Dear
Colleagues,
CompetencyWorks
has launched a series focused on Idaho, in an effort to understand how
mastery-based learning is advancing there across seven schools and four
districts: 1. Mastery-Based Learning in Idaho 2. Finding Synergy at Kuna Middle School Chris Sturgis of CompetencyWorks has offered a list of summer readings on competency-based
education. The list includes topics
such as the learning sciences; reading for newbies seeking to understand what
competency education is; building commitment; preparing for implementation; and
thinking ahead on the issues and challenges in the field of competency-based
education. CompetencyWorks
is hosting a leadership forum on October 21, at the iNACOL Symposium. The forum is educator-only and
will be for people who have been implementing competency education for a year
or more to share their insights and push forward-thinking in the field. Be sure
to register for the pre-conference. In addition to the pre-conference workshops, the
iNACOL Symposium will be offering competency-based education sessions. Here are
a few below: 1. Systemic Implementation of Competency-Based Learning
- Lessons Learned from Over 10 Years of Experience 2. Design Thinking as a Pathway in Competency-Based
Education 3. Convergence of Project-Based, Competency-Based and
Deeper Learning 4. NextGen Graduation Requirements With MyWays
5. Designing a Mastery Grading Policy with an Equity
Lens
Chris Sturgis, MetisNet
Susan Patrick, iNACOL Ashley Jones, iNACOL CompetencyWorks
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