FUTURE OF SCHOOL
APPLICANT NAME: Please type your school/organization here
Based on a presentation developed by GRAVITYTANK for The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
LEARNER PROFILES
Each student has an up-to-date record
of his/her individual strengths, needs,
motivations and goals.
Strengths & Needs
Motivations
Goals
Information & Feedback
LEARNER PROFILES
Strengths &
Needs
How do you plan to capture each student’s current level of mastery within each of
the dimensions that you believe are essential for his/her success (e.g. academic
standards, skills)? In what ways will you highlight a student’s gaps to draw attention
to their individual needs?
Please use the space below to describe how your PL model will address the guiding questions.
Motivations
How will you support each student in understanding and articulating his/her
interests and aspirations?
Please use the space below to describe how your PL model will address the guiding questions.
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LEARNER PROFILES
Goals
How will you support each student in setting personalized goals within each dimension
that you believe is essential for his/her success? In what ways and how frequently will
you ask students to reflect on their progress and their goals accordingly?
Please use the space below to describe how your PL model will address the guiding questions.
Information
& Feedback
In what ways and how frequently will you provide timely, actionable information
and feedback to each student? How will you also provide that information to their
teachers and families?
Please use the space below to describe how your PL model will address the guiding questions.
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PERSONAL
LEARNING PATHS
All students are held to clear, high
expectations, but each student follows
a customized path that responds and
adapts based on his/her individual
learning progress, motivations and goals.
Personalized Learning Plans
Varied Learning Experiences (Modalities)
Student Ownership
PERSONAL LEARNING PATHS
Personalized
Learning Plans
How will you ensure that each student has a learning plan that takes
into account his/her strengths, needs, motivations and goals? How will a
student’s plan respond and adapt to his/her changing needs?
Please use the space below to describe how your PL model will address the guiding questions.
Varied Learning
Experiences
(Modalities)
What types of experiences (e.g. complex tasks, experiential learning) will your
students need to achieve their goals? What are the ideal modalities (e.g.
small group instruction, one-on-one tutoring, online learning) to deliver these
experiences?
Please use the space below to describe how your PL model will address the guiding questions.
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PERSONAL LEARNING PATHS
Student Ownership
In what ways will you enable students to develop and manage
their own learning path?
Please use the space below to describe how your PL model will address the guiding questions.
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COMPETENCY BASED
PROGRESSION
Each student’s progress toward clearlydefined goals is continually assessed.
A student advances and earns credit
as soon as s/he demonstrates mastery.
Ongoing Assessment
Individual Advancement
COMPETENCY BASED PROGRESSION
Ongoing
Assessment
In what ways and how frequently will you assess each student’s level of
mastery within the dimensions that you believe are essential for
his/her success?
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Individual
Advancement
How will you enable an individual student to pursue new learning
experiences as soon as he/she has mastered the prerequisite content?
How will students attain course credit based on mastery?
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FLEXIBLE LEARNING
ENVIRONMENTS
Student needs drive the design of the learning
environment. All operational elements—staffing
plans, space utilization and time allocation—
respond and adapt to support students in
achieving their goals.
Operational Alignment
Staffing & Roles
Space Utilization
Time Allocation
Grouping & Connections
FLEXIBLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Operational
Alignment
How will you deliver all of the learning experiences that your students need, with
the resources you will have available? How will you build flexibility into your
design to enable you to respond and adapt to changing student needs?
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Staffing
& Roles
In what ways will you organize your operating environment (physical space,
furniture) and use time in and out of school most efficiently to enable the variety
and depth of learning experiences you wish to offer?
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FLEXIBLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Space
Utilization
How will you design your physical space to support your instructional vision?
Will you use spaces beyond your building, and if so, how?
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Time
Allocation
In what ways will you maximize the time each student spends pursuing
his/her goals? How will student and staff schedules respond and adapt to
changing student needs?
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FLEXIBLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Grouping &
Connections
How will you group students to enable the varied learning experiences you
hope to offer? How will the way you group students respond and adapt to their
changing needs? In what ways will you facilitate personal connections between
students, and between students and adults?
Please use the space below to describe how your PL model will address the guiding questions.
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