July 2017 CompetencyWorks Catch-Up
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Here are the highlights from July 2017 on CompetencyWorks. Happy reading. And let us know if you have questions you want us to delve into!
SITE VISITS AND CASE STUDIES
Cleveland Metropolitan Schools
- Part #2 – Starting with Design Principles in Cleveland
- Part #3 – Getting to Know Students’ Business: A Conversation at Lincoln-West’s Schools of Global Studies and Science & Health
- Part #4 – E3agle and PACT: Insights from Two New Competency-Based Schools
- Part #5 – A Conversation with Teachers in Cleveland
ASSESSMENT
Converting 1-4 to 100 Point Scale and then Averaging
HIGHER EDUCATION
What’s New in Competency-Based Higher Education? by Natalie Abel
EDUCATOR RESOURCES
CBE Across America: What’s New in 2017 (Updated)
AROUND THE WEB
Center for Collaborative Education
Christensen Institute
- 3 Innovative Tips for Tackling School Culture by Julia Freeland Fisher
- Why Personalized Learning is Hard to Study by Julia Freeland Fisher
EdSurge
- Amidst Opioid Addiction, Plummeting Morale, One Elementary School Reinvents Itself by Amy Allen
- These Red Flags Signal Competency Education’s Three Biggest Misconceptions by Chris Sturgis
Getting Smart
- How Schools Develop Student Agency by Tom Vander Ark
New Mexico Center for School Leadership
- What I Learned at CompetencyWorks’s National Summit: Let’s End the Tradeoff Between Accountability and Teacher Professionalism by Tony Monfiletto
Students at the Center Hub
- The Crucial Factor in School Success is School Culture (Part 1 of 3) by Alison Hramiec
- Creating a School Culture Where Students and Teachers Both Flourish (Part 2 of 3) by Alison Hramiec
- Hiring: The Very First Step to a Flourishing School Culture (Part 3 of 3) by Alison Hramiec