Brown County ESC & Southern Ohio ESC

Supporting Educators in Developing Critical Skills to Move Beyond COVID

Brown County ESC and Southern Ohio ESC have partnered with BloomBoard to offer their member districts the opportunity to enroll teachers into a micro-credential-based professional learning program. This new competency-based program provides educators with flexible, job-embedded professional learning designed to support them in addressing COVID-related challenges including learning loss, student well-being, and equity. A limited number of seats are available for the program; please
complete the form or attend an information session to learn more.

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Program Overview

In partnership with BloomBoard, Brown County ESC and Southern Ohio ESC are offering member districts the opportunity to enroll up to five educators in a micro-credential based professional learning program, at no cost to the district. By completing a set of specialized micro-endorsements, educators will have demonstrated skills that can help them address COVID-related challenges including learning recovery, student-well being, and equity. Districts and their educators will have the ability to choose from a selection of pre-approved specialized micro-endorsements listed below.

There are limited seats available for this program. Please complete the form at the bottom of this page or register to attend an informational webinar to get started.

You may also contact:

Jackie Miller
Brown County ESC
jackie.miller@brownesc.us
Curt Bradshaw
Southern Ohio ESC
cbradshaw@southernohioesc.org

Attend an Information Session

To learn more about the program and how it works, join us for one of our informational webinars. You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions and reserve enrollment spots for up to five of your educators.

Wednesday, November 17 – 3:00 PM Eastern
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Thursday, November 18 – 8:00 AM Eastern
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Foundations of  Addressing Learning Recovery

This micro-endorsement focuses on providing just-in-time supports so that students can successfully engage in on-grade-level work. Educators learn and practice strategies to fill students’ skill and knowledge gaps through intentional planning, implementation of flexible classroom structures, and connection of student data to appropriate supports. The following micro-credentials are included in the program:

  • Planning Instruction to Recover Learning
  • Structuring the Classroom to Support All Students
  • Scaffolding Instruction for Individual Students
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Foundations of Attending to Equity

This micro-endorsement focuses on understanding systemic inequities and their effects; and supports educators in evaluating their current context for equitable practices. Educators then, based on their specific school and classroom context, can strategically focus on building peer-to-peer relationships in respectful and deliberate ways, implement restorative practices in the classroom, and/or lead productive conversations with students about racism. The following micro-credentials are included in the program:

  • Exploring and Deepening an Equity Mindset
  • Assessing the Current Classroom Culture for Equity
  • Supporting Students as Individuals.
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Foundations of Addressing Student Well-being

This micro-endorsement focuses on first building positive relationships with students so that they can then intentionally, strategically, and collaboratively work to assess and address factors contributing to their well-being. Educators build skills for assessing individual student needs and working collaboratively with colleagues to address those needs. The following micro-credentials are included in the program:

  • Building Positive Relationships with Students
  • Assessing the Well-being of Individual Students
  • Addressing the Well-being of Individual Students
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Program Benefits

Low-cost

The program provides educators with a low-cost alternative to graduate courses. 

Job-Embedded

Micro-credentials are job-embedded and much of the learning is integrated into your existing classroom practice.

Personalized

Select micro-endorsements you want to complete based on your personal interests and professional goals. 

Salary Advancement

If your district has ACP approval, you have the potential to earn salary advancement for program completion!

How Micro-credentials Work

A micro-credential is earned by demonstrating competence in a specific skill via a portfolio of evidence created through classroom practice. Micro-credentials on BloomBoard follow the ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, Evaluate) instructional design framework. 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.
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