Jan. 31, 2023
Melissa Tooley was cited in a new resource from digiLEARN on quality assurance standards for educator micro-credentials.
Micro-credentials are a growing part of efforts to transform existing state systems of professional preparation, learning, and compensation. When effectively integrated into these systems, micro- credentials can offer educators the opportunity to independently identify and develop new competencies, earn recognition for existing expertise, and measure competence in new skills developed through existing professional learning offerings.
In 2022, digiLEARN convened partners from Wyoming, South Carolina, Arkansas, and North Carolina to form the Micro-credentials Partnership of States (MPOS), a collaborative multistate effort to identify opportunities and address challenges related to educator micro-credentialing across states, and to develop policy recommendations to support consistency in implementation. Additional national partners and advisors played an important role in guiding the work of the MPOS including
RTI International, New America, Learning Forward,
Digital Promise, BloomBoard, the Learning Policy Institute, the National Education Association (NEA), and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. The effort received financial support from the Carnegie Corporation, NEA, and the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.
Read the full resource here.