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use in their future careers. Teachers continue
to learn and grow through continuing
education courses that allow them to integrate
new methods for incorporating technology in
the classroom to ultimately guide our students
to a successful future.
Providing students with access to
technology in a structured setting provides
them with the freedom to individually
learn and discover solutions to real-world
problems and prepare them for the future.
Students have a paved path to achieve success
with the help of cooperative, communal
workspaces, online portals that encourage
cross-collaboration, and support from their
teachers, peers and parents.
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
receiving 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.
PRESCHOOL
TRENDS IN EARLY
CHILDHOOD
LEARNING
Early childhood learning
has been studied by educators,
lawmakers and researchers for
years to identify the importance
of learning at a young age. Research has
confirmed that when educators provide a
valuable education to early learners, the
benefits last a lifetime. According to Educa,
preschool stakeholders across the U.S.
are addressing the need for a standard in
consistency and quality in early education.
States are taking a look at child care centers,
daycares and preschools to develop an
accreditation program that ensures quality
in a number of areas including learning
environment, increased parent engagement,
teacher experience and quality center
management.
Along with quality standardization, there
are other trends to keep an eye on for early
learners:
• Student Assessment – The achievement
gap is often used to assess the output of
students in different socioeconomic groups,
measuring grade point averages, test scores
and dropout rates. Since preschoolers
aren’t likely dropping out of school, early
learning centers focus on the importance
of providing ongoing education and
supporting students from a young age. This
includes reading to children, engaging them
in everyday conversations, establishing
routines and using positive reinforcement.