SREB Commission on Career Pathways and Credentials
Commission on Career Pathways and Credentials
The Commission on Career Pathways and Credentials includes members from each of SREB’s 16 states, including leadership from governors’ offices and state agencies, K-12 superintendents, principals and teachers, postsecondary deans and faculty members, and business leaders. They will learn from one another and review research, data and promising practices.
They will develop recommendations for:
- Using labor market data to guide decision making.
- Designating a state agency or special council to collaborate with employers, secondary and postsecondary education agencies, and workforce investment boards to establish common definitions for high-demand, high-skilled and high-wage careers.
- Creating criteria for identifying high demand career pathways and approving industry-certification examinations and technical skill assessments that are part of a system of stackable credentials.
Members
SREB Commission on Career Pathways and Credentials
Nick Moore, Education Policy Advisor &
Coordinator Governor’s Office of Education and Workforce
Transformation, Alabama
Terri Collins, State Representative, Alabama
Phil Webb, President and CEO, Webb Concrete, and
Chair, Alabama Workforce Board, Alabama
Pathways by Design: A Guide to Connecting Learning to Career
A successful career pathway should be designed to align labor market demand, curriculum development and continuous improvement to ensure students gain the skills, credentials and employment needed for career success. This guide aims to establish a structured, collaborative process while remaining flexible to meet state- and region-specific needs.
Career Pathways
SREB defines career pathways as connected sequences of education that prepare to attain postsecondary credentials and employment.
This document details the six elements for successful career pathways and provides indicators states and schools can use to evaluate their own. Alignment of the elements is foundational.
In-Demand Career Pathways and High-Priority Occupations
This policy brief is the first of several publications to be produced by the Southern Regional Education Board’s Commission on Career Pathways and Credentials, chaired by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.
