Getting Started

Description When using our competencies and continua, it is essential to  calibrate your ratings with other teachers. Here is a protocol you can follow when norming student work. Author: Sydney Schaef

Description This workshop is great for folks new to CBE but it’s also valuable for experienced CBE practitioners that want to learn more about our approach. A common question we get from beginners is, “but what does it look like?” One of the ways to begin to answer this question is to [...]

Description When getting started in this work it is incredibly important to understand what problem you are trying to solve. Why do you think transitioning to a model that is competency-based will solve the problem? Doing this work first will help you identify what you value most so tough decisions can be made [...]

Description Sydney Schaef of reDesign, is a co-designer of the original Learning What Matters Competency Framework and in 2016, she authored this article that eloquently explains the difference between a competency and a standard. Author: Sydney Schaef from reDesign

Description In 2011, 100 educators from around the country came together for a convening and one of the artifacts was a working definition. It is this definition that became the inspiration for the Learning What Matters Competency Framework. Students advance upon demonstrated mastery. Competencies include explicit, measurable, transferable learning objectives [...]

Description The CBE Experience was created as a self-paced guide for students to become exposed to competency-based education. There are five missions culminating with a student-led PLP conference. Author: Sandra Moumoutjis and Jim Novak

Description There are more schools, resources, and experts in the field of CBE than ever before. As veteran CBE designers, we invite you to consider how transitioning to CBE is about more than just changing your grading system. It is about laying the groundwork for changes necessary to make school more equitable for [...]

Description In March 2019, Building 21 coaches Sandra Moumoutjis and Thomas Gaffey hosted a webinar series for the Illinois State Board of Education CBE pilot sites. This webinar series covers some of the foundational work in the field and Building 21's implementation of CBE. We have included both the video recording and the [...]

Description This website contains resources used by Building 21 to facilitate workshops and teacher on-boarding activities. Authors: Thomas Gaffey and Sandra Moumoutjis