CompetencyWorks | September 2020

September 30, 2020

 

CompetencyWorks - An Initiative of the Aurora Institute

This monthly newsletter shares the latest CompetencyWorks blog posts and Aurora Institute publications—providing thought leadership and practical lessons learned from the field to support transformation toward personalized, competency-based K-12 schools and systems.
Aurora Institute Virtual Symposium

Aurora Institute Virtual Symposium

As you might have expected, we’ve made the decision to shift our in-person Aurora Institute Symposium 2020 to a virtual convening. The 2020 Symposium will have two elements:

  • The virtual, complimentary Aurora Institute Symposium 2020 will run October 26-28, 2020. Registration is opening soon, so save the dates and watch for updates.
  • An “All Fall” webinar series is being offered with conference presenters delivering online sessions from August to November.
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Upcoming “All Fall” Competency-Based Education Webinars
  • Developing Equity, Efficacy, and Effectiveness in a Competency-Based System
  • Building Educator Capacity for Equity: Competency-Based Approaches to Professional Learning for Teachers and Administrators
  • Impact of Personalized Learning Through Interest-Based Internships
  • Improving the Equity in Personalized Learning through a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) Approach
  • Implementing Student-Centered Learning: Lessons Learned from Leaders in the Arena
  • Lessons from COVID-19: How Competency-Based Education Provided for Continuity of Learning in Three North Carolina Schools and Is Shaping the Path Forward
  • High School Internships in the Time of COVID-19: Mentorship, Connections, and More in Virtual Work-Based Learning
  • Choice in Learning: Examination of Students’ Use of Flex Time in High School
  • Competency-Based Education Systems: Performance Assessment Using Proficiency Scales
  • Deeper Competency-Based Learning: Making Equitable, Student-Centered, Sustainable Shifts
  • Designing Engaging, Purposeful, Rigorous Tasks for Remote and In-Person Learning
  • Supporting the Learner Throughout Their Competency-Based Journey: Examining Tech Standards
College and Career Acceleration Opportunities and Competency-Based Education

College and Career Acceleration Opportunities and Competency-Based Education

A recent report from ExcelinEd provides strategies for promoting college and career acceleration opportunities. These strategies can support competency-based education by improving equity, deeper learning, student agency, and varied pacing and pathways. 
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Do Less, Do More: Strategies for Equitable Community Engagement

“Do less explaining why. Do more asking why.” School leaders can increase equitable family and community engagement using 15 practical Do-Less vs. Do-More pairings shared by Moises Nuñez and Glennys Sánchez of Great Schools Partnership.
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Do Less, Do More: Strategies for Equitable Community Engagement
Summative vs. Formative Assessment: From Binary Choice to Continuum

Summative vs. Formative Assessment: From Binary Choice to Continuum

With effective formative assessment, “Teachers and students stop discussing how a task is graded and start discussing what good work looks like.” Don Weafer of Great Schools Partnership shares strategies and ideas for how to get there.
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Elevating Student Experience to Build Equitable Learning Environments, Engagement, and Agency

Improving how students experience their learning environments increases equity, engagement, and academic outcomes. PERTS shares valuable resources to improve classroom belonging, student voice, meaningful work, affirming cultural identity, and more
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Elevating Student Experience to Build Equitable Learning Environments, Engagement, and Agency
Competency-Based Education Across America
Competency-Based Education Across America
CompetencyWorks updated its compendium of more than 200 blog posts highlighting competency-based education from school visits in 27 states to inform and inspire education system transformation.
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Wishing good health to you and your families, schools, and communities.

Eliot Levine and Susan Patrick
Aurora Institute CompetencyWorks

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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.
Contact: Eliot Levine
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