May 2018 CompetencyWorks Catch-Up

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

CASE STUDIES AND SITE VISITS

Education Reimagined: Creating a Learner-Centered Movement

TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL PERSPECTIVES

Just “Let It Go” by Caley Jones

How One New Hampshire District is Leveraging Success Skills in a Competency-Based System by Jonathan Vander Els and Sarah Kiley

SCIENCE OF LEARNING

What if Educational Policy Was Shaped by the Learning Sciences? (Part 1)

What if Educational Policy Was Shaped by the Learning Sciences? (Part 2)

Key Findings: Science of Learning and Development

STANDARDS AND TRANSCRIPTS

Mastery Credits? Mastery Transcript?

Competency Frameworks

HIGHER EDUCATION

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

EDUCATOR RESOURCES

Meeting Students Where They Are

What’s New: Three Great Resources

Recommended Resources on Competency-Based Education from Folks Doing the Work

What’s New

The Culture Code: Creating a Culture for Competency-Based Schools (Part 1)

The Culture Code: Turning Connection into Cooperation in Competency-Based Schools (Part 2)

The Code of Culture: Establishing Purpose in Competency-Based Schools (Part 3)

Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Yes They Can by Courtney Belolan

Levers and Logic Models: A Framework to Guide Research and Design of High-Quality Competency-Based Education Systems

AROUND THE WEB

Getting Smart

• Personalized Learning: Lessons to Get the Message Right by Amy Jenkins and Karla Phillips
• Rethinking the High School Credential by Tom Vander Ark
• Meeting Students on Their Own Cultural Turf by Cameron Paterson

May 30, 2018 by Cameron Paterson

Mastery Collaborative

• Talking about Race (and Mastery): Part 2

Teach to One

• Mythbusters: Misconceptions About How Students Learn by Gabe DeAngelis and Brad Cameron