January 2018 CompetencyWorks Catch-Up

Here are the highlights from January 2018 on CompetencyWorks. Happy reading. And let us know if you have questions you want us to delve into!

CASE STUDIES AND SITE VISITS

Wisconsin Series (Kettle Moraine)

• Part 6 – Chasing Competencies at KM Perform
• Part 7 – Reaching Out into the Community at High School of Health Sciences
• Part 8 – Practicing What They Preach: Micro-Credentialing at Kettle Moraine
• Part 9 – Distributed Leadership at Kettle Moraine
• Part 10 – A Quick Look at Kettle Moraine’s My Learning Collaborative by Kevin Erickson
• Part 11 – Reflections on Learning Without Boundaries at Kettle Moraine

EQUITY

Quality and Equity by Design Series

• Part 10 – Designing a Competency-Based System for Equity
• Part 11 – An Equity Framework for Competency-Based Education
• Part 12 – Meeting Students Where They Are so that Everyone Masters Learning
• Part 13 – How Do We Know Where Students Are?

Cultural Responsiveness Starts in the Principal’s Office by Joseph Ellison

POLICY

Sketching Out the Vision for a Competency-Based Policy Platform

A Growing Movement: Behind the Shift to Competency-Based Diplomas by Tyler Barnett

REFLECTION

A Big District Strategy for Implementing Competency-Based Education

LEARNING SCIENCES

Moving Forward with the Science of Learning

Ten Cornerstones of Cognitive Learning Sciences

HIGHER EDUCATION

We Are in the Midst of a Historic Paradigm Shift in Education by Craig Schieber

A Paradigm is a World of Circumscribed Tools, Rules, and Problems by Craig Schieber

What Are Your Institution’s Needs for an Enterprise Technology System?

Competency-Based Education: Understanding the CBE Student’s Experience by Jill Loveless

EDUCATOR RESOURCES

The Single-Point Mastery Rubric by Joy Nolan

What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education? by Ashley Jones

Student-Led Conferences Drive Deeper Learning—And Are Less Time-Consuming Than You Might Guess by Joy Nolan

AROUND THE WEB

Getting Smart

• Minerva: The Intentional University by Tom Vander Ark

iNACOL

• U.S. Department of Education Invites State Applications for a New Pilot on Innovative Systems of Assessments by Maria Worthen

Students at the Center

• Creating a Peer Coaching Program to Grow Student-Centered Learning (Part 1) by Mary Bellavance
• Creating a Peer Coaching Program to Grow Student-Centered Learning (Part 2) by Mary Bellavance