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Douglas Finn III has been an active participant in the personalized competency-based education (PCBE) community since 2004. Through his years of teaching in Alaska and Maine, Doug has taught all grade levels. From that hands-on work within PCBE, he transitioned to supporting students, teachers, and administrators as a mentor, instructional and administrative coach, and associate who has presented all over the country and the world.

Michelle Finn, MS, is a professional development associate at Marzano Resources who has been working since 2004 to design and implement competency-based, personalized learning systems, both as a practitioner in the classroom and as a trainer and coach for schools and districts across the country.

Personalized competency-based education (PCBE) systems may look different everywhere, but districts, schools, and classrooms can follow a schema or blueprint to ask the right questions before diving in headfirst.

Personalized competency-based education (PCBE) systems may look different everywhere, but districts, schools, and classrooms can follow a schema or blueprint to ask the right questions before diving in headfirst.

The High Reliability Schools Coaching Academy is specially designed to prepare teams of educators to lead their school in mastering all five levels of the Marzano High Reliability Schools framework, with an emphasis on the first three levels.

School leaders cannot underestimate the importance of nurturing a positive culture. As the High Reliability Schools framework outlines, the base for working toward competency-based education is creating a safe, supportive, and collaborative culture. Join Patrick B. Hardy as he discusses how school culture connects to student success and the implementation of competency-based education and mastery learning.