Individual Learning Plan
WHAT IS THE INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PLAN?
After the settling-in period, an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) is created for each child by their key worker, in collaboration with the child’s parents. You will get detailed instructions how to create this plan in your first FinlandWay Online learning course that will start soon after this Initial training. In the ILP, children’s individual strengths and needs are written down and key areas of development are identified. The plan helps to focus educator’s attention to the right things and follow the child’s learning development. The plan identifies key actions and and possible support structures to support the child’s individual growth and the document is updated periodically.
When all children in the classroom have their ILPs, those are used to create a Group Learning Plan to support the learnong of the whole child group. As FinlandWay activities are social and include a lo of group activities and groupwork, teachers will start adjusting the shared activities in the way that those can best support the needs of individuals in that group. After all, if one child needs extra support in fine motor skills or language development, the extra practise is beneficial to other children as well. Group planning in this way also prevents a child from being labeled in the eyes of their peers.
THIS IS JUST AN INTRODUCTION TO ILP'S
AFTER THIS INITIAL TRAINING, YOU WILL START AN ONLINE LEARNING MODULE ABOUT THE PROCESS OF CREATING THE INDIVIDUAL PLANS AND GROUP PLANS. FOR NOW, YOU CAN FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE FORMS FROM BELOW SO YOU KNOW HOW THEY LOOK LIKE.