CompetencyWorks | December 2021

December 14, 2021

This newsletter shares recent CompetencyWorks blog posts and Aurora Institute resources, providing thought leadership and practical lessons from the field to support transformation toward personalized, competency-based K-12 schools and systems.

Building 21’s Teacher Competencies to Facilitate Competency-Based Learning

When Building 21 developed their competency-based schools in Pennsylvania, they quickly realized that teachers needed new skills to support the new approach to teaching and learning. Sandra Moumoutjis shares the five teacher competencies they created, with detailed skills and performance indicators for self-assessment, goal-setting, coaching, and feedback.

What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?

Brief reviews of new resources, including a blog series on detracking and CBE, a guide to putting competencies into practice, a call to action for federal policymakers, a toolkit for capturing broader evidence of student growth, and reports on mastery-based math, building student agency, conditions for scaling CBE, and developing student habits of success.

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What’s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?

A District-wide Personalized Professional Learning System to Advance Competency-Based Education

The Shelby County schools launched a professional learning system this fall designed to give educators a more experiential understanding of competency-based education. The district’s lead staff developer, Tracy Huelsman, shared resources they have developed to build clarity and consistency across the district while leaving room for schools and teachers to adapt the system to their needs.

Preparing for Your Competency-Based Education Journey: A Process for Success

What are key steps for schools preparing for competency-based education? Sandra Moumoutjis shares Building 21’s process and resources for developing a shared vision, involving all stakeholders, deciding what success looks like and how to measure it, creating a timeline, and planning how to continue forward in the face of challenges.

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Preparing for Your Competency-Based Education Journey: A Process for Success

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About CompetencyWorks

CompetencyWorks is an initiative that provides information and knowledge about competency-based education in the K-12 education system. Drawing on lessons learned by innovators and early adopters, CompetencyWorks is an online resource for sharing knowledge, original research and policy advances, and a variety of field perspectives. CompetencyWorks provides an informative blog with practitioner knowledge on key topics and papers on emerging issues, with resources curated from across the field of K-12 competency-based education.

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