{"id":1342,"date":"2017-06-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/making-educator-professional-learning-personalized-and-competency-based-through-micro-credentials\/"},"modified":"2022-11-04T17:17:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T21:17:06","slug":"making-educator-professional-learning-personalized-and-competency-based-through-micro-credentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/making-educator-professional-learning-personalized-and-competency-based-through-micro-credentials\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Educator Professional Learning Personalized and Competency-Based through Micro-Credentials"},"content":{"rendered":"

Transformation of K-12 education systems to student-centered learning will require redesigning educator preparation and development systems to become personalized and competency-based.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are strategies to consider for building educator capacity? Systems change is a heavy lift under any circumstance, but educators are best positioned to lead the way. We will examine one way that innovative educators are building the capacity to transform education \u2012 using micro-credentials to develop and validate the knowledge, skills and abilities of educators.<\/span><\/p>\n

To fully transform K-12 education systems to student-centered learning, we need to rethink the way we build educator capacity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Micro-Credentials: A Tool for Transforming Educator Professional Learning<\/h3>\n

Micro-credentials are a tool to create a new pathway for educator preparation and development systems to become more competency-based, personalized and relevant to systems\u2019 and teachers\u2019 immediate and long-term needs. They hold great potential to help develop educator capacity. <\/span><\/p>\n

Micro-credentials are modular, competency-based credentials for professional learning that recognize demonstrated mastery of skills and prior knowledge. The concept of micro-credentialing allows for building up a portfolio of certified knowledge and skills for professional educators, challenging some of our notions of traditional licensure and credentialing \u2012 and this is a good thing. <\/span><\/p>\n

Micro-credentials afford more modularity in the design of professional learning experiences (place-based, anytime, anywhere, embedded in the classroom and in collaborative professional learning communities) to build educator capacity in a more flexible way. Some micro-credential strategies are similar to badging (think of, for example, girl scouts and boy scouts) that provide a recognition of mastery of knowledge and skills as they are developed, demonstrated and earned.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to <\/span>Digital Promise<\/span><\/a>, micro-credentials are:<\/span><\/p>\n