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The Promise of Micro-credentials

Connect microcredentials to the Standards for Professional Learning

By Learning Forward
June 2017
Vol. 38 No. 3
Micro-credentials are an emerging learning design that shows promise for offering educators an on-ramp for identifying and meeting classroom-specific professional learning needs. Four key features define educator micro-credentials: They are competency-based, personalized, on-demand, and shareable. As a personalized learning design, micro-credentials allow educators to focus on a discrete skill related to their professional practice, student needs, or school goals. Here’s how micro-credentialing works: Teachers identify the micro-credential they want to earn based on their needs and interests. Each micro-credential provides details about what the teacher should know and be able to do, recommends resources to support the development of the skill, and specifies appropriate evidence an educator must submit to demonstrate his or her competence to earn the micro-credential. Teachers pursue their learning. Educators pursue

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The text and tools are adapted from two reports: Micro-credentials for Impact: Holding Professional Learning to High Standards (2017), by Learning Forward and Digital Promise; and Micro-credentials: Driving Teacher Learning & Leadership (2016), by the Center for Teaching Quality and Digital Promise. Download the full reports and other micro-credential resources at www.digitalpromise.org/initiative/educator-micro-credentials/micro-credential-resources-hub.

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Learning Forward. (2011). Standards for Professional Learning. Oxford, OH: Author.


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