CompetencyWorks | March 2017

March 31, 2017


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From the Field

What's Possible with PL

Reaching The Tipping Point

Pathways to New Accountability Through the Every Student Succeeds Act

Leadership for Learning

Chugach School District: A Personalized, Performance-Based System

Dear Colleagues: 

CompetencyWorks and iNACOL are hosting an introductory webinar on competency-based education on Thursday, April 27, 2017 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET. We will provide an introduction to K-12 competency-based education, explore the definition of competency education, share trends, explain why schools and districts are making this transition, and describe how this system more effectively prepares students for post-secondary success. Register here, and please consider sharing this with your networks on Twitter: 

  • Upcoming webinar with @CompetencyWorks & @nacol on “Intro to #CompetencyEd for #EdLeaders & #Teachers.” Register: http://ow.ly/iREP309VSTj 

iNACOL has moved the iNACOL Symposium 2017 from North Carolina to Orlando on October 23-25, 2017. Read more about this decision in a letter from Susan Patrick. The Symposium is featuring a full track of sessions specifically related to competency education. Other tracks include leadership, research, community engagement, professional development, and many more. This year’s theme is: “Personalizing Learning: Equity, Access, Quality.” Attendee registration will open in April 2017. 

In case you missed it, CompetencyWorks is publishing a blog series highlighting the implementation of competency education in Colorado’s District 51. This blog series explores their year-one progress and designing the conditions to make this shift possible: 

  1. Designing Performance-Based Learning at D51
  2. Building Consensus for Change at D51
  3. The Vision of Performance-Based Education at D51
  4. Holacracy: Organizing for Change at D51
  5. Growing into the Framework: D51’s Implementation Strategy
  6. Laying the Foundation with Culture and Climate
  7. Supporting Teachers at D51: A Conversation with the Professional Learning Facilitators
  8. Creating a Transparent Performance-Based System at D51
  9. New Emerson: Learning the Effective Practices of the Learner-Centered Classroom
  10. Transparency and Trust
  11. Lincoln Orchard Mesa: What Did You Notice?
  12. Performance-Based Learning in a Dual Immersion School
  13. R5 High School: Abuzz with Learning



Chris Sturgis, MetisNet

Susan Patrick, iNACOL

Natalie Abel, iNACOL

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