October 2018 CompetencyWorks Catch-Up
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Here are the highlights from October 2018 on CompetencyWorks. Happy reading. And let us know if you have questions you want us to delve into!
CASE STUDIES AND SITE VISITS
Aotearoa New Zealand
Mill River Unified Union School District
- Transparency: Operating with a Clear Instructional Vision to Put Policy into Practice by Andrew Jones
- Supporting Teachers with Making Sense of Proficiency-Based Learning by Andrew Jones
REFLECTION
Enjoying Learning or Completing Tasks? How Do You Explain Competency-Based Education?
PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE
What Not To Do: Six Problematic Practices in the Transition to Competency Education
- Part 1 – Missteps in Implementing Competency Education: Introducing Grading Too Early
- Part 2 – CBE Problems of Practice: Attendance Requirements
- Part 3 – CBE Problems of Practice: Self-Pace and Faster is Better
- Part 4 – CBE Problems of Practice: Individualizing Learning
- Part 5 – CBE Problems of Practice: Granularity on Advance Upon Mastery is Too Small
- Part 6 – CBE Problems of Practice: Late Work
iNACOL 2018 SYMPOSIUM
Competency-Based Education: The Break from Tradition that Our Schools Need by Brian Stack
Customizing a System for Us by Us by Lisa Balata and Eric Lasky
“Find Your Tribe, Love Them Hard.” ~Danielle LaPorte by Brenda Vogds
A Review from an iNACOL Newbie by Ann Hadwen
EDUCATOR RESOURCES
What’s New in Competency Education
Building Our Assessment Literacy
Quality Principles for Competency-Based Education
- Competency Education Quality Principle #1: Purpose-Driven
- Competency-Based Education Quality Principle #2: Commit to Equity
EQUITY
When Equity and Student-Centered Learning Go Hand in Hand
HIGHER EDUCATION
The MTC Network: Reinventing How Students Prepare for College, Career, and Life by Stacy Caldwell
Becoming an Effective Educator of English Learners: Job-Embedded, Competency-Based Professional Development for All Teachers by Laureen Avery
AROUND THE WEB
Education Week, Next Gen Learning in Action Blog
- A Decade On: Lindsay Unified’s Personalized Learning Journey by Amanda Avallone
ExcelinEd, Ed Fly Blog
- How Can States Transition to Student-Centered Learning? by Karla Esparza-Phillips