Thompson to Life

Objectives

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Raise awareness about Competency-based Education and the opportunity of new Graduation Guidelines

Help deepen understanding for what this work can look like in Thompson

Begin to support planning for how to engage a broader set of stakeholders

Stakeholder Engagement

education

business community

Graduation Guidelines

Competency Based Education

Graduationguidelines

Graduation Guidelines• Focus on competency-based requirements

rather than seat time

• Provide students with a menu of options to demonstrate readiness

• Promote multiple pathways for student learning

• Reinforce the next generation learning student outcomes

Graduation GuidelinesThe Guidelines outline minimum components, expectations, and responsibilities for local districts to meet or exceed to support student graduation from high school. We find it helpful to think about them in two categories:

•Student Competencies required for Graduation

•Structures to Support Student Competencies

Student Competencies for Graduation•Academic competencies to demonstrate postsecondary & workforce readiness

•Demonstrations of 21st century skills

•Completion of the Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP)

•Align with the postsecondary and workforce readiness definition

•Align with Colorado’s Academic Standards, English Language Proficiency Standards, and Career and Technical Education (CTE) standards

Student Competencies for Graduation•Multiple, equally rigorous & valued ways to demonstrate competencies

• Permit students longer or shorter time to earn their diploma

•Acknowledge the importance of subjects in supporting students' ability to succeed in the 21st century

•Communication to students and families of the graduation requirements

CompetencyBased

Competency Based Education

Students advance upon mastery

Explicit and measurable learning objectives that empower students ƒƒ

Assessment is meaningful and a positive learning experience for students

Next Generation Competencies

Academic

Self Knowledge

ProfessionalEntrepreneurial

Civic

Thoughts

Thompson’s Story

Melissa Perricone Conrad Ball Middle School

Jessica UrferMountain View High School

nextsteps

Meaningful stakeholder engagement can be the difference between a good idea and successful implementation OR successful implementation at one site and scale throughout the district.

It is one of the biggest potential liabilities in this work and it often gets short shrift.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Set key objectives for each stakeholder group

• Prioritize who to engage when• Discuss how to engage each

stakeholder group• Identify capacity-building needs

2: Analyze & Plan

1: Identify Key Stakeholders

• Strengthen ability to communicate

• Develop internal competencies

• Work on and with stakeholder competencies

3: Strengthen Engagement Skills

• Identify engagement approaches and calendar

• Be clear how this directly integrates into the strategy

• Integrated communications strategy needed (face to face, web, forums, publications, and social media)

4: Engage

Data questions with all stakeholders: •What is our work?

•What is your feedback?

•How can it improve?

•What are tangible next steps?

5: Report, Review & Act