{"id":14675,"date":"2021-08-19T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/?post_type=cw_post&#038;p=14675"},"modified":"2021-08-19T12:53:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T16:53:13","slug":"whats-new-in-k-12-competency-based-education-23","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/whats-new-in-k-12-competency-based-education-23\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14448 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsNew-Graphic-250x250-2.png\" alt=\"What's New\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsNew-Graphic-250x250-2.png 250w, https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WhatsNew-Graphic-250x250-2-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Competency-Based Education (CBE) Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Sha7nHcNt304GEtXBfU_1mDE0QjBLC1M\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Competency-Based Learning School-Design Rubric<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Jonathan Vander Els and Brian Stack have updated their design rubric to reflect the expanded definition of CBE. It allows districts, schools, and teachers to engage in guided self-reflection, goal setting, and developing multi-year implementation plans to launch or deepen their CBE work. The authors wrote about the rubric recently in a <em>Competency<\/em>Works <a href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/implementing-competency-based-education-in-your-school-or-district-a-tool-to-help-you-chart-your-journey\/\">blog post<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/studentsatthecenterhub.org\/resource\/educator-competencies-video-resource\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Video Examples of Educator Competencies<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 To support the implementation of the <em>Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Learning<\/em>, KnowledgeWorks has assembled video resources showing the prioritized competencies \u2013 those that have the most leverage in transforming classroom practice \u2013 in action. The footage includes teachers demonstrating key strategies, experts discussing practices, and students reflecting on their experiences.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shelby.kyschools.us\/Page\/1650\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Crosswalking EdTech and CBE<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 The Shelby County Public Schools website provides a compact list of more than 20 EdTech tools and which elements of CBE the tool can help to facilitate or amplify. They also link to a summary of what the tool is, more about how it can amplify CBE principles, a brief overview video, online resources, and \u201cspecial tips.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1CDphO9TAwnaTtCJ25aKQoaRro5-xGI-c\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Graphic Overview of the CBE Definition<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Tracy Huelsman at the Shelby County Public Schools has mapped the seven elements of the CBE definition onto the district\u2019s core design principles. The graphic also assigns a brief name to each CBE element: agency, performance assessment, feedback cycle, anytime\/anywhere, move when ready, equity, and clarity of mastery.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greatschoolspartnership.org\/resources\/summative-assessment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tools for Proficiency-Based Summative Assessment<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 The Great Schools Partnership\u2019s latest toolkit includes design guides, tuning protocols, examples of scoring criteria, and more. These tools are intended for educators to use as they design, critique, and refine summative assessments and the scoring criteria used to evaluate student performance aligned to a proficiency-based (aka competency-based) learning system.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-14678 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Katie-Martin-Book-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"Evolving Education Book Cover\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Katie-Martin-Book-Cover.jpg 220w, https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Katie-Martin-Book-Cover-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1948334348?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860&amp;utm_campaign=Bright%20Spots%20Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsmi=148690181&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--wQ8x5UAjEabxd96fItEqPHn68yKoBQtDc_Kdw5DiYt7z3DUHpdj730eXnmb6PyRU6WMqc_-anm1w_Ig7sDO0kcX08QdtvPRI-RoGHedHyLhi2KFc&amp;utm_content=148690181&amp;utm_source=hs_email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Evolving Education: Shifting to a Learner-Centered Paradigm<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 This new book from Katie Martin, Chief Impact Officer at the Learner-Centered Collorative advocates for redefining success and a shift to education that is personalized, competency-based, authentic, and purposeful. Martin offers valuable practices to harness findings from the learning sciences and new technologies to develop pedagogy that centers learners and creates powerful learning experiences.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/how-schools-are-rewriting-the-rules-on-class-time-for-studentsand-even-ditching-grade-levels-11628517648?page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Wall Street Journal Features Competency-Based Education<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 In a recent favorable article, WSJ discussed essential CBE principles, practices, and policies and featured many organizations doing excellent CBE work, including the Northern Cass and Westminster School Districts, Building 21, Knowledgeworks, the New Hampshire Learning Initiative, the Aurora Institute, and the Office of Personalized and Competency-Based Learning at the South Carolina Department of Education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Professional Learning<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-14679 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Symposium-2021-Crop-300x182.png\" alt=\"Aurora Institute Symposium 2021\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Symposium-2021-Crop-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Symposium-2021-Crop.png 606w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/symposium2021\/attend\/\"><strong>Aurora Institute Symposium<\/strong><\/a><strong> \u2013 <\/strong>Join the field\u2019s largest gathering of education innovators implementing personalized, competency-based learning. The Aurora Institute Symposium will be held on October 25-27, 2021. Session strands will include shifting to competency-based education, transforming education systems, modernizing professional learning, and more. Aurora Institute members can attend free of charge. Symposium registration is now open.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/69e94e0ca6ec\/ed5nby198v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Learning Lab Orientation<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Education Reimagined is offering a seven-session course to come into community with others who share your passion for transforming learning. You will develop insight into the learner-centered worldview and language, explore strategies for providing an equitable learner-centered education for all children, and see new opportunities to make learner-centered education more available in your community and beyond.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Eliot Levine<\/strong>\u00a0is the Aurora Institute\u2019s Research Director and leads\u00a0<em>Competency<\/em>Works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mapsvg_location":""},"legacy_category":[],"issue":[396,370,368,393,383,395,371],"location":[],"class_list":["post-14675","cw_post","type-cw_post","status-publish","hentry","issue-how-to-get-started","issue-lead-change-and-innovation","issue-issues-in-practice","issue-support-professional-learning","issue-rethink-instruction","issue-create-balanced-systems-of-assessments","issue-learn-lessons-from-the-field"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What\u2019s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education? 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