The following is the presentation and facilitated activities at a Mastery Transcript Consortium meeting held on May 6, 2019
This is the beginning of a conversation about the why, what, and how of Mastery Learning. The activities are designed so that you can take them home to your school and your team…… Read More
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There are lots of reasons to go to New Zealand. The beauty of the country is well known. Their national effort to create a multi-cultural nation that fully respects and embraces the Maori community as well as Pasifika and others is inspirational. And their system of education, as well as their boldness in revamping it over the past 30 years,….. Read More
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Locations: New Zealand
This post part of a series on the University of Maine at Presque Isle originally posted at CompetencyWorks in 2016.
One of the most fascinating discussions that was woven throughout my day at the University of Maine at Presque Isle was about the potential (and issues) of deeper alignment with high schools…… Read More
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Locations: Maine
This post is part of a series on the University of Maine at Presque Isle originally posted at CompetencyWorks in 2016.
During my visit to University of Maine at Presque Isle, I had the chance to meet with Scott Dobrin, an Assistant Professor of Biology,….. Read More
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Locations: Maine
(This is the second in a series about Pittsfield. The article was originally published in 2014 at CompetencyWorks.)
One of my big takeaways from my visit to New Hampshire is that personalized learning and competency education go hand in hand. When personalizing education,….. Read More
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Locations: New Hampshire
(This is the third part of a series on Pittsfield. The article was originally published at CompetencyWorks in 2014.)
One of the big questions that we have barely begun to tackle is how do districts have to be transformed within a personalized, competency-based environment?
In preparing to transform the Pittsfield Middle and High School to a personalized,….. Read More
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Locations: New Hampshire
(This is the last of a four-part series on Pittsfield.The original article was published on CompetencyWorks in 2014.)
That’s a constant refrain when talking to districts converting from traditional curriculum/time-based systems to student-centered systems. Below are a handful of insights shared by the Pittsfield School District leadership team about their redesign process and the challenges they are encountering…… Read More
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Locations: New Hampshire
Here are the highlights from Learning Edge in January 2019. As always, let me know if you have questions you’d like me to delve into. Happy reading!
Hobsonville Point Secondary School
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The series on Aotearoa New Zealand continues here with the fourth article on Hobsonville Point Secondary School.
One of the questions I asked at every school I visited in New Zealand was how they developed the instructional & assessment capacity to support Overall Teacher Judgment,….. Read More
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Locations: New Zealand
The series on Aotearoa New Zealand continues here with the second article on Hobsonville Point Secondary School.
One of the three principles driving Hobsonville Point Secondary School (HPSS) curricular design is Connections. It starts with creating a culture, environment, and structure that strengthens relationships…… Read More
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Locations: New Zealand
All the photos of students actively engaged in learning were used in the original blogs on CompetencyWorks. They are courtesy of Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action.
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