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title: Keeping Personalized Learning a Priority
description: Personalized Learning, the first priority at Marion's Jr.-Sr. High School
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# [Keeping Personalized Learning a Priority](https://www.edelements.com/newsroom/keeping-personalized-learning-a-priority)

 Written by [Nick Ganster](https://www.edelements.com/newsroom/author/nick-ganster) | Jul 23, 2017 4:27:00 PM

I am a second-year principal at Marion Jr.-Sr. High School. Before my time here, I spent three years as an eighth-grade science teacher, seven years as a chemistry and physics teacher and three years as a high school assistant principal. Despite this experience, I can honestly say that as of seven months ago I knew almost nothing about personalized learning. Just six months ago, school-issued devices at Marion were non-existent. Now, we are a 1:1 school.

When I reflect on how far we have come throughout the past year, I am impressed by how much hard work everyone has done to begin to make personalized learning (PL) a reality. Our district PL Council engaged in serious debate over our vision of PL, our rollout plan (cohort vs. all-in), and our areas of priority and focus. Our PL Building Leadership Team collaborated on expectations and commitments, agreed on base model designs for PL in our classrooms, turn-key trained using the Education Elements’ Core Four, and started the process of developing a formal support structure for teachers transitioning to PL in their classrooms...

 

[This article appeared originally on the Finger Lakes Times. Read the full article here.](http://www.fltimes.com/opinion/guest-appearance-keeping-personalized-learning-a-priority/article_37cf8c18-6f47-11e7-80e6-4b786acffcc0.html)

<http://www.fltimes.com/opinion/the-one-initiative-initiative/article_de92731e-4624-11e6-9198-074d561bd7e8.html>

 

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