Culturally Responsive Instruction and Assessment
At their heart, Culturally Responsive Practices (CRP) are about teaching the way students learn. It is an unfortunate truth of
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Proficiency-Based Learning
How a classroom newsletter gave my students a voice
Mornings at Mount Holly used to buzz with parents and kids in the cafeteria, in the hallways and in our
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Taking stock of grading & reporting
In spring 2020, during statewide “emergency remote learning” due to the pandemic, many districts and schools changed their approach to
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Hunter education in Vermont
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In this episode of The 21st Century Classroom: I don’t think a lot of people think that I’m a hunter.
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#vted Reads: The Standards-Based Classroom
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I’m Jeanie Phillips and welcome back to #vted Reads: books by, for and with Vermont educators. Today is a little
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How to change assessment & grading practices
…in a middle level math classroom Deirdre Beaupre, a 7th grade math teacher at Lamoille Union Middle School took a
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Knitting, algebra, & the promise of proficiencies
What could it look like to get credit for real world math proficiency? Here’s something you should know about me:
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The powerful practice of documenting learning
How do we know what our students know and can do? What, when, and how are we asking them to
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How to use data to inform progress
Involve learners with actionable data Wondering how to use data to inform progress for users in proficiency-based education? Assessment provides
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What can we learn about proficiency from special education?
Equitable access for each & every student Many of us doing proficiency work in the state see it as a
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8 ways feedback makes proficiencies work
Meet Grace Gilmour, and her proficiency-based classroom. “Oh yay. I was like: yay, my heart.” This was Grace Gilmour’s response
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Getting started with cooking videos
A recipe for video-making proficiency The ubiquity of the digital camera, whether mounted in smartphone, tablet or Chromebook, is getting
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Paths to proficiency
Choose Your Own Adventure with 3 easy tech tools Students in blended learning classrooms benefit from taking control over the
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Battle Physics at Green Mountain Union High School
Come for the math, stay for the slingshots! Green Mountain 7th graders and HS physics students apply math and science to
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4 key concepts for families about proficiency-based reporting
Parenting students in a world without grades Proficiency reporting is a set of legal requirements that all Vermont high schools
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Using PearDeck in a proficiency-based environment
Looking at tech tools for formative assessment In a proficiency-based learning environment, frequent, flexible, and transparent assessments become cornerstones of
Read moreLooking at proficiency-based assessment for students with disabilities
Making sure Proficiency work includes all students Recently, I was in a middle school team meeting walking folks through some
Read moreWinooski’s Graduate Proficiencies & Graduate Expectations
What proficiency-based learning looks like Winooski Middle and High School, in bustling Winooski, VT, has been quietly making the journey
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Personalized, proficiency-based PBL or bust During a faculty meeting in late December of 2016, educators and staff talked about the
Read moreThree Pillars in Practice: Team Extreme IDU
Every May for the past 10 years, Lamoille Union Middle School’s Team Extreme launches an integrated unit. This year found
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Flexible pathways in proficiency-based learning
Standard 3-part story-driven post: 1) what it is, 2) what it looks like in a school, 3) how to do it in your school
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The great Brian Eno-powered STEAM PBL caper
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Wondering how to blend project-based learning with STEAM? Yes, STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math. Earlier this year we
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The crucial role of practice in a proficiency-based environment
Practice makes proficient What’s special about a proficiency-based environment? Practice, that’s what. I know, it sounded weird to me too.
Read moreTracking proficiencies in Schoology
3 ways Schoology supports sustainable Proficiency-Based Learning A learning management system (LMS) can be used to manage classroom workflow, create
Read moreAssessment in Proficiency-Based Classrooms
3 examples using blended learning Let’s explore how some Vermont teachers are shifting their instruction and assessment practices to move
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3 visualization exercises for proficiency-based learning
Outcomes, process and automaticity I worked with a group of teachers this summer to re-think goal-setting with their students. We
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Getting started assessing proficiency School systems in Vermont and elsewhere are in the midst of a shift to proficiency-based learning.
Read moreProficiency-based teaching and learning in Vermont: who, why and how
Two examples of implementing proficiency-based scales of learning Vermont educators and their students are on a journey. Let’s look at
Read moreHow proficient are you with proficiency-based learning?
#vted weighs in again on twitter Is your school implementing proficiency-based learning? It’s an idea that’s taking hold all over,
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Creating a self-paced Spanish class
Experiment with flexibility: tech + assessment At Edmunds Middle School, in Burlington Vermont, Sarah Wright is rethinking assessment to create a
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