Pathways to Readiness: Afterschool and Summer Programming Future Success (FS) - College and career readiness for middle school through college-aged students Panelists: Claire Sullivan, University of Maine Sarah Sparks, University of Maine Cooperative Extension Holly Parker, University of New England Moderator: Trina Dorn, LearningWorks Afterschool 9:40-9:45 am (5’) – all 3 slides Welcome! Glad to have you here for our session “Pathways to Readiness.” Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to join us today. And a big thank you to Educate Maine for hosting this symposium. We hope you leave here today with some fresh ideas and meaningful connections – all to benefit the future success of our students. (pause) My name is Trina Dorn. I am the Assistant Director for LearningWorks Afterschool in Portland – and I will be the moderator for this session. With me today are 3 talented and knowledgeable educators: Claire Sullivan from the University of Maine Sarah Sparks from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Holly Parker with the University of New England Thank you all for being here. We will be hearing from each of our panelists on digital badging initiatives and pilot projects at their respective institutions. Please feel free to jot down questions and thoughts on your handout as our panelists are speaking. We are hoping to allow at least 10-15 minutes at the end of this session for a robust conversation. At that time we invite you to not only ask questions – but to share your experiences and ideas. We may have some questions for you too!

Pathways to Readiness Context: Session Goals: Maine schools are working diligently to implement the proficiency-based diploma law, which includes developing multiple pathways for students to demonstrate proficiency. One pathway that can be challenging to implement is how to recognize learning outside of K-12 schools. Session Goals: Learn about badges as one way to demonstrate proficiency Address the challenge of recognizing learning ‘anytime, anywhere’ Share how badging programs are being piloted in higher ed and K-12 in Maine Network and explore new partnerships Share context and session goals

Pathways to Readiness What is a Badge? https://youtu.be/HgLLq7ybDtc First of all, what is a badge? Some of you may already know (don’t give it away ) but we’d like to get everyone on the same page here with a brief video.

Pathways Dirigo Leadership Innovation Flagship Internship Program Information Literacy Career Ready Health and Community Environmental Stewardship People and Plants VEMI Lab R&D Experience Undergraduate Research Scholar Humanities Peer Tutor Global Perspectives Service to Community 4-H STEM Ambassadors 4-H Youth Development Badges (Pipeline to UMaine)

EBB Website and Credly Badging Platform https://umaine.edu/engagedblackbear/ https://umaine.credly.com/#!/enterprise Example: https://umaine.credly.com/#!/claim-credit/112095

9:55 - 10:05 (10’) Sarah: 3 slides

Clover 4-Her Club Demonstration County 4-H Public Speaking Electricity Project Club Demonstration County 4-H Public Speaking 4-H Workshop (teaching peers) Community Presentation (Fair, Library, Classroom Independent Learning Project learning goals 4-H Project Record meets proficiency Digital Badge

Digital badges - supporting learning and achievement at UNE Developing a badge/badging ecosystem is deeply collaborative and includes students, faculty, and staff (Communications/ITS/etc). Connecting with the consumer/audience for a badge is a key design step. Rigor is transparent in an evidence-based badging ecosystem. 10:05-10:15 (10’) Holly: 1 slide Students make meaning of their learning by collecting evidence that demonstrates their mastery of competencies.

Participant Questions & Experiences Pathways to Readiness Q & A Panel Questions Participant Questions & Experiences 10:15-10:30 (15’) -- Q & A Panel Questions: What were (or are) some of the major challenges to initiating a badging program at your institution? What do you think are the benefits of knowing student skillsets (through badges earned)?  For which stakeholders (e.g, teachers, college admissions officers, etc.)? How do you sustain this beyond a pilot? How do you see various programs or organizations partnering and collaborating on badging projects? What would you like to see next in Maine? How can we keep the conversation going? Audience Questions: Has anyone applied or piloted badges in their own setting?  What did it look like? (if not) How might the the pathway of badging be applied in your own setting? What would you like to see next in Maine? How can we keep the conversation going?

Continue the Conversation… Thank you for joining us! Pathways to Readiness Continue the Conversation… Claire Sullivan, University of Maine claires@maine.edu Sarah Sparks, University of Maine Cooperative Extension sarah.sparks@maine.edu Holly Parker, University of New England hparker3@une.edu Trina Dorn, LearningWorks Afterschool and Summer tdorn@learningworks.me We also encourage you to continue the conversation in this room, in your networks, and throughout the event! The event organizers will be sharing these slides with participants. Grab some handouts and resource pages, if you haven’t already. Feel free to stick around for a few minutes to connect with others in the room – and keep the conversation going! Thank you for coming! Thank you for joining us!

Pathways to Readiness LWAS South Portland Pilot Project – Summer 2015 (left) Rubric/Checklist for assessing student proficiency in each badge area – each of 6 Engineering Design Process steps (right) Staff training document

Pathways to Readiness (left) actual badge icons (we printed these out as physical badges – the Credley platform didn’t work well for us)