Proficiency-Based Learning: A Systemic Approach is a seminar series focused on supporting districts and school unions in Vermont to implement proficiency-based learning. Here, you can find all the meeting materials, our webinar archive, and essential guiding documents and resources to support your work.
Guiding Documents + Resources
Great Schools Partnership Webinar Archive: a series of webinars describing many aspects of proficiency-based learning. Harnessing Teacher Knowledge: a resource to help schools reflect on and improve efforts for teacher collaboration and professional learning to impact student achievement. Leadership in Action: a briefing series intended for community engagement, helping educators put “eduspeak” into plain English. Glossary of Education Reform: a searchable glossary for common terms in educational reform. The glossary’s intended audience is families, community members, and journalists, to help them understand new approaches in education. Ten Principles of Proficiency-Based Learning: a document which describes the common features found in the most effective proficiency-based systems. Seminar Series Self-Assessment
Webinars
5.26.15 | PBL Implementation 4.28.15 | Policy and Proficiency-Based Learning 3.24.15 | What’s In A Grade? 3.4.15 | Proficiency-based Instruction 2.3.15 | Scoring Criteria Reflection and PLP Principles 1.6.15 | Proficiency-Based Learning: Transferable Skills Assessment System 11.18.15 | Proficiency-Based Learning: A Systemic Approach
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Castleton College Workshop Materials
June 2 + 3, 2015
Facilitators: Kate Gardoqui, Senior Associate Tom Alderman, Director, Secondary and Adult Division, DOEMaterials:
Facilitators: Mark Kostin, Associate Director Kate Gardoqui, Senior Associate Tom Alderman, Director, Secondary and Adult Division, AOE Pat Fitzsimmons, CCSS Coordinator, Mathematics & Science Partnership Program Manager, AOEOutcomes:
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Stephen Abbott, Communications Director Blythe Armitage, Communications Associate What does it mean to include your community authentically in school change? How can school leaders develop skills for building capacity throughout their community to listen, facilitate, and actively respond to community needs? In this session, participants will learn from successful models of community engagement and refine their own plans to deepen the work in their local community.Workshop Materials:
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Reed Dyer, Senior Associate Katie Thomspon, Senior AssociateOutcomes
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Facilitators: Brian Boyes, Launchpad Peter Stratman, Launchpad David Lipkin, Schoolhack Solutions Josie Jordan, Schoolhack Solutions Kendra Rickerby, VT AOE Educators from two schools in Vermont will share their experiences developing new tools to serve teachers and students in their transition to more personalized, proficiency-based learning experiences. Participants will have the chance to see the tools–Launchpad and Schoolhack–as well as ask questions of the panelists about the opportunities and challenges of developing new tools.Workshop Description:
Facilitators: Andi Summers, Senior Associate Dan Liebert, Senior AssociateOutcomes:
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Facilitators: Helen Beattie, YATST Sally McCarthy, YATST Dylan McAllister, student Clara Lew Smith, student How might students not just experience new ways of learning, but also help to design them? What roles can students play to lead educational improvement? Participants will use tools and resources to refine their own school’s work to enhance to role of individual students’ voices in their learning and the collective role of students in shaping school change.Workshop Materials:
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Facilitators: Becky Wilusz, Senior Associate Jon Ingram, Senior Associate Rick Wormeli asks educators, “What will you tolerate as evidence [for proficiency]?” Of all the questions in proficiency-based learning, this might be the most important one! In this workshop, participants will walk away with key processes and resources for using student work to continually develop shared expectations for student learning in a school and community.Workshop Description:
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Facilitators: Ken Templeton, Senior Associate Don Weafer, Senior AssociateOutcomes
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Monthly Meeting Sessions
Thank you for your interest in our upcoming series: Proficiency-Based Learning: A Systemic Approach. We are excited about this opportunity to bring you together with colleagues from our state committed to helping students achieve the knowledge and skills that will prepare them for successful lives after high school. Download the Series Overview Document to see a list of topics the series will address, series outcomes, as well as dates and locations. Meeting Locations Rutland: Killington Grand Hotel Lake Morey: Lake Morey Resort Essex: Essex Culinary Resort
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Meeting Materials Resources High Quality Instruction – High Expectations High Quality Instruction – Alignment + Coordination Across Settings Intervention Systems Intervention Systems – Beliefs Team Activities
High Quality Instruction – Differentiation
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