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October 2018 CompetencyWorks Catch-Up

CompetencyWorks Blog

Author(s): Chris Sturgis

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


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

 

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

 

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

 

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

ExcelinEd, Ed Fly Blog