One State’s Approach to AI Integration and Rapid Reskilling
[…] learning organizations. “The Council members are thought leaders who represent a powerful ‘coalition of the willing’ who embrace change and recognize the value of flexible, personalized, and competency-based learning systems that are high-touch and high-tech. We are excited to provide the administrative backbone and meeting facilities to support the Council’s functions,” said Jamey Fitzpatrick, […]
The Changing Role of Today’s EdLeader
[…] They refer to their teachers as ‘guides’ who get to “co-create and co-vision” with their fellow education leaders and students. Another Colorado example is La Luz, a competency-based lab school in Denver with the mission to reinvent middle school. They acknowledge that learning happens everywhere and each day students head off campus to connect […]
Work-Based Learning Ecosystems: Getting Smart & GPS
[…] and employer thrive. Innovation needs to occur within the WBL ecosystem and integrate with ongoing transformation. For example, many schools are pivoting to a more personalized, relevant, competency-based and project-based approach. WBL for all meets the needs of these schools with a clear connection to the needs of the commu nity. By connecting existing […]
Sydney Schaef on The Future9 Competencies
[…] Links: Future 9 Competencies reDesign Sydney Schaef LinkedIn Future9 Competencies Press Release Overview: On this episode, they discussed implementing developmental level progressions in learning systems, focusing on competency-based learning with personalized instruction. Sydney Schaef from Redesign introduced nine competencies and 34 skills across six levels, emphasizing future readiness and skill progression development through extensive […]
Conversations on Competency
[…] these barriers, and imagine a great future of learning, one that is engaging through personalization and authentic context. These personalized learning structures are often referred to as competency-based, proficiency-based, or performance-based learning models. Among these labels there is a shared commitment to equity in learning, learning over time, increased levels of choice in learning […]
20 Invention Opportunities in Learning & Development
[…] o ffers from employers and postsecondary institutions. 28 #11 Credentialing Capabilities: how to credential demonstrated skills to unlock opportunity and reduce friction in talent transactions. 30 #12 Competency-Based Progressions: combining individual progress with e ffective use of cohorts and teams and what that means for grouping and scheduling students and sta ff. 32 #13 […]
Schools Worth Visiting
[…] in computer programming, engineering and robotics classes. Competency. Washington Elementary School, Lindsay Unified School District in California’s Central Valley, is a leading example of a personalized and competency-based K-8 school. Every student has a personal learning plan and sets daily goals–a great example of developing and engaging student agency and social emotional learning. (See […]
Town Hall Recap: Learner-Centered Ecosystems as a Public Education Reality?
[…] the pinnacle of this approach as encompassing five elements: Learner agency, Social embeddedness within the community, Personalization, relevance, and contextualization, Open-walled settings that integrate community into learning, Competency-based progression that addresses a comprehensive array of needs and outcomes. Across the nation, there are models that successfully align these values with teaching and learning methodologies, […]
The Portrait Model
[…] skills found in CTE programs. Of course, the current proxy is the high school or college diploma—a credential that presumably marks a student proficient in core skills. Competency-based assessment systems are vehicles through which K-12 and higher education systems can transition from course/letter grade/credit to skill/competency/credit. As with standards right now, each state would […]
Podcast: 20 Trends in 20 Minutes
[…] University acquired youth badging platform LRNG to extend access and create new pathways to credentials, degrees, and opportunity. Similarly, a growing number of teachers are benefiting from personalized and competency-based learning organized as a series of microcredentials. Teachers gain the ability to choose (or build) what they wish to learn and how they demonstrate their learning. More […]
