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Now Hiring for Job Positions throughout Central Ohio
The ESC is now hiring for educator positions, including intervention specialists, teaching assistants, and more in schools throughout the Central Ohio region - some of which now include a $1500 hiring incentive. For more information regarding incentive eligibility, please see here.

Personalized Learning

What is Personalized Learning?

Personalized learning is a learner-driven approach to instruction that empowers students to take ownership of their learning. Using this flexible approach, educators help students:
  • Overcome Obstacles to learning by meeting them where they are, co-constructing goals, supporting learners’ choices and collaboratively monitoring progress;
  • Co-design and facilitate authentic learning pathways, experiences and assessments aligned to equitable supports around learners’ needs, interests, aspirations and cultural backgrounds to prepare them for future success; and
  • Accelerate Learning through evidence of learning and feedback, such as mastery and competency-based learning, allowing educators to meet learners where they are, provide them with multiple ways to show what they know, and measure and promote growth.

Ohio's Personalized Learning Framework

Developed based on national research and local context, Ohio’s Personalized Learning Framework centers on the five key components that are illustrated below:

Professional Learning

The ESC provides customized professional learning experiences designed to meet the unique needs of educators and schools. Our workshops and in-services equip teachers with effective strategies and tools to enhance learner agency, including problem-based learning, flexible grouping, student voice and choice, inquiry-based learning, equitable grading practices, and more. 

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce offers on-demand modules for educators interested in learning more at their own pace. Click here for more information.