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Developing a Pipeline of Change Leaders for Personalized, Competency-Based K-12 Education

Posted March 27, 2018 in Leadership, New Learning Models by Dale Frost, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong, Susan Patrick

Human capital is a critical element of transforming K-12 education systems for the long term. States need to develop a strategy to attract, support and empower a pipeline of leaders across the state education system to lead the change to personalized, competency-based education. Change leadership is “the ability to influence and enthuse others through personal […]

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Equity by Design in the Educator Workforce

Posted March 14, 2018 in Leadership, New Learning Models by Dale Frost, Maria Worthen, Natalie Truong, Susan Patrick

The previous two blog posts, What Do Teachers Need to Know and Be Able to Do to Succeed in Personalized, Competency-Based Learning Environments? and Transforming the Educator Workforce: Creating Multiple, High-Quality Teacher Pathways, Developing Professional Judgment and Building Assessment Literacy, highlighted four essential strategies for states and school districts to transform educator workforce systems. This […]

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Leadership in Student-Centered, Equitable Learning Environments

Posted August 30, 2017 in Leadership, New Learning Models by Barbara Treacy, Liz Glowa

Across the world, educators are transforming their schools to create more student-centered, equitable learning environments. Effective leadership is critical to the success and sustainability of this transformation. To better understand how school leadership is changing and its role in enabling, supporting and sustaining these efforts, iNACOL asked us to conduct a preliminary discovery process and […]

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Charting the Course for Equity in Competency Education

Posted August 1, 2017 in Leadership, New Learning Models by Chris Sturgis

This post first appeared on CompetencyWorks on June 11, 2017.  This is the fifth blog in a series leading up to the National Summit on K-12 Competency-Based Education. We are focusing on four key areas: equity, quality, meeting students where they are, and policy. (Learn more about the Summit here.) We released a series of draft papers […]

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On Scaling Competency Education: Equity, Quality, and Sustainability

Posted May 19, 2017 in Leadership, New Learning Models by Chris Sturgis

This post first appeared on CompetencyWorks on February 1, 2017.  The early lesson from New England is that the scaling strategies for competency-based education require a combination of schools and districts that have the courageous leadership to convert to competency education and state leadership willing to commit to goal-oriented policies supported by long-term capacity-building strategies. […]

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Five Drivers of Transformation in New England States

Posted April 20, 2017 in Leadership, New Learning Models by Chris Sturgis

This post first appeared on CompetencyWorks on January, 5, 2017.  Competency education is advancing in New England through a combination of shared vision and values, mutual respect and collaboration, and courageous leadership that is motivated by a sense of urgency to do better for students, communities, and the economy. The following five concepts are the […]

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Staying the Course

Posted March 30, 2017 in Leadership, New Learning Models by Chris Sturgis

This post first appeared on CompetencyWorks on January 18, 2017.  This is the final article in the series Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local Leaders. Many districts are converting to competency education in states that have not yet begun to take the steps toward creating the vision and policies to support competency education. […]

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Three Ways Districts Stumble in Implementation

Posted March 16, 2017 in Leadership, New Learning Models by Chris Sturgis

This post first appeared on CompetencyWorks on December 19, 2016.  This is the twenty-third article in the series Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local Leaders. How Are You Preparing for the Implementation Dip? There is likely to be an implementation dip during transition years. After the initial work is done, confusion tends to […]

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What Does Personalized Learning Mean for Teachers?

Posted March 13, 2017 in Leadership, New Learning Models by iNACOL Staff

This is the third blog in a series on What’s Possible with Personalized Learning? Read the first post, second post, or download the entire report. As families, communities, parents, teachers and students around the country have deep conversations around how to transform schools to better prepare each student for future success, many schools are implementing […]

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Preparing for Leadership Lifts

Posted February 24, 2017 in Leadership, New Learning Models by Chris Sturgis

This post first appeared on CompetencyWorks on November 14, 2016.  This is the seventeenth article in the series Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local Leaders. The transition year(s) is the period of time when people use the phrases “building the ship in the water” and “constructing the plane in the air.” Educators are […]

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