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Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement

50
micro-
credentials

15
Approximate hours each

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These micro-credentials meet Washington state’s equity-based school practices certificate renewal requirement, and are aligned to the CCDEI (Cultural Competency, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) standards. Find out more about the equity certificate renewal requirement. Find out more about how to earn Washington clock hours through NEA micro-credentialsto meet this requirement.

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Adult Social Emotional Learning: 1 Self-Awareness The educator will explore their understanding of their identity, thoughts, and feelings through personal reflection and self-assessment, and will reflect on how these factors influence their daily behaviors. *Types of Evidence Required* The educator will develop and strengthen self-awareness and create a self-awareness action plan that will include self-reflection, self-assessment, goal setting, and small action steps, to build self-confidence and purpose. View PDF	Start	NEA_SEL1	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	1 Self-Awareness
Native Education: 1. Acknowledging and Honoring Resilience of AI/AN Education Educators will demonstrate an understanding of how U.S. Federal Indian Policy has contributed to educational and institutional inequities and mistreatment of American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) communities and how they have shown resistance and resilience throughout history. *Types of Evidence Required:* Research of AI/AN communities, AI/AN education timeline, presentation View PDF	Start	NEA_NIEA1	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	1. Acknowledging and Honoring Resilience of AI/AN Education
Diversity, Equity, and Cultural Competence: 1. Exploring and Unpacking Bias Educators will be able to define and describe implicit and explicit bias and identify how bias influences decisions, actions, and behaviors with students and families. Educators will also identify specific actions they can take to disrupt bias in their classrooms, schools, and districts. *Types of Evidence Required:* Infographic, and design professional learning View PDF	Start	NEA_DEC1	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	1. Exploring and Unpacking Bias
Family Engagement: 1. Families in Society and Cultural Contexts Educator understands, values, respects, and honors the unique variations that exist among families and the ways families support and advocate for their child(ren). *Types of Evidence Required:* Information Gathering, Description of changes made with analysis and results View PDF	Start	NEA_FE1	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	1. Families in Society and Cultural Contexts
Climate Change & Environmental Justice: 2. Climate Justice Educators will understand and share the disproportionate impacts of climate change on our communities and solutions to advance equity. *Types of Evidence Required* Educators will expand awareness on climate justice by creating an action plan OR a lesson plan to promote environmental justice. View PDF	Start	NEA_CLIM2	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	2. Climate Justice
Native Education: 2. Culture and Engagement: Activating Learning for AI/AN Students Educator demonstrates an understanding of the relationship between brain development and cultural engagement in the classroom to foster a more effective learning experience for American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) students. *Types of Evidence Required:* Social identity wheel, lesson artifact, journal reflection View PDF	Start	NEA_NIEA2	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	2. Culture and Engagement: Activating Learning for AI/AN Students
Diversity, Equity, and Cultural Competence: 2. Exploring and Unpacking Historical Inequities in Public Education Educators will explore and understand historical and present-day inequities in education. They will also identify how they impact schools and systems of public education as well as students and families. *Types of Evidence Required:* Brochure, infographic, daily routine, currate resources and create a lesson plan View PDF	Start	NEA_DEC2	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	2. Exploring and Unpacking Historical Inequities in Public Education
Family Engagement: 2. Family Engagement as Access and Opportunities For All Educator uses knowledge of families and communities to tailor engagement opportunities that reach all families regardless of their race, ethnicity, national origin, language, geographic location, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical ability, size, occupation, and marital/parental or economic status. *Types of Evidence Required:* Survey, Data analysis, Action Plan, Evidence of implementation View PDF	Start	NEA_FE2	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	2. Family Engagement as Access and Opportunities For All
