Learn more about the PCBL Grant Program and the history of Competency-Based Education Initiatives in Utah.
The PCBL Review Committee meets monthly to discuss resources, site visits, and materials connected to the PCBL Grant Program
Drew Schantz, Associate Partner and Blog Author with EdElements leads the meeting and share the diagnostic “needs assessment” tool to help identify professional learning opportunities, consulting services, and other supports that might help their learning community move forward with personalized competency based learning.
The Formative Assessment Process Toolkit was created by the Utah State Board of Education to support the Personalized Competency-Based Learning framework. The purpose of this toolkit is to increase capacity for educators to leverage the formative assessment process to inform personalized instruction and more effectively work with students to build competency. *Updated April 2024.
The high school graduation rate in Utah's Juab School District was 78 percent in 2009. For the last three years in a row, it has been 97 percent, and the superintendent attributes the whole of that increase to the district's efforts to personalize learning.
LEA's interested in participating in the PCBL Grant Program should create a copy of this word document and complete it for submission by March 31, 2023
This slide deck provides all of the information necessary for applicants of the 2024 PCBL Planning Grant (Cohort E)
The PCBL Review Committee meets monthly to discuss resources, site visits, and materials connected to the PCBL Grant Program
Slidedeck created by Drew Schantz, EdElements, for presentation at The 2023 Magellan Summit.
Sydney Young, Education Specialist, Utah Board of Education, highlights how the Beehive State has remained one of the nation's leaders in creating classrooms that are focused on students' mastery of skills rather than seat time.
Utah's Personalized, Competency-Based Learning Framework
The Utah State Board of Education has engaged with stakeholders from across the state to create Utah’s PCBL framework. The framework includes evidence-based practices and conditions for success that can be used to advance personalized, competency-based learning.