Pathways to Personalization: A Framework for School Change - Softcover

Shawn C. Rubin (author) & Cathy Sanford (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 168253247X ISBN 13: 9781682532478

Publisher: Harvard Education Press, 2018

Synopsis

Pathways to Personalization offers an innovative five-step framework to help school leaders and teacher teams design and implement blended and personalized learning initiatives based on local needs and interests. The book draws on principles of improvement science and change management, as well as work in nearly five hundred classrooms, to help educators define their own rationale for personalized learning; it guides them as they establish small pilot initiatives, determine criteria for success, evaluate their efforts, and create a path for replication and scale. Filled with activities and templates for organizing information and student feedback, the book also includes many examples of how district leaders, school principals, and teachers have successfully navigated the change process to create more student-centered classrooms.

Shifting a school or district to offer more personalized learning requires a great deal of commitment, passion, and energy, but it also demands a strategic process. Pathways to Personalization meets this need by providing a field-tested road map for educators seeking ways to meet the academic and emotional needs of all students, and to empower them to take charge of their own learning.

About this title

About the Author

Shawn C. Rubin is the chief education officer at Highlander Institute.

Cathy Sanford leads research and development efforts at Highlander Institute.

From the Back Cover

In Pathways to Personalization, Shawn C. Rubin and Cathy Sanford provide a field-tested road map for educators seeking ways to meet the academic and emotional needs of all students, and to empower them to take charge of their own learning. The volume offers an innovative five-step framework to help school leaders and teacher teams design and implement blended and personalized learning initiatives based on local needs. The book draws on principles of improvement science and change management, as well as the authors' work in nearly five hundred classrooms, to help educators establish small pilot initiatives, determine criteria for success, evaluate their efforts, and create a path for replication and scale.

"Pathways to Personalization offers a framework for thoughtful implementation of personalized learning. The volume helps educators to engage in deep examination of the purpose of the education system and empowers local change agents to ensure that all children build the knowledge, competence, and skills they need."
--Susan Patrick, president, iNACOL and cofounder, CompetencyWorks

"A must-read for skeptics and champions of personalized learning alike. This book moves past mere rhetoric about personalization to explore real classrooms trying to reinvent themselves. Weaving together history, philosophy, personal experience, and stories about the hard work of educators on the frontlines, Rubin and Sanford offer a compelling framework for rethinking school as we know it."
--Julia Freeland Fisher, director of education research, Clayton Christensen Institute

Shawn C. Rubin is the chief education officer at Highlander Institute. Cathy Sanford leads research and development efforts at Highlander Institute.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard Education Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 168253247X
• ISBN 13: 9781682532478
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280