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April CompetencyWorks Catch-Up

CompetencyWorks Blog

Author(s): Chris Sturgis

Issue(s): Issues in Practice, Learn Lessons from the Field


Calendar Page AprilHere 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

 

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

Ready by Design

 

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

Education Elements