{"id":6119,"date":"2013-12-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/competency-education-the-solution-to-retention\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:51:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T17:51:28","slug":"competency-education-the-solution-to-retention","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/competency-education-the-solution-to-retention\/","title":{"rendered":"Competency Education: The Solution to Retention"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Colby\"<\/a>Recently a group of teachers was working on performance tasks and assessments. They were aligning their units of study to competencies based on the Common Core State Standards. An interesting conversation erupted in the group.\u00a0\u00a0 It was clear that the performance indicators they were designing within their performance tasks represented a more rigorous approach than in the past. One teacher wondered what will happen to students who, by the end of the school year, do not demonstrate mastery of the literacy competencies. When I asked what happened in the past when students failed at the end of the school year, the teacher answered: \u201c Well, we retain them.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a former middle school principal, I know that decisions about retention are difficult.\u00a0 In spite of knowing the adverse effects of retention on future success, educators and parents generally spend many hours considering interventions and social emotional issues before arriving at the decision to retain a child.<\/p>\n

As we turn the corner in designing new learning systems, the notion of considering retention can now be safely set aside.\u00a0 In a competency based learning system, no child is retained.\u00a0 It is as simple as that.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because with the design of learning progressions, mastery is also progressive.\u00a0 Our students will move through our learning systems with forward progress at all times.\u00a0 Some students will need more support, customization, and time to do so.\u00a0 Educational leaders will have the ability to use resources within their organizations very differently.<\/p>\n

At the recent iNACOL Virtual Symposium<\/a>, Susan Patrick, iNACOL\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, commented on the hold that seat time has in our educational systems in spite of policy which allows us to design learning systems differently.\u00a0 I propose that when decisions about student learning and instructional supports and resources are made based on customized learning with identified learning progressions that are not grade level based, we will break through the hold that seat time has on moving competency education forward.<\/p>\n

Learning progressions and mapping of competencies and performance indicators are new constructs in instructional design.\u00a0 Coupled with systemic designs for relearning and reassessment in a formative fashion along the learning path, students will move through our schools never having to suffer the stigma and negative consequences of retention.<\/p>\n

What better place to start that breakthrough than in those conversations we have about students who are struggling to learn.<\/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":[99],"issue":[368,383],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6119","cw_post","type-cw_post","status-publish","hentry","legacy_category-reflection","issue-issues-in-practice","issue-rethink-instruction"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCompetency Education: The Solution to Retention - 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\/competency-education-the-solution-to-retention\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Competency Education: The Solution to Retention - Aurora Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Recently a group of teachers was working on performance tasks and assessments. 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