Getting Smart Podcast How Can We Transform Education Through Competency-Based Learning and Collaboration? | FullScale
Oct 1, 2025
Join education leaders Virgel Hammonds and Beth Rabbitt as they explore the transformative potential of competency-based learning. Hammonds, co-leader at Full Scale, focuses on aligning educational practices for systemic change, while Rabbitt champions personalized learning with a goal to scale impact. They discuss the benefits of a Co-CEO model for distributing leadership and fostering collaboration. Don't miss their insights on navigating disagreements through 'rumbles' and their ambitious vision for the upcoming Full Scale Symposium!
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Bridging Policy And Practice
- Virgel noted Aurora focused on policy and evidence while Learning Accelerator worked directly with educators.
- Together they believed a unified organization could bridge policy and classroom practice for greater impact.
Coherence As A Scaling Lever
- Full Scale aims to unify organizations, communities, and practices to drive systemic redesigns quickly.
- They view coherence across systems as essential to scale learner-centered models.
Leverage Networks For Big Change
- Use networks and complementary organizations to achieve big societal change rather than expecting one group to do it alone.
- Focus on creating pathways and evidence to help varied actors move toward personalized, competency-based learning.