How Do You Support Whole-Child Learning? One Massachusetts School’s Student-Centered, Personalization Journey
At Andover High School in Massachusetts, administration was searching for transformation. As in many schools across the country, educators are seeking a way to improve learning for students, to make the shift from a schedule driven by content, to one that enables students to build relationships, master what they're learning and be driven by [...]
How PLCs Facilitate Competency Ed
"...we didn’t set out to become a competency based learning environment. We had actually simply asked the question -- building a vision mission etc. -- “What is it that we want for our learners?” and we started to build from there. And we felt like the PLC model really fit with that.” - Jonathon [...]
How to Make Your Flex Time Implementation Successful
What makes or breaks a new program at a school? Often, preparedness and having all (or most) staff onboard. All of the systems of support need to be in place. If a school is considering adding a flex period to their school schedule for extra help, intervention, remediation, enrichment, etc.; the success of that [...]
Competencies vs. Seat Time: How Do You Measure Student Achievement?
A major component of competency-based education revolves around the idea of measuring student achievement by mastery of a skill, not how long they've spent in a classroom. So, if seat time, or even number grades, are not being used, how is a student's success actually measured in competency-based education? The key is in competencies. [...]
Competency Ed Encourages ‘Employability Skills’
What are 'Employability Skills?' In short, employability skills are just what they sound like. Real world skills that will help you get a job. Some students may feel like that the things they are learning are useless, that the only skills they are developing are how to efficiently work the system to get grades. [...]
NEW FEATURE: Mass Update for Student Password
Now an admin can give all students the same password. Go to Settings, Manage Students and click the Advanced button. This will re-direct you to a page where you can manage student self scheduling, and now, set the same password for all students. This is to enable all students to log in to their [...]