Micro-credentials
In 2019-2021 KVEC, through a research project with the Kentucky Department of Education, launched an innovative approach to the development of micro-credentials for clinical, personalized professional learning designed for teachers of students with disabilities. Twelve teams of Special Education teachers and KVEC staff identified specific skills and competencies needed by teachers of students with disabilities. Those teams crafted 12 micro-credentials that, while aimed at special education teachers, would also be appropriate for regular education teachers. Those micro-credentials include Co-Teaching, Using QFT in Math Instruction, Eliciting Student Thinking, and Using Direct Measures in Progress Monitoring. The presentations by KVEC Special Education teachers who designed the micro-credentials discuss the skills and competencies the micro-credentials are designed to credential, the process of developing micro-credentials, and the lesson learned in this pilot project.