Adult Social Emotional Learning: 3 Social Awareness The educator will demonstrate the ability to understand the perspective of and empathize with others including those from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and contexts. *Types of Evidence Required* The educator will develop and strengthen their social awareness and create a social awareness action plan that will include self-reflection, self-assessment, goal setting,and small action steps. View PDF	Start	NEA_SEL3	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	3 Social Awareness
Diversity, Equity, and Cultural Competence: 3. Awareness of Current Institutional Inequities Educators will identify and analyze institutional inequities that impact student outcomes, and develop action steps that can interrupt the status quo. *Types of Evidence Required:* Infographic, design professional learning, and create an action plan View PDF	Start	NEA_DEC3	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	3. Awareness of Current Institutional Inequities
Native Education: 3. Building a Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Classroom for AI/AN Students Educator understands how to provide a safe, respectful, and inclusive classroom environment that honors the diversity of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian) (AI/AN) students, families, and communities. *Types of Evidence Required:* Pre-interview plan, interview reflection, action plan View PDF	Start	NEA_NIEA3	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	3. Building a Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Classroom for AI/AN Students
Diversity, Equity, and Cultural Competence: 4. Diversity, Equity and Cultural Competence in Classroom Instruction Educators will develop and implement strategies to create a more culturally responsive, inclusive and equitable learning community for all students. *Types of Evidence Required:* Infographic, self assessment, plan or resource, classroom vision, analysis View PDF	Start	NEA_DEC4	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	4. Diversity, Equity and Cultural Competence in Classroom Instruction
Family Engagement: 4. Families as Co-Creators Educator collaborates with families to co-create practices, policies and opportunities that promote positive experiences and engagement in the classroom, school and/or community. *Types of Evidence Required:* Plan for family activity, implement family activity, evidence of family activity View PDF	Start	NEA_FE4	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	4. Families as Co-Creators
Trauma: 4. Race Based Trauma Educators will use their knowledge of how individual and institutional racism, racial bias, discrimination, and microaggressions can cause traumatic reactions in students of color, to create a safe and brave environment that can help students cope with race-based trauma. *Types of Evidence Required:* Research, plan and analysis View PDF	Start	NEA_TRA4	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	4. Race Based Trauma
Native Education: 4. Respectful and Responsible Representation of AI/AN Nations in Curriculum Educators analyze and use American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian (AI/AN) inclusive resources to support learning for all students. *Types of Evidence Required:* Lesson analysis, Revisions to lesson, student artifacts View PDF	Start	NEA_NIEA4	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	4. Respectful and Responsible Representation of AI/AN Nations in Curriculum
Diversity, Equity, and Cultural Competence: 5. Creating a Safe and Equitable Learning Environment Educators will identify and implement key policy, and culturally-competent practices that lead to safe and equitable learning environments for students. *Types of Evidence Required:* School climate survey, analysis, and action plan View PDF	Start	NEA_DEC5	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	5. Creating a Safe and Equitable Learning Environment
Native Education: 5. Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Pedagogy for AI/AN Instruction Educators will plan and teach AIAN inclusive, culturally, and linguistically responsive lessons. *Types of Evidence Required:* Self assessment & reflection, lesson plan, Lesson artifact View PDF	Start	NEA_NIEA5	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	5. Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Pedagogy for AI/AN Instruction
Family Engagement: 5. Linking Family Engagement to Learning Outcomes Educator uses data to communicate and engage families in support of individual student academic success as well as social/emotional learning and college/career readiness. *Types of Evidence Required:* Data collection, goal setting, recording/video, data report View PDF	Start	NEA_FE5	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	5. Linking Family Engagement to Learning Outcomes
