A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 8, 2023

Over the years, the state of Utah has provided me with a plethora of opportunities to work with schools on Personalized Competency-Based Learning ( PCBL ). I love seeing 13- and 14-year-olds learn how to manage their time using short-term deadlines.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 20, 2022

Of course, we’re also ready to take a deep dive into more advanced features such as competency-based learning, adaptive learning, automation and gamification, among others! Speaking session: Driving Innovative Instruction. And this is not all! Date: Thursday, January 27, 2022. Time: 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2023

After unprecedented learning loss, growing disparities in educational outcomes and overall public dissatisfaction, the time is right for an education overhaul. A decade ago, barely half of all states had policies in place that allowed for personalized, competency-based learning. We should ask no less of ourselves.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

That recommendation, if realized, would bind LA Unified to a time-bound, one-size-fits-all model that fails to focus on the most important criterion—whether a student has learned the material. Shifting the emphasis to outcomes, on the other hand, encourages experimentation so that there can be continuous improvement to achieve stated goals.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 5, 2023

During the spring of 2022, I met Nicki Slaugh , who serves as principal, and many of her staff at a school system where we were all there to facilitate professional learning on Personalized Competency-Based Learning (PCBL).

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Neo LMS

JUNE 28, 2022

They also support students’ self-paced learning needs, their ability to self-assess their skills and provide access to the most suitable content based on their goals, and interests. . Competency-based learning and automation . Student autonomy is not just about letting students learn at their own pace.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 6, 2017

In a previous post I talked about competency-based learning and how this might be the ultimate approach to education. Students attend courses, do assignments, get credits and eventually graduate based on what they know, not on how much time it took them to gain that knowledge. What’s in it for students.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 23, 2017

They include a dynamic combination of abilities, attitudes, and behaviors, as well as knowledge that is fundamental to the use of a skill aligned to a learning outcome. The Rigor/ Relevance Framework helps us move from a focus on skills to competency-based learning.

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Neo LMS

MAY 18, 2021

Also referred to as competency-based , student-centered , proficiency-based , or performance-based learning , mastery-based learning (MBL) has similar features and principles with all these approaches. The 6 principles of mastery-based learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 31, 2017

Specifically, they will need to understand how to reflect on their learning choices, which in turn inform their passions, which in turn trigger motivation, desire, and effort. We often think about competency-based learning as an input—a method of instruction that is mastery based and not time-based.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

They include a dynamic combination of abilities, attitudes, behaviors, and knowledge that is fundamental to the use of a skill aligned to a learning outcome. Now, and in the future, our learners will most likely need to be competent in the following areas to succeed.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 25, 2018

From personal learning plans and competency-based learning to weaving in social and emotional development with academic learning, districts and schools can strive to improve outcomes for each learner through a personalized approach.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

One of the benefits of using an LMS for online teaching is that it makes teachers’ lives easier when it comes to tracking student progress and learning outcomes. If you’re using an LMS, you may already have tapped into its competency-based learning features. NEO Guide: Competency-based learning.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Assessment is meaningful and a positive learning experience for students. Students receive timely, differentiated support based on their individual learning needs. Learning outcomes emphasize competencies that include application and creation of knowledge, along with the development of important skills and disposition.

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MindShift

JULY 9, 2015

If a student fails to learn a skill, he or she accepts that result and moves on to the next topic with the rest of the class. Competency-based learning, on the other hand, insists on mastery of subjects and provides students the time to learn; the students are not marched past failure.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Mastery learning (also called competency-based learning) is being used in some classes and schools. Jon Bergmann, author of the Mastery Learning Handbook talks about how he uses mastery learning in his chemistry and physics classrooms. I think it makes it harder.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The learning resources provide comprehensive instruction with practice materials to reinforce the lessons and help students achieve optimal outcomes. The complete multimedia learning system is designed as a financial competencies-based learning resource for educators.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

What’s more, they even take ownership of their learning and get involved in everything the process implies: setting the tasks, the problem-solving process, the learning environment and resources, and the assessment stage. With authentic learning there is no predetermined outcome. Open-ended inquiry.

