1. Personalized Learning Digital Centers
Eric W. Underhill, MAT
Instructional Technology Coordinator
Arlington public Schools
Funding provided by an innovative learning grant
From the verizon education foundation

2. Our school is committed to providing a personalized education to each student. Our goal is to enrich student learning by providing personalized opportunities that strengthen students’ knowledge of content, achievements and cognition through authentic expeditions.

3. Personalized Digital Learning Centers
Promote student led learning
Provide flexible learning opportunities
Encourage student choice
Coincide with personalized learning pathways
Connect students with relevant and tangible real world examples
Establish new learning routines and facilitated structures for learning

4. Digital Center Integration Carlin Springs’ Planning Pathway
Identification of Learning Needs
Define Learning Goals and Assessment
Defining Goals and Needs
Collaboration on Co-Planned Lessons with ITC using UbD
Collaborative Planning
Co-Taught lessons with teacher and ITC in classroom
Co-Taught lessons in personalized integration Lab
Co-Taught Implementation

5. Carlin Springs uses a three step approach to personalized learning that incorporates learning goals, personalized instructional methods and flexible environments.

6. Assessing the Needs of our Students
Quantitative Data
Qualitative data
Teacher Narratives
PLC Observations
CLASS Observation Notes
Administrative Observations
APS Digital Center Survey 2015
SOL
WIDA / Access
PALS
CogAT
Formative Assessments (School)
Formative Assessments (District)
Personalized Pathways for Learning

7. Interdisciplinary Approach
Interdisciplinary personalized lessons
Social Studies & Art
The Underground Railroad Quilts and artistic patterns and symbolism
Spanish & Social Studies
Analyzing the family structures of Jamestown settlers and Native Americans through FLES
Science & Mathematics
Measurement and States of Matter
Word Problems and Scientific Methods
Language fluency and vocabulary strengthening
Science Vocabulary for Atomic Structures
Science Vocabulary for States of Matter
FLES vocabulary to decode science terminology

8. Instructional Coaching
The goal of the instructional technology coach is to ensure that every student receives excellent instruction in all educational settings every day.
The focus of the technology coach is to support student learning by:
creating innovative learning opportunities
design and support digitally enhanced learning centers
facilitate opportunities for students to engage in learning
supporting ongoing professional development
lead the Educational Technology Committee

9. Instructional Coaching
The coaching model incorporates evidence-based teaching practices and evidence-based integration strategies that demonstrate a positive impact on student learning and achievement.  
Our coaching model incorporates principles from: SAMR, T-Pack, Adaptive Schools, Conscious Discipline and Cognitive Coaching.

10. STEM Integration Learning Lab – provided through a partnership with the Verizon Education Foundation
The Carlin Springs STEM Learning Lab will provide students, teachers and instructional specialists with an innovative learning space that will focus on the K-5 Science Curriculum.
Our new lab will feature:
5 Digitally Enhanced Learning Centers
Interactive and Personalized Learning Environment for Students
An Collaborative Educational Learning Space
Hands on and Experience Based Lessons
Digital Access to Field Experts