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Lee's Summit R-VII lays out phased rollout of personalized competency-based learning
Summary
District curriculum and assessment leaders presented a three-year, phased plan to implement personalized competency-based learning (PCBL), emphasizing year one focus on clarity, new proficiency scales, common artifacts, and sustained professional development for teachers.
Dr. Lisa Janeway, the district's executive director of curriculum, and colleagues laid out Lee's Summit R-VII's plan to implement personalized competency-based learning (PCBL) during a board work session. The presenters said the district is aligning its terminology with Missouri and focusing the first year of each implementation phase on clarity — what students should know and be able to do.
Janeway explained PCBL as "personalized competency based learning," a framework centered on "clarity, evidence, and feedback," and demonstrated the clarity concept with a paired drawing activity so board members could experience how unclear directions affect performance. "The power of…
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