micro-credential program
U-88
District 88 has partnered with BloomBoard to offer educators a continuing education framework that leverages micro-credentials for personalized, professional learning and career advancement. This competency-based program provides educators the opportunity for lane change as well as additional compensation attached to the base salary.
Program Overview
View the recording below to hear more about our partnership with BloomBoard including the future of the program and the new micro-endorsements being offered. District 88 will cover all costs associated with participation in the micro-endorsement program. The current offerings include:
- Foundations of Social Emotional Learning
- Foundations of Attending to Equity
- Foundations of Blended Learning
- Foundations of Learning Recovery
What is a Micro-credential?
A micro-credential is earned by demonstrating competence in a specific skill via a portfolio of evidence created through classroom practice. All micro-credentials are based on a robust, standardized blueprint, grounded in four areas of instructional efficacy research including, cycles of inquiry, job-embedded supports, rigorously calibrated assessment, and portfolio-based learning.
Micro-endorsement Offerings
Foundations of Social Emotional Learning
Building Positive Relationships with Students
Assessing the Well-being of Individual Students
Addressing the Well Being of Individual Students
Developing a Climate of Respect and Rapport
Elevating Social Emotional Learning
Engaging Families to Support Students
Foundations of Blended Learning
Building Positive Relationships with Students in a Blended Environment
Assessing Individual Student Needs in Blended Learning
Engaging Parents to Support Blended Learning
Onboarding Students to Blended Learning
Designing a Weekly Blended Learning Arc
Establishing Norms of Engagement for Blended Environments
Foundations of Attending to Equity
Exploring and Deepening an Equity Mindset
Assessing the Classroom Culture for Equity
Leading Conversations about Racism
Foundations of Learning Recovery
Planning Instruction to Recover Learning
Structuring the Classroom to Support All Students
Scaffolding Instruction for Individual Students
What Educators Are Saying
The Bloomboard micro-credentialing program helped me streamline resources. As teachers, we gained a plethora of knowledge to facilitate remote learning in a short amount of time. The program encourages us to look at students’ needs and use tools that meet their needs to be able to foster synchronous and asynchronous learning.
Earning micro-credentials has reassured me that I am on target with some of my established practices to create a conducive learning environment for my students and have allowed me to finetune others. I also can set my own pace and apply the learning experiences directly to my practice. It is an authentic learning experience that benefits my students, their families, and myself as an educator. In being a “learn by doing” kind of person, the content allows me to demonstrate competency within my classroom context.
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