myPunahou QUICK LINKS COMPETENCY-BASED LEARNING Home › About › Guiding Principles ABOUT Aims, Mission, & Vision Guiding Principles Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Social, Emotional, Ethical Learning Competency-Based Learning Academic Profile Leadership Legacy Community Engagement Strategic Planning Careers Punahou Archives Competency-Based Learning (CBL) is an academic framework that emphasizes the value of student-centered personalization, with classroom and assessment practices that work to support the unique learning path of every individual student. These courses employ a variety of strategies including, but not limited to, project-based learning, problem-based learning and inquiry-based learning, centered on students’ questions and curiosity. These courses emphasize what students can do with their knowledge, stressing the acquisition of skills and abilities that they will need for their futures. As students study the content in each of these courses, they receive continual feedback towards a set of course competencies (or learning outcomes), derived from the Aims of a Punahou Education. The focus on competencies highlights for students the skills and mindsets required to successfully learn and grow in our traditional disciplines; teaching students how to think and act like scientists, mathematicians, historians, authors, artists, linguists or designers. In a competency-based course, the teaching of knowledge and skills are integrated together. As students learn the content of a course, they also learn how to apply it to specific projects, tasks and challenges. This approach helps students acquire the vital abilities and habits of mind that will enable them to succeed in college as well as in their future career paths. PRESIDENT MIKE LATHAM’S LETTERS TO PARENTS ABOUT LEARNING AT PUNAHOU: List of 2 items. February 2020 November 2019 Enjoy this video from our PFA gathering on January 17 at the President’s Pavilion. Frequently Asked Questions Regarding CBL List of 10 frequently asked questions. Is Punahou getting rid of grades? What about Advanced Placement courses and standardized tests? What about the transcript? How many classes in the Academy are CBL? Why CBL? Why now? Is Punahou’s approach to CBL the same as other schools? What do colleges think about CBL? Is CBL eventually going to take over the entire curriculum? What chance do I have to give feedback? Why is Punahou a member of the Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC) if it is not pursuing a mastery transcript? Related Stories For These Teens, Being the Change They Want to See Starts with a Website Go-Karts in the K – 1 Neighborhood G-Term 2020 Helping Your Children Thrive Video Game Coding in the Junior School 1 2 back next PUNAHOU SCHOOL 1601 Punahou Street, Honolulu, HI 96822 (808) 944-5711 About Academics The Arts Athletics Extended Learning Life at Punahou News Events Admission Contact Alumni Giving Punahou Bulletin Buff 'n Blue Store Careers ©2020 Punahou School. All Rights Reserved PRIVACY POLICY TERMS OF USE SITE MAP TRADEMARKS