A personalized learning plan (PLP) is a tool to help students take charge of their own learning and set personal academic goals. As an educator, you may find it helpful to create a template for your PLP so you can have a roadmap when helping to design a plan for your students. Below you’ll find some guiding principles for creating a PLP template. If you need some more inspiration, check out this personalized learning template example from the Vermont Department of Education to help get started.
Personalized Learning Plan Sample
For a more detailed explanation on creating a learning plan, visit our Shaped article on the topic. For a few key highlights, a personalized learning plan sample would include the following:
- Determine what needs to be learned: Whether it’s through assessment like a traditional test or exit ticket or a more qualitative approach, find the learning gaps. Then a PLP can start to address them.
- Set goals: Talk to your students about their goals and what they want to accomplish as they tackle their PLP.
- Give students choice: Let your students have a choice in their learning. Take learning preferences and their interests into account. For example, if they are interested in multimedia work, let them create a video to showcase their skills.
- Assess their progress and reflect: Keep your students on track with frequent assessments of their progress. This can help you evaluate them and also boost self-confidence as they continue to meet their goals.
Set your students up for success with a personalized learning plan. Help students understand that learning is a process and there are many ways to learn while keeping their performance on track. Encourage them to discuss their plans with family, friends, and others in their networks. Make sure they know that their goals can evolve over time as they master skills or their learning preferences change. Help them to realize their educational goals with guidance and use a personal learning plan as one lever of support.
This article was adapted from a blog post initially developed by the education technology company Classcraft, which was acquired by HMH in 2023. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of HMH.
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