Benefits of Badging
To help students communicate their credentials and accomplishments in an ever-expanding online marketplace.
These digital badges symbolize student achievements and career readiness. Badges provide employers and peers concrete evidence of what students had to do to earn their credentials and what skills they’ve mastered.
Through DCMO BOCES partnership with Credly, students have the opportunity to use the Acclaim platform to manage and share their badge online, view information about various job markets, and directly access job listings based on their newly earned skills. Students can search and apply for job opportunities directly through the Acclaim platform.
DCMO BOCES badges will help our students stand out from the crowd to employers and postsecondary institutions.
How does my credential get displayed as a Badge?
You receive a digital badge image from our partner, Acclaim. Once you visit the Acclaim website and claim your badge, you will have the option to share this digital image that is linked back to detailed metadata on the Acclaim website.
The metadata provides detailed information about your certification.
Who is Acclaim?
Acclaim is a product of Credly, the world's leading learning company. Acclaim is an enterprise-class badging platform based on Mozilla's Open Badges standards to support the specialized needs of credential issuers, employers and professionals.
The Acclaim platform provides a secure means of credential management and sharing that adds a layer of protection against those who may falsely claim certifications or credentials.
DCMO BOCES Reasons for Adopting Digital Badging?
Representing your credential with a badge gives you the ability to broadcast your skills and tell your professional story online. It also allows you to securely represent your certification across a growing number of social media outlets and forums.
Employers, potential employers and anyone else with whom you wish to share your certification have single-click access to validated credential information.
Who can earn a Badge?
Everyone! If you are enrolled in any of txhe following CTE programs as a high school student or an adult learner you can earn a badge:
Automotive Collision and Refinishing Technology, Automotive Technology, Barbering, Business Administration, Carpentry and Building Construction, Computer Repair and Networking , Conservation and Heavy Equipment Technology, Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, Early Childhood Education, Nurse Assisting, Security and Law Enforcement, Visual Communications, Welding Technology.
Students that are not enrolled in a CTE program, but are a Career Destinations component school district also have the opportunity to earn badges.