Roman Stearns

Founder & Executive Director of Scaling Student Success, a CA partnership dedicated to more holistically and equitably preparing young people for future success

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Written by a high school student who shames us, as adults, for the way we’re all focused on the wrong approach.

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New commentary from PACE by @RomanJStearns of Scaling Student Success provides guidance for how California can move towards student-centered education that is competency based and more equitable. https://t.co/WbD2sAjQD4 (1/3)

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Thanks to @CCEECA (and author Dorcas Kong) for publishing a great piece on Graduate Profiles in their January 2024 newsletter! https://t.co/ppwQqB3BDd

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Chronic absenteeism among students is a symptom of an outdated education system that students find to be increasingly irrelevant. We know what we need to do, but need bold and visionary local leadership paired with state incentives to advance efforts.
https://t.co/WZvIrAZ1TY

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When we ask community members what young people need for future success, the result is a “Graduate Profile” that defines a whole child vision. To learn more, join us on Weds, Sept 27 at 2pm. Register for this CCEE Open Door Session: https://t.co/eMG89bLZVH

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Graduate Profiles can more holistically & equitably define student success. Join us on Wednesday, 9/27 @ 2pm to learn how Graduate Profiles can serve as a driver for a renewed vision, improved equity, deeper learning, & student agency. REGISTER NOW: https://t.co/Sr9CMnRq2O

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For CA educators: With several leading nat’l collaborators, Scaling Student Success is hosting an exploratory conversation about competency-based learning in California. Please join us virtually next Weds, April 12, at 2pm.
https://t.co/p8Rblz0Dyy

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Even the Head of the Carnegie Foundation Wants to Ditch the Carnegie Unit. Here's Why https://t.co/1yqs0HQVNK

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Bravo to #DevinVodicka and #KatieMartin for being public spokespersons for many of us who have been arguing similar points in smaller settings for yrs. https://t.co/qnRRmodKU5

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Scaling Student Success has been promoting a push in CA towards a competency-based approach to learning. Join the Aurora_Inst for a webinar on 1/25: An Introduction to K-12 Competency-Based Education https://t.co/j0b1iGGEzI

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So You Designed a Profile of a Graduate, Now What? https://t.co/Sb24HBQ15a

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@dvodicka Thanks Devin! I still remember the day my son first saw a letter grade. It was on that day that his boyhood intellectual curiosity ended and his obsession with grades began. As a lifelong educator, it was like a dagger to my heart.

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@dvodicka Great piece! I’ve always liked the idea of issuing digital badges as portable credentials. I wrote a blog in 2020 with a similar suggestion - https://t.co/MpWE6fNPhS

[Devin Vodicka, EdD @dvodicka]

Badges Instead of Grades https://t.co/sGcwiv5s6J

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Join Envision Learning Partners for Building a Great Performance Assessment - a 3-part workshop focused on how to design high quality performance tasks that challenge students to demonstrate their learning. April 20, 27 & May 4, 12-2pm PT https://t.co/rucmjVxM8x

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Graduate profiles help districts prepare students for college and careers https://t.co/Ghj4nHHZmo via @edsource

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Operationalizing a Graduate Profile benefits from both PBL and CBE. To learn how they can mutually reinforce one another, join @aurora_inst and @b21network for "Better Together: Connecting Project-Based Learning and #CompetencyEd" on 3/30: https://t.co/U6OyBZLk4y

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ELP's first newsletter of 2022 is hitting mailboxes now! Use the link https://t.co/I6J4jSS87J to see all our upcoming events, announcements, a special Guest Blog from @RomanJStearns, and a resource all about Growing Student Language in Math Class.