 2.2.4 Increase concurrent and transferrable credit opportunities. Consistent with the “Raise the Bar: Unlocking Career Success Initiative” led by the Department of Education in partnership with the Departments of Commerce and Labor,68 SLTT education agencies are encouraged to enable high school students to earn college credits for cyber coursework that are transferrable to a broad range of postsecondary institutions, as well as concurrent high school and college credit and stackable industry-recognized cyber credentials. NSA will work with NCAE-C institutions to develop a model credit transfer agreement. Other departments and agencies will explore the use of federal formula and discretionary grant programs to expand the availability of cyber credit transfer agreements. 2.2.5 Expand innovative models for academic credit. ONCD will collaborate with departments and agencies to explore incentives for SLTT education agencies to establish programs and processes that allow students to earn transcript credit for validated cyber learning experiences outside of school systems. These experiences might also be captured as part of a learning and employment record (LER). Education agencies are encouraged to develop and expand access to innovative cyber learning opportunities that enable learners to earn credit toward graduation requirements. Education ecosystem stakeholders are encouraged to enable students to earn academic credit, including fractional credits, through experiential learning or validated content that can be assigned credit on transcripts and credentials. Activities such as cyber competitions, games, clubs, career and technical student organizations, and paid work learning are a few examples of complementary learning experiences. S TRATEGIC O BJECTIVE 2.3: I NVEST IN E DUCATORS AND I MPROVE C YBER E DUCATION S YSTEMS Cyber education and workforce development ecosystems should be responsive, resilient, sustainable, and flexible enough to accommodate emerging innovations and sociopolitical dynamics. To support more efficient knowledge acquisition and enable employers to improve skills-based hiring approaches, ecosystems should emphasize individualized and competency-based learning. Current education systems are in need of educators to teach the next generation of cyber professionals. All ecosystem stakeholders are encouraged to improve response to labor market needs and make long-term investments necessary to increase our cyber education capacity. This will require reskilling and upskilling educators, and providing support in the form of supplies, equipment, training, funding, and staff. SLTT education agencies and ecosystem partners are encouraged to improve cyber teaching environments, recognize successful programs, and build community support for cyber educators. We encourage collaboration between cyber educators to exchange ideas and resources through communities of practice. NATIONAL CYBER WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION STRATEGY 20