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Strengthen Professional Learning with Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

Offering greater flexibility than one-time, sit-and-get professional development, micro-credentials can serve as a vehicle for just-in-time, embedded learning in high-demand areas like computational thinking. Offer robust incentive structures and identify and develop micro-credentials aligned to district goals.

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How to Integrate Computational Thinking with “Look Fors”

Digital Promise

“Look for” documents show promise for districts committed to developing their own K-12 computing pathways. Read our White Paper: RPPforCS Resources for Projects. Find computational thinking resources : What do you think about the “Look for” documents? Share your thoughts with us. Explore the CT Pathways Toolkit.

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Educator Micro-credentials are Grounded in Research

Digital Promise

Since 2013, Digital Promise has put research at the center of the micro-credential development, evidence submission, and assessment processes, creating an ecosystem which includes 40 active issuing organizations and more than 400 published micro-credentials. Brenda Pearson Director of Professional Learning, Clark County Education Association.

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Making an environment where teachers can create bespoke lessons

The Hechinger Report

. In their transition to using more personalized learning, the Bristol-Warren Regional School District in Rhode Island made professional development a priority. In September, the state government announced the RI Personalized Learning Initiative , a program meant to bring personalized learning to every public school statewide.

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OPINION: Is home-based public school the next big thing for 3-year-olds?

The Hechinger Report

It must grapple with philosophical issues, including how much to honor the approaches that home-based caregivers have developed over years, sometimes decades, of practice, and where the city can advance its own vision of early education. The system encourages them to pursue professional development and program improvement.

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Valuing Professional Learning through Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

Earlier this year at The Future of Educator Micro-credentials Summit in Redwood City, California, researchers, educators, and thought leaders from the professional development field gathered to tackle this challenge.

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Moving from Challenges to Solutions: The Future of Educator Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

Digital Promise gathered developers, researchers, educators, and thought leaders from the educator professional development field on January 9-10 in Redwood City, California, for The Future of Educator Micro-credentials Summit.