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Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Environments

Published October 27, 2020

This 2020 edition of Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Environments, created in partnership with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), is designed to serve as a customizable tool to guide educator development.

The intent is to enable a growing number of teachers to implement and scale up a transformation of their classrooms into places of personalized, student-centered learning. However, the Educator Competencies are aspirational; no single superhuman teacher can perform all the practices and exhibit all the behaviors continually. While individual educators may find the document useful, any significant implementation will need to take place within a broader learning community.

The new edition of Educator Competencies features:

A refreshed text with a focus on equity
A focus on teaching strategies that embrace these forces of change
Examples of the Educator Competencies being used around the country

Download

The new edition of Educator Competencies features a refreshed text and examples from around the country.

Interact

Use this interactive version to explore component relationships and access resources.

Explore

See the different places and ways the Educator Competencies are supporting learning communities.

Supplemental tools and resources

Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Environments can be used in active ways that best fit your learning community’s needs. The paper and all supplemental tools are formatted for use in a 3-ring binder. Simply download, print and insert into your own binder to create a customized toolkit.

Educator Competencies and Toolkit Bundle

This PDF includes the main Educator Competencies publication and all supplemental tools listed below — bundled together into a single file.

Educator Competencies

The new edition of Educator Competencies features a refreshed text with a focus on equity, teaching strategies and examples from around the country.

User Guide

Who should use the Educator Competencies and how?

Centering Equity: Guiding Questions

Conversation starters and guidance to foster more equitable learning environments.

Prioritized Competencies

An essential set of competencies or standards.

Assessment Tool for Prioritized Competencies

Tool for exploring prioritized competencies from each domain.

Reflection Tool for Prioritized Competencies

Tool for understanding how practices align to indicators
for each competency.

Video Examples of Prioritized Competencies

Video examples of different implementation levels can help educators see the prioritized competencies in action.

Directions for Setting Up a Simple Rubric

Supports educators through the design process. This process can be replicated for any competencies that were not prioritized and laid out in the assessment tool.

Crosswalk of InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards

Exploration of the alignment between the standards and the Educator Competencies, as well as the unique concepts or areas of emphasis within each standard.

Binder Cover and Spine Inserts

The finishing touch for creating your own Educator Competencies binder.

Online Glossary of Terms

See definitions for commons terms and phrases used when talking about personalized, learner-centered environments.

Order a binder-ready print edition of the Educator Competencies and Supplemental Tools

For a limited time, you can order the print edition of the Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Teaching including all of the supplemental tools. This professionally printed bundle arrives ready to insert into your own binder. Copies are available for low to no cost.