 10…

• Now deployed in 10 states and counting

Personalized Learning

It’s “Absolute Priority 1!”to create student centered learning environment(s) that are designed to: significantly improve teaching and learning through the personalization of strategies, tools, and supports for teachers and students that are aligned with college- and career-ready standards; increase the effectiveness of educators, and expand student access to the most effective educators in order to raise student achievement; decrease the achievement gap across student groups; and increase the rates at which students graduate from high school prepared for college and careers.

http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop-district/index.html

U.S. Department of Education 2012






Roadblocks to Personalized Learning

Teachers

Students

Student

Data

Instructional

Practice

What Does the Research Say

• “The greatest perceived area of need among districts is for models of how to connect student data to instructional practice”

• “[Today’s]… systems are supporting educational research and decision making at the state level, but at the local level, district and school staff work with district rather than state data systems”

- (From “Use of Educational Data at the Local Level,” U.S. Department of Education 2010.)

Arne Duncan – U.S. Secretary of Education

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.”

-Henry Ford

Remember…

Three questions to consider

1. Can teachers easily access the data they need to make decisions right now?

“The lesson of the last three decades is that nobody can drive to the future on cruise control.”

-Rowan Gibson

Poll Question #1

Do teachers at your school have ready access to current and historical student performance data?

Select the checkbox on your sidebar (View, Show Side Bar)

Poll Question #1 Follow-Up

Do teachers at your school have ready access to current and historical student plans and interventions data?


Accountability to Stakeholders

Inform Decision Making

• Students & Families

• Community

• Board

• Authorizer

• State/Country Governance

Monitor Progress• Mission

• Strategic Framework

• Goals

• Instructional

• Cultural

• Organizational

• Financial

Why Collect Data?

Make Data a Part of Your Culture

• Ensure it is present at all meetings

• Monitor effectiveness of all plan initiatives & make adjustments as needed

• Communicate goals & results to all stakeholders from each student to the board

• Post results throughout your school

• Recognize accomplishments

Silverback Mileposts™

• Delivers: » A complete picture of student-level

data, optimized for teachers» Individualized Learning Plans» Response to Intervention (RTI)

management» Curriculum/Instructional cues» Centered on Common Core Standards

• Helps drive intended instruction for growth in all students

• Fosters collaboration & shared accountability

• Cloud-based, deployable anywhere

Teachers

Students

Parents

Administrators

Graphs for a single student

Showing results for a class

Showing results for a class (contd)



2. What type/stage of personalized learning fits the needs of your students right now?



2. What type/stage of personalized learning fits the needs of your students right now?

3. What does your learning loop look like right now?

The Learning Loop (simple)

The Learning Loop (expanded)

Poll Question #2

Do teachers at your school have a way to capture and evaluate formative* student learning? (* = immediately, at the point of instruction)



Is your formative learning cycle linked to recognized standards of learning (or a documented learning progression)?


LinkIt! < www.linkit.com > Formative Assessment Partner• Assessment creation

» Create your own itemso Multiple Choice or Open Ended

(coming soon: matching, T/F, fill in the blank)

» Or pull from NWEA Item Bank

» Both link back to Common Core

» Share / collaborate across your district

• Assessment Delivery & Scoring» Online (automatically scored)

» Bubble sheet (automatically scored)

» Print & Handout (hand score)

• Advanced Reporting & Analysis

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Search by State & Common Core Standards

Poll Question #3

Do teachers at your school have a way to differentiate instruction and share those best practices with each other?



Do teachers at your school have a way to differentiate instruction and share those best practices with the world?


Results in Idaho

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Blaine County School District

Caldwell School District

Gooding School District

Results in Urban/Metropolitan Areas

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What Customers Are Saying

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“Mileposts changes the culture by changing the

conversations”

“Easy to install into our

existing data environment”

Roger QuarlesFormer Superintendent - Caldwell

“We used Mileposts to identify, address, and

eliminate proficiency gaps”

Michelle OwenFormer Principal - Gooding Elem.

Paul AldersonFormer Tech Director - Caldwell

New Feature: Progress Monitoring Graphing Tool

• Track one or multiple measures

• Visually display “Goal Lines” and “Trend Lines”

• Link to interventions for a complete picture of strategy changes and results

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New Feature: Behavioral Incident Management

• Log incidents by type, location, motivation, action taken, etc.

• Linked to individual student profiles

• Administrative reporting (incidents by type, location, etc.)

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Why Mileposts?

• Easy to use, so…• Teachers will use it!

» Individualized Learning Plans» RTI with tiered interventions» Gooru / Common Core curriculum connections» Behavioral module» Data for instruction, not just an autopsy of data

• Affordable for any size district• Outstanding Service• Cloud-based for Mass Personalization• A supercharger for your existing environment• Proven results, Raving fans• National Association of Educational Service Agencies

Thank You!

Discussion and Questions