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Goal Area Four: Student Empowerment to Take Responsibility for their Learning through a Rigorous Curriculum and the Use of Personal Learning Plans



Goal Area 4: ** Student Empowerment to Take Responsibility for Their Learning through a Rigorous Curriculum and the Use of Personal Learning Plans   ** Focus Area: (Circle one): * Personalization *Access/Pathways *Clear Expectations for Learning *Engagement *Assessment *Teaching Strategies Strategy Selected: Personalization Rationale for Strategy (Research and/or Data): Future Search data, RTI, // How People Learn:Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. //National Research Council. 2000. || Each student will manage his or her own learning plan. || Teachers and administrators will understand and apply key findings from research. “Students come to the classroom with preconceptions about how the world works. If their initial understanding is not engaged, they may fail to grasp the new concepts and informaion that are taught, or they may learn them for the purposes of a test but revert to their preconceptions outside the classrooms. To develop competence in an area of inquiry, student must; (a) have a deep foundation of factual knowledge, (b) understand facts and ideas in the context of a conceptual framework, and (c) organize knowledge in ways that facilitate retrieval and application. A “metacognitive appoach to instruction can help students learn to take control of their own learning by defining learning goals and monitoring their progress in achieving them” (pp.14-18). ||
 * Group: Chandele Gray, Megan Andrews-Wright, Gloria Jenkins, Celena Ranger
 * Long Term Goal (5 years)
 * Short Term Goal (2 years)
 * Action Step (s) || Evaluation || Individuals/organizations that should be involved || Outcome/Product || Timeline/Completion Date ||