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		<title>Lindsay Unified &#8212; Design Elements</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Sturgis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We often think of innovation as an urban phenomena, a natural outgrowth of concentration of an industry, strong peer networks, and competition driving toward excellence.  However, Lindsay, California shows us that innovation can take place anywhere, even in a town of 12,000, beribboned by orange groves at the edge of California’s Central Valley. The Lindsay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn More About Competency Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Sturgis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is another opportunity to learn more about competency education.  The American Youth Policy Forum (a CompetencyWorks partner) and College and Career Readiness Center at the American Institutes for Research are offering a two-part webinar in June and July. &#160; Two-Part Webinar Series on Policy Issues in Competency-Based Education High performing education systems across the globe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ingenium Schools: A Big City Competency-Based School</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Sturgis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is competency education a reform better suited for rural and outer ring suburbs than urban districts? That’s one of the questions I get asked a lot in the back of the room at meetings. No one ever asks that question during the regular sessions, leading me to think that the question goes beyond the size [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to Basics: Assessment for Learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Sturgis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maine’s Center for Best Practices is building up a resource center that can help principals and educators understand the nuts and bolts of personalized, proficiency-based education.  As I was reading the latest case study based on RSU 20 (highlighted here), I was poking around in the resource section and found a document on the Basics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Principals</title>
		<link>http://www.competencyworks.org/2013/06/the-power-of-principals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Sturgis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maine’s Center for Best Practices has released a new case study The Power of Principals &#8212; I consider it a must-read for anyone starting down the path of proficiency-based education.  It’s the story of how Regional School Unit 20 has advanced toward personalized, proficiency-based learning over the past three years. Here are my three big [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building A Great Leadership Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Zima</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As my responsibility changed from a single classroom, to a team, to the full school, I attempted to be the expert in everything from assessment to ventilation. I assumed I was hired because I had the answers. I also felt responsible to get the work done. How could I ask others to do it if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet-Up at iNACOL Symposium</title>
		<link>http://www.competencyworks.org/2013/06/competency-education-strand-is-going-to-rock-at-inacol-symposium-formerly-vss-oct-27-30-2013-in-orlando-florida/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 03:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Sturgis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[iNACOL is putting the final touches on the iNACOL&#8217;s Symposium competency education strand of workshops and sessions.  An incredible group of practitioners (some emphasizing online/blended learning and others not) are going to be leading sessions. In addition to the formal sessions there will be a CompetencyWorks lounge area near the exhibitor hall that you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summertime is Writing Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Sturgis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s getting warmer, and it’s time to think about what we want to accomplish this summer.  For principals and teachers who don’t have a moment to themselves during the school year, we hope that you will put aside a little time to write a post for CompetencyWorks about what you learned about competency education this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Your Feet Wet Reading List</title>
		<link>http://www.competencyworks.org/2013/05/getting-your-feet-wet-reading-list/</link>
		<comments>http://www.competencyworks.org/2013/05/getting-your-feet-wet-reading-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 00:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Sturgis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The question came up the other day, what are the best 2-3 short readings for someone that hasn’t been exposed to the idea of competency education to read?  Susan and I were talking about this and we came up with the following (below). We’d like to know what you use to engage people in thinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Competencies For Competency Education?</title>
		<link>http://www.competencyworks.org/2013/05/competencies-for-competency-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.competencyworks.org/2013/05/competencies-for-competency-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2013 08:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Sturgis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the help of our Advisory Board, Susan Patrick and I have been trying to sketch out a) which competencies are needed to implement competency education and b) what a core set of trainings would look like to support state, district, and school personnel in developing these competencies. We don’t have funding for this, nor [...]]]></description>
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