Lens on Educators - How Educators Can Impact Employability Outcomes
Continuing our Stakeholders of the Modern Credential Marketplace series, we turn our Lens on Educators , starting with a look at how educators can impact the employability outcomes of learners and programs around them now. The reason is simple. Change must start somewhere, and as when setting any goal, we need to aim for that which is a stretch for us, but still achievable.
This is not to say that there is not work being done on a larger scale to make changes to traditional education frameworks, but for many educators, such lofty goals can seem daunting. Where then can educators make a difference now and in the near future and what are the elements that they can impact more directly?
For stakeholders across the spectrum, the focus has shifted to skills, both hard and soft skills that learners can use as currency toward supporting employment. So to begin with, we will present an overview of where we are going, an assembly of thoughts and queries and extend to you an invitation, or those you know, to be a part of what we are doing. We’re going to look at five main areas:
In the Lens on Educators articles that follow, we will tackle each of these topics in turn, discussing what has been done in the past, what is happening now, and what may be on the horizon for education. Before we get started though, it’s important that we give some kudos to early educators and their skills focus, then discuss plainly some of the very real constraints that exist for educators at all levels.
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