LAUSD STEAM Micro-Credentialing Program

Whittier College honors teachers participating in Los Angeles Unified’s STEAM Micro-Credentialing Program by providing them the opportunity to earn up to 12 graduate units.

To earn graduate units, teachers must:

Have completed all requirements for earning a Los Angeles Unified STEAM Micro-Credential within the last two academic years (see requirements below)
Have a Los Angeles Unified STEAM Micro-Credential digital badge
Submit their Evidence of Learning Artifact(s) and additional assignment(s) to Whittier College

Los Angeles Unified STEAM Micro-Credentialing Program Requirements

The Los Angeles Unified STEAM Micro-Credentialing process prepares educators to effectively teach and support STEAM instruction. The ultimate goal of STEAM Micro-Credentialing is to cultivate accomplished STEAM educators who are able to enact positive change in their educational setting and improve achievement for students in Los Angeles Unified.

Educators who successfully complete the Los Angeles Unified STEAM Micro-Credentialing process and earn a Los Angeles Unified STEAM Micro-Credential will demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, and dispositions:

Deeply understand the California Content Standards, especially the Next Generation Science Standards, and the implications of these standards and shifts in teaching and learning in a 21st Century STEAM classroom
Design and deliver rigorous, real-life, relevant, and engaging interdisciplinary performance tasks
Leverage instructional technology to create and deliver interdisciplinary progressions of learning with high impact instructional strategies and arts embedded to enhance learning
Continuously plan, deliver, reflect and revise their instruction
Collaborate and lead the building of partnerships that support all students

Educators working to earn Los Angeles Uniﬁed Micro-Credentials engage in the blended, personalized professional learning of each Micro-Credential as a Community of Practice and complete three courses of two modules each. These courses and modules include:

STEAM Foundations and Access Course

STEAM Foundations Module
STEAM Access and Equity Module

STEAM Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

STEAM Assessment Module
STEAM Curriculum and Instruction Module

STEAM Leadership and Capstone Course

STEAM Leadership Module
STEAM Capstone Module

Los Angeles Unified STEAM Micro-Credentialing credits (up to 12 units) earned through Whittier College may be applied towards a 30-semester unit Whittier College Master of Arts in Education Degree. Earned credits will be verifiable with a Whittier College transcript that can be ordered once credits have been granted.

STEAM Foundations

Cost: $300
Graduate Units: 2
Requirements due at time of registration
- LAUSD STEAM Foundations EOLA
- One-page self-reflection assignment that includes
  - A half-page Summary of Module Learning (what you learned during this module).
  - A half-page Plan for Implementation of Learning (how do you plan to implement your learning into your classroom?)

STEAM Access and Equity

Cost: $300
Graduate units: 2
Requirements due at time of registration
- LAUSD STEAM Access and Equity EOLA
- One-page self-reflection assignment that includes
  - A half-page Summary of Module Learning (what you learned during this module).
  - A half-page Plan for Implementation of Learning (how do you plan to implement your learning into your classroom?)

STEAM Assessment

Cost: $300
Graduate units: 2
Requirements due at time of registration
- LAUSD Assessment EOLA
- One-page self-reflection assignment that includes
  - A half-page Summary of Module Learning (what you learned during this module).
  - A half-page Plan for Implementation of Learning (how do you plan to implement your learning into your classroom?)

STEAM Curriculum and Instruction

Cost: $300
Graduate units: 2
Requirements due at time of registration
- LAUSD STEAM Curriculum and Instruction EOLA
- One-page self-reflection assignment that includes
  - A half-page Summary of Module Learning (what you learned during this module).
  - A half-page Plan for Implementation of Learning (how do you plan to implement your learning into your classroom?)

STEAM Leadership

Cost: $300
Graduate units: 2
Requirements due at time of registration
- LAUSD STEAM Leadership EOLA
- One-page self-reflection assignment that includes
  - A half-page Summary of Module Learning (what you learned during this module).
  - A half-page Plan for Implementation of Learning (how do you plan to implement your learning into your classroom?)

STEAM Capstone

Cost: $300
Graduate units: 2
Requirements due at time of registration
- LAUSD STEAM Capstone Evidence
- One-page self-reflection assignment that includes
  - A half-page Summary of Module Learning (what you learned during this module).
  - A half-page Plan for Implementation of Learning (how do you plan to implement your learning into your classroom?)

Los Angeles Unified Salary Points

Once you have successfully completed all 105 hours of STEAM Micro-Credentialing coursework and met all requirements for earning your STEAM Micro-Credential, you have the OPTION of earning three Los Angeles Unified Salary Points. Please note that if there are any missing Micro-Credential requirements and you do not earn your Micro-Credential, this would not be an option.

Teachers earning Salary Points may not receive compensation from any source (including NBC hours or otherwise; note Micro-Credentials are not eligible for NBC hours and are not compensated).

Please note that if you choose to receive three Los Angeles Unified Salary Points, you are ineligible to purchase any Graduate Units from Whittier College. You are eligible for only ONE option, not both.

If you choose to receive 3 Los Angeles Unified Salary Points, no further action is required on your behalf once you submit your choice via the Google Form included in the final eLearning indicating your preference. After the Program concludes, a roster of all educators who have successfully completed the Program and requested 3 Salary Points will be submitted to the Salary Allocation Unit on your behalf. You would see the 3 Salary Points reflected on your record in the coming months.

Whittier College Graduate Units

Once you have successfully completed all 105 hours of STEAM Micro-Credentialing coursework and met all requirements for earning your STEAM Micro-Credential, you have the OPTION of purchasing from two to 12 Graduate Units from Whittier College. Please note that if there are any missing Micro-Credential requirements and you do not earn your Micro-Credential, this would not be an option.

Teachers purchasing Graduate Units from Whittier College may not receive compensation from any source (including NBC hours or otherwise; note Micro-Credentials are not eligible for NBC hours and are not compensated).

Please note that if you choose to purchase from two to 12 Graduate Units from Whittier College, you are ineligible to receive three Los Angeles Unified Salary Points. You are eligible for only ONE option, not both.

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Contact

For more information about graduate units for this program, please contact Professor Ivannia Soto at isoto@whittier.edu.

For more information about LAUSD’s STEAM Micro-Credentialing Program, please contact Michael Beirsdorf at mtb6985@lausd.net.