…important and real-life learning that was taking place. Hitting targets Throughout this home learning scenario, I saw my son demonstrate many of his grade level proficiencies. As a seventh grader,…
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…WHY the proficiencies, power standards you want to share or report on make something that works for your team you could use this ready made, month by month checklist plan…
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…make “Going for a Level 4” more engaging and enticing.” Aiming for proficient: “Our big idea proficiencies and their corresponding components are posted on the wall at the front of…
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…for personalization and help students meet their graduation proficiencies?” This question launched them into their own quest and has been a rich and deeply rewarding experience. But it hasn’t been…
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…the proficiencies that we’re working on; and we’re giving them the support and the resources they need to be successful at it. Yeah. MacKenzie’s also big on backwards design. He…
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…framework created in 2015. In Vermont, the AOE created a set of proficiencies called the Transferable Skills. These two frameworks differ in some ways, but both have in common a…
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…from economic hardship, and from actual illness. It’s unreasonable to think that we’d be able to continue to meet all of our content area proficiencies under these circumstances. But this…
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…does that look like in the real world? Hunter education and certification specifically address proficiencies along with a valuable real world component. John Walker: Compass work is a big thing….
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…and tied it to the critical indicators defined by their district’s proficiencies. There was only one thing missing: expert community members and field trips. Enter the Zoom-trip? The field Zoom?…
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…materials, practice, and assessments in one place. Using UDL and backward design, educators can plan thoughtful instruction that is aligned to proficiencies and provides voice and choice for students. And…
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…and science standards that our proficiencies are geared towards, we also have learning scales for them. We spend a lot of time talking about how this shared experience can contribute…
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…our students. Narrows expectations to get data that show whether same-aged students are meeting particular content-based proficiencies each marking period. Expand possibilities by engaging students in long-term projects and require…
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…school boards. Proficiencies? Transferable skills? WHY NOT BOTH, Y’ALL. Why. Not. Both. 5. Most of all, make it manageable. Your virtual parent night is going to be amazing. So whatever…
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…said, this is the thing: most teachers know how know how to do the proficiencies or the standards that are connected to the learning, but she asks us to step…
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…is something we’re being encouraged to assess in students, at the same time Vermont’s Act 77 legislation encourages us also to use proficiencies. Can you talk us through maybe a…
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…5-8 and also between students and staff. Practice targeted skills within the cross-curricular proficiencies (communication, problem-solving, perseverance, citizenship) in a low-stakes, informal environment. Lyndon Town School (LTS) in Lyndonville, Vermont,…
Read more…and needs but also are a reflection of the importance of student agency in learning as they work to meet graduation proficiencies.” Clarify Your Purpose Clarifying your own purposes for…
Read more…Emotional Learning Gold Standard Project Based Learning, Buck Institute for Education Transferable Skills: Sample Graduation Proficiencies and Performance Indicators, Vermont Agency of Education Examples and Tools A K-8 PLP Continuum,…
Read more…School, in Proctor, Vermont. alena.digan@grcsu.org & sarah.marcus@grcsu.org Inquiry question: “How can a flexible schedule within a school day create opportunities for personalization and help students meet their graduation proficiencies?”…
Read more…needs but also are a reflection of the importance of student agency in learning as they work to meet graduation proficiencies.” Clarify Your Purpose Clarifying your own purposes for PLPs…
Read more…Pathways are any combination of high-quality expanded learning opportunities, including academic and experiential components, which build and assess attainment of identified proficiencies and lead to secondary school completion, civic engagement…
Read more…a question and share your thinking? You’ll have up to two minutes. Don’t forget to watch and listen to other in the flipgrid. How can you use proficiencies and PLPs…
Read more…context in which teachers are helping students gain critical proficiencies with strategies designed to meet their learning needs. And whereas traditional assessment strategies fail miserably amidst such rich and responsive…
Read more…timely fashion to inform my instruction. How do I use formative assessment data? 8 ways feedback makes proficiencies work The crucial role of practice in a proficiency-based environment 8 methods…
Read more…in their personal interest and passions. Their portfolios documented their proficiencies in college and career readiness skills ranging from leadership and communication to more technical skills with award-winning projects like…
Read more…Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning Gold Standard Project Based Learning, Buck Institute for Education Transferable Skills: Sample Graduation Proficiencies and Performance Indicators, Vermont Agency of Education Examples and…
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