{"id":4144,"date":"2016-09-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/hear-ye-hear-ye-upcoming-events-on-competency-education\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:59:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T17:59:44","slug":"hear-ye-hear-ye-upcoming-events-on-competency-education","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/hear-ye-hear-ye-upcoming-events-on-competency-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Ye, Hear Ye: Upcoming Events on Competency Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-14369 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lemur-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"lemur\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>There are a number of upcoming events that you may want to consider in building your knowledge about competency education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#1<\/strong> As you may or may not know, Susan Patrick, CEO and President and iNACOL, and I co-founded CompetencyWorks five years ago. We each brought a very different focus to the work, and it has proven to be a wonderfully productive partnership. We branded CompetencyWorks as separate from iNACOL because we believed that competency education is a structure for districts and schools to use to focus more closely on helping students learn and progress. Before the launch of CompetencyWorks, we started with a scan of the field where we found that there were pockets of innovation. Next with CCSSO, we organized a Competency-Based Pathway Summit with 100 innovators where the working definition was developed. Every year since then, with the CompetencyWorks advisory board, we do a reflection on how competency education is advancing and how the field is doing to support it. (Here is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/analysis\/a-reflection-on-the-field-of-competency-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last year\u2019s blog post<\/a>\u00a0on the topic.)<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, September 29 2-3 p.m. ET, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) is hosting a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inacol.org\/event\/a-reflection-on-the-field-of-competency-education-and-emerging-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">webinar<\/a> during which Susan and I will examine the current state of competency education and identify emerging issues across the field. We hope this to be a time to reflect with our colleagues and hear from different perspectives. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inacol.org\/event\/a-reflection-on-the-field-of-competency-education-and-emerging-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Register here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#2<\/strong> If you live near Massachusetts, you might want to attend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.relnei.org\/events\/perspectives-competency-based-learning-research.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Perspectives on the Current Landscape of Competency-Based Learning Research<\/a> sponsored by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.relnei.org\/research-alliances\/college-and-career-readiness.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Northeast College and Career Readiness Research Alliance<\/a>\u00a0on October 6th. Paul Leather, Deputy Commissioner of Education, NH Department of Education will be a presenter with panelists including Erika Stump, PhD, Research Associate, Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation (CEPARE), University of Southern ME; R. Marc Brodersen, PhD, Senior Researcher, REL Central at Marzano Research; Savatore Menzo, PhD, Superintendent of Schools, Wallingford Public Schools, Wallingford, Conn.; and Aubrey Scheopner Torres, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Saint Anselm College, Research Consultant, REL Northeast &amp; Islands. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.relnei.org\/events\/perspectives-competency-based-learning-research.html?register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Register here<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>#3 <\/strong>Marzano Research Labs is holding their\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marzanoresearch.com\/professional-development\/workshops-conferences\/getting-started-in-competency-based-education-wsl073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Getting Started in Competency Based Education<\/a> workshop in Denver, CO on October 17-18th. There are few places where you can get an overview of competency-based education. Most people piece it together themselves or attend one of the few trainings\/design studios\/institutes around the country. This is the next one I know about.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#4<\/strong> See it for yourself:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lindsay.k12.ca.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lindsay Unified<\/a> has released their dates for site visits. This is the best place to bring a team of people to understand what a \u201cpersonalized, performance-based system&#8221; can look like. Dates are Monday, October 17, 2016; Friday, December 2, 2016; Friday, February 17, 2017; Friday, April 28, 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#5<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inacol.org\/symposium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iNACOL Symposium<\/a>\u00a0is the best place to meet up with competency-based innovators from across the nation. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/resources\/el-paso-here-we-come-competency-ed-at-the-inacol-symposium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">competency education strand of sessions<\/a> is the best ever. It will be held October 25-28th in San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>#6<\/strong> Redesigning for Student Success: Student-Centered Secondary Schools Showcase sponsored by EdExcellence, Group Center for Secondary School Redesign, and New England Association of Schools and Colleges will cover a lot of topics that schools that are in a stage of continuous improvement after implementing competency education might find helpful, such as Project-Based Learning, Authentic Assessment, and Student Voice &amp; Choice. February 15-17, 2017, San Diego, CA.<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, in March there is <a href=\"http:\/\/newenglandssc.org\/\">NESSC<\/a>! 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