CompetencyWorks | October 2021

October 28, 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.

New CompetencyWorks Report – Habits of Success: Helping Students Develop Essential Skills for Learning, Work, and Life

Habits of success are the skills, dispositions, and mindsets needed to be a lifelong learner and participate effectively in work and civic life. This report offers guidance for K-12 schools and districts by synthesizing the latest knowledge on developing habits of success frameworks, promoting and assessing habits of success, and addressing equity and cultural considerations.

https://aurora-institute.org/resource/habits-of-success-helping-students-develop-essential-skills-for-learning-work-and-life/

Why Should Schools Transition to Competency-Based Education?

Based on their lab schools in Pennsylvania, Sandra Moumoutjis, Executive Director of Building 21’s Learning Innovation Network, discusses why competency-based education has been so beneficial during the pandemic. Many schools are reaching out to Building 21 for help in transitioning to CBE, and in this first blog post of her new CompetencyWorks series, she acknowledges that making the transition is difficult but explores why it is doable and worth doing.

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

Before starting your CBE journey, you need to pack the right gear and have knowledgeable and supportive people by your side. Sandra Moumoutjis shares Building 21’s approach to the journey, including developing your reason for change, involving the right stakeholders, setting out the vision, identifying desired outcomes and metrics, developing a timeline, and preparing for challenges.

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

An Introduction to Competency-Based Education

The recording and slide deck are available from the Aurora Institute’s recent webinar that answered common questions about what competency-based education is, why it’s important, what it looks like in practice, and what professional learning and policies are needed to transition to a competency-based approach. Aurora was joined by a Mastery Instructional Coach and a Youth Ambassador from the Young Women’s Leadership School of Astoria, in New York City.

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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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