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Integrating Competency-based Education Into Systems for Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness
Illinois ASCD Curriculum Leadership Development Network
January 29, 2018
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What’s a Competency Statement?
• Desired learning goal that illustrates how a student can integrate and apply knowledge and skills to produce a result in an authentic context
• Students can use their understanding of [core idea/skills] in order to [do what in the real world]
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What’s a Competency-based Education System?
Numbers and Quantity Competency Statement #2: Students can perform unit conversions using dimensional analysis and proportions in both the standard and metric systems, and between both systems in contextualized workplace scenarios
Performance Indicators • Convert like measurement units within a given
measurement system and between systems • Convert among different-sized standard and/or
metric measurement units and use these conversions in solving authentic multi-step problems
• Use ratio reasoning (dimensional analysis) to convert measurement units, including distance and rates
• Manipulate and transform units appropriately when multiplying or dividing quantities
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The Hard Part …
Numbers and Quantity Competency Statement #2: Students can perform unit conversions using dimensional analysis and proportions in both the standard and metric systems, and between both systems in contextualized workplace scenarios
Adv. MFG Technical Competency -
Safety: Students can use their
understanding of production and
lab equipment in order to operate
machinery safely.
Adaptive Competency – Problem Solving: Students can use their critical thinking skills in order to generate and evaluate solutions as they relate to the needs of the team, customer, and company.
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So Why Is CBE Part of PWR?
Clear understanding of the knowledge and behaviors required for college and career readiness
Greater agency for students
Allow educators to integrate competencies into a wider range of activities
Extend competencies past high school graduation into postsecondary education and careers
PWR is unique in that it grounds competency-based education in supporting systems for college and career readiness and transitions
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Competency-based Approaches Embedded Throughout PWR
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CBE Pilot: 10 Districts in First Cohort
• Peoria Public Schools District 150
• Huntley Community School District
• Rantoul Township High School District 193
• Williamsfield Community Unit School District 210
• Kankakee School District 111
• Proviso Township High School District 209
• East St. Louis School District 189
• Ridgewood High School District 234
• Round Lake Community Unit School District 116
• Six schools in Chicago Public Schools District 299
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CBE Pilot: 10 Districts in First Cohort
• Peoria Public Schools District 150
• Huntley Community School District
• Rantoul Township High School District 193
• Williamsfield Community Unit School District 210
• Kankakee School District 111
• Proviso Township High School District 209
• East St. Louis School District 189
• Ridgewood High School District 234
• Round Lake Community Unit School District 116
• Six schools in Chicago Public Schools District 299
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“Why is Competency Education being held to a higher
level of scrutiny than the current factory model that has
insurmountable damning evidence that doesn’t do
anything well for students except sort them?”
Mr. Thomas Gaffey
Building 21
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Students, how do you want to learn today?
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What is CBE?
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Why Competency Education?
50%
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To Avoid CBE, try Wyoming….
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Our Before...
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Pilot Spring of 2017
Now what?
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● Career Pathways
● “Learning is Constant: Time Varies”
● Credentials/Dual Credit for all
● Student Success Plan
● 1:1 Mentoring
Class Of 2024: Our After
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What are we
doing this year?
