Stackable Credential Pathways to Credentials Initiative to Work with Ten Community Colleges

The Pathways to Credentials initiative provides customized technical assistance to help colleges advance their efforts in stackable credential design, including components such as employer engagement, industry certification alignment, and non-credit/credit integration.

Led by the Center for Occupational Research and Development and partner organization, Social Policy Research Associates , Pathways to Credentials provides technical assistance services to participating colleges from May 2020 through July 2021. College teams work with a coach and other subject matter experts to develop action plans specific to the workforce needs of their communities while benefiting from the peer learning community of the cohort.

In recent years, the stackable credentials approach has emerged as a notable practice to help students progress along the education continuum and obtain a postsecondary credential with labor market value. In addition to providing technical assistance, Pathways to Credentials will publish a new edition of the Stackable Credentials Tool Kit and related tutorials to support community and technical colleges across the United States. These planned resources will be posted on the Perkins Collaborative Resource Network website at https://cte.ed.gov/initiatives/credentials,where the existing tool kit and tutorials are currently available.

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• Resource Publication Date: 2020
• Organizational Author(s): U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE)
• Posted by: Maisha Meminger
• Posted in: Career Pathways