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Author name: Aaron Eisberg

Aaron is the Director at the Center for Excellence. With over 17 years of PBL experience he brings a level of expertise in different organizations and ensuring students are learning content and application via authentic real world contexts.

Competency Based Learning Gears

Competency-Based Learning- The Four Gears of Mastery

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Educational systems across the world are striving to answer a critical question: How do we move instruction beyond simply “covering content” and ensure every student truly achieves mastery? To answer this question, many systems are moving towards Competency-Based Learning (CBL). This fundamental shift in education moves students away from traditional time-based progression toward a model […]

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Routines Intersect-Agency Emerges

From Compliance to Ownership: Routines for Student Agency

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Effective classrooms don’t rely on a single routine. They stack three types of routines on top of a clear learning goal: Competency routines help students learn the content. Disposition routines help students learn how to learn. Agency routines help students learn how to lead their learning. When all three are intentionally layered, students don’t just

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Four Pillars for Student Agency Graphic - Metacognition, Curiosity, Collaboration, Practice.

Building Blocks of Agency: Cultivating Dispositional Strategies

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In the modern classroom, the goal isn’t just to cover content, (although as educators we often feel the pressure to cover it all) it’s to cultivate the habits of mind that allow students to navigate the world with confidence. At the Center for Excellence, we believe that student agency is built through specific, intentional routines

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Daily PBL Students

Daily PBL: How to Infuse Project-Based Learning Without Running a Full Project

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For many teachers, Daily PBL and other forms of project-based learning feel like an all-or-nothing endeavor, something that requires weeks of planning, complex logistics, community partners, and a classroom schedule with more flexibility than most teachers have. But high-quality PBL isn’t built on big events. It’s built on daily habits. In fact, the most effective

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Bridging Industry and Education

Bridging Industry and Education

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Launching a Real-World Sustainable Building Project This week marked an incredible milestone as Limerick ETSS officially launched a real-world, interdisciplinary project for Senior Cycle students in partnership with JJ Rhatigan Construction. The project challenges students to design a sustainable 220 m² bungalow, integrating skills from Construction Studies, DCG, Computer Science, Physics, Business, and Accounting, while

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