WTEA members are drawn together by a dedication to improve career-building education. We are educators, employers, and community stakeholders who believe education should be a pathway to a meaningful career for everyone.
WTEA Membership
Membership in the WTEA is open to educators and community stakeholders who seek to improve career-building education by focusing on our five Guiding Commitments:
Transparency
We believe that beneficial educational investments are based on well informed choices. We are committed to the transparency of information and data as it relates to the expectations, academic requirements, and outcomes reporting.
Learners
The role of the educator is to maximize learner success and skill acquisition to a meaningful outcome. We commit to assessing learner skill development and mastery, instructor effectiveness, and support-program design to ensure we maximize learner success.
Employers
Effective career-building education is a partnership between educators and employers. We commit to build and maintain our curriculum prioritizing feedback and input from employers with the direct objective of preparing our students for the workforce through skill-building academic experiences.
Outcomes
We measure our success as career-building educators by tracking the career preparation, progress, and satisfaction of our learners and employer partners. We commit to consistently acquiring data from our learners, alumni, and employers to ensure our educational experiences lead to workplace success.
Access
We believe that creating and promoting access to our programs will directly contribute to the diversity of ideas and thoughts in an academic community, and will lead to a stronger, more engaged, and more reflective talent pool for employers. We commit to seek additional pathways to engage a diverse set of students and to maximize their preparation for workplace success.
Membership Benefits
Community + Network
Quarterly networking opportunities exclusive to WTEA members.
Reduced registration fee for the annual HIR(ED) Summit- the only conference dedicated to accelerated learning and workforce talent development.
Advocacy + Governance
Membership is the required pathway to WTEA Accreditation.
Eligible to serve on Employer and Academic Advisory Councils.
Eligible to serve on WTEA Accreditation Standards Development and Review Council.
WTEA-only pricing for access to SkillsEngine's Calibrate® platform.
Exclusive access to WTEA annual reporting and data analytics.
Membership Fees
Educator memberships are open to all institutions who enroll students for the purpose of instruction or training. Stakeholder memberships are open to any individual or organization who wants to contribute to a move toward outcomes-based quality assurance in education.
