{"id":5833,"date":"2012-05-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/competency-based-education-learn-from-my-follies\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:48:30","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T17:48:30","slug":"competency-based-education-learn-from-my-follies","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/competency-based-education-learn-from-my-follies\/","title":{"rendered":"Competency-Based Education: Learn From My Follies"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had a conference with a parent this morning. I love meeting parents and talking with students, and I try to avoid the typical rhetoric that goes along with these interactions in favor of rawness.<\/p>\n

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This student hadn\u2019t really done much towards meeting his competencies. He was a in-and-out kind of student. I called him on it, and his behavior totally changed today. I hope tomorrow bodes well also!<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a fine line between expecting students to fill in competency gaps using feedback and just mailing them a bobcat. I haven\u2019t found that line perfectly yet, but I can\u2019t help but believe that a more psychologically-sound how-to-teach-responsibility has to somehow distill out of this zaniness.<\/p>\n

Will students truly learn to value feedback as the currency of learning rather than points or grades? As I leave something like 75-100 text\/video comments each day, I have to hope so.<\/p>\n

And then you get this email:<\/p>\n

Mr Cornally, I uploaded a paper I wrote last night to BlueHarvest<\/a>. I\u2019m going to be gone the rest of the week for state Jazz, and I\u2019m bummed because I think my paper is really good and I want to talk to you about it and maybe get something check off [marked proficient, in our parlence]. Can you please leave me some feedback before Friday so I can revise it at while we\u2019re at contest?<\/p>\n

This student has crossed the Feedback Threshold (FeedThresh, as we call it). He:<\/p>\n