Individual Learning Plans: 5 Criteria for Success

Our Individual Learning Plan tool (ILP) is growing in importance as more and more educators realise that the old "one size fits all" type of education is not yielding good enough results. Students have different abilities and motivations and deserve a bespoke learning plan to achieve the best possible results.

Our Individual Learning Plan tool (ILP) is growing in importance as more and more educators realise that the old "one size fits all" type of education is not yielding good enough results. Students have different abilities and motivations and deserve a bespoke learning plan to achieve the best possible results.

- This is something good teachers have always been trying to do, the difference now is that we have the tools to follow up on an individual basis on a much larger scale, says Nils Olav Sundsteigen of the Fronter learning platform.

Most virtual learning environments come with a portfolio tool, where the pupils' activities and results are recorded, that serves as the go to place for the pupil, parents and teachers. The communication between school, pupil and parents is crucial according to Fronter.

- Parental involvement in a child's education is essential and why we have taken this one step further with the ILP tool. In the ILP tool it is easy to gauge performance against national curriculum goals or individually set goals. It makes it easier to catch if a pupil is starting to fall behind and both teachers and parents can encourage and help where needed. The ILP also gives plenty of opportunity for handing out well deserved praise for reaching learning goals, Sundsteigen continues.

5 criteria for success

When asked how the individual learning plan is most successfully implemented, Fronter lists 5 points for succeeding:

Be ambitious on behalf of your pupils, but also on behalf of your school. When each and every pupil is challenged to reach their greatest potential measured against national curricula or individually set goals, the school as a whole also performs better, creating a great environment for learning. For a teacher, there is no greater satisfaction than helping young people make progress in their lives through learning, says Sundsteigen.

Notes for editors:

Fronter is the leading learning platform for schools, delivered as a service - a learning management system - over the Internet. With about 160 million log ins per year, Fronter is transforming schools - the way technology has transformed the society our children are growing up in. Fronter was acquired by Pearson, the world's leading learning company. Our education business combines 150 years of experience in publishing with the latest learning technology and online support.

For more information, please contact:
Kirsti Rogne
Fronter Communications Director
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