1. Thompson to Life

2. Objectives 2 Raise awareness about Competency-based Education and the opportunity of new Graduation Guidelines Help deepen understanding for what this work can look like in Thompson Begin to support planning for how to engage a broader set of stakeholders

3. Stakeholder Engagement education businesscommunity

4. Graduation Guidelines Competency Based Education

5. Graduation guidelines

6. Graduation Guidelines Focus on competency-based requirements rather than seat time Provide students with a menu of options to demonstrate readiness Promote multiple pathways for student learning Reinforce the next generation learning student outcomes

7. Graduation Guidelines The Guidelines outline minimum components, expectations, and responsibilities for local districts to meet or exceed to support student graduation from high school. We find it helpful to think about them in two categories: Student Competencies required for Graduation Structures to Support Student Competencies

8. Student Competencies for Graduation Academic competencies to demonstrate postsecondary & workforce readiness Demonstrations of 21 st century skills Completion of the Individual Career and Academic Plan (ICAP) Align with the postsecondary and workforce readiness definition Align with Colorado’s Academic Standards, English Language Proficiency Standards, and Career and Technical Education (CTE) standards

9. Student Competencies for Graduation Multiple, equally rigorous & valued ways to demonstrate competencies Permit students longer or shorter time to earn their diploma Acknowledge the importance of subjects in supporting students' ability to succeed in the 21 st century Communication to students and families of the graduation requirements

10. Competency Based

11. Competency Based Education Students advance upon mastery Explicit and measurable learning objectives that empower students ƒƒ Assessment is meaningful and a positive learning experience for students

12. Next Generation Competencies Academic Self Knowledge Professional Entrepreneurial Civic

14. Thoughts

16. Thompson’s Story Melissa Perricone Conrad Ball Middle School Jessica Urfer Mountain View High School

17. next steps

18. Meaningful stakeholder engagement can be the difference between a good idea and successful implementation OR successful implementation at one site and scale throughout the district. It is one of the biggest potential liabilities in this work and it often gets short shrift. Stakeholder Engagement

19. Set key objectives for each stakeholder group Prioritize who to engage when Discuss how to engage each stakeholder group Identify capacity-building needs 2: Analyze & Plan 1: Identify Key Stakeholders

20. Strengthen ability to communicate Develop internal competencies Work on and with stakeholder competencies 3: Strengthen Engagement Skills

21. Identify engagement approaches and calendar Be clear how this directly integrates into the strategy Integrated communications strategy needed (face to face, web, forums, publications, and social media) 4: Engage

22. Data questions with all stakeholders: What is our work? What is your feedback? How can it improve? What are tangible next steps? 5: Report, Review & Act