Podcast: 20 Trends in 20 Minutes
In this special edition episode, Tom is flying solo to outline 20 global trends that learning leaders need to consider.
Schools Worth Visiting
[…] New Emerson School is a demonstration site for Mesa County Valley School District 51, a district featured by CompetencyWorks for their high engagement transition to personalized and competency-based learning. (See video.) Bricolage Academy Art + Competency. Metropolitan Arts Academy is an Innovation School in Westminster Public Schools north of Denver. Visual and performing arts are […]
Town Hall Recap: Badging & Credentialing
On the recent Getting Smart Town Hall we took a look at a number of organizations and technologies that enable powerful badging and credentialing opportunities to help students share their stories, their learning and their priorities.
Town Hall Recap: Learner-Centered Ecosystems as a Public Education Reality?
[…] step you’ve taken, and see where we go from there. So, Vriti, go ahead. Vriti Saraf | ed3DAO: Thank you. There are two elements to consider: obviously, competency-based learning and the stacking of credentials are important, but so is the ownership of the credentials. If you’re decentralizing learning and creating learning hubs across the city, […]
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 […]
Town Hall Recap: Microschools: Sustainability, Scalability and Accessibility
[…] model, is testing these and helping other adults in the school building see that these practices are incredible. It also allows an ability. So we’re running through competency-based learning. So any teacher in our district has the opportunity to set up their gradebook through competency-based, but very few do it. And so this is a […]
New Pathways Handbook
[…] or even two years of college and cut costs. New Learning Models: With New Learning Models, the learner experience is co-authored with students. Centered around personalized and competency-based learning, social-emotional learning and skill credentialing, New Learning Models link experiences to create new and emerging school architectures. New Learning Models is the heart of how pathways […]
Podcast: Getting Smart on the Innovation Opportunity
[…] where they are. There is also an opportunity to help high school students develop new forms of evidence that help them pursue post-secondary plans. Many call this competency-based education (CBE). These three opportunities–SEL, PBL, CBE–can be incorporated into plans for learning at school and at home this call. It’s a chance to develop schools […]
Podcast: Rebecca Midles on Mobilizing Change to Meet Learners Where They Are
[…] Midles leads the school systems design team for Getting Smart. She works with districts and networks nationally to develop transformation initiatives. She’s a nationally recognized expert in competency-based systems having kickstarted efforts in four states. Midles grew up in Washington and headed north to Alaska to make a difference. A presentation from the now […]
Marni Baker Stein on What’s Next For Higher Education
[…] worked for educational institutions in the U.S. and abroad on the development and administration of pioneering high school, undergraduate, graduate, continuing, and professional programming models delivered through competency-based, online, and hybrid formats. She was selected by the Department of Education to serve as a member of the National Technical Working Group charged with expanding […]
