{"id":4690,"date":"2017-11-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/october-2017-competencyworks-catch-up\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T13:03:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T18:03:42","slug":"october-2017-competencyworks-catch-up","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/october-2017-competencyworks-catch-up\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2017 CompetencyWorks Catch-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16792\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/October-2017-300x218-300x218.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"182\" \/>Here are the highlights from October 2017\u00a0on CompetencyWorks. Happy reading. And let us know if you have questions you want us to delve into!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CASE STUDIES AND SITE VISITS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Series<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Part 1 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/case-study\/buzzing-toward-personalized-learning-in-wisconsin\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Buzzing Toward Personalized Learning in Wisconsin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Part 2 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/case-study\/flight-academy-magic-happens-when-kids-come-together\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">FLIGHT Academy: Magic Happens When Kids Come Together<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUALITY AND EQUITY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/resources\/catalyzing-equity-through-culturally-responsive-education-and-competency-based-education\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Catalyzing Equity Through Culturally Responsive Education and Competency-Based Education<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/resources\/quality-and-equity-by-design\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Quality and Equity by Design<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HIGHER EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/higher-education-2\/government-accountability-goes-unaccountable-chilling-wgus-innovation-engine\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Government Accountability Goes Unaccountable: Chilling WGU\u2019s Innovation Engine<\/a>\u00a0by Michael Horn<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/higher-education-2\/the-wgu-audit-the-fine-print\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The WGU Audit: The Fine Print<\/a>\u00a0by Alana Dunagan<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>EDUCATOR RESOURCES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/resources\/learner-centered-tip-of-the-week-teaching-targets-in-authentic-contexts\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Teaching Targets in Authentic Contexts<\/a>\u00a0by Seth Mitchell<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/uncategorized\/whats-new-in-k-12-competency-based-education-5\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">What\u2019s New in K-12 Competency-Based Education?<\/a> by Natalie Abel<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/resources\/learner-centered-tip-of-the-week-making-space-for-learners-to-wonder\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Making Space for Learners to Wonder<\/a>\u00a0by Courtney Belolan<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>REFLECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/uncategorized\/we-are-going-to-miss-you-joellen\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">We are Going to Miss You, JoEllen<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/reflections\/making-sense-of-the-learning-sciences\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Making Sense of the Learning Sciences<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/?p=16719\" rel=\"bookmark\">Memorization is Still Important, Even in Deeper Learning<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TEACHER AND EDUCATOR PERSPECTIVES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/understanding-competency-education\/what-if-we-started-looking-at-stem-education-differently\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">What if We Started Looking at STEM-Education Differently?<\/a>\u00a0by James Murray<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AROUND THE WEB<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2Revolutions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/resources\/building-field-readiness-capacity-to-personalize\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Building Field Readiness &amp; Capacity to Personalize<\/a>\u00a0by Adam Rubin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Center for Collaborative Education<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/equity\/why-school-quality-measurement-is-an-equity-issue\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Why School Quality Measurement is an Equity Issue<\/a>\u00a0by James Noonan<\/li>\n<li class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/uncategorized\/personalized-pd-and-collaborative-teams-a-symbiotic-approach-to-professional-learning-part-1\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Personalized PD and Collaborative Teams: A Symbiotic Approach to Professional Learning, Part 1<\/a>\u00a0by Diana Lebeaux<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>EdSurge<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/insights-into-implementation\/classroom-practice\/redesigning-the-syllabus-to-reflect-the-learning-journey\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Redesigning the Syllabus to Reflect the Learning Journey<\/a>\u00a0by Mark Engstrom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Getting Smart<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/assessment\/school-consortium-proposes-a-better-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">School Consortium Proposes a Better Transcript<\/a> by Tom Vander Ark<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students at the Center<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.competencyworks.org\/insights-into-implementation\/classroom-practice\/behavior-management-tools-might-not-be-best-for-student-centered-learning\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Behavior Management Tools Might Not Be Best for Student-Centered Learning<\/a>\u00a0by Kim Carter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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":[368,371],"location":[],"class_list":["post-4690","cw_post","type-cw_post","status-publish","hentry","issue-issues-in-practice","issue-learn-lessons-from-the-field"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>October 2017 CompetencyWorks Catch-Up - Aurora Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/october-2017-competencyworks-catch-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"October 2017 CompetencyWorks Catch-Up - Aurora Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here are the highlights from October 2017\u00a0on CompetencyWorks. 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