{"id":1330,"date":"2016-10-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/building-educator-capacity-to-personalize-learning-for-every-student\/"},"modified":"2022-11-04T17:18:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T21:18:25","slug":"building-educator-capacity-to-personalize-learning-for-every-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/building-educator-capacity-to-personalize-learning-for-every-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Educator Capacity to Personalize Learning for Every Student"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Only by raising and building the capacity of educators and school leaders will we realize the bold vision of systemic transformation toward student-centered learning. Educators across the K-12 education workforce are the most important element of success in the shift to powerful, personalized, competency-based learning. <\/span><\/p>\n

To make this a reality, state leaders need to modernize educator preparation to become competency-based and personalized. They ought to transform their siloed educator preparation, certification, development and evaluation systems into an integrated, coherent and aligned system designed to build capacity within educators to effectively implement personalization at scale. <\/span><\/p>\n

In student-centered learning, educators and leaders take on new roles as they work individually and collectively to design customized pathways to graduation for every student. Most educators will require new skills to adapt instruction for students with varying levels of competency and interests. This will require significant changes to ensure educators have the support and resources they need to make this transition.<\/span><\/p>\n

State leaders should collaborate with stakeholders to create a cohesive vision for transforming the educator workforce to support a new definition of student success.<\/span><\/p>\n

The graphic below from the iNACOL and KnowledgeWorks report, <\/span>Laying the Foundation for Competency Education: A Policy Guide for the Next Generation Workforce<\/span><\/a><\/em>, contrasts the traditional educator workforce system with a seamless, next-generation system able to prepare educators at scale to effectively personalize learning for every student.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source: Pace, L., & Worthen, M. (2014, Oct.). [Graphic]. The Shift to A Next Generation Educator Workforce. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/laying-the-foundation-for-competency-education-a-policy-guide-for-the-next-generation-educator-workforce\/<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Educator Preparation and Credentialing<\/h3>\n

Transformation of the educator workforce must begin with development of educator standards and competencies which reflect the skills and professional responsibilities educators will need to transition to competency-based instruction.<\/p>\n

A next generation education system will align pre-service and credentialing programs to ensure educators can succeed in competency-based learning environments through the following:<\/span><\/p>\n