TED: Using Stackable Certificates and Badging in Support of Counter-acting the growing Teacher shortage.

• In Event: Roundtables Wed3
  In Roundtable Session: TED - Roundtables Wed3

Short Description

Certificates are an alternative to a full degree program and are well known in both graduate and undergraduate settings. While they have been highly utilized their impact on a university’s ability to answer specific professional development needs of its local community is not always well understood. This session will include ideas on how to quickly build responsive professional development programs for specific contents areas to serve an ever-changing landscape.

Authors

• Robert F Kenny, Florida Gulf Coast University

• Xiaoxue Wang, Florida Gulf Coast University

• Michele Stork, Florida Gulf Coast University