Microcredentials

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Viewing 151 - 180 of 338 microcredentials found matching your search criteria.

Lean Think Foundations

Microcredential ID : 3033

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Lean Think

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential represents the fundamental skills upon which to build a mindset and culture of incremental, process improvement in the classroom. Lean Think teaches professionals how to define, identify, and focus on value while simultaneously removing waste. Valuable practices are refined, and superfluous practices are removed. The result is improved student learning and less teacher time outside of contract hours.

Lean Think Organization 6S

Microcredential ID : 3090

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Lean Think

Credits

0.5 USBE Credit

Description

A clean and well-organized classroom enhances classroom management, boosts student performance, and promotes a culture of efficiency and value, by decluttering physical and electronic spaces and fostering a focused learning environment. This microcredential represents the organizational skills necessary to accomplish these tasks. Fundamentally, 6S builds a mindset and culture of incremental, process improvement in the classroom. It describes the organization mechanism and tools in Lean Think. It simply stands for 6 words that begin with the letter S and are meant to be followed sequentially: Sort, Straighten, Scrub, Systemize, Standardize, Safety.

Lean Think Tools

Microcredential ID : 3118

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Lean Think

Credits

0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential builds skills within a professional to take already valuable classroom practices and make them more effective and more efficient using Lean Think Tools. The tools were developed in industry and refined over 70 years. They smoothly apply to educational practices resulting in improved student learning and less teacher time outside of contract hours. Lean Think Tools that may be used in this microcredential are: • 5 Whys • Error Proofing • Flow • Gemba • Jidoka • Just in Time • Load Leveling • Minimum viable Product • Plan Do Check Adjust • Pull vs Push • Standardization • Voice of the Customer

Learning Environments' Impact on Adolescent Literacy Development

Microcredential ID : 2995

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Secondary ELA Endorsement: Adolescent Literacy

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential represents educators' effective and consistent creation of learning environments that positively impact adolescent literacy development.

This is the first microcredential in the Adolescent Literacy stack. This stack of microcredentials fulfills one of the requirements for the Secondary Literacy endorsement.

This microcredential also fulfills two of the requirements for the Secondary Literacy Intervention endorsement.

Learning Progressions in Secondary Mathematics

Microcredential ID : 2898

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Special Education Mathematics Course for Secondary Teaching

Credits

0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential represents an educator's ability to master and understand secondary mathematics learning progressions. This is the third of six microcredential requirements for the Special Education Mathematics Course for Secondary Teaching Stack. These microcredentials can be earned in any order.

Lesson Design for Personalized Learning

Microcredential ID : 2682

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Personalized Learning

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential represents educators' planning skills necessary to design effective personalized learning experiences. Purposeful planning is crucial to achieve the necessary elements of personalized learning, including learner voice and choice in time, path, pace, and place of learning.

Local and Global Learning Communities

Microcredential ID : 3101

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Ed Tech Endorsement: Competency 2

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential represents an educator’s ability to seek out, join, and participate in local and global learning communities to pursue professional learning and stay current with research that supports student learning.

Matter and Energy in Science Microcredential #1

Microcredential ID : 2845

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Elementary Science Endorsement: Matter and Energy in Science

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

Title: Developing and Using Models About Energy and Matter This microcredential is the first in the Matter and Energy in Science microcredential stack. This stack, when completed, meets Requirement Area #3 of the Elementary Science Endorsement. Through this microcredential applicants demonstrate an understanding of matter and energy in systems through developing and using models.

Matter and Energy in Science Microcredential #2

Microcredential ID : 2846

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Elementary Science Endorsement: Matter and Energy in Science

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

Title: Participating in Science Discourse by Critiquing and Revising Models of Matter and Energy This microcredential is the second in the Matter and Energy in Science microcredential stack. This stack, when completed, meets Requirement Area #3 of the Elementary Science Endorsement. Through this microcredential educators demonstrate an understanding of science discourse by critiquing and revising models of matter and energy.

Matter and Energy in Science Microcredential #3

Microcredential ID : 2847

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Elementary Science Endorsement: Matter and Energy in Science

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

Title: Planning, Implementing, and Reflecting on Science Instruction Related to Matter and Energy This microcredential is the third in the Matter and Energy in Science microcredential stack. This stack, when completed, meets Requirement Area #3 of the Elementary Science Endorsement. Through this microcredential applicants demonstrate understanding of how to prepare and enact three-dimensional science instruction that is based on authentic phenomena and problems and supports the development of students’ conceptual science understanding and scientific literacy.

Matter and Energy in Science Microcredential #4

Microcredential ID : 2848

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Elementary Science Endorsement: Matter and Energy in Science

Credits

0.5 USBE Credit

Description

Title: Promoting Effective and Equitable Science Instruction in Personal Practice and in the Science Education Community This microcredential is the fourth in the Matter and Energy in Science microcredential stack. This stack, when completed, meets Requirement Area #3 of the Elementary Science Endorsement. Through this microcredential applicants demonstrate an ability to promote effective and equitable science instruction both in personal practice and in the science education community.

