From Competency to Credential
Micro-credentials Are Part of Something Bigger
Micro-credentials are part of a larger learning continuum built around one shared expectation: verified evidence of skill. Before we go deeper into micro-credentials themselves, let’s zoom out to see how they connect to credentials across grade bands.
A Shared Credential Model Across Grade Bands
Explore the Competency to Credential Continuum
From Competency to Credential
A Shared Credential Model Across Grade Bands
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Competency to Credential: A Continuum, Not a Requirement
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This is:
A shared way to define skill
A common expectation for evidence
Flexible entry points
This is not:
A lockstep pathway
A prerequisite chain
A mandate across grade levels
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One Model. Multiple Entry Points.
Click each stage to explore what happens there.
Partners, and learners, may enter the continuum at any stage based on their context and goals.
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Skill Builders to Credentials are driven by one consistent expectation: proof of skill, not participation.
Click each stage image/title to learn more about what Evidence of Learning looks like at that stage.
Focus
Stage
What Counts as Evidence
Skill Builders
Reflections, discussions, examples, journaling, peer connections
Skill Awareness & Articulation
Skill Demonstration & Verification
Tangible artifacts demonstrating competency (video, project, portfolio, etc.)
Micro-credential
Stacked Skill Synthesis & Articulation
Stacked verified micro-credentials demonstrating breadth of readiness
Credential
Skill Builders, Micro-credentials, and Credentials validate competency through verified Evidence of Learning.
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Every Stage Serves a Purpose
Click each stage to reveal the purpose that drives it.
Build Skill Language Early
Verify Skills With Purpose
Signal Readiness Clearly
Partners, and learners, may enter the continuum at any stage based on their context and goals.
Continue
Credentials make competency visible through verified evidence.They are strongest when connected to a continuum founded on a shared understanding of skill development.
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Start Over
What connects every stage?
Evidence of Learning
The evidence evolves. The clarity of skill stays central.
Continue
Great coaches build on their strengths and grow intentionally, one move at a time.
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Purpose
Signal readiness through synthesis of verified skills.
What Defines This Stage
- Multiple verified competencies
- Coherent body of evidence
- Stacked signal of readiness
Key Idea
Credentials make competency visible at scale.
What connects every stage?
Evidence of Learning
The evidence evolves. The clarity of skill stays central.
Continue
Purpose
Build shared skill language and structured reflection early.
What Defines This Stage
- Clear skill statement
- Structured learning experience
- Evidence of Learning that articulates understanding of the defined skill
- Skill Certificate awarded when articulation is clear
Key Idea
This stage builds the foundation: learners practice naming and explaining the skill. Evidence of Learning is focused on articulating understanding of the defined skill
Purpose
Verify competency through demonstrated application.
What Defines This Stage
- Clearly defined competency
- Structured criteria
- Evidence that demonstrates the skill in action
- Digital badge, backed by metadata, representing verified attainment
Key Idea
Here, learners move from articulating understanding to demonstrating competency.
From Competency to Credential: One Learning Continuum
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From Competency to Credential
Micro-credentials Are Part of Something Bigger
Micro-credentials are part of a larger learning continuum built around one shared expectation: verified evidence of skill. Before we go deeper into micro-credentials themselves, let’s zoom out to see how they connect to credentials across grade bands.
A Shared Credential Model Across Grade Bands
Explore the Competency to Credential Continuum
From Competency to Credential
A Shared Credential Model Across Grade Bands
Start
Competency to Credential: A Continuum, Not a Requirement
Click each information symbol to reveal more.
This is:
A shared way to define skill
A common expectation for evidence
Flexible entry points
This is not:
A lockstep pathway
A prerequisite chain
A mandate across grade levels
Continue
Continue
One Model. Multiple Entry Points.
Click each stage to explore what happens there.
Partners, and learners, may enter the continuum at any stage based on their context and goals.
Continue
Skill Builders to Credentials are driven by one consistent expectation: proof of skill, not participation.
Click each stage image/title to learn more about what Evidence of Learning looks like at that stage.
Focus
Stage
What Counts as Evidence
Skill Builders
Reflections, discussions, examples, journaling, peer connections
Skill Awareness & Articulation
Skill Demonstration & Verification
Tangible artifacts demonstrating competency (video, project, portfolio, etc.)
Micro-credential
Stacked Skill Synthesis & Articulation
Stacked verified micro-credentials demonstrating breadth of readiness
Credential
Skill Builders, Micro-credentials, and Credentials validate competency through verified Evidence of Learning.
Continue
Every Stage Serves a Purpose
Click each stage to reveal the purpose that drives it.
Build Skill Language Early
Verify Skills With Purpose
Signal Readiness Clearly
Partners, and learners, may enter the continuum at any stage based on their context and goals.
Continue
Credentials make competency visible through verified evidence.They are strongest when connected to a continuum founded on a shared understanding of skill development.
Click "Start Over" to begin this resource again, or "NEXT" to continue to the next resource.
Start Over
What connects every stage?
Evidence of Learning
The evidence evolves. The clarity of skill stays central.
Continue
Great coaches build on their strengths and grow intentionally, one move at a time.
Continue
Purpose
Signal readiness through synthesis of verified skills.
What Defines This Stage
Key Idea
Credentials make competency visible at scale.
What connects every stage?
Evidence of Learning
The evidence evolves. The clarity of skill stays central.
Continue
Purpose
Build shared skill language and structured reflection early.
What Defines This Stage
Key Idea
This stage builds the foundation: learners practice naming and explaining the skill. Evidence of Learning is focused on articulating understanding of the defined skill
Purpose
Verify competency through demonstrated application.
What Defines This Stage
Key Idea
Here, learners move from articulating understanding to demonstrating competency.