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From Pandemic to Possibility: Now is the Time to Consider Competency-Based Education
By Ben Owens and Joey Lee This blog was originally featured on Getting Smart “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” From the time I first read this famous Stephen Covey quote in the late 1980s, I’ve always used it as my litmus test for deciding if an initiative I…
Read More4 Ways to Make Your Portrait of a Graduate System a Success
By David Lipkin A Portrait (or Profile) of a Graduate process is a wonderful way for school communities to build consensus about what matters most. The Portrait of a Graduate process is an opportunity to grow community, listen to diverse voices, affirm shared values, and take an honest look at how well our systems support…
Read MoreThe Gift of Curiosity
By Joey Lee When visiting with family for Thanksgiving, I found myself rummaging through old pictures and childhood artifacts. I came across a book that I had written at the age of 8. While unimpressed with the story, I found myself rather pleased with the ‘about the author.’ The brief and detailed biography closed with…
Read MoreCreating Connection in a Digital Space
While we may be physically distanced, we don’t have to feel socially distant. By Joey Lee I remember my first online course. It was the fall of 2014 and I was a bit late to the game as online courses were already quite common. I remember sitting in my home in coastal NH reading the…
Read More10 Step Primer for Competency-based Learning Design
By Josie Jordan As an educator on the design team of the Pathways program at Mt. Abraham Union High School, I got pretty good at designing and scaffolding personalized, competency-based projects for individual students. Back in the regular classroom, it was a challenge to transfer those same, powerful practices to larger groups of learners without…
Read MoreThe On-Ramp to Competency-based and Personalized Projects
By Josie Jordan The On-Ramp In our transition to CBE or personalized learning, we often go to the big picture, “How could I ever meet all the standards that way?”, or, “How could all my students be doing different things?” But going to questions like these is just like trying to merge onto the highway…
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