Personalized Learning: HISD’s Path to College and Career Readiness

An Overview Houston ISD 2 HISD’s Vision: Become Great All Over What will Personalized Learning look like in HISD? Pilot School Opportunity World of Opportunities

Becoming Great All Over Houston ISD 3

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Personalized Learning

Personalized Learning: A Quick Video Houston ISD 6

Personalized Learning Vision Houston ISD 7 HISD’s vision is to transform the teaching and learning environment through connected, authentic and personalized learning experiences. This will empower students to plan their futures through the attainment of college and career readiness knowledge, skills and attitudes.

PL Guiding Principles Students own their learning Teachers, principals lead transformation Culture of care supports them PL model must include scalable, sustainable plans

Houston ISD 9 Modernization of instructional materials, procurement, facilities and infrastructure Connecting each educator through Digital Teaching Platform PowerUp! 1:1 Laptop Initiative Supporting Initiatives RTTT-D: Linked Learning

Supporting Initiatives Houston ISD 10 Redefining college and career readiness Transition to digital content Implementing common metrics Innovative professional development, including a “Personalized Learning Institute”

Each Student’s Experience What is my level of performance? What group size is best for me? How & by what content do I prefer to master standards? When am I grouped by age? When am I grouped by achievement? What are my preferred modalities?

A Student’s Perspective Challenging and relevant Interactive and engaging Flexible teaching and learning Individual pacing Collaboration Flexible teaching and learning Reliable access

PL Strategy: Phases II and III Houston ISD 13 AssessmentsAccountability Community Partners Instructional ModelsSpace Time Mastery and Grouping Differentiated Professional Development Leadership Development Talent Management Career OpportunitiesCollege Opportunities Student and Parent Orientation to PL Family and Community Engagement Personal Learner ProfilesData Warehouse Digital Teaching Platform

PL School Pilots For personalized learning, the plan is to engage in a pilot design process to study, plan, engage, educate and design a model for personalized learning that fits the needs of your school. Houston ISD 14 MARCH 2014: Broadly promote innovation and personalized learning – introduce pilot opportunity. APRIL-MAY 2014: Select a pool of ~5- 8 schools that meet several core criteria. Expose schools to leading models and thinkers to inform their planning. SUMMER-SEPTEMBER 2014: Pilot schools receive: Needs assessment to identify & mitigate key barriers Resources, & support from central depts. Conduct broad education and experience sharing to build momentum for innovation. Campuses may be magnet, charter, or comprehensive schools, and high school, middle school, or elementary. Campuses who currently are not part of the renovations and technology infrastructure upgrades may still participate – special considerations will be discussed if technological infrastructure or support is needed. SEPT 2014-MAY 2015: Design Phase Personalized coaching to build the program at your campus School PL planning teams will implement 1 st stage of PL planning phase. Schools will also need to be prepared to host school visits and interviews with staff and teachers, to share lessons learned and best practices along the way. Learning and Planning: Pilot schools will receive support in the communication of the process, technology support, setting outcome targets, professional development, and curriculum specialist support.

Houston ISD 15 Intent to Apply Due March 31, 2014

Additional Resources Academic Memo from March 3, 2014 HISD PL Plan: Next Gen Lrnng: Blog: EduCause: Desire2Learn: TED talk: 16

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