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Read partner success storiesEncourage, recognize and measure the increased proficiency and effectiveness of your teachers and staff.
Without recognizing, rewarding and documenting a progression of growth, what do teachers have to show for their hard work? Microcredentials and badges help leaders cultivate a culture of engagement and growth by recognizing their teachers’ achievements.
Session attendance or course completion does not mean new strategies are being implemented in the classroom. Badges in GroweLab are based on documented evidence of practice in competencies shown to improve student outcomes.
Connect badging data in GroweLab to your imported student achievement data and see which competencies and skills are driving improved results.
I saw a huge improvement in morale and positivity and climate and culture. I saw teachers become more confident in their ability in their classrooms. I saw veteran teachers embrace new ideas and different ways to do things.
Leaders and coaches can easily identify the individuals and schools that earn the most microcredentials as part of a coaching plan, and address gaps with teachers who may need additional instructional support.
Education analytics
With education analytics, leaders can identify which microcredentials and badges are driving positive student outcomes and adjust their professional learning and coaching plans accordingly.
Education analytics
Coaches use pictures, videos and documented lesson plans provided by their coachees as evidence of classroom implementation to certify fidelity and increased proficiency. Badges in GroweLab are awarded only when evidence of practice has been reviewed and approved by a coach.
With custom competencies aligned to your school or district’s priorities, administrators can also design and award badges that signify growth on those competencies.
Competency-based growth
The first tier of badges represents growth on a particular strand within a competency. Strand badges are quick wins that give educators early recognition of growth toward higher levels of proficiency.
A microcredential is awarded when a teacher or staff member has documented evidence of practice, reviewed by their coach, aligned to the proficiency level of a whole competency.
It provides me the opportunity to reflect on my work so I can continue to grow. It’s gratifying to receive and be recognized with badges!
Badges in GroweLab run through every step of the cycle. Each one is evidence of practice a coach has reviewed, so a district’s growth data says what changed in classrooms.
Badges and microcredentials record which competencies moved, on evidence a coach reviewed.
Assessments & SoftwareCustom badges follow the competencies the plan names.
Planning & DesignCoaches review the evidence and certify the growth.
Performance ImprovementLeaders share badge practices with peers in the Jim Knight Impact Network.
Network & EventsEducators earn badges by documenting growth with evidence. As they implement new strategies and skills, they capture evidence and upload it to GroweLab; when their coach reviews and approves it, they receive credit toward the next badge, awarded at benchmarks of proficiency the coach has reviewed.
A microcredential is earned the same way as a badge, with one difference: the educator provides evidence of implementation demonstrating proficiency for each strand of the competency. Microcredentials mark high-fidelity implementation aligned to the levels of proficiency in each competency.
A microcredential represents a deeper level of implementation across an entire competency, while a strand badge recognizes growth on a single strand within it. Both are demonstrated with evidence and reviewed by a coach.
Yes. "I’m working hard for the badges!" engage2learn has issued competency badges to teachers, instructional coaches, principals, operations staff and many others for years, and educators love feeling supported, encouraged and recognized for their growth.
Yes. GroweLab turns badges and microcredentials into growth-based reports that help school and district leaders monitor progress toward high-level goals and spot growth gaps and trends across the district.
Partner districts celebrate badge achievements in staff meetings, print badge stickers for classroom doors, set school-wide badge goals with a "badge thermometer" in the staff lounge, connect badges to pay incentives and evaluations, and use competency reports to find staff who need more support.
No. GroweLab includes a celebration system that lets coaches and leaders recognize any staff achievement at any time, and supports peer celebrations so teachers and staff can encourage each other too.
Tell us which competencies matter most in your district, and we’ll show you the badges, the evidence and the reports behind them.
