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On May 31, SBE's Viktoria Bobyleva (Basic Education Manager) presented at a webinar about this year's Basic Education compliance survey (something all districts must do to comply with the law). Find the recording, PowerPoint, and more information on SBE's Basic Education page. If you're a district administrator and you haven't received a message from us about this year's survey, please reach out to Viktoria Bobyleva.
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About the new performance-based pathway
The Legislature passed House Bill 1308 creating a new performance-based graduation pathway option. Download the one-pager. View the web page.
The performance-based pathway allows students to show what they know and can do in real-world, hands-on ways that align with their individual goals for life after high school. This student-centered pathway is intended to be customizable, with the aim of being relevant and engaging to the student.
There is a lot of flexibility as the learning experience:
- May take a variety of forms
- Examples: project, practicum, work-related experience, community service, cultural activity
- May result in a variety of student work that can be evaluated
- Examples: performance, presentation, portfolio, report, film, exhibit
- May, or may not, be done as part of a class where the student also earns credit
The performance-based pathway is combinable with other the ELA and math pathway options, meaning the student can do one pathway in ELA and another pathway in math. For example, a student could pass the state assessment in ELA and then focus their performance-based pathway in math. Learn more about the upcoming rulemaking process around this pathway, tools, and ways to engage so far on the performance-based pathway web page.
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 Mr. Bishop's fourth and fifth grade classes are passionate about their education and engaged in hands-on projects. So much so, that they made a documentary called "Working in Washington" that explores different careers in our state. After sharing this documentary project with us via email, we took Snorkels (our seal + mascot) to visit and find out more about these students' projects and learning. They did not disappoint. Watch the video highlights from this class of inspiring young minds:
Catch tiny highlights from our visit on SBE's Instagram account. Mr. Bishop teaches at Jefferson Elementary in Mount Vernon. Don't miss his very cool YouTube channel, featuring students in action.
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