Personalized Learning with Scott Johns Transformative Principal 167

Scott Johns is a former high school CTE teacher, and now works for Education Elements, former educators and administrators who are passionate about education.

• What education elements does.

• Personalized learning - what is it?

• Core Four

• Targeted Instruction - break down whole group instruction into smaller groups of students. Dynamic and purposeful groups of students.

• After 7–8 students in a group, results taper off.

• Challenges of targeted instruction.

• Presence of small groups does not necessarily equal targeted instruction.

• Data Driven Decisions - Data should inform instruction in the classroom.

• Allow teachers AND students to reflect on and work with the data.

• The problem with the question, “Why did you give me this grade?”

• Tight feedback loops.

• Standards-based grading. Can help with the process, but not the only way to do it.

Are you feeling like you are always behind at school? Do you feel like you need about 2 more hours each day to accomplish everything? Here’s how I help principals work manageable hours: Create your ideal week, so that you can leave work at work and enjoy your life!

Join my group coaching program

Please take a moment to rate this podcast in iTunes or on Stitcher.

Please follow me on Twitter: @jethrojones for the host and @TrnFrmPrincipal for the show.

Buy Communication Cards

Show notes on TransformativePrincipal.com

Download Paperless Principal.

Web Site

Transformative Principal on Stitcher

Refer A Principal

Best Tools for Busy Administrators Survey

We’re proud to be sponsored by IXL.

IXL’s comprehensive teaching and learning platform for math, language arts, science, and social studies is accelerating achievement in 95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts. Loved by teachers and backed by independent research from Johns Hopkins University, IXL can help you do the following and more:

• Simplify and streamline technology
• Save teachers’ time
• Reliably meet Tier 1 standards
• Improve student performance on state assessments

🚀 Ready to see why leading districts trust IXL for their educational needs? Visit IXL.com/BE today to learn more about how IXL can elevate your school or district.