Scheduling for Personalized Competency-Based Education

(A Guide to Class Scheduling Based on Personalized Learning and Promoting Student Proficiency)

Michelle Finn, Douglas Finn III

• Publisher: Marzano Resources
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781943360314
• eBook ISBN: 9781943360321
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Administration

A challenge at the heart of personalized competency-based education (PCBE) is grouping and scheduling students according to their learning needs rather than their age. With this guidebook, you'll take a deep dive into the why and how of these foundational PCBE components. Gain clear guidance for gathering standards-based data and then using the results to create schedules that promote student proficiency.

Use this resource to organize learning on a day-to-day basis, based on individual student needs.

• Recognize the shortcomings of a traditional education system.
• Explore the benefits of a well-organized PCBE school.
• Understand how to use student data and learning-focused school scheduling techniques to overcome common challenges faced during the transition to PCBE.
• Receive helpful example class schedules from schools that have successfully implemented PCBE processes.
• Learn how teachers can incorporate PCBE-style flexibility within individual classrooms for personalized learning.

Contents:
Introduction: The Transition to Personalized Competency-Based Education
Chapter 1: Differences Between Traditional Education Systems and PCBE Systems
Chapter 2: The Importance of Student Data Within a PCBE System
Chapter 3: An Overview of PCBE Scheduling
Chapter 4: Creation of a Horizontal PCBE Schedule
Chapter 5: Creation of a Vertical PCBE Schedule
Chapter 6: Implementation Within Stand-Alone Classrooms
Epilogue
Appendix: Example Schedules

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Table of Contents
• About the Authors
• Introduction: The Transition to Personalized Competency-Based Education
• Chapter 1: Differences Between Traditional Education Systems and PCBE Systems
• Chapter 2: The Importance of Student Data Within a PCBE System
• Chapter 3: An Overview of PCBE Scheduling
• Chapter 4: Creation of a Horizontal PCBE Schedule
• Chapter 5: Creation of a Vertical PCBE Schedule
• Chapter 6: PCBE Implementation Within Stand-Alone Classrooms
• Epilogue
• Appendix: Example PCBE Schedules
• References and Resources
• Index