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Competency-Based Education 101: Demystifying CBE, Unlocking Deep and Joyful Learning
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
Presented by Jay Jay Pina, Academic Support Mentor, Chelsea Opportunity Academy (MA); and Laurie Gagnon, CompetencyWorks Program Director, Aurora Institute
Sponsored by The Educating All Learners Alliance, an InnovateEDU Project
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What is competency-based education (CBE)? How does CBE culture, pedagogy, and structure center students and equity? How can CBE work with learner variability to improve and deepen learning while igniting more joy and engagement in learning? What policies and practices are needed to enable the shift to CBE systems?
Join Jay Jay Pina, a CBE high school support specialist and graduate, and Laurie Gagnon, a national CBE expert, to explore CBE in practice and entry points for shifting to a competency-based approach. Attend this edWebinar to:
- Learn about what competency-based education is, why it’s important, and what policies are needed to enable the shift to CBE systems
- Learn how educators and students in different settings across K-12 have approached the shift to CBE
- Reflect on what it means to center equity and joy in transforming the culture, pedagogy, and structure of K-12 schools and districts
This edWebinar will be of interest to K-12 teachers and school and district leaders. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.
About the Presenters
Jay Jay Pina joined Chelsea Opportunity Academy (COA) in December 2020 as an Academic Support Mentor after graduating from COA earlier that year. She is currently planning to continue her studies in education at Bunker Hill Community College, then transfer to Salem State University to join the Educators Scholars of Color Program. She hopes to become a full-time teacher at COA.
Laurie Gagnon serves as the Aurora Institute’s CompetencyWorks Program Director. In this position, Laurie leads the CompetencyWorks initiative—sharing promising practices shaping the future of K-12 personalized, competency-based education; identifying trends; conducting and facilitating research that answers critical questions facing the field; and disseminating those findings widely. Prior to joining Aurora in 2022, Laurie led education design and partnerships at reDesign, an education design lab focused on learner-centered design, change, leadership, and adult development. Before reDesign, Laurie was the Director of the Quality Performance Assessment Program (QPA) at the Center for Collaborative Education in Boston, MA. Laurie began her professional life teaching English in Japan on the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, and soon after returning to the U.S. she became a high school history teacher. She lives in Somerville, MA with her husband and young son.
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