Trauma: 5. Using a Healing-Centered Approach to Support Refugee Students Educators identify the causes and implications of refugee trauma on students. They design a healing-centered learning environment to support students who have experienced refugee trauma. *Types of Evidence Required:* List of services, referral process, and action plan View PDF	Start	NEA_TRA5	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	5. Using a Healing-Centered Approach to Support Refugee Students
Diversity, Equity, and Cultural Competence: 6. Asset-Based, Student-Centered Learning Environments Educators will use high expectations, rigorous curriculum, and culturally responsive and sustaining pedagogies to create an assets-based, student-centered learning environment. *Types of Evidence Required:* Empathy Interviews, self analysis, and action plan View PDF	Start	NEA_DEC6	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	6. Asset-Based, Student-Centered Learning Environments
Family Engagement: 6. Community Partnerships for Learning and Family Well-Being Educator fosters a positive relationship among families, schools and communities to enhance Family Engagement within their school, district and/or community, resulting in the optimum well-being of the students and families. *Types of Evidence Required:* Needs assessment, community map and analysis, action plan View PDF	Start	NEA_FE6	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	6. Community Partnerships for Learning and Family Well-Being
Native Education: 6. Culturally Responsive ELA Instruction for and about AI/AN Students Educators utilize AIAN texts, storytelling, and cultural pedagogy to provide culturally responsive instruction that embeds both cultural and academic standards in English Language Arts (ELA). *Types of Evidence Required:* AI/AN text analysis, AI/AN literacy lesson plan, student artifacts View PDF	Start	NEA_NIEA6	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	6. Culturally Responsive ELA Instruction for and about AI/AN Students
Trauma: 6. Poverty Based Trauma Educators identify the causes and implications of trauma that's linked to poverty and design a healing-centered learning environment to support affected students. Educators also promote empathy and the healthy development of social emotional skills among all students. *Types of Evidence Required:* Infographic, and Listicle,classroom plan View PDF	Start	NEA_TRA6	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	6. Poverty Based Trauma
Family Engagement: 7. Leading with Professional Ethics Educator leads with professional ethics to empower families to support and advocate for students and schools. *Types of Evidence Required:* Survey, learning plan,flyer, slide deck, handouts, faciliate a workshop, collect feedback View PDF	Start	NEA_FE7	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	7. Leading with Professional Ethics
Family Engagement: 8. Family Engagement Systems Educator recognizes and addresses the systems that impact how families engage within the school and community. *Types of Evidence Required:* Needs analysis, Resource guide, Promotion plan View PDF	Start	NEA_FE8	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	8. Family Engagement Systems
Native Education: 8. Truth-Telling in Social Studies Instruction: A Native Lens Educators will critically deconstruct, and challenge commonly held misconceptions and mistruths in social studies curriculum and instruction. They will also be able to teach accuracy and truth using AIAN-authored and vetted resources. *Types of Evidence Required:* Unit review, unit revision, reflection View PDF	Start	NEA_NIEA8	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	8. Truth-Telling in Social Studies Instruction: A Native Lens
Using Your Educator Voice to Advocate for Students: Activating Community Resources to Support Student Learning Educator works with other professionals and colleagues to build connections to community resources to support student learning. *Types of Evidence Required:* List of Resources, Event Flyer and Photo Essay (Collage) View PDF	Start	NEA_RED1	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Activating Community Resources to Support Student Learning
English Language Learners: Advocating for ELL students and their families at the school level Educator advocates in their schools for English Language Learner (ELL) students and families using a five-step action plan. *Types of Evidence Required:* written artifacts, PowerPoint presentation View PDF	Start	NEA_ELLS	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Advocating for ELL students and their families at the school level
English Language Learners: Advocating for English Language Learners (ELL) Friendly Local, State, and Federal Policies Educator advocates at the local, state, and/or federal level for policies that support English Language Learners and their families. *Types of Evidence Required:* written artifacts View PDF	Start	NEA_AELL	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Advocating for English Language Learners (ELL) Friendly Local, State, and Federal Policies
