Day 1 Reflections

Today our team created a three page document of all the goals we hope to accomplish by the end of the week. (Yeah, right!!). So, the good news is we got a lot of ideas out, and there is alignment in our thinking about the successes and challenges of our first year of PLP work. 

• Find a way to make PLP process a breathing living space that kids own
• Enhance student ownership of PLPs  
• Could we develop a scale of what this looks like
• Set a designated time each week to have all teachers interact with students around their PLP sites
• Students should interact with their PLPs on a more regular basis, not just a place to show evidence of end of unit work.
• Share-out strengths/challenges with our differing e-portfolio models from this past year. Regardless of platform, what can we do to make them more engaging, insightful, etc.
• PLP’s more student driven with their goals and reflection  - student ownership
• Can we develop a guide to what goes into a PLP - some student feedback suggests that the students want more ownership

I think the one thing I keep coming back to is how to infuse ownership and student voice into our PLP's so they are seen as a true vehicle for personalized learning. The structure  imposed on the PLP design and lack of vision and purpose are clearly the areas we need to address.

The other elements of our school's goals - proficiency based learning and developing learning targets for the transferable skills is up and running in many ways. Some of us at CSSU's learning target workshop from last week set us up well to continue on that work.

It is, as always, good to be back at MGI!!