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Digging Deeper:
Our Anchor Competencies Framework to Support Teachers in the Age of AI

In our recent news letter, we discussed the promise of AI’s ability to unlock greater human potential, as well as its risks (like reinforcing inequality in the classroom). We urged for those preparing the next generation of teachers to pay attention to AI’s possibilities and to leverage AI-assisted tools, but also to be aware of its risks and limitations.

In this changing age of AI, our Anchor Competencies Framework offers a tool for teacher educators, education leaders, and teachers to intentionally focus on and cultivate the competencies and teaching practices that support students’ social, emotional, and academic development. It makes explicit the dimensions of teaching that are essential for building, in students, the deeply human skills that will continue to be essential when using AI and navigating our complex world (e.g., collaboration, critical thinking, self-reflection, building trusting relationships).

The Framework outlines the core competencies that teachers need to embody and enact – with attention to their context and that of their students – to support the growth of the whole student. The Framework is not an add-on, but a foundation for academic success and thriving.

The Framework is adaptable to various coaching and mentoring formats (either online or in-person), and takes educators and those that train them from goals to practice using 7 anchor competencies – reflecting skills for educators to embody themselves and then explicitly model and develop in students of all levels.

We hope you will learn more about our efforts to leverage AI tools for building these competencies in new teachers in our press release below.

Insights & Resources

Our recent partnership with Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU) and Edthena to support NDNU’s teacher preparation programs integrating video-based coaching blends AI technology and human-centered teacher preparation grounded in our Anchor Competencies Framework.

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Technology makes it easier to capture and analyze classroom practice, but CRTWC’s role ensures these tools highlight practices that support social, emotional, and academic development of the human behind the practice.

Learn more about the partnership with our latest blog post

Read: CRTWC Partners with NDNU and Edthena

Want more insights on AI’s place in the classroom vs. the human touch of a teacher? Check out these op-ed articles from EdSource and EdWeek. And contact us to continue the discussion!

CRTWC in Action:
Now & Next

We are supporting the next generation of educators in Minneapolis! Since 2022, CRTWC has been working in close collaboration with Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) to integrate our Anchor Competencies Framework within their novel Grow-Your-Own Teacher Preparation Program for special education teachers (MPS Academy). This work is grounded in a shared goal: to equip and empower new educators with the skills, mindsets, and practices needed to thrive in teaching and support the whole child.

We are currently developing a new suite of resources for MPS Academy faculty to integrate a focus on the social, emotional, and cultural dimensions of teaching into their instruction and support of teacher candidates. We look forward to sharing these resources at a virtual learning event for MPS Academy faculty, mentors, and administrators at the end of May, with final materials to be completed in June.

We are grateful to Minneapolis Public Schools and the Sauer Family Foundation for their continued partnership and support of this work!

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Studies show that skills such as growth mindset, grit, self-regulation, and collaboration are powerful predictors of long-term outcomes, including health, income, and social functioning—and, in some cases, can be stronger predictors of academic success than IQ (Duckworth, 2007; Duckworth & Seligman, 2005). These findings remind us that success and happiness in life are not determined by cognitive ability alone or one’s ability to memorize information (something we will need less and less in this growing age of AI), but by individuals’ capacity to regulate behavior, persist through challenges, and sustain effort toward meaningful goals over time.

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