Professional Learning Lesson 1

Session 7: Systems and Structures to Support Competency-Based Assessment

March 12, 2025

Session 7

Concepts for this All Zones Session

  • Understand Professional Learning Opportunities for Educators

  • Understand the purpose of the Master Teacher Cadre

  • Hear Update from the Demonstration Project

  • Hear Update from an SRSN Convener

  • Consider Systems and Structures to Support Competency-Based Assessment

7.1: SRSN Professional Learning Update

Pam Hedgpeth overviews the various professional SRSN learning opportunities and describes the new social media presence.

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7.2 Personalized Competency Based Learning (PCBL) Master Teacher Cadre Overview

Hear from participants engaged in the PCBL Master Teacher Cadre. This session will describe how this opportunity supports the various levels of teachers in the program.

7.3 SRSN Regional Convener Updates

Hear about the work of conveners facilitating stakeholder groups in various regions across the state focused on creating Real World Learning Ecosystems. Many educators, business/industry partners are coming together across the state to ideate and design structures, processes for creating a system where every student has an opportunity to engage in Real World Learning.

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7.4 Demonstration Project Overview

Mike Fulton shares about the current work in the Demonstration Project. He discusses the idea of Growth to Mastery.

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7.5 Systems and Structures to Support Competency-Based Assessment

In this session, Katie Martin with the Learner-Centered Collaborative explored strategies for bringing a Portrait of a Learner or Graduate to life that support personalized competency-based learning practices (PCBL). She further discussed Big Moves that districts and schools are taking to implement PCBL.

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Resources from other Professional Learning Sessions

Check out our Professional Learning web page for free recordings and content from all of the previous learning sessions. These resources are a great place to stay apprised of the work from the System Design Zone Demonstration Project Waiver. Additionally, these learning sessions can be used by district leaders as professional learning opportunities for building capacity within your districts.