April CompetencyWorks Catch-Up
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Here are the highlights from April 2016 on CompetencyWorks. Happy reading. And let us know if you have questions you want us to delve into!
SITE VISITS AND CASE STUDIES
Charleston County School District
- Part 3 – Charleston: Personalized Learning at Pepperhill Elementary
- Part 4 – Charleston: A Conversation with Teachers at Stall High School
- Part 5 – Charleston: A Conversation with Teachers at Goodwin Elementary School
- Part 6 – Charleston: Pinehurst Elementary School
PRINCIPAL, SUPERINTENDENT, AND TEACHER PERSPECTIVES
Classroom Instruction of Skills and Dispositions by Jonathan Vander Els, Jill Lizier, and Terry Bolduc
Building a Movement from Within by Patrice Glancey
EDUCATOR RESOURCES
Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Increasing Engagement by Courtney Belolan
Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Connecting Learning Targets by Courtney Belolan
Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Going Back to the Targets by Courtney Belolan
Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Measurement Topics, Not Targets by Courtney Bellan
What’s New in K-12 Competency Education? by Natalie Abel
Blast Off with the Assessment for Learning Grantees
REFLECTION
Five Things for Big Districts to Think About
POLICY UPDATES
An Opportunity in ESSA for Performance Assessment Literacy and Teacher Leadership by Laurie Gagnon
Proficiency-Based High School Diploma Systems in Maine
Nineteen Districts in Idaho Start the Journey to Mastery-Based Learning
AROUND THE WEB
iNACOL
- Competency-Based Education Task Forces: A State Policy Mechanism to Foster Personalized Learning by Creating Dialog, Surfacing Barriers and Providing Solutions by Susan Gentz
- Florida and Utah Look to Support Districts through Competency-Based Education Pilots by Susan Gentz
- The EdLeader Reading List for the Shift to Competency Education by Natalie Abel
Education Elements
- The Personalized Learning Mindset by Anthony Kim