by Andrea Avery | Aug 11, 2022 | Adult Development, Blog, Competency-based Learning, Pedagogy
How do we know what good teaching looks like? How could defining educator competencies contribute to a learner-centered school culture? How can we design competencies that are inclusive and supportive of each educator’s professional growth? As a teacher, I...
by Laura Gutmann | Jul 22, 2022 | Blog, Curriculum, Learner-centered Communities, Pedagogy
$10 million dollar grant to support expanded social impact vision Team growing to scale-up our efforts to reimagine what education can be Building collection of prototype resources that accelerate meaningful learning Have you heard our (really!) exciting news?...
by Laura Gutmann | Apr 26, 2022 | Blog, Competency-based Learning, Learner-centered Communities, Pedagogy
As we got closer to a much anticipated trip, my five-year-old couldn’t stop telling everyone she met about the part she was most anticipating – going snorkeling. This would be the first time Isabelle would get to take a peek at a reef, and her head was filled...
by Rohan Menon | Apr 25, 2022 | Article, Blog, Curriculum, Learner-centered Communities
In the United States today, we’ve inherited an education system that is profoundly alienating for many of our nation’s young people. The eternal, fundamental questions about education that such a system must address — What should education be? For whom? How? And why?...
by Laura Gutmann | Apr 6, 2022 | Blog, Competency-based Learning, Pedagogy
Reading Time: 3 minutes “What are the essential practices that we want to get across?” “Are these the right things to focus on?” “How would a competency-based approach shift things for you and your learners?” At reDesign, our internal meetings involve a good deal of...