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Convening Five Prework
Learning Outcomes
Prepare for collaborative discussions on integrating competencies, emphasizing skills, developing assessment-capable learners, and your team’s progress and next steps.
Welcome to the pre-work for the April 10-11, 2025 Competency Implementation Pilot Convening!
As we prepare for our time together, this prework will help set the stage for rich, collaborative discussions around integrating competencies, emphasizing essential skills, and developing assessment-capable learners.
Please preview your cohort’s agenda, including the materials you need for the convening, and engage with the prework readings and resources.
You will reflect on your team's progress since November, revisit your action plan, and explore new learning that directly connects to our shared goals.
We look forward to learning together and supporting you in your next steps!
Part One
District Goals and Progress
Prepare to share your team’s progress since November
Continue action plan implementation and coaching to support progress with your team’s pilot goals and outcomes.
Part Two
Prepare for new learning and collaborative discussions
Get ready with the optional thought catcher or your own way of capturing your thoughts.
Read/review Developing “Assessment Capable” Learners by John Hattie, Douglas Fisher, and Nancy Frey.
Guiding Question: What practices and strategies foster assessment capability in students?
EL-ACL.pdfWhile watching this video clip of John Hattie describing assessment-capable learners, capture any new or reinforced learning.
Read a two-page summary of key findings from the latest World Economic Forum (WEF) Future of Jobs Report (January 2025) with four guiding questions in mind:
Access and download the report here.
As you read pages 5-6, capture your thinking related to these guiding questions:
What do the key findings suggest about the need for skills vs. the need for content knowledge?
What skills are standing out?
What learning opportunities are available in your school/district that STRONGLY support the needed skills outlined?
What learning opportunities could be reduced/eliminated to make room and increase opportunities for developing the skills emphasized?
Materials Needed for the Convening: Anything that supports your best learning, thinking, and collaborating AND…
Prework takeaways Prework is on the hub!
Your team’s current pilot priorities, action plan, and progress since November
Print or digital access to your local portrait and other local visioning work
Earbuds and a fully charged device (laptop/tablet)