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Professional Learning Cohorts, Meetups and Resources

Whether you’re a district administrator, principal, teacher leader or other instructional leader, Lead for Learners offers various ways to learn from peers and build your capacity to lead personalized learning transformation.

Join the Lead for Learners online community to get access to resources and regular updates on cohort-based learning opportunities and virtual peer-to-peer learning meetups.

Professional Learning Meetups

September 10, 2025, 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT, Virtual

Preparing Future Educators Together

Join us for a collaborative conversation on bridging the gap between educator preparation and personalized, competency-based learning implementation.
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September 16, 2025, 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT, Virtual

Designing for Growth: Developing Our Competency Framework

Learn about Mesa Public School's journey designing a competency framework that connects college and career readiness skills to their Portrait of a Graduate.
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October 21, 2025, 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT, Virtual

Goals to Growth: Empowering Learners with Student-Centered Competency Practices

How York School District 1 in York, SC fosters collaboration, goal-setting, and self-directed learning.
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Video Recaps of Past Meetups

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11 Videos

Insights from the Field

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From Educator to Advocate

Laura Jeanne Penrod explains why she centers the Triple A Philosophy and how educators can become voices for change.

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5 Strategies to Move from Teacher-centered to Learner-centered Classrooms

Five strategies to go from teacher- to learner-centered

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The Child IS Chief:
Honoring Student Identity and Agency

Students already have agency—our systems often place artificial caps on it.

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How Engaging with the Future Impacts Strategic Planning Today

Immersive futures experiences help participants explore possible futures of learning.

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Education has embraced this concept as a way of keeping school and student data visible and central to school decision making. If you are considering a data room, here are a few things to remember.

Data Rooms and Other Ideas About Data Use

Education has embraced this concept as a way of keeping school and student data visible and central to school decision…

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The Role of the Teacher in a Personalized, Competency-based Classroom

Get answers to common questions about the role of the teacher in a personalized, competency based classroom.

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KnowledgeWorks works alongside teachers, school district leaders and communities to provide competency-based education implementation support and to assist in the scaling of a personalized, competency-based learning system tailored to each learning community.

Using Future Studies to Prepare Students for Life After School

Many people, especially – and tragically – many of our young learners, also lack a vision of the future for themselves.

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4 Takeaways: How Shared Challenges Support the Shift to Personalized Learning

Key takeaways for educators and leaders engaged in the productive struggle of shifting to personalized, competency-based learning environments.

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Portrait of a Leader

The Portrait of a Leader defines the attributes necessary for educators to effectively and sustainably lead systems change.

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The Power of Case Studies in Advancing Personalized, Competency-based Learning

These case studies from Ohio showcase unique approaches to personalized learning – highlighting successes, challenges and strategies.

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Drivers of Change Shaping Education and the Roles of Educators

Learn about four drivers affecting the future of educator roles.

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Achieving Equity Requires a Personalized, Competency-based Approach

The key conditions and structures of personalized, competency-based learning and how they align with the principles of equity

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Facilitated by KnowledgeWorks, Lead for Learners is a national network of education leaders dedicated to systems transformation through personalized, competency-based learning.

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