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Think Readiness Level, Not Pace

9/21/2015

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by Courtney Belolan

​One of the biggest concerns about proficiency based, and learner centered instruction, centers around the idea of “students working at their own pace.”  Education community members wonder:  what about deadlines?  what if a student’s pace is “do nothing?”  who will teach them if the just keep going ahead?  what happens if a kid finishes all the standards by the time they are 16?  The questions go on, and on.  Most of them are completely valid questions, and worth conversations about.  A good place to start is to examine how the idea of a student’s own pace

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Deadlines and Redos

9/16/2015

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by Courtney Belolan

​One of the goals of learner-centered proficiency based education is to create authentic, real-life experiences for our students.  Traditionally, the way school has been structured does not really mimic the experience people have outside of school.  Do you categorize tasks into subject specific chunks?  When is that last time you did just “math?”  Have you ever said to yourself, or someone else, something like “Hold on, I’m doing science right now.  That writing will have to wait until later.”  I doubt it.  How strange would that be!?

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Expectations

9/11/2015

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by Courtney Belolan

By now the school year feels under way.  The chaos of the first week has subsided. Classes are settling into routines.  Units and projects are underway.  Our excitement and expectations for the new year, and our students, is still there. ​

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Go Slow To Go Fast

9/8/2015

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by Courtney Belolan

​It is the second week of school, and many are already feeling the pressure of CONTENT!  Before routine setting and culture building gets left by the wayside, remember that going slow at the start makes it easier to go faster later.  Here are some ideas for keeping classroom culture growing this week:

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