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CBE Learning Circle
Where college teams come together to plan, design, and implement competency-based education programs.
CBE in Practice: A Learning Circle for College Teams
Competency-based education (CBE) offers colleges a powerful way to serve today’s learners—particularly working adults, career-focused students, and those seeking flexible, accelerated pathways. At the same time, designing and implementing high-quality CBE programs requires thoughtful coordination across academic, workforce, student services, and operational teams.
CBE In Practice is a four-session, facilitated virtual learning circle designed to help college teams plan, design, and implement competency-based education programs in a practical and collaborative way.
CBE In Practice is a four-session, facilitated virtual learning circle designed to help college teams plan, design, and implement competency-based education programs in a practical and collaborative way.
Who This Is For
This learning circle is designed for cross-functional college teams, including:
- Faculty
- Deans and other college administrators
- Student services and advising staff
- Institutional research, IT, and financial aid professionals
Colleges are encouraged to send teams to support shared understanding, alignment, and coordinated decision-making.
What You'll Do
Across four interactive two-hour sessions, participating teams will:
- Build a plan for implementing CBE using CBE models and approaches
- Design clear, measurable CBE competencies and aligned with external standards and stakeholder expectations
- Develop competency-based assessments and rubrics
- Clarify team roles in the CBE environment
- Plan for student onboarding and advising
- Create a roadmap for piloting and scaling CBE programs
Between Sessions
Teams complete light, practical planning activities to advance their CBE work and prepare for the next session.
Session 1: Why CBE? Readiness and Strategy
Teams complete light, practical planning activities to advance their CBE work and prepare for the next session.
Session 2: Designing Competencies and Programs
Examine the use of DACUM to lay out a CBE program. Draft CBE competencies, map them to courses, and align programs to workforce expectations.
Session 3: Assessment, Instruction, and Faculty Practice
Design competency-based assessments using performance criteria, explore instructional approaches, and clarify faculty roles and support needs in a CBE environment.
Session 4: Student Experience, Operations, and Launch Planning
Plan for onboarding, advising, financial aid, and systems alignment, and create a phased implementation roadmap for launching and scaling CBE programs.
Registration Options
You can register as an individual, as a team cohort, or for private team consulting.
- Individual Participant ($699) — Join a cohort with participants from other institutions.
- Team Cohort ($2,500) — Learn together as an institutional team (up to 4 people) while collaborating with peers from other colleges.
- Private Team Consulting ($3,000) — Dedicated, institution-specific sessions focused on your CBE goals, challenges, and timelines. Dates selected at your convenience. Note that this pricing is for virtual only. Contact us for onsite pricing.
Connect with us
We're here to help you embark on your project with confidence, whether you're developing curriculum from the ground up or fine-tuning for training and education needs. Tell us your challenge and we will build a solution together.