Transformed Math Department
● Emphasis on Habits for
Success, Skills, and Math
content
● Allowed student to move at their
own pace and choose how they
learn
● Giving all students access to
Honors Credit
● Student can finish a class early
and start the next class in the
sequence
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Habits of Success
Implementation Cycle
● Use of effort and practice to improve
● Grows from setbacks
● Goal Setting & Reflection
● Ownership of Learning
● Taking Responsibility for Learning
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Changing the way students think
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Parent communication
● “This is not the way we learned”
● Parent letter
● Emails/Phone Calls
● Parent information night
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Results
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2018-2019 School Year
● Math 1
● Math 2
● Math 3
● Senior year they will take one of
the following:
○ Transitional Math (Non-
STEM)
○ Transitional Math (STEM)
○ AP Math course
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Profile - Student Success Plan (SSP)
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Attendance - Student Success Plan (SSP)
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Behavior - Student Success Plan (SSP)
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Assessment - Student Success Plan (SSP)
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Mapping Growth - Student Success Plan (SSP)
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2018-2019 School year
Add on to our competency based classes
using Vertical alignment
● Freshman Science ○ Project Lead The Way - Application of
Physics
● English 1
● English 1 Honors
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2019-2020 School year
Freshman All In
● All Freshman classes will be competency based (using vertical alignment)
● Moving away from bells and cells - more interdisciplinary experiences
● Career and interest exploration
Add on to our competency based classes using Vertical alignment
● Chemistry CE (Sophomores)
● English 2 CE
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vertical
horizontal
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Scenario
A freshman student is assigned to an English I course. Throughout that course,
they read, write, and present about short stories, novels, poems, etc. At the end
of each term, they take an exam to assess their skills based on the ILS. They
receive a grade and move on to English 2.
Does
Not Meet Proficient Advanced Mastery
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● Skills remain the same at
all levels
● Progression based scoring
through continua
● Levels have specific criteria
progressing to College and
Career Readiness
● Explicitly tracks growth
across a longer period of
time and not restricted to
one discipline
Level 6
Level 8
Level 10
Level 12
Vertical Framework
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Scenario
The same student is assigned to read some
informational text. This assignment alignes to ELA 2
and will cover multiple competencies. Looking at one
competency, the student is able to demonstrate they
can identify a central theme (ELA 2.2).
This assignment is one piece of evidence among
multiple progressing towards achieving college and
career readiness.
Utilizing the vertical framework the student has been
identified as Level 8. This framework better identifies
where the student is actually performing in relation to
college and career readiness. This student will know
they should strive to grow to Level 12.
Level 6
Level 10
Level 12
Level 8
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Understanding Competency Levels
● The core courses students are taking (English, Math, Science, History, World Language, etc.) each
have a set of competencies on which they are being rated.
● The competencies are a set of skills that they need learn in order to be college and career ready.
● For each skill of a competency, they are rated on a continua from 5-12 or 6-12. Here is an
example:
● The rating tells the student the the level on which they are performing.
● The continua tells them what they need to do to get to the next level.
● All of your ratings for each skill in a competency are averaged together to get a Competency
Average.
● All of the Competency Averages in each course are averaged together to get a Performance Level.
● Performance Levels are converted to grades at the end of each semester.
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Identifying Skills
Skills
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Learning Management System - Canvas
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Next Steps
● Adopt vertical framework
● Develop Google Dashboards (SSP)
● Revisit Design Principle Plans
● Career Connected Studios
● Career Pathways
● Technology Needs
● Learning Management System
● Additional Resources
● Finalize Competencies
● Academic
● Habits of Success (Life and Career Skills)
● Learning and Innovation Skills (Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical
Thinking)
● Finalize teacher communication of plan
● Onboarding and Professional Development
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If we had had known then…..
Lay a Strong Foundation
● SSP in place
● Articulation with Partner School using PaCE
● Vertical Alignment for All Subjects
● Habits for Success School Wide
● Career Pathways in Place
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To the Next Generation….
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KNOWLEDGE
SKILLS
DISPOSITIONS
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PERSONALIZED COMPETENCY-
BASED EDUCATION
@ PROVISO EAST HIGH SCHOOL
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PWR
• Post-Sec & Career Expectations
• Competency-Based Learning Systems
• College & Career Pathways & Endorsements
• Transitional Math Courses
PEHS
• College & Career Planning
• Competency-Based Education
• Career Academies w/ Diploma Endorsements
• **Transitional Math Course
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Personalized Competency-Based Education Defined
Is a suite of practices resulting from the thoughtful combination of best practices currently used by expert educators with solid support in the literature.
