This Q&A on Personalized Mastery taken from a recent webinar presented by Roberta Selleck, Superintendent of Freeport School District.

Just as we check road signs, mile markers, and other signposts while making our important journeys, competency-based education supports learners and educators by checking progress along the way.

Carl Sandburg and Personalized Mastery: How does it work? How is it different than the traditional approach? How would it benefit improvement efforts?

In schools personalizing learning for students, learning for teachers must also personalized.

Learn about the early challenges in implementing Personalized Mastery (also known as competency-based learning) as a school improvement strategy in a small-town middle school with a large achievement gap.

Learn how focusing early on school culture is helping Amargosa Valley School build a strong foundation for turnaround.

Hear some of the on-the-ground challenges for a new principal at a turnaround school.

Recruitment and retention concerns have long plagued public education. Generally, urban and rural locales have a harder time recruiting and retaining teachers and school leaders than suburban communities.

Learn how the school and district handle the challenges of staffing a remote, rural school in the middle of the desert.

Learn about the early challenges and successes in implementing a School Improvement Grant (SIG) in an extremely remote school in rural Nevada with a large migrant, English-learner, and socioeconomi