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eSchool News

MARCH 24, 2020

Competency-based learning. With competency-based policies spreading nationwide , schools are starting to transform how and when learning takes place. As a result, competency-based systems can yield not merely richer academic outcomes via mastery-based learning, but more robust networks as well.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

When federal dollars incentivize new reforms, such as outcomes or competency-based education, consultancy groups, such as the Marzano Corp., Its education system stifles creativity, suppresses individuality and induces conformity by forcing all children to compete for better test outcomes in a narrow set of subjects.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

The goal is to help more young people “lead purposeful lives” by shifting toward competency-based education, says Timothy Knowles, president of the Carnegie Foundation. Like the reality that it takes different students different amounts of time to acquire skills.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Platforms like these help improve student outcomes by enhancing teachers’ ability to meet individual students’ needs. These tools are key to bolstering educator capacity and addressing the inequities exacerbated during pandemic distance learning. They also allow learners to master new skills at their own pace, in their own way.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 29, 2017

The delivery method including video platforms, in-services, self-determined learning, and PD Communities require ongoing validation to ensure a greater return on investment (ROI). Without a change in engagement, professional development efforts will be severely hampered and learning outcomes will stay depressed.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2020

In an education world driven more by inputs than learning outcomes, it’s hard to prove the case one way or the other. For it to work, the third-party organizations that certify learning would need to offer industry standards that establish specifications for learning—much like the bodies that determine standards for USB ports.

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ExcelinEd

JANUARY 22, 2020

Professional development has the potential to help millions of hardworking teachers cultivate their instructional practice to improve student outcomes. Excel in Ed’s new policy brief, Transforming Professional Learning: Actions for States to Help Teachers Continuously Improve Their Instructional Practices , can help.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2018

However, she notes that the company’s product designers are looking into the results, and stresses that educators using these products should consider their teaching styles with technology when such outcomes are apparent. Instructors can use this information to think about how they're using MyLab Math in their class,” Lai continues.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

In 2007, administrators were frustrated by the district’s poor outcomes and low graduation rate. The result was the adoption of “a learner centered, personalized, competency-based” approach that allows students to meet learning goals on their own terms, Rooney said. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2022

It’s easy to get excited about the virtues of mastery, or competency-based, learning. What’s not to like about a system that guarantees that students learn, as opposed to one that is focused on the amount of time students sit in seats? This is a problem in the current system as well.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2021

We can make mastery the outcome of learning and not a given amount of time in a classroom. We can begin with the shared high expectation that all students in our classroom have the ability to achieve mastery of foundational mathematical skills and habits of mind.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Lillian Pace The state education policy conditions outlined in the recent KnowledgeWorks State Policy Framework for Personalized Learning, which aligns district conditions for scaling personalized, competency-based learning with state and local hopes and needs, creates a way forward for education in South Carolina.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Higher education innovation” is no different, though instead of flying cars and Mars colonies, what likely comes to mind first are online and competency-based learning platforms, learning management systems, or electronic whiteboards. But we can’t forget that programs and people are just as important as the tech.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2015

We want to understand how effective our current set of digital math resources are on student outcomes and how schools are currently adopting resources for their classrooms. And the programs don’t come with the kind of data our teachers want for the competency-based learning approach we’re taking.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2019

In thinking about how a semirural school district could support equity and opportunity for kids, they talked a lot about personalized and competency-based learning. Class periods could be lengthened, lunch periods could be moved around, deadlines could be changed – all in service of student learning.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2016

Blackboard has launched a new K-12 platform for districts and schools that brings together institutions, parents, teachers, and learners in an integrated approach that addresses fundamental requirements for student success including school safety and security, family and community engagement and personalized competency-based learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

Whether they call it competency-, mastery-, or standards-based grading, the movement aims to improve students outcomes sans As, Bs, and Cs. Whether they call it competency-, mastery-, or standards-based grading, the movement aims to improve students outcomes sans As, Bs, and Cs. Full size image here.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

A growing number of states and local communities are examining how to shift to student-centered, competency-based learning systems. The Every Student Succeeds Act begins to create room for states to use a more expansive set of learning providers and to report student success in a variety of ways.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2016

How do we get from educational “business as usual” to cultural changes, even transformation, that make learning central? Stakeholders who determine the value to credentials and competencies are more concerned with competency-based learning (CBL), which is a broader concept than CBE.

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