{"id":2755,"date":"2013-06-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/summer-time-is-writing-time\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:50:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T17:50:18","slug":"summer-time-is-writing-time","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/summer-time-is-writing-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Summertime is Writing Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Go swimming or write a post for CWorks!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s getting warmer, and it\u2019s time to think about what we want to accomplish this summer.\u00a0 For principals and teachers who don\u2019t have a moment to themselves during the school year, we hope that you will put aside a little time to write a post for CompetencyWorks about what you learned about competency education this year so your colleagues can learn from your experiences.\u00a0 As always, if you have examples and resources, we can put them on the wiki.<\/p>\n

We want you to write about what is important to you. But if you need a few ideas to get you thinking, below are some of the questions for educators and principals that have been raised during the year.<\/p>\n

Add your questions in the comments section; maybe we can find just the right person to answer them.<\/p>\n

For educators:<\/b><\/p>\n

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  • How do you manage a personalized, proficiency-based classroom? How is it different in comparison to a traditional classroom?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • How do you give students voice and choice?\u00a0 What do you need to do to make that happen? What is a capacity matrix?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • What do you do when a student doesn\u2019t have the prerequisite knowledge for your class? What happens if a student just doesn\u2019t seem to be reaching proficiency?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • What do you do when a student isn\u2019t keeping up with the \u201cteacher pace\u201d?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          • How do you determine if a student is proficient in a learning target? Isn\u2019t there a lot of testing in competency-based education?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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            • Do you have to focus on one learning target at a time? Is there enough time to do that in a class?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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              • Is there anything different in how you support ELL and special education students in proficiency-based classrooms?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                For principals:<\/b><\/p>\n

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                • How do you keep grouping from becoming tracking?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                  • What type of supports do educators need to succeed in a competency-based environment?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                    • I keep hearing about a \u201cgrowth mindset.\u201d How does this change the job of the principal and the operation of a school?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                      • How have you changed your operations (scheduling, budgeting, metrics, etc.) to support competency-based learning?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                        • Have you been seeing results? What might we expect to see in terms of student achievement and other indicators if we start using competency-based approaches?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                          • What are parents\u2019 greatest concerns and how do you respond to them?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                            Thanks to everyone who contributes a post. You are making a huge difference by sharing your knowledge.\u00a0\u00a0 We know transparency is one of the core values of \u00a0the competency-based approached. We need to bring more and more transparency to our learning of how to implement competency-based education as well.<\/p>\n

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