INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION DRIVES PROFOUND CHANGE

Addressing the global and local skills challenges is a priority concern for most nations. The core challenges come in as most systems still operate direct teaching models, originating from 500bc post-learning assessment mass delivery “education” model, which reinforce, with financial incentivises, multi-period timetable systems – which prohibit real learning.

When considering the complexity of overcoming these challenges, industry certification is an absolute must have that justifies any credible school digital strategy and or the breakthrough that enables schools to shift away from transactional education with "post-learning assessment", towards real world learning.

That said, the value from implementing standalone certification programmes, on top of or additional to core-curricula, maybe hard to justify as much as it is complex and requires massive extra-effort to implement. However, the solution involves embedding certification into core-curricula, cross, vocational and or delivered through new “agile” real-time assessment (of learning quality, not just outcome) of immersive education.

This means, as a result, 6 major transformational opportunities exist – and that which justify new and better technology and change choices:

1. Future-focused strategy development, assisting Boards, executive, leaders to set and navigate strategy that connects schools to national and international need: transitioning from churn based education into real world talent development environments

2. Digital Strategy: Streamlining to strategic education ROI

3. Curriculum, delivery, assessment: Digital 2020, Vocational, Cross-Curricula, Immersive – with embedded industry-certification enablers

4. New student experience: going culturally responsive as opposed to assimilation.

5. 24/7/365 Digital Pedagogy, Staff, Professional Development Transformation Programme

6. Evidence based technology choices

The essence of industry certification is not necessarily about the “certification”. Indeed, the supporting triple loop education digital strategy enables:

• Erosion of normally conflicting and heavy workload for educators

• Proven resolution of attendance, behaviour and attitudinal issues with deeply engaging and highly motivational immersive learning models.

• Platform for responsive curriculum design, shifting from post-learning assessment to real-time assessment of learning need, programme/lesson quality and or cognitive / competency development

• Embed industry certification as credit bearing outcomes relevant to core-curricula incentives.

Combined, in contrast with transactional post-learning models, with experiential learning normalized, schools are able to promote and prove delivery of human-centred programmes that enable development and increased employability (or prospects) of the talent they produce, in all learners, with the top 10 “2020” skill sets:

Complex Problem Solving

1. Critical Thinking

2. Proven Creativity

3. Leadership, People Management

4. Coordinating with others

5. Emotional Intelligence

6. Judgement & Decision Making

7. Service Orientation

8. Negotiation

9. Cognitive flexibility

In sustaining change, the real value for schools, worldwide, is the total transformation of staff including measured competency development (24/7) and culture change. Indeed, with an industry- certification model driving immersion learning - the 6 enablers mean schools are able to source and realise investment confidence, with real-time evidence of success and outcomes, with better technology choices.