Laurie Gagnon
Education Professional focused on innovative approaches with expertise in performance assessment and competency education
- Role
- Competencyworks Program Director at Aurora Institute
- Location
- Somerville, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Laurie Gagnon
Accomplished professional in the education field as a designer of a model for student performance assessment, an adult-learning facilitator, and educational researcher. Dedicated to providing students with equitable access to a culturally responsive education and multiple opportunities to demonstrate their learning. Strategic, connected thinker with a passion for translating theory into practice. Thoughtful coach, consultant, and creative problem-solver who thrives in dynamic, collaborative environments. Career Highlights: • Key contributor, writer, and producer of the Quality Performance Assessment: A Guide for Schools and Districts, and primary designer of the QPA service delivery model • Led the transition of QPA from a grant-funded initiative to an established CCE program • Coaching teachers and leaders in using student-centered, competency-based assessment practices • Authored a qualitative study about learning from performance assessment in the research phase • Taught for seven years as a social studies and English teacher in the Boston area and in Japan • Earned a Master\'s degree focused on international development, human security, and processes of change, during which time I spent a summer working in Guatemala. Specialties include: Designing and implementing teacher professional development, Performance assessment, Facilitation, Teaching and training, Research and Evaluation, Education policy redesign
Experience
Competencyworks Program Director
May 2022 — Present
Share promising practices shaping the future of K-12 personalized, competency-based education through the online CompetencyWorks resource hub providing information, analysis and knowledge-sharing-Identify trends and challenges and support solutions for new innovators, early adopters, and educators deep in implementation so they can rapidly learn from their peers across the country to inform their work-Conduct research that answers critical questions facing the field and disseminate those findings widely
Education
Boston University Questrom School of Business
Nonprofit Management and Leadership Certificate
Middlebury College
BA
The Fletcher School at Tufts University
MALD--Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy
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