{"id":13501,"date":"2020-10-14T01:00:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T05:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/?post_type=cw_post&p=13501"},"modified":"2020-10-18T09:15:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T13:15:16","slug":"competency-based-education-sessions-at-the-2020-aurora-institute-symposium","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/competency-based-education-sessions-at-the-2020-aurora-institute-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Competency-Based Education Sessions at the 2020 Aurora Institute Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RegistrationDeepening your learning about competency-based education at this year\u2019s virtual Aurora Institute Symposium<\/a> requires no airplanes or hotel rooms, and the offerings remain extensive and informed by a wide range of experts. It will be difficult to choose among the simultaneous breakout sessions, but fortunately many will be recorded and archived on our website for future viewing. Even just perusing the agenda<\/a> can help you learn about important issues, helpful people, and valuable resources in the field.<\/p>\n

This post lists some of the breakout sessions that are closely focused on competency-based education, so you can start thinking about what to attend. The plenary sessions are also deeply relevant to competency-based education, so readers of this blog will greatly benefit from attending those too. (They are described in the Symposium agenda<\/a>.) All times shown below are Eastern Time.<\/p>\n

Tuesday, October 26<\/strong><\/h3>\n

1:00-2:00pm \u2013 Designed to Thrive: Creating Culminating Assessment for Learning Experiences Wherein All Students Can Thrive.<\/strong> Our session asks, \u201cWhat kind of culminating performance assessment experience would we create to ensure that ALL learners thrive \u2013 especially those furthest from opportunity?\u201d Participants will explore an example of a performance assessment, and refine it from the perspective of a vulnerable student in order to ensure that ALL students thrive. (Presenters: Alcine Mumby, Abby Benedetto)<\/p>\n

1:00-2:00pm \u2013 Advancing Equity in Classrooms, Schools and Districts through Assessment for Learning Practices.<\/strong> Developing assessment practices that lead to equitable opportunities for learning requires shedding certain entrenched ways of doing things. Teachers need to establish classrooms where students feel they belong and create opportunities for students to examine their work for evidence of learning toward a goal. This session features ways teachers, schools, and districts (re-)structured feedback processes to be alert to issues of equity, privilege, and status and support meaningful learning. We will also talk about assessment for learning practices in the time of COVID. (Presenters: Ann Jaquith, Alec Barron, Pam Betten)<\/p>\n

2:15-3:30pm \u2013 Book Clubs<\/strong><\/p>\n