Mud Season and Modules
One of the things that Making Mastery Work: A Close-Up View of Competency Education brings into focus…
Making Mastery Work
The Nellie Mae Education Foundation (NMEF) is releasing Making Mastery Work: A Close-Up View of Competency Education today. You can find…
Application of Learning: It Doesn’t Have To Be An Outhouse
We know that mastery happens when skills or knowledge are applied in new situations or contexts. As…
Direct Instruction? That’s the Old Way
I met with a group of teachers yesterday for our monthly check in. The group is made…
Be Reasonable!
Defining Targets With Reason In an earlier post I talked about what a learning target is, and…
Dancing Out Front
I’m in my fourth year in my teacher leader position here at MAMS. It wasn’t until about…
Target Practice
I work in a school moving towards a vision of customized learning. I work closely with our…
Three Big Take-Aways from Maine
Classroom after classroom, school after school, district after district – an incredibly powerful commitment to student-centered proficiency-based…
Public Reflection as Professional Development
One of the most dynamic public discourse underway in competency education right now is the research and…
Did I Mention That It’s Hard?
If you are considering having your district or school move towards competency education, then find an hour…