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Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students

What You'll Learn

Identify a micro-credential that supports your professional learning journey. Micro-credentials in this stack are pulled from multiple areas.

Who Should Apply

All educators
Individual Micro-credentials may vary

46
micro-
credentials

15
Approximate hours each

Description

This stack was created for educators who wish to earn micro-credentials during the summer months when they are not in school with students. However, it is also useful for substitute teachers, ESPs, support staff and others who are not in the classroom teaching students, but still wish to earn a micro-credential.

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Exceptional Learner: 2. Understanding the IEP Process Educator uses district policy, state regulations, and federal law to understand Individualized Educational Programs (IEP), goal writing, and implementing instructional supports for learners with IEPs. *Types of Evidence Required:* IEP-Present Level, Analysis, SMART Goals, Accomidations, and an Analysis of an IEP Meeting View PDF	NEA_EL2	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	2. Understanding the IEP Process
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 View PDF	NEA_EL4	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	4. IDEA- Determining Eligibility
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	NEA_FE6	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	6. Community Partnerships for Learning and Family Well-Being
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 View PDF	NEA_EL6	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	6. Introduction to Universal Design and Learning
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	NEA_FE7	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	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	NEA_FE8	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	8. Family Engagement Systems
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	NEA_ELLS	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	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	NEA_AELL	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Advocating for English Language Learners (ELL) Friendly Local, State, and Federal Policies
Using Your Educator Voice to Advocate for Students: Aligning Your School Mission 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	NEA_RED3	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Aligning Your School Mission
Cooperating Teacher: Andragogy Adult Learning Cooperating teacher demonstrates an understanding and application of the six principles of adult learning. *Types of Evidence Required:* Document Upload View PDF	NEA_AAL	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Andragogy Adult 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 View PDF	NEA_BRO	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Building 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 View PDF	NEA_AICL	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Classroom 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. View PDF	NEA_CEG	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Connected Educator- Growing Your Professional Network
Technology for Educational Leaders: Curating Content Educator uses a variety of curation tools to collect meaningful content for other educators. *Types of Evidence Required:* Essay and a website or blog View PDF	NEA_CUR	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Curating Content
Building Winning Teams: Defining and Delineating Roles and Responsibilities for Team Success Paraeducators and teachers define and delineate roles and responsibilities to improve the effectiveness of their team. *Types of Evidence Required:* Self Assessment, agreement, Team Action Plan and Evidence of Implementation View PDF	NEA_BWT1	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Defining and Delineating Roles and Responsibilities for Team Success
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	NEA_ETH1	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Educator Ethics and the Law
Assessment Literacy: Eliciting Accurate Evidence of Student Learning Educator designs sound assessments that generate accurate evidence of student learning. The educator's rubrics meet quality criteria that provide accurate feedback regarding student learning. *Types of Evidence Required:* Document, PDF View PDF	NEA_ESL	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Eliciting Accurate Evidence of Student Learning
Using Your Educator Voice to Advocate for Students: Engaging Your Community to Advocate for Public Schools 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	NEA_RED5	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Engaging Your Community to Advocate for Public Schools
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	NEA_EL	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	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	NEA_RED6	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Establishing, Maintaining, and Supporting Relationships with Parents and Community
Arts Integration: Formative & Summative Assessment using Arts Integration Educator demonstrates how using an art form can enhance traditional formative and/or summative assessment of student learning. *Types of Evidence Required:* Document, Photo Journal, Video View PDF	NEA_SMT	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Formative & Summative Assessment using Arts Integration
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 View PDF	NEA_ALFP	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Foundational Principles of Quality Assessment
Technology Integration: Leader Educator seeks out leadership opportunities to improve teaching and learning using technology. *Types of Evidence Required:* Needs assessment, evidence of committee involvement AND evidence of modeling technology integration (website, feedback, blog post, lesson plan) View PDF	NEA_TILD	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Leader
Technology Integration: Learner Educator improves their practice by learning from and with others through the exploration of best practices that leverage technology to improve student learning. *Types of Evidence Required:* Reflection, Goal, Matrix AND Evidence of networking View PDF	NEA_TIL	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Learner
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	NEA_LFC	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Linking Families and Communities to Schools for Student Success
