February 2017 CompetencyWorks Catch-Up
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Here are the highlights from February 2017 on CompetencyWorks. Happy reading. And let us know if you have questions you want us to delve into!
SITE VISITS AND CASE STUDIES
Reaching the Tipping Point: Insights on Advancing Competency Education in New England
- Part 10 – On Scaling Competency Education: Equity, Quality, and Sustainability
- Part 11 – Connecticut: Making Room for Innovation
- Part 12 – Massachusetts: Home of the Early Innovators
- Part 13 – Maine: Making the Most of High-Leverage Strategies
- Part 14 – New Hampshire: Building an Integrated Competency-Based System
- Part 15 – Rhode Island: Putting Together the Pieces of a Competency-Based System
- Part 16 – Vermont: Comprehensive Policies of Personalization and Proficiency-Based Learning
D51 School District
- Part 2 – Building Consensus for Change at D51
- Part 3 – The Vision of Performance-Based Education at D51
- Part 4 – Holacracy: Organizing for Change at D51
- Part 5 – Growing into the Framework: D51’s Implementation Strategy
- Part 6 – Laying the Foundation with Culture and Climate
- Part 7 – Supporting Teachers at D51: A Conversation with the Professional Learning Facilitators
HIGHER EDUCATION
What’s New in Competency-Based Higher Education? by Natalie Abel
UPCOMING EVENTS
How to Participate in the Meeting Students Where They Are Technical Advisory Group
New Webinar Series from the Institute for Competency-Based Education
Making the Case for CBE Programs
EDUCATOR RESOURCES
Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Revisiting the Vision by Courtney Belolan
Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Supporting Learners with Common Language by Courtney Belolan
Mastery Collaborative Resources
TEACHER PERSPECTIVES
Competency-Based Learning Centers by Jill Lizier and Lisa Brown
PRINCIPAL AND SUPERINTENDENT PERSPECTIVES
Proficiency is for Hope by Bill Zima
AROUND THE WEB
Center for Collaborative Education
- Put Us In the Room Where It Happens: Teacher-Driven Shifts To Mastery by Christy Kingham
- Guiding Students in Reflection: The Gateway Process at Parker by Christina Kuriacose
Christensen Institute
- Teachers are Managers – So Let’s Give Them the Tools to Manage by Julia Freeland Fisher
- Will Alternative Credentials Replace College Degrees? By Michael Horn