1. Learner Profiles and Personalized Learning in Henry County Schools Presenter Aaryn Schmuhl, Assistant Superintendent for Leadership Services
November 2017

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Our Objectives Today
Learn about Henry County’s approach to Personalized Learning
Overview learner profile platform features
Backchannel
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INTRODUCTION to Henry County Schools
Henry County Schools: a mid-sized suburban district that has in the past decade seen rapid growth and an increasingly diverse student population
Metro Atlanta
Enrollment
41, 982
23,601
2001
2005
2010
2016
Economically disadvantaged (%)
2001
2005
2010
2016
Students by race (%)
Henry County
50 schools
~42,000 students
Students with disabilities: 13%
40 languages spoken
Spend $173 per child on central office; Georgia average: $463
Other (7%)
Hispanic (9%)
Black (51%)
White (33%)
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2001
2005
2010
2016

4. Why Shift to Personalized Learning?
INTRODUCTION to Henry County Schools
4-year cohort grad. rate
HCS
Why Shift to Personalized Learning?
Better prepare increasingly diverse student body for college, career and life success
Move from “good enough” to “exceptional”
Traditional model is no longer sufficient
Job Force Ready skills are lacking for graduates
Information is ubiquitously available
Focus on metrics beyond standardized tests
People learn in different ways (Pace, Place, Path, People)
Build on a strong foundation of great instructional practice
Composite SAT (avg.)
National avg.
Georgia
HCS
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2009
2011
2013
2016
Composite ACT (avg.)
National avg.
Georgia
HCS
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2011
2013
2016
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5. Henry County Schools’ Vision for Personalized Learning
Learner Profiles: Learner Profiles reflect students’ school performance, strengths and interests. Students, with their families and HCS staff, chart their unique learning paths through goal setting and reflection.
Competency-Based Learning: Clearly identified learning targets allow students to demonstrate mastery of competencies using multiple forms of evidence. Time and place are flexible, while learning is constant.
Henry County Schools’ Vision for Personalized Learning
Authentic Learning: Students learn by solving problems through relevant, real-world projects and service learning inside and outside of the classroom, and present evidence of their learning to authentic audiences such as parents, business and community members.
Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking: Learning experiences are designed to intentional teach and hone key overarching skills and dispositions needed for college, career and life success in the 21st Century.
District Supports
GAPSS visits
Program evaluation
Build capacity
Feedback
Accountability
Goal-setting
Digital curriculum
LMS
Data platforms
Webinars
Convenings
Professional learning
School Autonomies
Staffing
Budget
Staff evaluation
School design team
Site-based PD
Community engagement
Time
Technology-enabled: Students use technology to learn and demonstrate what they know. Technology enables, but does not drive, personalized learning experiences.
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(Updated January 2017)

6. Henry County Schools’ Timeline for Redesign: December 2013-
116 days
485 days
2125 days
129 days
540 days
1785 days
124 days
547 days
1444 days
129 days
541 days
1103 days
129 days
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
541 days
762 days
Apply
12/1/ /26/2014
129 days
Cohort 15
(6 schools)
542 days
Plan
4/5/ /2/2015
420 days
Implement & Evaluate
8/4/ /28/2021
Apply
10/1/ /6/2015
Cohort 16
(9 schools)
Plan
2/9/ /1/2016
Implement & Evaluate
8/2/ /21/2021
Apply
10/1/ /1/2016
Cohort 17
(8 schools)
Plan
2/2/ /1/2017
8/2/ /15/2021
Implement & Evaluate
Apply
10/1/ /6/2017
Cohort 18
(9 schools)
Plan
2/7/ /1/2018
Implement & Evaluate
8/2/ /8/2021
Apply
10/1/ /6/2018
Henry County Schools’ Timeline for Redesign: December 2013-
August 2020
Cohort 19
(9 schools)
Plan
2/7/ /1/2019
8/2/ /1/2021
Implement & Evaluate
Apply
10/1/ /6/2019
Today
Cohort 20
(9 schools)
Plan
2/7/ /1/2020
8/2/ /25/2021
Implement & Evaluate
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7. I wish we had these words in 2014!
Student-centered learning engages students in their own success and incorporates their interests and skills into the learning process.
They gain a clear understanding of what they have mastered, set goals for what they need to know and master long-range, determine what they need to master short-term to reach their long-term goals and receive frequent feedback on their progress.
They use data to diagnose, direct and drive their learning.
They have multiple opportunities to direct, reflect and improve on their own learning through formative assessments and data reports that help them understand their own strengths and learning challenges.
Students take increasing responsibility for their own learning, using strategies for self-regulation and reflection.
Students support one another’s progress and celebrate success.
Glowa, L. and Goodell, J. (2016) Student-Centered Learning: Functional Requirements for Integrated Systems to Optimize Learning Vienna, VA.: International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL).

8. AGENCY Underlying Beliefs
Teachers can meet needs of students better if they know students past, present, plans for future academically, socially, behaviorally
AGENCY
Students demonstrate agency by setting, tracking, and accomplishing meaningful short, medium, and long term goals

9. Student Agency as the Focus
Functionality intentionally designed for students to be entering, managing, and doing the “work of the LP”
EXAMPLES:
Student-led conference documents, Personalized Learning Plan, and Portfolio designed to be student managed.

10. Envisioning a Learner Profile
Brainstorm with stakeholders what elements were essential.
Teachers, Administrators, Counselors, Parents
Community Needs
Hunted for existing platforms that met our needs, wants, and desires
Couldn’t really find anything not focused on delivering adaptive content or solely college advisement
Research and Review
Entered development partnership with SRG Technologies
Co-creating the tool to meet our students needs
Co-Development
SY2014
Spring 2015
Fall 2015
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12. Learner Profile Task Force
Elementary
Task: Review the LP current features with an eye toward making the LP K-5-friendly
Deliverable: List of prioritized, specific recommendations to make the LP K-5- friendly
Reports
Task: Anticipate what reports schools and district might need to make
Deliverable: Prioritized list of reports with specific fields that need to be built
College and Career
Task: Build vision for College an Career tab in LP
Deliverable: Prioritized list of features that need to be built in the LP
Goal Setting
Task: Help teachers and students understand how the LP contributes to personalization
Deliverable: Develop resources to help teachers and students create and use quality goals and action steps in personalized learning

13. What’s it look like now?

14. Student Features

15. Student Goals and Action Plans

16. Student-Led Conference Notes

17. Strengths, Instructional Preferences

18. Interests

19. Portfolio

20. Assessment History

21. Feedback Loop

22. Academic Journal

23. Teacher Features

24. Teacher Dashboard

25. Student Roster

26. Reports- Goals

27. Teacher as Learner

28. The Feedback Loop
-Designed students to evaluate and reflect on their feedback worthy work
-Allows students to submit portfolio items to peers, teachers, and eventually global experts.
-Tracks feedback over time to show improvement
-Tracks Helpfulness of feedback over time
-Ability to assess against common scoring rubrics

29. Student Agency and Response To Feedback Rating Indicators
Teacher / Peer Feedback Effective Rating Indicators
Student Agency and Response To Feedback Rating Indicators
Data collected on student self assessment and reflection
Data collected on text of teacher feedback
Data collected how feedback is rated by student for helpfulness
Data collected on student plan and self rating on plan
Data collected on teacher rating of quality of planning
Data collected on student reflection on learning and self rating on final submission
Data collected on teacher feedback on final submission

30. Google Drive Integration
Coming Soon!
Data and Reporting enhanced
Capstone Tab
College & Career Tab
Google Drive Integration

31. HCS Personalized Learning Website
HCS Personalized Learning Website