Highlight Project-Based Learning in Indiana With SpacesEDU
Enhance Project-Based Learning in Indiana
- Support learning that happens outside of the classroom with a platform that’s accessible on any device
- Capture multimedia evidence of learning from work-based and project-based experiences and quickly post for reflection
- Set students up for job and college application success with shareable view-only Portfolios to highlight skills and experience gained through work-based learning
Showcase Employability Skills Development in Indiana
- Connect students’ artifacts of learning directly to Indiana’s Employability Skills Standards and the Indiana Academic Standards
- Track how students are progressing towards the Employability Skills and identify gaps at the individual and classroom levels
- Monitor progress towards Employability Skills development at the classroom, school, and district levels
Share Work-Based Learning in Indiana with a Capstone Portfolio
- Promote student ownership of learning with district-created, student-driven curated portfolios of learning for course capstones
- Demonstrate the process behind learning, not just the product
- Provide meaningful opportunities for students to share their learning internally and externally with URL Portfolio sharing
FAQs: Employability Skills and Project-Based Learning in Indiana
Why are districts in Indiana focused on employability skills?
Districts in Indiana are emphasizing the development of employability skills to respond to the changing needs of the workforce. Focusing on employability skills helps ensure that students build the skills and competencies that are relevant to their local community and needed to be future-ready and find success after graduation.
How does SpacesEDU support employability skills in Indiana?
SpacesEDU supports employability skills in Indiana by helping school districts effectively document employability skills development over time. We help Indiana districts develop a custom Portfolio Template aligned with employability skills that follows students K-12 and beyond. Students document multimedia evidence of their learning and skill development over their K-12 journey and can share it in a demonstration of learning and externally for job and college applications. Stakeholders gain visibility into how students are progressing toward employability skills with comprehensive district-wide reports.
How does SpacesEDU support project-based learning in Indiana?
SpacesEDU supports project-based learning in Indiana through easy-to-use multimedia digital portfolios and comprehensive performance-based assessment and reporting tools that help educators streamline their workflows and provide personalized, learner-centered education at scale.
Our performance-based assessment and reporting tools allow educators to quickly tag evidence of learning to Indiana Academic Standards, view proficiency at a glance for individual students and at the classroom level, and provide multimedia feedback to meet the needs of all learners. Students can quickly upload multimedia evidence of project-based learning to their ePortfolio to highlight evidence of growth, and educators can create customizable, digital project-based learning environments to support personalized learning pathways, including a Class Space, Group Spaces for collaboration, and 1:1 Spaces for IEPs, individual project-based learning spaces, and more.
What does the typical onboarding and roll-out process look like to support employability skills documentation and project-based learning in Indiana?
We’ve spent the past 18 years working with school districts to meet the goals outlined in their strategic plans, and have defined a proven roll-out and implementation strategy that engages all relevant stakeholders.
When a school district in Indiana decides to work with us, they will partner with a dedicated Partner Success Specialist to define their goals for employability skills documentation and project-based learning using SpacesEDU, create custom training and communication plans, and ensure successful adoption of the software.
We work with each district in Indiana to tailor their strategy, including offering a proof of concept term, to effectively evaluate the software for your use case and unique population of students.
