Using AI to build Proficiency Scales
With the public release of AI in the last few years, teachers now have an ally to help craft good proficiency skills quickly. When I began this work in 2009, we decided to start with math, ELA, science, and social studies. We assumed we would need a day for each. We booked a conference center, invited content area teachers to join us, purchased chart paper and sticky notes, and set out to develop proficiency scales for any school interested in using the Maine Learning Results, which were Maine's version of educational standards. We were so excited. How wonderful it would be to have these tools available to all teachers for use. What could go wrong?
Well, as it turns out, the process is far more complicated. What started as four days total turned into a year and a half. There was much more to identifying the content within standards and the foundational knowledge students needed to acquire, retrieve, and demonstrate understanding of the concept, or the ability to execute the strategy without significant error. What we finally completed was incredible. But I wished for a quicker process.
With the release of AI across various platforms (such as ChatGPT and Gemini), it has become possible for teachers to generate proficiency scales for their critical content quickly. AI can even be used to guide teachers in identifying the critical content they want to turn into proficiency scales. An educator can think of critical content as what a teacher wants to spend the majority of their time instructing and assessing to proficiency, intervening when they are not yet there, and enriching when they are.
Over the next month, the Learning Hub will populate the Strategy Spot with Strategy Sheets, X-O videos for how to use AI to help identify critical content within standards, build proficiency scales to use to assess and instruct, and provide learners with the roadmap they need to begin to understand themselves as learners and build agency. You can subscribe today to gain full access to the hub.
Badging
What if you could identify experts in your school to be the 'go-to' people for questions associated with competency-based education? What criteria would you use for identifying those experts?
Well, Marzano Academies has created credentialing courses in support of the only instructional model specifically designed for competency-based systems; the Marzano Academies Instructional Model. Navigate to the store, identify the badge or badges you wish to develop expertise in, and earn the credentials, along with 10 contact hours. If you earn a badge in all ten design areas of the model, you will become a certified CBE educator and earn the distinction as a Marzano Academies Faculty Member.
From the Field
A team of educators from Marzano Academies' newest partner, Anita white Carson Middle School in Greensboro, Georgia, had an opportunity to visit Westminster Public Schools during their latest CBE Summit. WPS, arguably a leader in designing and maintaining personalized, competency-based systems and home to Flynn Elementary, a Marzano Academy, spent three days supporting participants in understanding what it takes to be a high-reliability school system while also discussing possible barriers schools can face on their journey. The Summit was keynoted by Jeff Rose from Cognia, as well as Dr. Marzano.
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