Great Schools Partnership
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5 Nationally Recognized Elements of CBE
Students only advance upon mastery.
Competencies include explicit, measurable, and transferable learning objectives that empower students.
Assessment is meaningful and a positive learning experience for students.
Students receive timely, differentiated support based on their individual learning needs.
Learning outcomes emphasize competencies that include the application and creation of knowledge, along with the development of important skills and dispositions.
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PCBE @ PEHS
Student-Agency
Personalization
Standards Based Grading
Formative Assessment
with Feedback
Teacher-Coach (Facilitator)
Grit
Growth Mindset
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Policies, Grading Scales, Procedures, etc.
Instruction
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Competencies not Credit
Core Competencies (Adaptive & Content-
Area)
Measurement Topics
Learning Standards
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Transitioning to PCBE
2017
Demonstration CBE Classrooms
Freshman Academy
10 graders in CCR Academies
2018
9th Grade CBE Classrooms
9th-11th in CCR Academies
2019
9th and 10th CBE Classrooms
9th – 12th in CCR Academies
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Williamsfield Schools Pilot Application • Purposeful work (increase student engagement) • 4 graduation pathways
• Diploma+ Associate’s Degree • Diploma+ College Credits • Diploma+ Trade Certification • Diploma+ Internship/Work-based experiences
• Continual ELA, Math, Science course enrollment • Core coursework embedded into purposeful
experiences • Pathway courses • Internships • Work-based experiences
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CLASSROOM: CBE LITERACY Pilot
https://sites.google.com/billtown.org/billtownliteracy/billtown-literacy?authuser=0
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CBL Literacy Gradebook
Sample Student Reports
Sample Teacher Assessment Portal
https://sites.google.com/billtown.org/billtownliteracy/literacy-gradebook?authuser=0https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PcjWW7E_wN9mxaWOtLq4PJeE5F3UovHR?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vKkCfn6FOQF0q86nKB3CR1JcHVd-DpPC?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tlgJJ6ymulbWrSHDVMuanY12tsClzIvb?usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tlgJJ6ymulbWrSHDVMuanY12tsClzIvb?usp=sharing
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Performance Rubrics Based on Skill Progression Tool
http://html5.seraphdevelopment.com/?category=2&learningProgression=17
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Teacher Portal for Performance
Assessment
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Feeds a Personalized Reporting Site for each
Individual Student!
https://sites.google.com/billtown.org/ponyboycurtis/
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GRADES ARE STILL REALLY IMPORTANT TO
PEOPLE!
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Hybrid Grading &
Reporting
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qD9S_BvLXrpJuShuCknju9IRQNkCY--CsNQTYBt-uO8/edit
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qD9S_BvLXrpJuShuCknju9IRQNkCY--CsNQTYBt-uO8/edit
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qD9S_BvLXrpJuShuCknju9IRQNkCY--CsNQTYBt-uO8/edit
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Lessons Learned
• THIS IS TRANSFORMATIONAL WORK! • Grades are still REALLY important to people! • No quality LMS solution exist • Communication & Collaboration are KEY
• Parents • Students • Staff
• Change Management (Expansion) • Knowing when to PUSH • Knowing when to NUDGE • Knowing when to GUIDE • Knowing when to GET OUT OF THE WAY
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Key Resources
• Building 21 in Philadelphia
• Competency-Based Education (Rose Colby)
• Google Apps for Education
• Canvas LMS
http://building21.org/https://www.amazon.com/Competency-Based-Education-Architecture-K-12-Schooling/dp/1682531007/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1517073802&sr=8-1&keywords=competency+based+education+rose+colbyhttps://www.amazon.com/Competency-Based-Education-Architecture-K-12-Schooling/dp/1682531007/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1517073802&sr=8-1&keywords=competency+based+education+rose+colbyhttps://www.amazon.com/Competency-Based-Education-Architecture-K-12-Schooling/dp/1682531007/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1517073802&sr=8-1&keywords=competency+based+education+rose+colby