Measuring

Microcredential ID : 3157

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FCS Endorsement: Sewing Construction Skills

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential represents a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher’s ability to effectively measure and teach measuring techniques. The microcredential meets part of the requirements for the Fashion, Textiles, and Apparel endorsement.

Media Literacy Across the Disciplines

Microcredential ID : 2648

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Disciplinary Literacy

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential represents effective instruction in media literacy skills in a range of disciplines and content areas. Media literacy empowers students to be critical thinkers and evaluators of an increasingly wide range of messages that combine images, language, and sound. It is the development of a broader set of literacy skills helping students comprehend and evaluate the messages they receive. Effective educators in all disciplines teach their students to do the following: analyze and evaluate the message; determine the intended audience; analyze the source; state the purpose of the message.

Medications and Commonly Abused Drugs

Microcredential ID : 2973

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Health Endorsement: Substance Abuse Prevention

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential represents educators' effective and consistent instruction on medications and commonly abused drugs. This is the first microcredential in the Substance Abuse Prevention Stack. This stack of microcredentials fulfills one of the requirements of a pathway for endorsement. Click the More Info button to learn more.

Mental Health Disorders and Stigma

Microcredential ID : 2929

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Health Endorsement: Mental and Emotional Health

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential represents educators' effective and consistent instruction on mental health disorders and stigma. This microcredential fulfills one of the requirements of a pathway for endorsement. Click the More Info button to learn more.

Methods of Teaching Adapted Physical Education

Microcredential ID : 3003

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Adapted PE Endorsement: Adapted Physical Education

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential represents competency in planning for, implementation of, and reflection on the standards for adapted physical education. Educators will show their ability to scaffold motor skills within units and lessons, as well as demonstrate how they adapt or modify environment, rules, activity, and/or equipment to help students with disabilities be able to access/participate with their general education peers in the curriculum or learning environment.

Methods of Teaching Elementary Physical Education

Microcredential ID : 2882

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Physical Education Endorsement: Methods of Teaching PE K-12

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential focuses on educators' methods of instruction for physical education in the elementary grades. This is the first microcredential in the Methods of Teaching K-12 PE stack. This stack of microcredentials fulfills one of the requirements of a pathway for endorsement. Click the More Info button to learn more.

Methods of Teaching High School Physical Education

Microcredential ID : 2884

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Physical Education Endorsement: Methods of Teaching PE K-12

Credits

0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential focuses on educators' methods of instruction for physical education in the high school grades. This is third microcredential in the Methods of Teaching K-12 PE stack. This stack of microcredentials fulfills one of the requirements of a pathway for endorsement. Click the More Info button to learn more.

Methods of Teaching Middle School Physical Education

Microcredential ID : 2883

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Physical Education Endorsement: Methods of Teaching PE K-12

Credits

0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential focuses on educators' methods of instruction for physical education in the middle/junior high grades. This is second microcredential in the Methods of Teaching K-12 PE stack. This stack of microcredentials fulfills one of the requirements of a pathway for endorsement. Click the More Info button to learn more.

Microsoft Class Notebook

Microcredential ID : 2674

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Microsoft Digital Learning Tools

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential represents educators' effective and consistent use of Microsoft Class Notebook to support learning. Educators who earn this microcredential demonstrate their use of a range of the components of Microsoft Class Notebook to manage classrooms, support learners, and nurture collaborative environments.

Microsoft Learning Tools for Accessibility

Microcredential ID : 2675

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Microsoft Digital Learning Tools

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential focuses on educators' use of Microsoft accessibility tools to support learning. Educators who earn this microcredential use a range of Microsoft's Learning Tools for Accessibility to help all students access texts.

Microsoft Teams: Building a Collaborative Digital Classroom Environment

Microcredential ID : 2673

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Microsoft Collaboration Tools

Credits

0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential focuses on the use of Microsoft Teams to support learning and collaboration. Educators who earn this microcredential demonstrate their use of a range of the components of Microsoft Teams to manage classrooms, support learners, and nurture collaborative environments.

Motor Learning 1: Cognitive Phase

Microcredential ID : 2908

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Physical Education Endorsement: Motor Learning and Development

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential focuses on educators' instructional practices supporting the cognitive phase of motor learning. The cognitive phase of motor learning involves giving the students instructions about how to perform a movement. Feedback is continuously provided during this learning process. In this stage, errors and high variability of the performance are allowed. The duration of this phase depends on the complexity of the task, and commonly a high attentional demand is required.

This is the first microcredential in the Motor Learning and Development stack. This stack of microcredentials fulfills one of the requirements of a pathway for endorsement. Click the More Info button to learn more.

Motor Learning 2: Associative Phase

Microcredential ID : 2912

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Physical Education Endorsement: Motor Learning and Development

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential focuses on educators' instructional techniques supporting students during the associative stage of motor learning. The associative stage of motor learning consists of consolidation of the motor performance: the subject is more confident with the movement and the practice becomes more accurate, refined and less error-prone.

