
Personalized Learning Planning
Some thoughts for the starting school year

Xello Access for Families and LC's
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Goals for PLP
Goals for PLP:
All students have opportunities to reach their full potential through inspired teaching, personalized learning, goal setting, reflection, and relevant career and community-based activities.
All educators are actively engaged in making relevant connections, infusing employability skills into their curriculum and instructional approaches, and supporting students throughout their academic and career planning process.
All learning coaches are knowledgeable of and involved with their student’s goals and plans and are engaged in supporting their student through the PLP process.
All schools embed the 7 Mindsets across their personalized learning communities, curriculums, and school culture.
All stakeholders are aware of the PLP process through collaborative communication.
Our Personalized Learning Planning encourages all students to be strong critical thinkers, solve real-world problems, persevere, be competent socially and emotionally, and make more informed choices. The PLP starts in Kindergarten and is linked to many areas including those listed below:
Frequently Asked Questions
How does Personalized Learning Planning help a student?
This process is all about exploring – there are no “mistakes” in this process. Students can, and are encouraged to, modify their plans at any time. This process:
Helps students find the relevance in what they are learning and increases academic motivation
Ensures ALL students have a plan for success after high school including the options to Enroll, Enlist, Employ
Helps inform a student’s investment in post-high school education
What is included in a Personalized Learning Plan?
The PLP guides students as they reflect, learn, and grow from their education including Academic Readiness, Career Readiness, and Social-Emotional Readiness that happens in classrooms, homerooms, and outside the classroom. Our PLP scope includes a student’s unique:
Skills, interests, achievements, experiences, activities, service learning, and resume
Personality traits, learning styles, work values, and work skills
Career Clusters and Career Pathways of interests
Assessment results (STAR, Aspire, Forward, PSAT, ACT, AP)
Reflection and setting Academic and Personal Goals
When does a student begin developing their PLP?
Students begin the PLP process in K-3rd grades and will create their plan in 4th-12th grades. The plan is worked on primarily during Homeroom at the high school with:
Activities for students at each grade level (highlighted on the other side of this sheet)
Lessons created by School Counselors and the Personalized Learning Coordinator
Xello is used to help students capture their plan - each student has a unique login and password
What is the Learning Coaches Role in this process?
All DCA students have a Learning Coach (LC) to support them in their academic and future planning. The PLP process is a part of that support.
LCs are encouraged to sit down with their student to discuss the process, review their plan, and help them select learning opportunities that align with their goals – each LC has a unique login and password for Xello to view their student’s information and planning
LCs will ensure that students understand the importance of attending the bi-weekly Homerooms
Families may connect with a School Counselor to request course progression for a specific career
Education for Employment Plans and Program
Destinations Career Academy is committed to supporting every student to have a voice and choice in their education that supports their identity and ensures a post-graduation plan. To ensure that every student graduate college and career ready, all students will create a Personalized Learning Plan.