Stay CONNECTed
J. Frank Dobie High School, November 2016
Understanding the Personalized Learning Plan (PLP)
Parent Use of PLP
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Current Tab
This Year Tab
The This Year tab shows students' progress across all subjects for the entire school year. Each course’s projects and focus areas are displayed.
The vertical blue line is the pacing line, and it indicates where a student should be today in order to be on pace to complete the course by the end of the school year. Projects and focus areas to the left of the line are either completed or behind schedule, while projects and focus areas to the right of the line are upcoming. Students are free to work on focus areas ahead of time or return to previous focus areas for review at any time.
Learning Continuum Tab
The Learning Continuum tab allows students to view a single subject over time. Students may see multiple years’ courses in a single subject (ex: 9th & 10th grade science) if the course map includes previous or future content.
This allows students to drive their own learning and move at their own pace. If students are pacing ahead on focus areas and want to challenge themselves or progress to the next grade level, they can do so. If students are struggling with concepts from previous years, they can get a refresher on that material.
Grades Tab
The Grades tab shows a student’s grades in their courses based on their current pace. The grades are NOT final until the school year ends and may change after completing a project or passing a Content Assessment.
For each course, the student can see:
- The goal they set for themselves
- Their current grade
- Their overall % in the course
- How many power and additional focus areas they are on pace to complete
- Their cognitive skills average
Students can click on the cognitive skills row, which will expand to show the score and weight of each cognitive skill.
Grades show both the competencies students have, as well as the growth they have made. We believe that students will be growing and improving in their abilities throughout the year, and we want their grades to reflect and celebrate that. As a result:
- 70% of a course's grade are graded based on a student’s cognitive skills in projects. Students must complete every project to pass a class. If a student does not complete a project or the cognitive skill average for a course is below 70%, then the student will have an Incomplete grade. He/she can change the Incomplete into a letter grade by completing any overdue projects and improving in his/her cognitive skill scores.
- 30% of a student's grade reflects the mastery of content in a course. This is split between Power Focus Areas (worth 21%) and Additional Focus Areas (worth 9%). Students show mastery by passing content assessments. Students must pass all content assessments in the Power Focus Areas to pass a course.
Goals Tab
Dobie High School Connect Team
English
Chrystal Limon and Michael Alexander
Math
Kirstin Wilson and Chris Wissel
Science
Maryum Blanco and Amanda Langston
Social Studies
Aaron Mathews and Emily Morris
Spanish 1 & 2
Iris Lai-Zayas
Leadership Team
Stefanie McKinney- Assistant Principal for Connect
Rebekka Gabino- Content Specialist
Franklin Moses- Principal
Website: http://dobie.pasadenaisd.org/campus_information/connect_personalized_learning
Location: 10220 Blackhawk Boulevard, Houston, TX, United States
Phone: 713-740-0370