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MUltilingual Strategies for Educators (Project MUSE): Extending the Reach of Teacher Mastery with the ExcEL Leadership Academy

September 12, 2024

Alison L. Bailey, Edwin Zamora

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning

Learning Through Micro-Credentials Enables Student-Centered Teaching Philosophy

June 27, 2024

Aubrey Ukuku

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, Activate Student Agency

Empowering ELL Students and Myself: One New Hampshire Teacher’s Micro-Credential Experience

May 3, 2024

Caitlin Lomando

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce

Shifting to PCBL with Intentionality at a Large High School

April 25, 2024

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Learn Lessons from the Field

Educator Micro-Credentials: Better for My Learning and Better for Students

March 12, 2024

Jessica Mazo

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning

Rethinking Learning Through Educator Micro-Credentials

March 5, 2024

Michaela McCaughey

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning

Beyond Packaging: Manifesting Mastery-Based Learning in the Classroom at TYWLS of Astoria

February 29, 2024

Greg Zimdahl

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

School Site Visits: A Powerful Lever in School Transformation

November 10, 2023

Laurie Gagnon, Carisa Corrow

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Support Professional Learning, Learn Lessons from the Field

Develop a Practice of Learning Partnership Conversations to Center Student Voice in Professional Learning

September 19, 2023

Nina Portugal

Issue(s): Support Professional Learning, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

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

April 17, 2023

Laurie Gagnon, Alyssa Weaver, Chiara Wegener

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Evaluate Quality, Support Professional Learning, Learn Lessons from the Field

Educator Support in Competency-Based Learning Schools

February 23, 2023

Brian M. Stack and Jonathan G. Vander Els

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning

Diving into a Deep Blue(grass) Sea of Innovation, Part Two: Early Lessons Learned When Implementing Multi-District Deeper Learning in Kentucky

January 25, 2023

Adam Watson

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning, Develop Educator Capacity

Diving into a Deep Blue (grass) Sea of Innovation, Part One: How Educational Cooperatives and Deeper Learning Teams are Poised to Help Transform Kentucky Education

January 19, 2023

Adam Watson

Issue(s): State Policy, Develop Educator Capacity, Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Support Professional Learning

Building a Competency-Based Teacher Education Program: The High Meadows Experience, Part 2

January 10, 2023

Peter Laipson

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, Learn Lessons from the Field, Develop Educator Capacity, Modernize and Diversify the Educator-Leader Workforce

Building a Competency-Based Teacher Education Program: The High Meadows Experience, Part 1

December 13, 2022

Peter Laipson

Issue(s): Develop Educator Capacity, Support Professional Learning, Learn Lessons from the Field

Why PD Must Be Learner-Centered, Too

December 1, 2022

Diana Lebeaux

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning

Old Habits Die Hard: How to Build New Moves and Habits to Sustain Change

October 20, 2022

Andrea Stewart

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning

Sabotage! How Our Implicit Biases and Mental Models Keep Us From “Walking the Talk”

October 13, 2022

Wendy Surr

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning

Caution: Change Ahead! How Harnessing Emotions and Motivations Can Help Drive Change for Equitable, Learner-Centered Education

October 6, 2022

Kim Carter

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning

Professional Learning Exercises for Teachers Making the Shift to Equitable, Learner-Centered Education

October 6, 2022

Wendy Surr, Kim Carter, and Andrea Stewart

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, How to Get Started, Lead Change and Innovation, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning

Making the Shift: Why Is It So Hard to Scale Equitable, Learner-Centered Education?

September 22, 2022

Wendy B. Surr

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning

How Competencies Influence Teacher Practice

June 30, 2022

Tommy Wolfe

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Evaluate Quality, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field, Activate Student Agency

Competencies Help Bridge the Gap Between Traditional and Project-Based Learning

June 28, 2022

Tommy Wolfe

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field

Hello From the New CompetencyWorks Program Director

June 16, 2022

Laurie Gagnon

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Create Balanced Systems of Assessments

The Primary Person Model and Transformative Learning Experiences at Opportunity Academy

May 26, 2022

Eliot Levine

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Commit to Equity, Support Professional Learning, Rethink Instruction, Learn Lessons from the Field