Are You Putting Learners First? Here are 8 Ways to Check Yourself
[…] Interims) for learners to grow in fields of their choice. Options supported by equitable access (transportation, etc.) A consistent dedicated time for advisory to mentor and support personalized learning needs and goals A transparent and systemic procedure for schedule changes to support learner readiness so that when a learner is ready for the next level […]
5 Personalized Learning Strategies for the Online Learner
The shift to online learning continues. Here are 5 personalized learning strategies for the online learners.
Invention Opportunity: Measuring What Matters
By: Devin Vodicka. It's time for an invention opportunity around assessments - create new policies, practices, and tools that encourage the development of purposeful goals tied to whole-child and competency-based learning progressions.
The Great Education Unbundling and How Learning Will be Rebundled
[…] combination of advisors and algorithms to provide personalized and localized guidance to county residents from middle grades to working adults. ReSchool Colorado advisors help families build a personalized learning journey that often combines formal and informal learning. What Could Be As secondary (and even primary) schools continue to become more porous to communities, […]
On Spreading Learning Innovations: Pandemic Update
Innovations in learning is one of the most important change forces for good, and developing new ways to scale quality will be as important as new approaches to learning in the future.
A Reliable Hybrid Learning Model: Cedar Rapids Schools Respond to Setbacks
[…] and hybrid scheduling guidelines established, Cedar Rapids could turn their attention to making adjustments to instruction. CRCSD was already pursuing a goal to gradually shift to a personalized, competency-based learning model. Prior to the pandemic, the team took cues from schools like Summit Public Schools and began adapting those ideas to the upper grades […]
Exploring New Pathways at the NVSIDE Conference
[…] teachers are no longer the sole provider of the content but instead the facilitators of learning. Teachers collaborate with and co-learn with students to provide a more personalized learning experience. Using methods like project-based or work-based learning, where students have a choice in what to explore and what to create as evidence of their learning […]
Five Tips to Creating Equitable Learning Ecosystems
Amy Anderson shares five tips to creating equitable learning ecosystems.
Students as Coauthors of Learning: A Resources Guide
By inviting learners to coauthor experiences we help them build the most important skills and dispositions they’ll need to succeed in a changing world. Tom shares coauthoring resources for project-based learning, teacher tools and competencies, a list of systems that are best in class.
Shining the Competency Education Light on Education in the Time of COVID-19
COVID-19 has created the conditions for a radical transformation in our schools. Chris discusses how personalized, mastery-based, competency, and proficiency-based approaches help teachers and schools.