SkillStack®

Microcredentials are recognized credentials awarded to learners for mastery of skills or concepts defined by industry and educators.

Mircocredentials are developed through a collaborative process that engages industry, educators, and other critical stakeholders to ensure they represent the skills learners need to succeed. 

A digital badge is a visual representation of a microcredential embedded with data to verify a learner’s skills and achievements. Criteria within each badge have been developed with industry input.

Digital badges are:

Verifiable: Prospective employers or postsecondary institutions can identify who issued the badge, when and where it was earned, and what criteria were used to earn it.

Stackable: A set of organized microcredentials can be stacked to symbolize progressive levels of proficiency, complexity, and achievement.

Portable: Individuals can access their badges indefinitely and share them via social media or embed them in a resume for prospective or current employers or postsecondary institutions.

Program standards are developed for each badge through a collaborative process that engages industry, college/university faculty, secondary faculty, and other critical stakeholders. As students provide evidence of the competencies for each skill, educators evaluate the competencies based on common assessments. Once all skills are validated for a particular badge, the information is entered in the SkillStack® platform and badges are issued.

Policies

III.E. – Certificates and Degrees

III.G. – Postsecondary Program Review and Approval

III.L. – Prior Learning

III.Y – Advanced Opportunities