Cooperating Teacher: Listening and Non-Verbal Communication Cooperating teacher demonstrates deliberate communication techniques to enhance positive student teacher/intern interactions. *Types of Evidence Required:* written artifact View PDF	NEA_LNC	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Listening and Non-Verbal Communication
Cooperating Teacher: Managing Difficult Conversations Educator demonstrates the understanding and skills necessary to effectively handle difficult conversations with a student teacher candidate that will result in a positive outcome. *Types of Evidence Required:* written artifact, audio OR video View PDF	NEA_MDC	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Managing Difficult Conversations
Technology for Educational Leaders: Providing Asynchronous Feedback to Learners Educator provides effective feedback and encourages peer-to-peer collaboration in an asynchronous environment. *Types of Evidence Required:* Syllabus or Lesson Plan,work samples and annotated samples View PDF	NEA_PAF	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Providing Asynchronous Feedback to Learners
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, View PDF	NEA_RPI	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Reflective 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 View PDF	NEA_ETH2	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Responsibility for Professional Competence
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 View PDF	NEA_ETH4	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Responsibility 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 View PDF	NEA_ETH5	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Responsibility 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 View PDF	NEA_ETH6	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Responsible 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 View PDF	NEA_ETH7	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Setting and Maintaining Ethical Boundaries
Classroom Practice (InTasc): Instructional Practice - Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback Educator reflects on objectives and provides timely feedback to students. *Types of Evidence Required:* Written artifact, 3 artifacts of student work AND rubric AND written artifact OR Video View PDF	NEA_SOP	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback
Five Core Propositions (NBCT): Thinking Systematically About Your Practice Educator expands their repertoire and deepens their pedagogical content knowledge to remain inventive and welcoming to new findings that extend their professional learning. *Types of Evidence Required:* written artifact OR video/audio, 4 separate written artifacts View PDF	NEA_TS	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Thinking Systematically About Your Practice
Building Winning Teams: Understanding and Applying Communication Styles for Team Success Paraeducators and teachers understand and apply the four basic communication styles to improve the effectiveness of their team. *Types of Evidence Required:* Analysis, Assessment, Video and Action Plan View PDF	NEA_BWT2	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Understanding and Applying Communication Styles for Team Success
Building Winning Teams: Understanding and Applying Conflict Management Styles for Team Success Paraeducators and teachers understand and apply conflict management styles to improve the effectiveness of their team. *Types of Evidence Required:* Analysis, Assessment and Video View PDF	NEA_BWT3	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Understanding and Applying Conflict Management Styles for Team Success
Building Winning Teams: Understanding and Applying Conflict Resolution Strategies for Team Success Paraeducators and teachers understand and apply conflict resolution strategies to improve the effectiveness of their team. *Types of Evidence Required:* Explanation of Content, Article Summary,Evidence of Applicaton, Team Action Plan and Reflection View PDF	NEA_BWT4	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Understanding and Applying Conflict Resolution Strategies for Team Success
Building Winning Teams: Understanding and Applying the 7-Step Problem Solving Process for Team Success Paraeducators and teachers understand and apply the 7-step problem solving process to improve the effectiveness of their team. *Types of Evidence Required:* Analysis, Assessment,Evidence of Application, Action Plan and Reflection View PDF	NEA_BWT5	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Understanding and Applying the 7-Step Problem Solving Process for Team Success
Building Winning Teams: Understanding and Applying the Characteristics of Effective Teams for Success Paraeducators and teachers understand and apply the characteristics of effective teams to improve the effectiveness of their team. *Types of Evidence Required:* Inventory, Team Action Plan and Evidence of Implementation View PDF	NEA_BWT6	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Understanding and Applying the Characteristics of Effective Teams for Success
Building Winning Teams: Understanding and Applying the Five "Knows" of Collaborative Teaming for Success Paraeducators and teachers understand and apply the five "knows" of collaborative teaming to improve the effectiveness of their team. *Types of Evidence Required:* Analysis, Assessment, Video and Action Plan View PDF	NEA_BWT7	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Understanding and Applying the Five "Knows" of Collaborative Teaming for Success
Using Your Educator Voice to Advocate for Students: Using Technology to Engage Stakeholders 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	NEA_RED8	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Using Technology to Engage Stakeholders
Using Your Educator Voice to Advocate for Students: Using the Power of Educator Voice 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	NEA_RED9	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Using the Power of Educator Voice
Technology for Educational Leaders: Virtual Engagement Strategies for Asynchronous Learning Facilitator uses a variety of strategies and digital tools to engage learners in asynchronous learning. *Types of Evidence Required:* Virtual Learning Group, and description View PDF	NEA_VESA	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Virtual Engagement Strategies for Asynchronous Learning
Technology for Educational Leaders: Virtual Engagement Strategies for Synchronous Learning Educator uses a variety of strategies to engage their learners in a synchronous setting. *Types of Evidence Required:* Agenda OR Presentation, Video, and evidence of collaboration View PDF	NEA_VESS	Micro-credentials That Don't Require Students	Virtual Engagement Strategies for Synchronous Learning