Personalized Learning: What is it and Why it Matters

In this Institute, authors Allison Zmuda and Bena Kallick share their passion for personalized learning and share the urgency for the power of this approach to prepare students for the uncertainties and challenges they will face for college, career, and life.

Outcomes: 

• Acquire information about personalized learning;
• Understand how students can become self-directed when personalized learning is connected with Habits of Mind; and
• Reflect on the process of personalizing learning and Habits of Mind and explore how it can be combined with Habits of Mind to create powerful teacher-student partnerships.