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Integrating Competency-based Education Into Systems for Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Illinois ASCD Curriculum Leadership Development Network January 29, 2018

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What’s a Competency Statement? • Desired learning goal that illustrates how a student can integrate and apply knowledge and skills to produce a result in an authentic context • Students can use their understanding of [ core idea/skills ] in order to [ do what in the real world ]

What’s a Competency -based Education System? Numbers and Quantity Competency Statement #2: Students can perform unit conversions using dimensional analysis and proportions in both the standard and metric systems, and between both systems in contextualized workplace scenarios Performance Indicators • Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system and between systems • Convert among different-sized standard and/or metric measurement units and use these conversions in solving authentic multi-step problems • Use ratio reasoning (dimensional analysis) to convert measurement units, including distance and rates • Manipulate and transform units appropriately when multiplying or dividing quantities

The Hard Part … Numbers and Quantity Competency Statement #2: Students can perform unit conversions using dimensional analysis and proportions in both the standard and metric systems, and between both systems in contextualized workplace scenarios Adv. MFG Technical Competency - Safety: Students can use their understanding of production and lab equipment in order to operate machinery safely. Adaptive Competency – Problem Solving: Students can use their critical thinking skills in order to generate and evaluate solutions as they relate to the needs of the team, customer, and company.

So Why Is CBE Part of PWR?  Clear understanding of the knowledge and behaviors required for college and career readiness  Greater agency for students  Allow educators to integrate competencies into a wider range of activities  Extend competencies past high school graduation into postsecondary education and careers PWR is unique in that it grounds competency-based education in supporting systems for college and career readiness and transitions

Competency-based Approaches Embedded Throughout PWR

CBE Pilot: 10 Districts in First Cohort • Peoria Public Schools District 150 • Proviso Township High School District 209 • Huntley Community School District • East St. Louis School District 189 • Rantoul Township High School District 193 • Ridgewood High School District 234 • Williamsfield Community Unit School • Round Lake Community Unit School District 210 District 116 • Kankakee School District 111 • Six schools in Chicago Public Schools District 299

CBE Pilot: 10 Districts in First Cohort • Peoria Public Schools District 150 • Proviso Township High School District 209 • Huntley Community School District • East St. Louis School District 189 • Rantoul Township High School District 193 • Ridgewood High School District 234 • Williamsfield Community Unit School • Round Lake Community Unit School District 210 District 116 • Kankakee School District 111 • Six schools in Chicago Public Schools District 299

“Why is Competency Education being held to a higher level of scrutiny than the current factory model that has insurmountable damning evidence that doesn’t do anything well for students except sort them?” Mr. Thomas Gaffey Building 21

Students, how do you want to learn today?

What is CBE?

Why Competency Education? 50%

To Avoid CBE, try Wyoming….

Our Before...

Pilot Spring of 2017 Now what?

Class Of 2024: Our After ● Career Pathways ● “Learning is Constant: Time Varies” ● Credentials/Dual Credit for all ● Student Success Plan ● 1:1 Mentoring

Transformed Math Department ● Emphasis on Habits for Success, Skills, and Math content What are we ● Allowed student to move at their own pace and choose how they doing this year? learn ● Giving all students access to Honors Credit ● Student can finish a class early and start the next class in the sequence

Habits of Success Implementation Cycle ● Use of effort and practice to improve ● Grows from setbacks ● Goal Setting & Reflection ● Ownership of Learning ● Taking Responsibility for Learning

Changing the way students think

Parent communication ● “This is not the way we learned” ● Parent letter ● Emails/Phone Calls ● Parent information night

Results

2018-2019 School Year ● Math 1 ● Math 2 ● Math 3 ● Senior year they will take one of the following: ○ Transitional Math (Non- STEM) ○ Transitional Math (STEM) ○ AP Math course

Profile - Student Success Plan (SSP)

Attendance - Student Success Plan (SSP)

Behavior - Student Success Plan (SSP)

Assessment - Student Success Plan (SSP)

Mapping Growth - Student Success Plan (SSP)

2018-2019 School year Add on to our competency based classes using Vertical alignment ● Freshman Science ○ Project Lead The Way - Application of Physics ● English 1 ● English 1 Honors

2019-2020 School year Freshman All In ● All Freshman classes will be competency based (using vertical alignment) ● Moving away from bells and cells - more interdisciplinary experiences ● Career and interest exploration Add on to our competency based classes using Vertical alignment ● Chemistry CE (Sophomores) ● English 2 CE

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Scenario A freshman student is assigned to an English I course. Throughout that course, they read, write, and present about short stories, novels, poems, etc. At the end of each term, they take an exam to assess their skills based on the ILS. They receive a grade and move on to English 2. Does Proficient Advanced Mastery Not Meet

Vertical Framework ● Skills remain the same at all levels ● Progression based scoring Level 6 through continua ● Levels have specific criteria progressing to College and Career Readiness Level 8 ● Explicitly tracks growth across a longer period of time and not restricted to Level 10 one discipline Level 12

Scenario The same student is assigned to read some informational text. This assignment alignes to ELA 2 Level 6 and will cover multiple competencies. Looking at one competency, the student is able to demonstrate they can identify a central theme (ELA 2.2). Level 8 This assignment is one piece of evidence among multiple progressing towards achieving college and Level 10 career readiness. Utilizing the vertical framework the student has been identified as Level 8. This framework better identifies Level 12 where the student is actually performing in relation to college and career readiness. This student will know they should strive to grow to Level 12.

Understanding Competency Levels ● The core courses students are taking (English, Math, Science, History, World Language, etc.) each have a set of competencies on which they are being rated. ● The competencies are a set of skills that they need learn in order to be college and career ready. ● For each skill of a competency, they are rated on a continua from 5-12 or 6-12. Here is an example: ● The rating tells the student the the level on which they are performing. ● The continua tells them what they need to do to get to the next level. ● All of your ratings for each skill in a competency are averaged together to get a Competency Average. ● All of the Competency Averages in each course are averaged together to get a Performance Level. ● Performance Levels are converted to grades at the end of each semester.

Identifying Skills Skills

Learning Management System - Canvas

Next Steps ● Adopt vertical framework ● Develop Google Dashboards (SSP) ● Revisit Design Principle Plans ● Career Connected Studios ● Career Pathways ● Technology Needs ● Learning Management System ● Additional Resources ● Finalize Competencies ● Academic ● Habits of Success (Life and Career Skills) ● Learning and Innovation Skills (Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking) ● Finalize teacher communication of plan ● Onboarding and Professional Development

If we had had known then….. Lay a Strong Foundation ● SSP in place ● Articulation with Partner School using PaCE ● Vertical Alignment for All Subjects ● Habits for Success School Wide ● Career Pathways in Place

To the Next Generation….

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS DISPOSITIONS

P ERSONALIZED C OMPETENCY - B ASED E DUCATION @ P ROVISO E AST H IGH S CHOOL

PEHS PWR • College & Career • Post-Sec & Career Planning Expectations • Competency-Based • Competency- Education Based Learning • Career Academies Systems w/ Diploma • College & Career Endorsements Pathways & • **Transitional Endorsements Math Course • Transitional Math Courses