Posts about Career-Connected Learning
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Elementary Entrepreneurship: The Sky’s the Limit
Fostering entrepreneurship in the classroom encourages students to develop hard and soft skills, engage in problem-solving, and communicate effectively while pursuing their entrepreneurial ideas. Read about four key categories with
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Students as Innovators: Why STEM Learning Matters More Than Ever
With the projected growth of STEM occupations, STEM education is critical. Providing early and diverse opportunities in STEM fosters important future-ready skills like collaboration and problem-solving while preparing students for
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Social Studies and Art Projects for Women’s History Month
Inspire and engage students during Women's History Month and beyond with these social studies and art projects centered around the history, successes, and accomplishments of women. Need some
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Transforming Social Studies Education with STEM, PBL & Real-World Connection
Learn how Eli Rollman, a 7th-grade social studies teacher at Creekland Middle School in Cherokee County School District in Northwest Georgia, implemented STEM-based PBL focused on the 4 C’s
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What Matters Gets Measured: Defining and Evaluating Student Goals
Portrait of a Graduate (PoG) competencies — such as communication, critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving — are crucial for student success beyond school. Schools and districts must establish, measure, and assess PoG
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Driving Student Outcomes Through Competency-Based Learning
Learn how Lindsay Unified School District, a rural school district located in California, created and implemented a competency-based, project-based learning system with the help of Defined Learning. Lindsay Unified School
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Career-Readiness Through Career-Connected PBL
Project-based learning grounded in authentic career scenarios is an effective approach for both general and career-connected learning. Project-based learning (PBL) is an instructional strategy in which students learn by actively
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Building Future Ready Skills through Defined Careers
We continue to hear there is a skill deficiency for young adults coming out of high school and college. Yet, what specific skills are needed and how can learners build
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Planning for the Future: Exploring Careers Through Real-World Learning
The world is constantly evolving and the skills that are in demand now may not be needed five years from now. Jobs are changing, technology is becoming even more advanced
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Essential Future-Ready Skills Developed Through PBL
In most school districts standards and state-testing drive most curricula and classroom instruction, however, many leaders are incorporating a focus to help students succeed beyond school. Systemically, it can be
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