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UNR presents competency-based learning approach to Nevada commission
Summary
University of Nevada, Reno officials described multiple pathways, high-leverage practices and a portrait-of-a-learner approach as the university aligns educator preparation with competency-based learning.
University of Nevada, Reno faculty presented the college’s approach to competency-based learning in educator preparation and outlined multiple pathways intended to recruit and prepare teachers across Nevada.
Shannon Taylor, professor of special education and interim department chair for educator preparation at the University of Nevada, Reno, and Richard Barner, data and assessment coordinator at UNR, described the university’s multiple recruitment pathways (including the Dean’s Future Scholars program and transfer agreements with regional colleges), undergraduate and graduate…
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