Thank you for visiting our new self-paced Personalized Learning professional development site! Here you can access ready-made professional learning experiences and curated resources at any entry point into PCBL. Please reach out to our team for additional questions or if you would like more information on how to implement your high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) using a student-centered approach.
Whether you have put in a lot of time into student-centered practices, or are just starting your journey, we want to make sure you know how to sustain the work of shifting practices to be more student-centered in your context. Below are some ideas and resources you can use as you continue your journey to make shifts toward student-centered learning.
Visit our Self-Paced PD page and our ready-to-use Professional Learning Resource Bank.
Protocols are an effective way to organically scale and spread the work within your context because they can be embedded into your PLC’s, data team meetings, whole staff professional learning, and more. You can use protocols to:
Share and celebrate the great work being done with student-centered learning.
Provide feedback along the way with student-centered artifacts created by your colleagues.
Structure a discussion around a student-centered topic in order to grow each other
To access the bank of protocols, visit https://canvas.instructure.com/register and use the join code HPRAJH to access the Coaching and Leading CANVAS page, which contains the Grab & Go Protocols.
Learning Walks are another great strategy when it comes to scaling and spreading the work within your context. Being able to see how your colleague down the hall implements a student-centered practice can be super helpful when it comes to removing barriers and creating a safe culture of risk-taking for teachers.
Explore student-centered learning in action by visiting schools using the Schools and Districts Engagement Map. Click pins to find schools or districts working on student-centered practices, learn about their journeys, and connect to schedule visits that fit your needs.
If your school is further along, consider hosting an Inquiry Lab—a half-day event welcoming about 25 guests to:
As a host, you’ll showcase your work, share your journey—including challenges and successes—and reflect on future growth.
Sample Inquiry Lab Agenda:
If you are hosting an Inquiry Lab, it is helpful to have a map of your school, a look-for document that helps visitors know what they might see in different classrooms, and a list of questions that they might like to use to ask students or teachers about what student-centered learning is like for them.
Invite participants such as teachers and leaders from your school, district, neighboring districts, or beyond to foster meaningful learning exchanges.
Joining the Lead for Learners Community is a great way to connect with others around the work of student -centered learning. Learning how others within South Carolina and across other states are implementing student-centered learning practices can be a great way to collaborate with others and grow in your practices. As a member of the Lead for Learners Community, you will have access to live virtual events, articles, sample resources, and other like-minded educators who are working to meet the needs for all learners.
The Schools and Districts Engagement Map is another great way to connect with others because it provides information about which schools, or districts are working on student centered practices. Within each school, or district pin, there are details listed about what they have engaged in with student-centered learning. When you find a school, or district, connect with them by calling to find out more about them and where they are in their journey.
South Carolina is just one of the states working on student-centered learning. If you are looking to connect with other state, district, or school leaders to see what their journey has been like with student-centered learning and what they have figured out, check out this list of contact information below:
Contact Us:
Although we know you all are fully capable of sustaining the work around student-centered learning in your context, we also know that questions come up. If you have a question, please send it to personalizedlearning@ed.sc.gov.
