CompetencyWorks | October 2022

October 27, 2022

 

CompetencyWorks - An Initiative of the Aurora Institute
The Aurora Institute team offers our gratitude to all who participated and presented at the 2022 Aurora Institute Symposium. We loved connecting with new and old members of the competency-based education community. We hope you bring the ideas and resources into your practice and we invite you to continue learning with us, starting with exploring this October recap of resources from the CompetencyWorks Initiative.

CBE Starter Pack 3: Timely, Differentiated Support

The third post in a series of “CBE Starter Packs” for the seven elements of the Aurora Institute’s 2019 CBE Definition is here. Whether you are new to CBE or delving deeper into how to provide timely, differentiated supports for each and every student, find background information and curated resources to get started and keep going.
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Utah’s Journey to Personalized, Competency-Based Learning
Learn about school transformation in Utah in this two-part series by Sydney Young and Michael Hakkarinen. Utah’s Launchpad to Personalized, Competency-Based Learning (PCBL) shares about the legislation that launched the PCBL Pilot Grant Program which now involves more than 300 schools.
Navigating Personalized, Competency-Based Learning in Utah: The Cruise Ship & The Speedboat shares the story of Davis and Juab school districts and their collaborative efforts to create a learner-centered culture. 
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Making the Shift to Equitable, Learner-Centered Education
Explore the resources related to the new CompetencyWorks report: Teachers Making the Shift to Equitable, Learner-Centered Education: Harnessing Mental Models, Motivations, and Moves.
The report authors were joined by practitioners Dr. Patrick Hardy and Chanda Hassett for a webinar about the report and what making the shift can look like in practice.Professional Learning Exercises for Teachers Making the Shift to Equitable, Learner-Centered Education offers dozens of concrete tools as it follows an example school on its journey.

This blog series synthesizes key ideas from the report:
  • Making the Shift: Why Is It So Hard to Scale Equitable, Learner-Centered Education?
  • Caution: Change Ahead! How Harnessing Emotions and Motivations Can Help Drive Change for Equitable, Learner-Centered Education
  • Sabotage! How Our Implicit Biases and Mental Models Keep Us From “Walking the Talk”
  • Old Habits Die Hard: How to Build New Moves and Habits to Sustain Change
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2022 Aurora Institute Symposium

Whether you want to revisit a session or check out something that you missed, you’ll soon find the recordings from #Aurora22 on the Symposium website. Let’s celebrate the silver linings of convening virtually AND mark our calendars for 2023 in Palm Springs, CA on October 15-17, 2023! 

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About CompetencyWorks

CompetencyWorks is an initiative that provides information and knowledge about competency-based education in the K-12 education system. Drawing on lessons learned by innovators and early adopters, CompetencyWorks is an online resource for sharing knowledge, original research and policy advances, and a variety of field perspectives. CompetencyWorks provides an informative blog with practitioner knowledge on key topics and papers on emerging issues, with resources curated from across the field of K-12 competency-based education.
Contact: Laurie Gagnon
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