Personal Learning Plans

Personal Learning Plans are developed for each student in order to identify a student’s academic strengths and areas of focus, multiple intelligences, interests and abilities, and strategies that will enhance or help to improve their academic and non-academic growth and development.

The academic strengths and weaknesses are obtained by evaluating numerous formal sources of information such as NJASK (New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge) results, multiple intelligence assessments (Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Inventory), DRA (Diagnostic Reading Assessment) results among others. Additional anecdotal information is obtained from teacher observations, and parent and student surveys, where interests and abilities are assessed.

After collection of the data, students evaluate the assessment and target areas that they choose to address. They develop projects in coordination with teachers, including strategies to produce desired outcomes. A rubric is developed for each project to allow student participation, ongoing reflection and final assessment.