PBL – Proficiency Based Learning

Top heading text: PROFICIENCY-BASED LEARNING — 21st Century Learning for the 21st Century World

Main title: Student Bill of Rights & Responsibilities

Rights section text: As a student in Granite School District, I have the right to the full benefits of Proficiency-Based Learning. Based on the district’s philosophy and practice, I have the Right to:

• know the core standards I am being taught and have them presented to me in student-friendly language.
• receive rubrics that help me understand how I am being assessed and how to earn a 4.
• access meaningful, ungraded learning activities that, with my full participation, can improve my proficiency on core standards.
• demonstrate what I know and can do in a variety of ways on specific core standards.
• receive timely feedback and to have Gradebook updated regularly by my teachers.
• reassess and/or take alternate assessments.
• expect academic scores to reflect my ability, not work habits or behavior (my academic scores are independent of my citizenship grade).
• know my teachers’ deadlines for submissions and reassessments.
• achieve at high levels and clearly understand what is required to earn a 4 on any given assessment.

Responsibilities section text: As a student in Granite School District, I have the responsibility to advocate for my own learning. Based on the district’s philosophy and practice, I have the Responsibility to:

• learn and respect the learning of others.
• attend class on time and actively engage in my learning.
• participate fully in learning activities that prepare me for assessment and reassessment.
• show what I know and can do on every assessment.
• monitor my progress through Gradebook.
• communicate with my teachers if I want to reassess or show what I know in a different way.
• self-manage my work habits and behavior so they do not interfere with my learning.
• honor my teachers’ deadlines for submissions and reassessments and to take advantage of reassessment opportunities.
• challenge myself to achieve at high levels.

Footnote: Utah Core Curriculum Standards, specific to subject and grade level.