Classroom Practice (InTasc): Professional Responsibility - Communicating with Stakeholders Educator delivers an effective message to learners, families, and colleagues. *Types of Evidence Required:* 3 communication plans (written artifacts), 3 annotated artifacts (pictures and written annotations) View PDF	Start	NEA_CWS	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Communicating with Stakeholders
Teacher Leadership: Diversity Equity Cultural Competence Pathway - Cultivating Socially Just Environments Educator deepens understanding of cultivating socially just educational environments. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written artifact, audio or video AND written documentation, Written artifact OR video View PDF	Start	NEA_CSJ	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Cultivating Socially Just Environments
Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum (Proficient Level): Cultural Competence Standard: Cultural Self-Awareness The ESP demonstrates awareness of how their own culture (e.g., race, socioeconomic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, beliefs, and other differences) shapes their preferences and perspective, and understands how to become conscious of previously unconscious biases going forward. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written or audio or video learning artifact; activity sheet written or audio or video artifact, audio or video interview artifact; written or audio or video reflection artifact. View PDF	Start	NEA_PGC3	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Cultural Competence Standard: Cultural Self-Awareness
Education Support Professionals: Professional Growth Continuum (Proficient Level): Cultural Competence Standard: Valuing Diversity The ESP values diversity with regard to culture (e.g., race, socioeconomic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, beliefs, and other differences.) *Types of Evidence Required:* Written or audio or video learning artifact; activity sheet, audio or video interview artifact; written or audio or video reflection artifact. View PDF	Start	NEA_PGC2	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Cultural Competence Standard: Valuing Diversity
Teaching with Primary Sources: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy with Primary Sources Educator uses primary sources and inquiry strategies to craft culturally relevant instruction. *Key Method:* Educator develops and analyzes a lesson that incorporates the three tenets of culturally relevant pedagogy with primary sources. View PDF	Start	NEA_TPS3	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Culturally Relevant Pedagogy with Primary Sources
Arts Integration: Culturally Responsive Art Instruction Educator honors the presence of student diversity by incorporating culturally responsive arts instruction and/or integration. *Types of Evidence Required:* Document, PDF View PDF	Start	NEA_AICR	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Culturally Responsive Art Instruction
Elevating the Profession Through Educator Ethics: Educator Ethics and the Law Educator uses their knowledge of laws and policies in their day-to-day decision-making to model and promote ethical behavior. *Types of Evidence Required:* One pagers, presentation, analysis, examples View PDF	Start	NEA_ETH1	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Educator Ethics and the Law
Cooperating Teacher: Equity Literacy The cooperating teacher demonstrates an understanding of how to create and sustain a bias-free and equitable learning environment for teacher candidates through increased equity literacy. *Types of Evidence Required:* written artifacts, video OR narrative OR audio file OR brochure OR PowerPoint, written summary View PDF	Start	NEA_EL	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Equity Literacy
Using Your Educator Voice to Advocate for Students: Establishing, Maintaining, and Supporting Relationships with Parents and Community Educator works with other professionals and colleagues to build connections to community resources to support student learning. *Types of Evidence Required:* List of Resources, Event Flyer and Photo Essay (Collage) View PDF	Start	NEA_RED6	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Establishing, Maintaining, and Supporting Relationships with Parents and Community
Teacher Leadership: Diversity Equity Cultural Competence Pathway - Explore and Challenge Inequity Educator understands and participates in situations challenging inequity and promotes equity, diversity, and cultural competency in education. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written artifact, audio or video AND written documentation, Written artifact OR video View PDF	Start	NEA_CI	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Explore and Challenge Inequity
Five Core Propositions (NBCT): Know Your Students Teachers know about the students they instruct in order to respond to individual student learning differences and provide every student with a high quality educational setting. *Types of Evidence Required:* two written artifacts using given templates View PDF	Start	NEA_KYS	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Know Your Students
