Count approved micro-credentials toward professional growth plan contact units for salary advancement¶

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Description¶

The report's third strategy features micro-credentials within districts' professional growth plans tied to salary advancement. Clark County School District requires teachers to accrue 675 hours of professional development, or 225 contact units, to move over one salary column, and for the 2016-17 school year "educators can earn up to 30 CUs for approved micro-credentials." Micro-credentials must relate to the educator's licensure area and be approved by Digital Promise, ensuring competencies are vetted and research-backed and opening informal pathways for professional growth.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Micro-credentials must be related to the educator's licensure area and approved by Digital Promise

Constraints¶

• Earnings are capped at 30 CUs for approved micro-credentials in the 2016-17 school year

Target Learners¶

• Clark County educators and teachers in districts with professional growth systems

Target Learning Goals¶

• Salary advancement through recognized formal and informal professional learning

Related Strategies¶

• Link earned micro-credentials to permanent base salary increases
• Convert earned micro-credentials into continuing education units for re-licensure and master's equivalency
• Attach micro-credentials to district initiatives, incentives, and job-embedded structures to strengthen professional learning systems

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Micro-credentials: Spurring Educator Engagement. (2016). Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/e21db610-b75c-433c-ad69-6843a299598e