Anytime, Anywhere Evidence of Learning
Recognizing growth in skills and knowledge through evidence collected within and beyond the school walls. The system honors learning that occurs across all aspects of a learner's life. Move from legacy practice credit is confined to learning that is associated with formal instruction to learner-centered practice where recognizing growth in skills and knowledge through evidence collected within and beyond the school walls. The system honors learning that occurs across all aspects of a learner's life.
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Aspirational Vision
A co-created illustration that describes a future to which the organization aspires. Move from legacy practice where the district has an outdated vision/mission and may not reflect the collective community to learner-centered practice where a co-created illustration that describes a future to which the organization aspires.
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Culture of Innovation
Leaders nurture a culture where risk is encouraged, agency is rampant, expectations are high, and iteration is continuous. Move from legacy practice where decisions about the district and its schools are mostly made by leadership with little opportunity for input and/or collaboration, maintaining the status quo is encouraged, and following process and procedures is rewarded to learner-centered practice where leaders nurture a culture where risk is encouraged, agency is rampant, expectations are high, and iteration is continuous.
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Educator Agency
Evaluation, professional development and teaming support educator risk-taking and growth to meet the aspirational vision of a personalized and competency-based system. Move from legacy practice where accountability systems are based on traditional achievement measures to learner-centered practice where evaluation, professional development and teaming support educator risk-taking and growth to meet the aspirational vision of a personalized and competency-based system.
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Integrated Data Ecosystem
Data management systems are transparent, real-time and easily accessible to all stakeholders to support each learner’s progress and goals. Move from legacy practice where data repositories and sources are fragmented, difficult to access and use, and not available to students to learner-centered practice where data management systems are transparent, real-time and easily accessible to all stakeholders to support each learner's progress and goals.
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Learner-Centered Human Capital
Organizations utilize adults in roles aligned to the goals of learners and the design of the system. Move from legacy practice where the traditional staffing model is highly structured, with one teacher to a cohort of 20 to 30 students to learner-centered practice where organizations utilize adults in roles aligned to the goals of learners and the design of the system.
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Learner-Centered Structures
Organizational structures are designed to support learners through flexibility in use of time, pace of advancement, and use of physical spaces. Move from legacy practice where students are expected to progress at the same rate within a prescribed amount of time (time is the constant; learning is the variable) and traditional classrooms and furniture may limit flexible grouping and inhibit interaction to learner-centered practice where organizational structures are designed to support learners through flexibility in use of time, pace of advancement, and use of physical spaces.
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Learner-Centered Systemic Policies
Leaders will align local policy to remove barriers and support the depth and sustainability of a learner-centered system. Leaders will challenge the state and national policies that are not aligned to the aspirational vision and advocate for policies that are aligned. Move from legacy practice where leaders are informed of educational policy at the local, state, and national level and local policies inhibit learner-centered practices that have been identified to learner-centered practice where leaders will align local policy to remove barriers and support the depth and sustainability of a learner-centered system. Leaders will challenge the state and national policies that are not aligned to the aspirational vision and advocate for policies that are aligned.
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Learner-Driven Technology
The learning drives the use of technology as learners determine what they learn, how they learn, and/or how they demonstrate learning. The technology enhances, deepens, or accelerates understanding and mastery of content. Move from legacy practice where technology is used primarily as a substitute for, or augmentation of, existing tasks to learner-centered practice where the learning drives the use of technology as learners determine what they learn, how they learn, and/or how they demonstrate learning. The technology enhances, deepens, or accelerates understanding and mastery of content.
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