{"id":95154,"date":"2025-04-17T10:51:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T14:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=95154"},"modified":"2025-04-21T11:05:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T15:05:32","slug":"translating-competency-based-education-cbe-vision-into-learning-design-redesign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2025\/04\/17\/translating-competency-based-education-cbe-vision-into-learning-design-redesign\/","title":{"rendered":"Translating Competency Based Education (CBE) Vision into Learning Design [reDesign]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">FOOD FOR THOUGHT + DISCUSSION<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Translating CBE Vision into Learning Design<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">What if your Portrait of a Graduate could shape every unit, lesson, and conversation you\u2019re building? Check out one of our most requested resources,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAEp_mXsoVE\/Wf2raCauwVwU-Xdpru8P9Q\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>The Teacher\u2019s First Steps Guide<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, created in partnership with schools in South Carolina.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAEp_mXsoVE\/Wf2raCauwVwU-Xdpru8P9Q\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-95155 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TeachersFirstSteps-CBE-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TeachersFirstSteps-CBE-2025.jpg 710w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/TeachersFirstSteps-CBE-2025-150x106.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Unpack the vision.<\/strong><br \/>\nStart with small-group conversations about your graduate profile &#8211; where are you aligned? What feels fuzzy?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect to practice.<\/strong><br \/>\nUse Future9 or your own framework to translate vision into observable skills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prototype with purpose.<\/strong><br \/>\nInvite teachers to refine a task or lesson using one of the guide\u2019s steps<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Addendum on 4\/21\/25:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cultofpedagogy.com\/competency-based-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>A Close Look at Competency-Based Learning<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from cultofpedagogy.com by Jennifer Gonzalez<\/p>\n<p>And despite not getting that original question answered, the search did lead me to something called\u00a0<strong>competency-based learning<\/strong>. Although I was vaguely familiar with it \u2014 I believed it was in the same ballpark as standards-based learning and mastery learning, which we\u2019ve seen in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cultofpedagogy.com\/mastery-based-grading\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modern Classrooms<\/a>\u00a0approach \u2014 I had never looked closely at it. So I\u2019m doing that now. I invited three people onto the podcast who have a lot of experience and success with this approach:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Susie Bell<\/strong>, Executive Director of Programs at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mastery.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mastery Transcript Consortium<\/a>\u00a0(MTC), an organization that supports schools in implementing competency-based learning.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Heather Messer<\/strong>, a teacher and advisor at a Wisconsin school where competency-based learning is a school-wide practice.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beth Blankenship<\/strong>, an English teacher who has figured out how to use competency-based learning at her Virginia high school, a school that still uses traditional grading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOOD FOR THOUGHT + DISCUSSION Translating CBE Vision into Learning Design What if your Portrait of a Graduate could shape every unit, lesson, and conversation you\u2019re building? Check out one of our most requested resources,\u00a0The Teacher\u2019s First Steps Guide, created in partnership with schools in South Carolina. . Unpack the vision. 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