Assessment Competency Based Learning Education Professional Learning 
A Principal's Reflections
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
We live in exciting times as unprecedented access to knowledge, research, and effective strategies at our fingertips can assist educators in creating meaningful experiences for students that align with both needs and strengths. One thing is for certain: learning is not linear. It starts at the top with leadership. Case in point.
Digital Promise
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Educators are fundamentally learners, as well as masters of assessing and adjusting learning opportunities. Unfortunately, most learning opportunities offered are static, prescriptive, or limited (and limiting)—not contextualized, personalized, or responsive. Micro-credentials offer educators that opportunity.
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Digital Promise
OCTOBER 19, 2017
One of the biggest reasons for my growth as an educator has been competency-based learning. A growth mindset allowed me to learn that failure can be productive and growth comes from ongoing reflection and practice, not a one-and-done attempt. What an incredible way for teachers to learn and grow professionally.
Digital Promise
NOVEMBER 20, 2017
As the number of districts and states adopting micro-credentials into their professional learning strategy continues to grow, it is critical that stakeholders step back to take a pulse of the ecosystem. Continuing the Educator Micro-credential Movement does just that. Supporting Professional Learning Structures.
Digital Promise
APRIL 8, 2016
Studies suggest American schools invest $18 billion in teachers’ professional learning annually. But considerable evidence indicates that formal professional development often misses the mark. And while teachers are also learning in informal ways, existing systems don’t track or make the most of that growth. .
Digital Promise
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
Brent Maddin is the Provost at the Relay Graduate School of Education, Director of TeacherSquared, and a member of the Digital Promise Micro-credential Advisory Board. How can this dean more effectively personalize professional development to meet each teacher where they are and help them get to where they need to be?
Digital Promise
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
Brent Maddin is the Provost at the Relay Graduate School of Education, Director of TeacherSquared, and a member of the Digital Promise Micro-credential Advisory Board. These two examples highlight some of the key limitations of today’s “seat-time” centric models for teacher professional development.
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