Aspiring Educator

What You'll Learn

Skills that are appropriate for aspiring educators and they move through their teacher education program.

Who Should Apply

  • Aspiring educators
15
micro-
credentials
15
Approximate hours each
Description

As an Aspiring Educator you will find these micro-credentials can help you develop the skills and understanding that will help you in your first steps to becoming a classroom teacher.

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Exceptional Learner: 4. IDEA- Determining Eligibility
Educator demonstrates an understanding of the connection between laws, regulations, policies, and procedures at the federal, state, and local levels and the process used to determine eligibility for special education and related services.
Types of Evidence Required: Comparison Chart, Informational Pamphlet, and Presentation

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StartNEA_EL4Aspiring Educator4. IDEA- Determining Eligibility

Exceptional Learner: 6. Introduction to Universal Design and Learning
Educator uses the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines and checkpoints to enhance their unit of study planning to reduce barriers to learning and support all students to become expert learners.
Types of Evidence Required: Analysis of Current UDL Implementation, Enhanced Unit of Study, and a Wrtitten Rationale

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StartNEA_EL6Aspiring Educator6. Introduction to Universal Design and Learning

Technology for Educational Leaders: Building Relationships Online
Facilitator uses multiple strategies to support the formation of safe, productive, and professional relationships in online settings.
Types of Evidence Required: Course Syllabus, lesson artifact OR presentation, and a video OR Annotated Screenshots

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StartNEA_BROAspiring EducatorBuilding Relationships Online

Arts Integration: Classroom Management for Creative Learning
Educator creates a kinesthetic, cooperative, and culturally responsive classroom to maintain an engaging learning environment.
Types of Evidence Required: Document, Visual Evidence

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StartNEA_AICLAspiring EducatorClassroom Management for Creative Learning

Technology for Educational Leaders: Connected Educator- Growing Your Professional Network
Educator shares and learns in the global community as a means to develop professionally.
Types of Evidence Required: List of memberships, problem of practice and solution, website OR blog.

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StartNEA_CEGAspiring EducatorConnected Educator- Growing Your Professional Network

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

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StartNEA_ETH1Aspiring EducatorEducator Ethics and the Law

Assessment Literacy: Foundational Principles of Quality Assessment
Educator uses the foundational principles of quality assessment practices to design classroom assessments and assessment practices to provide all important stakeholders (educators, students, families, policymakers, etc.) with useful information about student learning.
Types of Evidence Required: Document, PDF

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StartNEA_ALFPAspiring EducatorFoundational Principles of Quality Assessment

Classroom Practice (InTasc): Professional Responsibility - Reflective Practice to Improve Personal Effectiveness in the Classroom
Educator reflects on their practice to improve personal effectiveness in the classroom.
Types of Evidence Required: Written artifact, 2 SMART Goals, Written artifact,

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StartNEA_RPIAspiring EducatorReflective Practice to Improve Personal Effectiveness in the Classroom

Elevating the Profession Through Educator Ethics: Responsibility for Professional Competence
Educator takes responsibility for professional competence.
Types of Evidence Required: Action plan, one pagers, research

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StartNEA_ETH2Aspiring EducatorResponsibility for Professional Competence

Elevating the Profession Through Educator Ethics: Responsibility to Students
Educator respects the rights and dignity of students by demonstrating an ethic of care through developmentally appropriate interactions and boundaries within an educational setting.
Types of Evidence Required: Compare/contrast, summary, presentation

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StartNEA_ETH3Aspiring EducatorResponsibility to Students

Elevating the Profession Through Educator Ethics: Responsibility to the Profession
Educator examines their ethical behavior, promotes the advancement of the profession, and attempts to address and resolve ethical issues.
Types of Evidence Required: Time management system, resolution, action plan

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StartNEA_ETH4Aspiring EducatorResponsibility to the Profession

Elevating the Profession Through Educator Ethics: Responsibility to the School Community
Educator uses research and resources to promote ethical relationships and effective interactions with members of the school community.
Types of Evidence Required: Concept circle, chart, one pagers,parent communication plan

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StartNEA_ETH5Aspiring EducatorResponsibility to the School Community

Elevating the Profession Through Educator Ethics: Responsible and Ethical Use of Technology
Educator demonstrates responsible and ethical use of technology.
Types of Evidence Required: Handbook

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StartNEA_ETH6Aspiring EducatorResponsible and Ethical Use of Technology

Elevating the Profession Through Educator Ethics: Setting and Maintaining Ethical Boundaries
Educator sets and maintains ethical boundaries in their professional life.
Types of Evidence Required: Drawing, chart, slide show or article

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StartNEA_ETH7Aspiring EducatorSetting and Maintaining Ethical Boundaries

Elevating the Profession Through Educator Ethics: Understanding Educator Ethics
Educators will use research and resources to distinguish between codes of conduct and codes of ethics in order to determine best ethical practices when confronting a variety of dilemmas.
Types of Evidence Required: Resource, implementation description,case study

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StartNEA_ETH8Aspiring EducatorUnderstanding Educator Ethics