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CompetencyWorks Releases New Reports on Key Issues in Competency Education
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posted on May 5, 2016Webinars
CompetencyWorks is hosting a webinar with Susan Patrick and Chris Sturgis on Competency Education: A Reflection on the Field and Future Directions on August 22 from 2-3 ET. Register here.
The iNACOL webinar on Promising Practices in Next Generation Learning Models for English Language Learners will be held on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 from 1-2 ET. Register here.
iNACOL will be hosting a leadership webinar on Exploring Key Questions about Leadership in Student-Centered Learning Environments on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 from 2-3 ET. Register here.
New! The American Youth Policy Forum (co-sponsored by the College & Career Readiness & Success Center at AIR, iNACOL, and the Center on Innovations in Learning) will be hosting a webinar on Making Sense of Personalized Learning: What It Looks Like and How it Helps Students on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 from 2-3:15 ET. Register here.
Design and Professional Development Opportunities
reDesign is sponsoring a series of trainings: 1) Leading the Way: Competency-Based Learning System Design Part 1 May 17-19 in Cleveland Ohio. 2) Leading the Way: Competency-Based Learning System Design Part 2 (Virtual) May 31, June 7, July 12, August 2, 2017. 3) Competency-based Curriculum Design Part 1 June 27-29 4) Competency-based Curriculum Design Part 2 (Virtual) July 13, 20, 27 and 5) Meeting Students Where They Are on August 16-18 in Philadelphia.
iNACOL Symposium is the best place to meet up with competency-based innovators from across the nation. Register here. District 51 in Colorado will be offering a pre-conference workshop if you are interested to learn more about how they are launching their transition to CBE.
The Institute for Personalized Learning’s 8th Annual National Convening on Personalized Learning will take place October 31-November 1, 2017 in Milwaukee, WI. Register here.
Check out the Wiki for previous webinars:
Reaching the Tipping Point: Insights in Advancing CBE in New England with David Ruff and Paul Leather
An Introduction to Competency-Based Education
An International Study on Competency Education: Postcards from Abroad
Understanding Grading in Competency-based Schools
A K-12 Policy Framework for Competency Education
Aligning Competencies with the Common Core for Off-Track Youth,
Creating Systems of Assessments
Student Experience: Pacing and Personalization
Spanning the Grades: A Look At Elementary, Middle School And High School Competency-Based Models
Re-Engineering Information Technology: Design Considerations for Competency Education
The Learning Edge: Supporting Student Success in a Competency-Based Learning Environment
Understanding Competency Education
What is Competency-Based Education? (CompetencyWorks, 2016)
Mean What You Say: Defining and Integrating Personalized, Blended, and Competency Education, (iNACOL,2015)
Chugach School District: A Personalized, Performance-Based System , (CompetencyWorks 2015)
Equity in Competency Education: Realizing the Potential, Overcoming the Obstacles; and, The Past and the Promise: Today’s Competency-based Education Movement by Jobs for the Future.
Research Base for Competency Education, Great Schools Partnership
Design and Implementation
Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local Leaders, CompetencyWorks (2015).
Roadmap for Mastery Learning, Mastery Learning Design Guides, and Resource Bank from reDesign.
Designing New School Models, A Practical Guide, Springpoint (2016)
The Role of Expanded Learning in Competency-based Education Systems, American Youth Policy Forum
ESSA and Federal Policy
New! ESSA and Personalized Learning: State by State from KnowledgeWorks
Meeting The Every Student Succeeds Act’s Promise: State Policy to Support Personalized Learning, iNACOL (2016)
Visioning Toolkit for Better Assessment, KnowledgeWorks (2016)
State Policy
Reaching the Tipping Point: Insights on Advancing Competency Education in New England, CompetencyWorks (2016)
State and Local Policies, Great Schools Partnership
Competency-Based Policies and Pathways: Lessons from Colorado and Illinois, Achieve (2016). Also Infographic on Competency-Based Pathways; Communications Toolkit; and The Role of Learning Progressions in Competency-Based Pathways .
New Hampshire’s Story of Transformation
Other Helpful Resources
Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Teaching
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