Classroom Practice (InTasc): Learner and Learning - Linking Families and Communities to Schools for Student Success Educator demonstrates an understanding of the important role that families and communities play in students' academic and social success. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written artifact, Parent/Community Engagement plan, written artifact View PDF	Start	NEA_LFC	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Linking Families and Communities to Schools for Student Success
LGBTQ+: Part 1. Take a Stand: Creating Safe Schools for LGBTQ+ Students Educators will learn about LGBTQ+ people and how to create safe spaces for LGBTQ+ students. *Types of Evidence Required* expand awareness about school safety issues for LGBTQ+ students, analyze the factors that affect their safety, and develop an action plan View PDF	Start	NEA_PLUS1	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Part 1. Take a Stand: Creating Safe Schools for LGBTQ+ Students
LGBTQ+: Part 2. Walking the Talk: Strategies to Address LGBTQ+ Bias in the Classroom Educators will learn about LGBTQ+ student bias and approaches to address it. Educators will also reflect on how factors that contribute to this bias can influence their daily behaviors. *Types of Evidence Required* identify their unconscious bias, explore strategies to address anti-LGBTQ+ bias, and develop action plans View PDF	Start	NEA_PLUS2	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Part 2. Walking the Talk: Strategies to Address LGBTQ+ Bias in the Classroom
LGBTQ+: Part 3. Making the Case: Communication Strategies Educators will learn strategies they can use to communicate about LGBTQ+ students and LGBTQ+ issues, including how to prepare persuasive and informative message. *Types of Evidence Required* research and identify common objections to LGBTQ+ inclusive policies and curriculum View PDF	Start	NEA_PLUS3	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Part 3. Making the Case: Communication Strategies
LGBTQ+: Part 4. The Intersections of Race, Gender, Gender identity, & Sexual Orientation Educators understand the intersections of race, gender, and sexual orientation and how they connect with classroom culture, pedagogy, and student and staff relationships. *Types of Evidence Required* analyze key concepts of race, gender, and sexual orientation, determine roles in examining oppression at the individual, institutional, and societal levels, and create an action plan for addressing this oppression within the classroom View PDF	Start	NEA_PLUS4	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Part 4. The Intersections of Race, Gender, Gender identity, & Sexual Orientation
LGBTQ+: Part 5. Safe and Supportive Working Environments: A Right for LGBTQ+ Educators Educators will gain deeper insight into the barriers LGBTQ+ employees face while recognizing ways to support LGBTQ+ educators right now. *Types of Evidence Required* learn policies and laws related to the rights of LGBTQ+ employees, identify barriers employees of the LGBTQ+ community face, explain why the “coming out” process is difficult, and recognize policies to make a more inclusive environment View PDF	Start	NEA_PLUS5	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Part 5. Safe and Supportive Working Environments: A Right for LGBTQ+ Educators
Teacher Leadership: Diversity Equity Cultural Competence Pathway - Purposeful Collaboration Educator leads or facilitates diverse groups in situations which challenge inequity and promote equity, diversity, and cultural competency in education. *Types of Evidence Required:* Video OR Audio AND/OR written artifact, Written artifact OR audio or video View PDF	Start	NEA_PC	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Purposeful Collaboration
Teacher Leadership: Overarching Competencies - Reflective Practice Educator thinks deeply and carefully about who they are and how they lead. *Types of Evidence Required:* video OR audio, written artifact View PDF	Start	NEA_RP	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Reflective Practice
Classroom Practice (InTasc): Understanding Content - Teaching Global Competence Educator facilitates learners' ability to develop diverse social and cultural perspectives that expand their understanding of local and global issues. *Types of Evidence Required:* written artifact, 3 samples of annotated student work x2 (pre-& post) View PDF	Start	NEA_TGC	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Teaching Global Competence
Classroom Management: Trauma-Informed Pedagogy Educator demonstrates an understanding of how trauma can affect student behaviors and responses within the school context and promotes students’ abilities to self-monitor and maintain positive engagement in all aspects of learning and interactions. *Types of Evidence Required:* written artifacts, pamphlet OR brochure View PDF	Start	NEA_TIP	Micro-credentials meeting Washington’s Equity certificate renewal requirement	Trauma-Informed Pedagogy