Recognized Postsecondary Credentials | Origin: HQ102
This is a general discussion for the following learning topic:
CTE High-Quality Framework: Sequencing & Articulation --> Recognized Postsecondary Credentials
Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.
What I learned from this module is a stronger standard for judging a credential's worth. The push I hear from district leadership is that a credential has to be industry-recognized and industry-validated, and my pushback has always been that recognition depends on who's doing the recognizing -- the entity that cares most about a Microsoft credential is usually Microsoft. This module gave me clearer metrics to grade against: industry-recognized, stackable, portable, and accredited. I intend to apply it by grading candidate certifications against all four criteria and using that as the language to argue for the ones that genuinely hold up.
Knowing that I offer college credit in 2 of my levels within my program at the high school has taught me that students are willing and wanting to further their education within the field and wanting to really step up their game when it comes to the knowledge of the field and start working out their with their hands on real-world client projects
I now better understand how credentialing benefit students. I appreciated the list of scaffolding idea that will help instructor differentiate instruction.
