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Unpacking the Competency-Based Classroom
Equitable, Individualized Learning in a PLC at Work®
Explore a variety of perspectives and examples from educators who have shifted to competency-based education in their classrooms with great results.
Benefits
- Discover how to make the transition to competency-based education to promote learning for all students.
- Learn the role PLC practices and structures play in establishing competency-based classrooms and schools.
- Study real-world experiences and insights from educators from various schools and districts that have transitioned to competency-based systems.
- Reflect with end-of-chapter questions to enhance your understanding of the material.
- Receive reproducible templates you can easily use and adapt to fit your needs.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: The Seven Components of the Competency-Based Classroom
Chapter 2: Collaborative Teams: The Structures That Support Competency-Based Learning
Chapter 3: Competencies, Essential Standards, Learning Targets, and Learning Progressions
Chapter 4: Meaningful, Balanced Assessment
Chapter 5: Structures and Systems to Support Instruction
Chapter 6: Structures for Feedback
Chapter 7: The Design Rubric
Appendix
REPRODUCIBLES
Chapter 5
Appendix
- CBL Weekly Lesson Planning Template
- Competency-Based Learning School-Design Rubric: Principle 1
- Competency-Based Learning School-Design Rubric: Principle 2
- Competency-Based Learning School-Design Rubric: Principle 3
- Competency-Based Learning School-Design Rubric: Principle 4
- Competency-Based Learning School-Design Rubric: Principle 5
- Competency-Based Learning School-Design Rubric: Principle 6
- Competency-Based Learning School-Design Rubric: Principle 7
- Making Meaning of Assessment
- Performance Assessment and Unit Feedback Protocol
- Performance Assessment Template
- Resource for Common Formative Assessments
- Rubric Template
- SMART Goal Team Planning Tool
- Student Work Calibration Protocol and Rubric Analysis Tool
- Tool 1 in Hess’s Rigor Matrices
- Tool 2 in Hess’s Rigor Matrices
- Tool 3 in Hess’s Rigor Matrices
- Tool 4 in Hess’s Rigor Matrices
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Books
- Bailey, K., & Jakicic, C. (2012). Common formative assessment: A toolkit for Professional Learning Communities at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Bailey, K., & Jakicic, C. (2016). Simplifying common assessment: A guide for Professional Learning Communities at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Buffum, A., Mattos, M., & Malone, J. (2017). Taking Action: A Handbook for RTI at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree.
- Buffum, A., Mattos, M., & Weber, C. (2012). Simplifying response to intervention: Four essential guiding principles. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Burke, K. (2010). Balanced assessment: From formative to summative. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Conzemius, A. E., & O’Neill, J. (2014). The handbook for SMART school teams: Revitalizing best practices for collaboration (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., & Many, T. (2010). Learning by doing: A handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., Many, T. W., & Mattos, M. (2016). Learning by doing: A handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work (3rd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., Mattos, M., & Muhammad, A. (2021). Revisiting Professional Learning Communities at Work: Proven insights for sustained, substantive school improvement (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Guskey, T. R. (2015). On your mark: Challenging the conventions of grading and reporting. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Many, T. W., Maffoni, M. J., Sparks, S. K., & Thomas, T. F. (2020). How schools thrive: Building a coaching culture for collaborative teams in PLCs at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Marzano, R. J. (2017). The new art and science of teaching. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Marzano, R. J., Warrick, P. B., Rains, C. L., & DuFour, R. (2018). Leading a High Reliability School. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Muhammad, A., & Cruz, L. F. (2019). Time for change: 4 essential skills for transformational school and district leaders. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Rogers, P., Smith, W. R., Buffum, A., & Mattos, M. (2020). Best practices at Tier 3: Intensive interventions for remediation, elementary. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Stack, B. M., & Vander Els, J. G. (2018). Breaking with tradition: The shift to competency-based learning in PLCs at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Stuart, T. S., Heckmann, S., Mattos, M., & Buffum, A. (2018). Personalized learning in a PLC at Work: Student agency through the four critical questions. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Wiliam, D. (2018). Embedded formative assessment (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
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