Spanning the Grades:  A look at elementary, middle school and high school competency-based models 

A Making Mastery Work Webinar

Tuesday, February 26:  3:30 pm - 4:30pm ET

The recording from the webinar is linked here.
The PowerPoint slides can be accessed here.

Join district and school leadership of MSAD 15 in Gray-New Gloucester, Maine in a conversation about their experience in implementing proficiency-based education. Gray-New Gloucester began the process of transforming their district to a student-centered, proficiency-based model starting at the elementary school level. They then proceeded to implement proficiency-based practices in their middle and high school. 

In 2011, MSAD15 was selected to participate in the Proficiency-based Pathways project funded with support from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.  As part of this initiative, MSAD15’s experience implementing proficiency-based approaches in Gray-New Gloucester High School are highlighted in Making Mastery Work: A Close-Up View of Competency Education published by the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.

This webinar provides practitioners, advocates and policymakers a chance to hear directly from MSAD15 about their experiences.   You will be able to learn about the following:

• Why did MSAD15 decided to embrace a proficiency-based model?

• What was the pre-implementation process?

• What is the overall structure or approach you use in proficiency-based education?

• What were the major issues that developed when you first began to implement proficiency-based education?

• How does your approach vary across elementary, middle and high school?

• What were the major issues that developed in implementation in high school?

There will be plenty of time to respond to questions from the webinar participants.

Speakers

• Bruce Beasley, Superintendent

• Karen Caprio, Director of Curriculum and Staff Development

• Ephraim Weisstein, Consultant to the Proficiency-based Pathways Project  and co-author Making Mastery Work: A Close-Up View of Competency Education

Other Participants

• Dan Joseph, Principal, Williams Elementary School

• Kelly Thornhill, Elementary School Teacher

• Amanda Hennesey, Assistant Principal, Grey-New Gloucester Middle School

• Lisa Knedler, Grey-New Gloucester Middle School, Teacher

• Will Putnam, Grey-New Gloucester High School, ELA Teacher