Personalized Learning

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Our Vision for Personalized Learning

Students own their learning, unconstrained by time, practice, or structure, to meet their unique learning goals supporting their future success.

What is Personalized Learning?

Personalization refers to instruction paced to the learner's needs, tailored to learning preferences, and adapted to the specific interest of different learners. In an environment that is fully personalized, the learning objectives and content as well as the method and pace may vary.

Personalized Learning starts with the learner:

The teacher is the guide for the learner on their individual learning journey.
Learners have voice and choice in their learning.
Learners become independent learners who set goals, monitor progress, and reflect on learning and assessments of mastery.

In Pattonville, will experience competency based learning, learner pathways, and/or learner profiles as a means to explore themselves as learners and produce evidence of their learning.

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Personalized, Competency-Based Education in Pattonville

In 2018, the Pattonville Board of Education approved an update of the district's long-term strategic plan, which supports Pattonville’s continued move to personalized, competency-based approaches to learning. With personalized learning, students advance in their learning by demonstrating mastery of important concepts and skills (competencies). Learning is customized to student needs: time it takes to master the subject matter, the teacher’s instructional practices and the structure of the learning environment. Take a look at how this concept is being used in Pattonville with instruction at the elementary, middle and high school levels.

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More Information

The PCBL Framework

Personalized Learning Committee

Pattonville developed a multi-year Personalized Learning plan (preschool through 12th grade) for providing ongoing feedback to students on their growth toward being ready to master high school course content and college or career success after graduation. A committee of parents, students and teachers worked together to develop this plan and to help shape what Personalized Learning looks like in Pattonville.

Success-Ready Students Network (SRSN)

Elements of Personalized Competency-Based Learning

Learner Centered Practices

Student Empowerment

Students are empowered daily to make important decisions about their learning experiences, how they will create and apply knowledge, and how they will demonstrate their learning.

PCBL Framework: Element 1

Differentiated Support

Students receive timely, differentiated support based on their individual learning needs.

PCBL Framework: Element 3

Pathways and Pacing

Students learn actively using different pathways and varied pacing.

PCBL Framework: Element 5

Equitable Strategies

Strategies to ensure equity for all students are embedded in the culture, structure, and pedagogy of schools and education systems.

PCBL Framework: Element 6

Assessment

Meaningful and Relevant

Assessment is a meaningful, positive, and empowering learning experience for students that yields timely, relevant, and actionable evidence.

PCBL Framework: Element 2

Mastery-Based Progress

Students progress based on evidence of mastery, not seat time.

PCBL Framework: Element 4

Common Expectations

Rigorous, common expectations for learning (knowledge, skills, and dispositions) are explicit, transparent, measurable, and transferable.

PCBL Framework: Element 7

Real World Learning

PCBL in Practice

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Pattonville and Leonardo DRS partner to provide opportunities for students

Students have a variety of opportunities to work in different fields through Pattonville's partnership with Leonardo DRS.

Remington Fourth Grade Mini Golf Course

Remington fourth graders used geometry skills and cardboard to design and build their own golf course for first graders in their buddy class to test.

Willow Brook First Grade Writing Mastery

First graders at Willow Brook Elementary School use a checklist to determine which of three areas their writing falls into — getting started, in progress or mastery.

Students create plans to help Vikings with engagement

Pattonville students were invited to Minnesota to assist the Vikings with ways to engage Gen Z as part of a Marketing I class.

Bridgeway students bring pizzazz to school hallways

Third grade classes at Bridgeway recently read books about community that inspired them to create their own mural in art class. Comparing these stories inspired the students and teachers to think about how a piece of art in a shared space can bring people in a community together. They decided to create a mural to bring that same sense of community and creativity into their own school.

Remington eighth graders research, propose options to make their classrooms more functional

Eighth graders at the Remington are getting a rare opportunity this year — the chance to restyle their own learning spaces. This semester, students are leading a full redesign of the two eighth grade classrooms, from layout and lighting to furniture and decor.

Parkwood's Panther Point store supports positive behavior

At Parkwood, earning and spending Panther Points is more than just a fun reward system — it’s a hands-on way for students to build real-world skills. Through the school’s Panther Point store, students learn responsibility, math, social interaction and decision-making while celebrating positive behavior.

Student-created map highlights area for new families to Willow Brook

First graders at Willow Brook created an informative map to help new families get acquainted with the area around their school. The map showcases local spots like libraries, parks and restaurants.