The Drive Towards Student Agency: Empowering Students to Make Choices on Their Learning Pathway
The First Agency Meeting It was 1:30 on a Thursday afternoon in September 2021 in my 4th…
Elevating Student Voice: Reflections From Across the U.S.
CompetencyWorks recently unveiled a fresh graphic illustrating the interconnectedness between elements within the Aurora Institute’s definition of competency-based education (CBE). Crafting…
Illustrating the Competency-Based Education Definition
With much excitement, I’m eager to share our new graphic representation of the Aurora Institute definition of…
A Handbook for Change: Empowering Learner Agency at TYWLS of Astoria
In the fall of 2022, our school ordered the first 100 copies of our Teacher Mastery Handbook…
Grounding in Community: The Aurora Team Visits EQA Schools in NOLA
On a sunny Thursday on the eve of the first 2024 Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans,…
Finding My Future: My Big Picture Learning Experience
Drawing and writing, these are some of the things I love – some of the things I…
Educator Micro-Credentials: Better for My Learning and Better for Students
This blog post is one of a series that highlights different experiences with the multilingual learner (MLL)…
Rethinking Learning Through Educator Micro-Credentials
This blog post is one of a series that highlights different experiences with the multilingual learner (MLL)…
ExcEL Leadership Academy Micro-credential Pathway Adoption in Rhode Island
Despite calls to modernize education preparation, the way we train, support, and grow educators has remained largely…
Beyond Packaging: Manifesting Mastery-Based Learning in the Classroom at TYWLS of Astoria
Shortly after its founding in 2006, The Young Women’s Leadership School (TYWLS) of Astoria shifted to a…