Launching a 100-Year-Old ‘Fad’: Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-centered Teaching, Part 1
As part of a two-post series, this article overviews a recent gathering of national, state and local leaders from nine states to discuss the newly developed competencies for personalized, learner-centered environments. The educator competency domains were determined and developed by Jobs for the Future and the Council of Chief State School Officers. Read full article… Read More ›
State Approaches to Competency-Based Education to Support College and Career Readiness for All Students
This brief provides an overview of competency-based education (CBE). Free from the restraints of a one-size-fits-all approach, CBE provides strategies to set college and career readiness expectations for all students while creating personalized education opportunities. Using many state policy examples, this brief looks at specific ways states are using CBE to support college and career readiness… Read More ›
Teacher Entrepreneurship Week
August 24-27, 2015; 6:00 – 8:45 PM ET Four evenings of interviews, live on Google Hangouts on Air / YouTube. Steve Hargadon guides us through the world of teachers as agents of creation and change. Broadcast for free. Sign up here. An unbelievable lineup. Including: Adam Bellow | Alice Keeler | Angela Maiers | Anne Mirtschin |… Read More ›
A Northeast Region View of Competency-Based Learning: Definitions, Policies, and Implementation
3–4:30 p.m. ET Join the growing national and regional conversation about proficiency- and competency-based learning, the school and district reform that departs from traditional Carnegie unit and seat-time requirements for students. REL Northeast & Islands researchers will present a new study on definitions and policies related to competency-based learning and implementation across the region, and a representative… Read More ›
Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-centered Teaching
Gone is the default image of a teacher—an adult lecturing to students seated neatly in rows, assigning the same textbook pages to everyone, and administering the same quiz on the same day to the entire class, with the expectation of a “normal distribution” of achievement along a bell curve. Instead, teachers in personalized, learner-centered settings… Read More ›
Competency-Based Learning: Definitions, Policies, and Factors Related to Implementation
This report reviews state legislation and education policies related to competency-based learning and graduation requirements in the seven northeast states in the REL Northeast and Islands Region. The study addresses three research questions: How is competency-based learning defined in state and district policies in the REL Northeast & Islands Region? How is competency defined by the… Read More ›
Students at the Center Research Series
Students at the Center began with a series of nine research papers, developed in partnership between Jobs for the Future and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, drawing attention to the importance of engaging each student in acquiring the skills, knowledge and expertise needed for success in college and a career. In fall 2013, Students at… Read More ›
iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium
November 8-11, 2015 iNACOL’s annual conference is the industry’s leading event for K-12 online, blended and competency-based learning. Experts, practitioners, educators, policymakers, and researchers gather and work to transform education. Attendees will find unprecedented networking opportunities and gain access to expertise, analysis, and trends in online, blended and competency education. Through thought-provoking sessions and information… Read More ›
SXSWedu
SXSWedu supports innovations in learning for education practitioners, industry leaders and policy makers who share a passion for modernizing learning and building best practices that can be applied from early childhood to higher education in both formal and informal environments. Check back soon for more information on student-centered sessions at SXSWedu! Learn more and access… Read More ›
Integrated Learning Systems to Support Student-Centered Learning
At the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, we’re committed to creating more equitable and effective education systems — so that all New England students are ready for college and career. In our research, we’ve found that among New England high school students, roughly only half are ready for post-secondary education — meaning they can enter a… Read More ›
International Association for K-12 Online Learning (Aurora Institute)
This organization works to improve student access to personalized, mastery-based educational opportunities through quality online, blended, and competency learning programs. This membership organization advocates for relevant policies and educates policy-makers; develops national quality standard, supports development and implementation of new learning models; and builds communities of practice. The site includes many resources for school and… Read More ›
New York City’s School of the Future from Edutopia’s Schools That Work Series
This group of tools documents the assessment work at School for the Future, a 6-12 grade school in Manhattan. The school has shown success by using authentic assessments to gauge students’ understanding of fundamental concepts and development of critical thinking skills. The assessment guide foster teaching and learning in positive ways. Formative assessment helps teachers… Read More ›