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What is Personalized, Competency-Based Learning (PCBL)?

Personalized, competency based learning (PCBL) empowers students in developing the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of Utah’s Portrait of a Graduate. To create PCBL environments, educators:

Cultivate a culture of learning through communities committed to creating the conditions and instructional practices that allow each learner to find their pathway to success.
Foster learner agency through empowering students in setting goals, co-creating learning experiences and self-assessing allowing them to demonstrate their learning.
Create conditions and provide feedback for students to demonstrate competency through multiple forms of assessments while progressing through learning.
Provide appropriate and timely customized supports to engage students and ensure equitable access to high quality instruction.
Develop social emotional learning skills to support students collaborating, overcoming challenges, and achieving success in multiple settings.

The Utah State Board of Education is continuing the innovation for PCBL with the release of the Utah’s PCBL Framework and continuation of the PCBL Grant Programs.

-From USBE's PCBL webpage

Introduction to PCBL

Scroll through the following resources to get started with PCBL.

Navigating the PCBL Hub

Watch this video for a brief tutorial showing you how to navigate the Personalized Competency-Based Learning hub.

PCBL + Technology

Join UEN's Matt Winters and USBE's Michael Hakkarinen to learn how to personalize learning with technology in this first episode of UEN's PCBL + Technology webinar series.

PCBL + Google for EDU

Join UEN's Matt Winters and USBE's Michael Hakkarinen to learn how to personalize learning with Google for EDU in this episode of UEN's PCBL + Technology webinar series.

PCBL + Canvas

Join UEN's Matt Winters and Shannon Lyon to learn how to personalize learning with Canvas in this episode of UEN's PCBL + Technology webinar series.

PCBL + Nearpod

Join UEN's Matt Winters and Jami Gardner to learn how to personalize learning with Nearpod in this episode of UEN's PCBL + Technology webinar series.

PCBL + Utah's Online School Library

Join UEN's Matt Winters and Dani Sloan to learn how to personalize learning with Utah's Online School Library in this episode of UEN's PCBL + Technology webinar series.

PCBL + Adobe

Join UEN's Matt Winters and Rob Bentley to learn how to personalize learning with Adobe Creative Cloud in this episode of UEN's PCBL + Technology webinar series.

PCBL + eMedia

Join UEN's Matt Winters and Katie Blunt to learn how to personalize learning with eMedia in this episode of UEN's PCBL + Technology webinar series.

PCBL + Microsoft

Join UEN's Matt Winters and Kayla Towner to learn how to personalize learning with Microsoft in this episode of UEN's PCBL + Technology webinar series.

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