This is the second microcredential in the Motor Learning and Development stack. This stack of microcredentials fulfills one of the requirements of a pathway for endorsement. Click the More Info button to learn more.

Motor Learning 3: Autonomous Phase

Microcredential ID : 2881

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Physical Education Endorsement: Motor Learning and Development

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential focuses on educators' effective and consistent use of instructional strategies to support students' autonomous motor learning and development. The autonomous stage of motor learning occurs after adequate practice, the task is learned and becomes almost automatic: the performance is faster, precise and fluid and little attentional resources are needed to control movements. At this point, the learner can engage in simultaneous activities.

This is the third microcredential in the Motor Learning and Development stack. This stack of microcredentials fulfills one of the requirements of a pathway for endorsement. Click the More Info button to learn more.

Motor Learning and Development Assessment

Microcredential ID : 3006

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Adapted PE Endorsement: Motor Learning and Development

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential represents an educator's competency in determining areas of motor deficits, based on informal and formal student data. It also includes ensuring appropriate, measurable goals and objectives are being written into students IEP’s and addressed in unit plans and teaching outcomes.

Multi-Tiered System of Supports for Elementary Mathematics

Microcredential ID : 2922

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Elementary Mathematics Endorsement: Assessment and Intervention

Credits

0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential represents a teacher’s understanding of Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) and their ability to use MTSS at a classroom level. Effective use of MTSS involves gaining a deep assessment literacy, including being able to create, select, and effectively use classroom assessments, and being able to select and effectively interpret and use results from assessments (Kobett, B. M., & Wray, J. A., 2016). Additionally, MTSS involves understanding and implementing the critical components of the Utah Multi-Tiered System of Supports (UMTSS) Framework for Mathematics (i.e.., Team-based Problem Solving, High-quality Instruction, and Data-based Decision Making) and understanding and implementing effective intervention strategies. This microcredential is the first of two in the Elementary Mathematics Endorsement: Assessment and Intervention Stack. These microcredentials can be earned in any order.

Multi-Tiered System of Supports for Secondary Mathematics

Microcredential ID : 2905

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Special Education Mathematics Course for Secondary Teaching

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0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential represents an educator's use of a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework. A MTSS framework focuses on three instructional tiers engineered to meet student needs using a systematic approach. The Utah Multi-Tiered System of Support (UMTSS) is designed to address student learning in mathematics encompassing these critical components: High-quality Instruction, Team-based Problem Solving, and Data-based Decision Making. This is the sixth of the six microcredential requirements for the Special Education Mathematics Course for Secondary Teaching Stack. These microcredentials can be earned in any order.

Multiplication and Division with Rational Numbers

Microcredential ID : 2948

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Elementary Mathematics Endorsement: Rational Numbers and Proportional Reasoning

Credits

0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential represents a teacher’s understanding of multiplication and division with rational numbers. It includes their ability to understand and respond to progressions related to multiplication and division with rational numbers, including conceptualizations, properties, strategies, and representations, and by planning and implementing instruction based on the Standards for Mathematical Practice and Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices. It also involves selecting, using, and adapting mathematics curricula and teaching materials, including the integration of mathematical tools and technology, as well as using and analyzing formative and summative assessments to determine where students are in learning multiplication and division with rational numbers. This microcredential is the sixth of seven in the Elementary Mathematics Endorsement: Rational Numbers and Proportional Reasoning Stack. These Microcredentials can be earned in any order.

Music Integration Implementation

Microcredential ID : 3029

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Fine Arts Integration Implementation

Credits

0.5 USBE Credit

Description

This microcredential represents knowledge, skills, and practices needed to effectively integrate music and another subject area. This is an approach in which teachers guide students to construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form and meet evolving objectives in both subject areas.

Viewing 151 - 180 of 338 microcredentials found matching your search criteria.

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Lean Think Foundations

Lean Think Organization 6S

Lean Think Tools

Learning Environments' Impact on Adolescent Literacy Development

Learning Progressions in Secondary Mathematics

Lesson Design for Personalized Learning

Local and Global Learning Communities

Matter and Energy in Science Microcredential #1

Matter and Energy in Science Microcredential #2

Matter and Energy in Science Microcredential #3

Matter and Energy in Science Microcredential #4

Measuring

Media Literacy Across the Disciplines

Medications and Commonly Abused Drugs

Mental Health Disorders and Stigma

Methods of Teaching Adapted Physical Education

Methods of Teaching Elementary Physical Education

Methods of Teaching High School Physical Education

Methods of Teaching Middle School Physical Education

Microsoft Class Notebook

Microsoft Learning Tools for Accessibility

Microsoft Teams: Building a Collaborative Digital Classroom Environment

Motor Learning 1: Cognitive Phase

Motor Learning 2: Associative Phase

Motor Learning 3: Autonomous Phase

Motor Learning and Development Assessment

Multi-Tiered System of Supports for Elementary Mathematics

Multi-Tiered System of Supports for Secondary Mathematics

Multiplication and Division with Rational Numbers

Music Integration Implementation