Attach micro-credentials to district initiatives, incentives, and job-embedded structures to strengthen professional learning systems¶

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Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

Across the four cases, organizations gained traction by aligning micro-credentials to existing initiatives and giving them real value: BCPS tied them to S.T.A.T. and CPD credits, KMSD to salary, MTLC to PowerUp, and the Friday Institute to MOOC-Ed units. The report concludes that 'educator micro-credentials can create a stronger professional learning system that supports continuous educator growth, and in turn, the students they serve.'

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Alignment between micro-credential competencies and the district's instructional priorities so teachers see them as an on-ramp to district goals

Constraints¶

• Value depends on recognizing entities defining how micro-credentials count toward advancement or credit

Target Learners¶

• classroom teachers and school and district leaders

Target Learning Goals¶

• continuous, competency-based educator professional growth applied in classrooms

Affordances¶

• Micro Credential Ecosystem Three Players

Related Strategies¶

• Count approved micro-credentials toward professional growth plan contact units for salary advancement
• Build strategic relationships with districts, associations, county offices, and universities to support and institutionalize teacher-led professional learning

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Micro-credentials: Igniting Impact in the Ecosystem. (2016). Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/bd6ad6c4-3903-4870-a911-6ee05ba0ae8e