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  • Project Design Sidekick

    Project Design Sidekick

    This genAI app has been built using Playlab.ai. Aligned with a comprehensive set of competencies and skills, teachers can use this app to create project-based studios.

  • PLP: Graduation Targets

    PLP: Graduation Targets

    A PLP is a dashboard that gives students access to their relevant data and allows them to take action by creating goals or reflecting on their progress. It stands for Personalized Learning Plan/Profile/Pathway. In every Building 21 PLP, there is a tab called My Progress which is the students report card. It often displays progress in their competencies, grade conversions, and graduation progress. PLP’s are built within Google Sheets and are managed by a custom Sheets-based platform called xSuite.

  • PLP: Hybrid

    PLP: Hybrid

    A PLP is a dashboard that gives students access to their relevant data and allows them to take action by creating goals or reflecting on their progress. It stands for Personalized Learning Plan/Profile/Pathway. In every Building 21 PLP, there is a tab called My Progress which is the students report card. It often displays progress in their competencies, grade conversions, and graduation progress. PLP’s are built within Google Sheets and are managed by a custom Sheets-based platform called xSuite.

  • PLP: 2-portfolio

    PLP: 2-portfolio

    A PLP is a dashboard that gives students access to their relevant data and allows them to take action by creating goals or reflecting on their progress. It stands for Personalized Learning Plan/Profile/Pathway. In every Building 21 PLP, there is a tab called My Progress which is the students report card. It often displays progress in their competencies, grade conversions, and graduation progress. PLP’s are built within Google Sheets and are managed by a custom Sheets-based platform called xSuite.

  • PLP: 4-portfolio

    PLP: 4-portfolio

    A PLP is a dashboard that gives students access to their relevant data and allows them to take action by creating goals or reflecting on their progress. It stands for Personalized Learning Plan/Profile/Pathway. In every Building 21 PLP, there is a tab called My Progress which is the students report card. It often displays progress in their competencies, grade conversions, and graduation progress. PLP’s are built within Google Sheets and are managed by a custom Sheets-based platform called xSuite.

  • Building 21 Facilitation Resources

    Building 21 Facilitation Resources

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  • Definition of CBE

    Definition of CBE

    One of the first steps of a school that is beginning their transition to competency-based education is to define CBE and key terms like competency, mastery, and proficiency. For our definition, we started with the working definition from CompetencyWorks and revised it to fit our model.

  • The Building Blocks of a Competency-based Model

    The Building Blocks of a Competency-based Model

    There are more schools, resources, and experts in the field of competency-based education 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 all students. Before you start writing competencies and planning for implementation, check your ideas in a small group coaching session with invited experts in the field.

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