April 20, 2016 Powerpoint presentation for webinar on What Is Competency-Based Education?

Recording of the webinar

Resources about Charleston School District

• Breaking Ground for Personalized Learning in Big Districts
• Progression of Implementation for Personalized Learning
• Charleston: A Conversation with Teachers at Stall High School
• Personalized Learning at Pepper Hill 
• Video about proficiency scales
• Example of a CCSD teacher exploring a new practice

Resources about Building 21

• Five Key Lessons for Mastery Learning Start-Ups (must read)
• Breaking out of the Boxes at Building 21
• Building 21 Competency Dashboard
• Explanation of B21 model
• Here is the My Competency Handbook  written for students

Videos to Help You Understand Competency Education

The Mastery Collaborative and Maine Center For Best Practices both have a number of video resources. 

• Parents and students explaining why they like mastery-based grading (it is both about the mastery-based system and grading)
• Students talking about mastery-based learning 
• Teachers and students describe the intentionality of instruction and assessment that comes from transparency
• Students and teachers talking about performance tasks and demonstrating learning
• Another video about demonstrating learning 
• Teachers describing how they improved instruction with more voice and choice. I love the last sentence – that teachers learn about each other as much as about their students.
• How schools are taking advantage of ELOs  to engage students (doesn’t refer much to cbe)

Resources on Managing a Personalized Classroom and Giving Students the Keys to Learning

• Here are video’s and resources about the practices in the classroom that allow students to have more agency and the teachers to manage a personalized classroom. If you have others, please send them to me chris@metisnet.net.  We highlight insights from teachers every Friday on CompetencyWorks