Embedding a Culture of Student-Centeredness

Professional Development Credit – This Micro-Credential may be eligible for continuing professional development credit in your state. Contact your state affiliate association to learn more.

Overview – The Embedding a Culture of Student Centeredness Micro-Credential requires the practitioner to demonstrate proficiency of all the essential outcomes and the research-based subskills defined in the details. These include the practitioner’s ability to: ensure targeted support for each student academically, socially, emotionally, and physically; commit and ensure that all staff members understand their responsibilities and are entrusted in meeting each student’s needs; celebrate and recognize students’ achievement and emphasize positive behavior; and provide a collaborative plan with strategies, timelines, evaluation, and a monitoring process for embedding an exemplary student-centered culture that conveys high expectations, support, and mutual respect among all stakeholders. “In student-centered climates, students feel empowered co set and achieve ambitious goals for their learning and life. Stakeholders weigh each decision for the school and for one’s behavior guided by the question “what is best for students?” (NASSP, 2019, p. 29).

Essential Outcomes – Embedding a Culture of Student Centeredness includes the following four identified essential outcomes:

1. Ensure targeted support for each student academically, socially, emotionally, and physically.
2. Commit and ensure that all staff members understand their responsibilities and are entrusted in meeting each student’s needs.
3. Celebrate and recognize students’ achievement and emphasize positive behavior.
4. Provide a collaborative plan with strategies, implementation timelines, evaluation, and a monitoring process for embedding and maintaining an exemplary student-centered culture that conveys high expectations, support, and mutual respect among all staff and students.

Requirements

Part 1. Overview Questions

Develop a responsive narrative that answers the following questions (1,000-word minimum):

1. What resources have you implemented to ensure targeted support for each student academically, socially, emotionally, and physically.
2. What processes and procedures have you established to ensure that all staff members understand their responsibilities and are committed and entrusted in meeting each student’s needs. What worked, what did not and what would you do differently?
3. What strategies have you used to celebrate and recognize students’ achievement and emphasize positive behavior. Explain which strategies have been the most successful.
4. What process have you used for developing a plan that ensures maintaining an exemplary student-centered culture that conveys high expectations, support, and mutual respect among all staff and students? What strategies, self-evaluation, and monitoring processes ensured you were correctly implementing best practice in embedding personal, professional, student centered beliefs and behaviors? Do you feel you are delivering higher-quality learning for all stakeholders because of your focused on achieving a culture student centeredness environment? Give a few examples.

Part 2. Skill Demonstration Product with Self-Analysis

Develop an artifact portfolio that captures the essential outcomes for the Embedding a Culture of Student Centeredness Micro-Credential and complete the evidence self-analysis.

For each EO detail you will be required to reference an uploaded artifact(s) and guide the assessor to the specific evidence (page number, video time stamp, etc.) within the uploaded artifact(s). An explanation of how the evidence demonstrates proficiency of the outcome detail is also required. The practitioner must clearly and compellingly demonstrate proficiency of every detail under each essential outcome.

Part 3. Reflection & Application

Submit, in writing, a summary of your experience of Embedding a Culture of Student Centeredness (500-word minimum). Provide specific examples of how you applied all components of the essential outcomes. This could include topics covered and a description of the process used to promote evidence-based strategies, including protocols for conducting self-evaluation, data analysis, observations, and providing actionable and timely feedback. This could also include testimonials from teachers, students, or other stakeholders on changes of practice that lead to higher levels of equitable practices for their students. Include a reflection about the impact on your equitable skills, mindsets (mindscapes), professional practices, and how you will continue to apply it in the future.