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June 28, 2019

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June 28, 2019

iNACOL Announces 2019 Pre-Conference Workshops

iNACOL is pleased to announce the lineup of pre-conference workshops scheduled to kick off the iNACOL Symposium, to be held in Palm Springs, California, October 28-31, 2019.

iNACOL offers pre-conference workshops on Monday, October 28, 2019, to provide focused, full- and half-day interactive opportunities for deeper learning and knowledge-building in personalized, competency-based learning. These workshops provide intensive professional development in small groups and require a separate registration from the Symposium.

Space is limited, so please register for the pre-conference workshops as soon as possible. Here are directions to register for pre-conference workshops:

If you’ve already registered to attend the iNACOL Symposium, click here to modify your existing registration.
1. Enter your email and Reference Number. Click ‘continue.’
2. From here, you can modify various aspects of your registration, including adding a pre-conference workshop.
If you haven’t yet registered to attend the iNACOL Symposium, register here today and be sure to add a pre-conference workshop to your registration.

Complete descriptions and presenter information for all pre-conference workshops can be found on the pre-conference workshop section of our website.

VIEW Pre-conference workshops

Reminders

iNACOL Symposium Innovator Awards Now Open

Nominations are now open for the following iNACOL Innovator Awards:
1. iNACOL Teacher of the Year
2. Outstanding Individual Contribution to Personalized Learning

Please submit a notice of your intent to nominate by 8 p.m. ET on August 31, 2019. Final nomination packages are due by 8 p.m. ET on September 7, 2019.

NOMINATE

iNACOL Symposium Early-Bird Registration Discounts Expire Soon

Act now to take advantage of early-bird registration discounts before the end of your school or district’s fiscal year to save on the cost of attending the iNACOL Symposium October 28-31, 2019 at the Palm Springs Convention Center.

The early-bird rate expires on July 10, 2019. Review our Symposium pricing and deadlines for more details.

New from iNACOL's Blog: Education Domain

Invest in Educators as Learners in Competency-Based Education

Whether teachers are working individually within a classroom or as part of a team, competency-based schools are going to want to support teachers’ learning within the context of their specific set of students. Are students not catching on to the concept of numeracy? It’s possible they just need more time. It’s also possible that the teacher could improve their instructional skill in helping students to catch on to the concept. It’s a both/and. It’s always a both/and. Competency-based schools invest in teaching as inquiry so that teachers are supported in reflecting and questioning if there are ways that they are impacting student learning both positively or negatively.

- Chris Sturgis

What Leading Education Systems Around the Globe Are Doing to Transform Learning

When I went into UNESCO, and I asked what are the trends that you see? And they said, ‘Well nobody is stuck on a single indicator, Susan, for what learning looks like. In fact, we’re sending over a list for developing nations, developed nations, of 145 different indicators that you can look across multiple measures and see the progress in your education system because you want to think about continuous improvement and you want to think about what pathways you are opening up in the future for your students.’

- Susan Patrick

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Develop Processes for Ongoing Continuous Improvement and Organizational Learning in Competency-Based Education

I think that one can argue that every school, whether it is a traditional school or a personalized, competency-based one, should have processes for continuous improvement in place. It only makes sense that any organization should be in the process of improving. However, traditional schools and school systems are highly bureaucratic in nature. The emphasis is much more on compliance than it is on an organizational drive toward excellence.

- Chris Sturgis

Featured Resource | A National Landscape Scan of Personalized Learning in K-12 Education in the United States

iNACOL partnered with the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), NORC at the University of Chicago, and LEAP Innovations to conduct a national survey of teachers and students. The resulting report, A National Landscape Scan of Personalized Learning in K-12 Education in the United States, summarizes what these teacher and student surveys revealed about how personalized learning is taking hold in K-12 schools and districts across the United States.

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BONUS: WEBINAR - A National Landscape Scan of Personalized Learning in K-12 Education in the United States

Plugged In Headlines: News about Education Transformation

Fulton High School Tries Competency-Based Education
Winona Whitaker, Clinton Herald

Agency of Education Releases ‘Snapshot’ for Schools
Lola Duffort, VTDigger

Rigor and Joy: SEL and Academics Go Hand-in-Hand
Kourtney Ferrua, eSchool News

A New Era in Education at Sleepy Eye Elementary School
Samantha Schmidt, The Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch

Funk: How to Ensure Students Don’t Fall Behind This Summer
Chris Funk, San Jose Spotlight

Provost Highlights High School Partnerships at Congressional Hearing
Harper College News Bureau

What New Research Can Teach Schools Looking to Put Personalized Learning Into Practice
Amy Huang, Education Week

South Haven Public Schools to Offer Alternative Education
Katherine Ducharme, WoodTV 8

Next Gen Change: Stories From Three Educators
Amanda Avallone, Education Week

Education Leaders in Heated Debate About International Survey Finding Most Teachers Don’t Feel Valued on the Job
Mark Keierleber, The 74

The Discomfort of White Adults Should Never Take Priority Over the Success of Our Black and Brown Students
Michael Prihoda, Education Post

iNACOL in the News

Report Ranks Utah As A Leader In Personalized Education Model
Today, Juab School District in rural central Utah has a 97% graduation rate, among the highest in the state. That’s a 5% percent increase from 2011, but for Royd Darrington, the district’s assistant superintendent.... Read More.

Policy

The iNACOL Center for Policy Advocacy leads the multi-stage evolution of policy necessary for the growth of effective personalized learning models toward the goals of high quality, equity, access and dramatically improving student learning to close the achievement gap and ensure every student has access to high-quality, world-class learning opportunities.

CompetencyWorks

CompetencyWorks is an online resource dedicated to competency education in K-12 education. CompetencyWorks shares original research, knowledge and a variety of perspectives through an informative blog with practitioner knowledge, policy advancements, papers on emerging issues and a wiki with resources curated from across the field. Bookmark this resource and check often for frequent updates.

Resources

Working collaboratively with diverse experts in the field, iNACOL produces reports, books, policy briefs, blog posts, webinars and related resources on key topics and tough issues that equip and empower educators and leaders to catalyze and scale personalized, next generation learning models. Use our web-based library to freely access and share materials.


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