Earning Your Microcredential at TCEA
What Are Microcredentials?
Microcredentials are competency-based digital badges that showcase your expertise in specific areas of education—they’re also completely free to earn when you register for TCEA 2026!
TCEA’s microcredential learning programs are either topic-based, role-based, tool-based, or a mixture of these. Microcredentials are a great way to share your skills and knowledge with the world!
What Microcredentials are offered at TCEA 2026?
Choose one of six microcredential learning programs based on the in-demand skills, cutting-edge topics, and industry-valued knowledge you want to explore on a deeper level. Attend the required sessions throughout TCEA 2026 to earn your microcredential.
AI in Education
AI is here to stay — use it to your advantage! Transform the way you educate by utilizing AI to support everything from lesson planning, personalized learning, and assessment to collaboration, closing achievement gaps, and giving feedback.
Digital Creation
Dive into some of today’s top digital tools and learn how these tools can be used by everyone, students included! Learn about branding and design principles, discover hidden features that will excite you, and get inspired by ideas you’ll want to try right away.
Digital Media for Librarians
Experience a smorgasbord of powerful resources and tools for librarians and library media specialists! Explore topics like leadership in the library, AI, Canva, digital book creation, global library collaboration, and more.
Educational Leadership
Take the lead confidently and effectively, feeling empowered and connected like never before. Dive into specialized learning opportunities that cover building a strong culture, empowering your staff, and cultivating growth in your school or district.
Gifted and Talented
Explore the brilliance of teaching gifted learners with this selection of TAGT-approved sessions. From project-based learning to student leadership, this microcredential provides G/T educators with the real-life strategies and solutions they need to help gifted students thrive!
Instructional Coaching
Level up your coaching skills and make a difference in the lives of those around you with sessions on professional development, teaching strategies, improved teaching practices and more. Shake up the way you coach your team and get ready to help them change students’ lives in exciting, new ways.
How to Earn a Microcredential
Registration Process
1. Register for the 2026 Convention. (Due to the number of hours required to complete a microcredential, a Full Conference badge is necessary to fulfill the requirements of achieving a microcredential.)
2. Determine which free microcredential you would like to earn.
Session Attendance Requirements
3. View the sessions tagged in the app for that microcredential. These will also be available on each microcredential’s information page in January.
4. Attend six hours of the sessions listed for the microcredential you are trying to earn. This year, eligible sessions will be offered throughout the duration of the event.
Post-Convention Submission
5. After convention, we will automatically determine if you have earned a microcredential based on your badge scans. You will then be emailed a certificate and badge.
That’s it! Take advantage of this unique program at no extra cost when you come to TCEA 2026 and leave with a new skill you can show off and be proud of.
