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Michigan Learner Wallet pitched as digital talent profile to link students to jobs and college

House Appropriations Subcommittee on School Aid and Department of Education
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Summary

Eaton RESA and former MDE career-technical leaders described the Michigan Learner Wallet as a lifelong digital portfolio that records competencies, badges and industry certificates and generates shareable links for employers and college applications; presenters said tens of thousands of student wallets exist.

Dr. Sean Williams of Eaton RESA and Dr. Brian Pyle, a former state CTE director, told the subcommittee that the Michigan Learner Wallet creates a portable, competency-based record students can share with employers and colleges.

Dr. Pyle described the Wallet as a tool that lets students assemble a "talent profile" showing industry certificates, program completion…

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