Students need to create a Google site using the MSMS PLP - ePortfolio template.

PLP Site Creation Instructions

PLP Creation: Instructional Video

Students created a short biography, written in the third person, for their Person Learning Plan. The biography page should also include an appropriate self-portrait.

For an extension activity, students can create a short, 30 second introductory video: Three Things You Need To Know About Me.

PLP Biography Instructions

PLP Biography Graphic Organizer

Student identifies and illustrates the relationships they have in their lives. These might include family, extended family, teams, groups, or any other positive relationships currently being maintained. Diagram should be created on Google Drawing. After creating the diagram, students should create a post answering questions about that web.

Grade 7 Community Page Criteria

Relationship Web Analysis

Grade 8 Community Page Criteria

Grade 8: Relationships Revisited

Students need to examine their relationship web and identify positive characteristics of their relationships. Once students have brainstormed a list of these characteristics, they should identify the three most important. Next, students should categorize the remaining characteristics underneath the primary 3.

Positive Characteristics Chart Exemplar

Review your relationship web and the positive characteristics list that you have created. In a new post on your community page, describe an event, memory, or moment when the characteristics you most appreciate were reflected by one of your relationships.Your entry should be at least a paragraph.

Blog Entry #1 Exemplar

Students will brainstorm the concept of principles and values, engage in small/large group discussion, and spend time defining their personal principles and values. This will then become a part of their PLP plan.

Principles and Values Presentation

Principles and Values Reflection

Students will discuss, develop, and plan short and long-term goals for the trimester and year.

Setting Goals: 2015

Trimester 1 Reflection

Goals, Growth Presentation

Reflection: Goals

Students need to organize folders and documents in their Google Drive. The Hapara Dashboard requires you to maintain your shared folders: TEAMSUMMIT_CORE, TEAMSUMMIT_LA, and TEAMSUMMIT_MATH. You may also create folders for other subjects or areas.

Drive Organization Exemplar

As part of your PLP Page, you will need to upload 3–5 exemplars from your time on Team Summit or at Main Street Middle School. Each exemplar should be accompanied by a paragraph description that meets the attached criteria.

Project Description Criteria

Project Description Exemplar

Review your community page and social relationships web. In a short reflection write, explain how your relationships have changed or evolved since you first identified your different relationships. How have you grown in or with these relationships?

PLP Blog Entry

Students will review Trimester 1 goals and reflect on their progress. Students will then develop a second set of goals for the second trimester.

PLP Trimester 2 Goals

2015–2016 Trimester 2 Reflection

Students will review Trimester 2 goals and reflect on their progress. Students will then develop a second set of goals for the third trimester.

PLP Trimester 3 Goals

Based on class discussion, create a two sentence definition of citizenship. Additionally, create a graphic that identifies at least 5 positive characteristics of a “good citizen.” These should then be posted on your PLP_CITIZENSHIP page.

Citizenship Exemplar 1

Citizenship Exemplar 2

Create a short narrative describing how you are a good citizen. You should give the definition of good citizenship and examples of how you meet the criteria. Submissions may be written or filmed. Please see Citizenship Narrative Instructions for details.

Citizenship Narrative Instructions

One Minute Movie Exemplar

Students need to embed their Minecraft Presentation into their Evidence page. The presentation should have an accompanying paragraph that describes the purpose of playing Minecraft, the connections to the curriculum, and new learning related to game play.

Minecraft Presentation Instructions

Principles and Values: review these critical elements of your PLP page.

Have any of your principles tested this year? How? Did the your principles and values meet the challenge?

In a well-structured paragraph, describe how your principles and values were tested, if you would change any on your current list, and how that event has influenced your outlook.

Principles and Values Reflection #2

Students need to begin learning coding through Scratch, Code.org or Code Academy. Students will work with an adult to visit each website and begin the learning progression.

Students must have their technology permission slip turned in to the Main Street Middle School office prior to registering.

Registration requires the use of their Montpelier Public Schools Google email.

Initial expectations are that students will spend at least 2 hours working on coding.

Scratch

Code.org

Code Academy

Exploration: continue your exploration of colleges, camps, programs and resources that might be of future possibilities. Include websites, links, and information. You can also check out activities listed in adjacent pages.

PLP Activities to Consider

Creative Art and Technology

At the completion of Phase 1 and 2 student and teacher will conference and review the PLP.

Students will adjust goals, identify strengths and challenges, and develop a plan for continued Growth and Reflection.

A key element of the Personal Learning Plan (PLP) process is to encourage students to begin developing links and understanding between current learning and future educational, career, and extracurricular activities. In essence, what am I interested in and what opportunities are there related to those interests? In this session, students will begin identifying educational and career interesting by utilizing online career planning guides.

2016 PLP Exploration

Middle School Career Exploration

Learning Style Inventory

My Next Move

Part 1: Complete the PLP_Exploration Survey

Part 2: In an organized and appropriate blog entry, describe at least THREE future personal or educational interests. Explain how you got interested in those subjects, where you get information, and what types of careers might connect with those interests.

Exploration Blog Entry Examples

PLP Exploration Survey

Based on your initial exploration and class discussion, complete the graphic organizer detailing interests, resources, and educational opportunities.

When you have completed the graphic organizer, assemble all of the information into a Wordle. Post that Wordle onto your PLP Exploration page.

PLP Exploration TEMPLATE 1

Students should have completed their PLP Exploration Blog Entry, Wordle, and PLP_Exploration_Unit 1.

Students should copy and paste their Wordle onto the PLP Explorations Page. Second, students should copy and paste the text of their Exploration Blog Entry onto the page as an introduction.

Finally, students should embed their Exploration Unit 1 in a format of their choice: Google Presentation, Prezi, screencast, or Google Doc.

PLP Exploration Example

Students will continue creating units of exploration around areas of interest. Using previous brainstorming and research, students will identify opportunities at the high school, post-secondary and career levels.

PLP Exploration TEMPLATE 2

Student created a map of summer opportunities correlated to their career and college interests.

Exploration Opportunities

Students need to review their PLP website and complete the selfassessment. Based on the self-assessment and student-teacher conference, student will develop PLP goals for year 2. Student and teacher, together, will determine where student will begin year 2.

PHASE 1 ASSESSMENT PAGE 1

PHASE 1

ASSESSMENT PAGE 2

PLP SELF ASSESSMENT PARAGRAPH