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Education PERSONALIZED LEARNING FOR HIGH SCHOOL Personalized learning adapts a structured educational environment into a malleable approach to learning and teaching. Each learning style is different, and there is not one approach to teaching that fits them all. Personalized learning provides students with attainable success in the classroom by allowing teachers to understand the strengths and weaknesses of each individual student and adapt lesson plans to allow students to work at their own pace. Building Student Profiles: Personalized learning pulls from the strengths and weaknesses of individual students and tailors lessons to improve learning outcomes. Teachers are able to utilize these pathways to learning to guide their students to success. Digital Approach to Personalized Learning: Utilizing data from digital coursework provides an even stronger approach to personalized learning through analytics. These analytics monitor a student’s performance and can predict future patterns for learning, giving teachers the tools necessary to prepare an appropriate curriculum for their students. Teacher Adaptation: Teachers develop a new approach to instructing their students when adopting personalized learning. In a typical classroom, there are students who are ahead of the curve and students behind the curve, with very few considered to be on the curve. A teacher typically aims to teach on the curve, with students on either end falling short of their learning capabilities. Personalized learning gives faculty the ability to spend more time tailoring their approach on an individual level. Use Case: A high school in San Diego is currently implementing the personalized learning approach in classrooms after receivi ng a $10 million grant aimed at making high schools more personal. The effort launched two years ago with a small group of students. After seeing firsthand the academic success of these students, the school decided to take the approach school-wide by introducing one grade level every year, starting with the freshmen of 2017. Continued on page 33> WHERE LEARNING 2017 2018 Season Comes To Life Tickets CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO TOUR THE SCHOOL START AT $42 PROFESSIONAL THEATER Development of Life Long Learning Skills Extended Hours 7:30 am - 6 pm 3 Years - Kindergarten DOWNTOWN & IN YOUR TOWN! Trash Test Dummies Theatreworks USA Theatreworks USA SEASON GROUPS 412-456-1390 412-471-6930 TICKETS Mermaid The atre of Nov a Scotia 10+ TICKETS 204 Commerce Park Dr. Cranberry Twp., PA 16066 724.778.0111 www.gardenmontessori.com TRUS TARTS. ORG /KIDS Cranberry | Fall 2017 | icmags.com 31