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Description

This stack is designed to provide educators with the tools to provide equitable learning experiences through personalized, competency-based learning.

What You'll Demonstrate

You will demonstrate the essential components of student ownership and competency-based learning through learning pathways, learner profiles, and flexible learning environments.

Who Should Apply

  • P12 educators
  • Instructional coaches
  • Interventionists
  • Administrators
  • Education support professionals

Micro-credentials


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Analyzing Classroom Routines

The educator demonstrates an understanding of various classroom processes and procedures in multiple grade-level settings.

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Aligning Standards and Competencies

The educator aligns South Carolina Academic Standards with the Profile of the SC Graduate Competencies.

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Celebrating Goal Progress

The educator facilitates the process of learners celebrating their progress in or mastery of goals.

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Co-creating Learner Profiles

The educator co-creates learner profiles with students or learners.

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Creating Standard Operating Procedures

The educator creates standard operating procedures (SOPs) with learner input.

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Creating Rubrics for Competencies

The educator creates a standards-aligned, competency-based rubric.

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Creating Competency-Based Assessment Outcomes

The educator creates outcomes for a competency-based assessment.

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Creating Competency-Based Learning Targets

The educator creates learning targets for a lesson or learning experience that integrate both Profile of SC Graduate Competency and South Carolina Academic Standard.

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Designing Learner-Centered Spaces

The educator intentionally designs and utilizes space and tools within the learning environment to support personalized learning.

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Developing an Assessment Plan

The educator designs an assessment plan that measures student performance in more than three ways.

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Developing Readiness Pre-Assessments

The educator develops a readiness pre-assessment directly aligned to a learning progression.

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Empowering Students with UDL

The educator utilizes Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to provide student autonomy while engaging in learning experiences.

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Engaging Students in Self-Assessment

The educator engages students in self-assessment of their learning to build learner ownership.

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Establishing A Shared Vision

The educator guides students through a process to establish a classroom shared vision.

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Facilitating Learner Agency

The educator facilitates learner agency in the choice of the demonstration of mastery.

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Facilitating Learner Led Conferences

The educator facilitates a learner-led conference and provides a video of the conference and an analysis of the results.

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Implementing Choice for Learners

The educator implements learner choice for accessing and engaging with material.

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Monitoring Independent Goals

The educator facilitates the process of students self-monitoring their progress on goals.

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Planning Learner Led Conferences

The educator plans a learner-led conference event.

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Planning for Soliciting Student Feedback

The educator plans for soliciting feedback from students to drive and improve instruction.

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Planning Multiple Forms of Evidence

The educator plans opportunities for multiple forms of evidence of learning.

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Planning Personalized Learning Playlist

The educator creates a plan for a flexible learning model using a personalized learning playlist.

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Planning for Student Self-Assessment

The educator plans for students to be able to self-assess their learning to build learner ownership.

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Planning Station Rotation Model

The educator creates a plan for a flexible learning model using station rotation.

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Setting Independent Goals

The educator provides ongoing opportunities for learners to independently set specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and timely (SMART) goals.

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Supporting Student Academic Discourse

The educator supports student academic discourse utilizing content-specific talk stems.