The CPS Personalized Learning Team's mission is to provide schools and educators with the resources, supports, and professional development opportunities needed to adopt personalized learning – a learner-driven instructional model that fosters 21st century skills by empowering every student to actively co-design their learning path, pace, and environment according to their individual strengths, needs, and interests.
What is Personalized Learning?
Personalized learning is a learner-driven instructional model that fosters 21st century skills by empowering every student to actively co-design their learning path, pace, and environment according to their individual needs, strengths, and interests. Simply put, at the core of personalized learning is learner agency.
Check out the CPS PL Framework page to learn more about what personalized learning looks like within the context of Chicago Public Schools.
Why personalize learning?
As educators, it is our responsibility to provide a rigorous, holistic, and personalized education that empowers every single student. Personalized learning aims to create equitable access to excellent instruction and resources across all classrooms and schools. The Personalized Learning Team supports innovative schools with opportunities to redefine the traditional school model in a way that meets the needs of each student, school, and community.
Under the CPS Vision, personalized learning will...
Improve access for all students to new models of teaching and learning
Improve academic and social-emotional outcomes for students
Empower teachers to tailor instruction and achieve greater professional satisfaction
Foster 21st century skill-building and learning experiences
Engage families through authentic connections to their communities and out-of-school learning opportunities
Hear from educators and leaders across Chicago Public Schools about the impact personalized learning has had at their schools in the videos below.
