We explore these seven possible educator roles.

1. Learning Pathway Designer: Works with students, parents and learning journey mentors to set learning goals, track students’ progress and pacing and model potential sequences of activities that support learning experiences aligned with competencies
2. Competency Tracker: Tags and maps community-based learning opportunities by the competencies they address in order to support the development of reconfigurable personalized learning pathways and school formats
3. Pop-Up Reality Producer: Works with educators, subject matter experts, story developers and game designers to produce pervasive learning extravaganzas that engage learners in flow states7 and help them develop relevant skills, academic competencies and know-how
4. Social Innovation Portfolio Director: Builds networks supporting meaningful service-based learning and community impact by linking student action-learning groups seeking to develop core skills and knowledge with organizations seeking creative solutions
5. Learning Naturalist: Designs and deploys assessment protocols that capture evidence of learning in students’ diverse learning environments and contexts
6. Micro-Credential Analyst: Provides trusted, research-based evaluations and audits of micro-credential options and digital portfolio platforms to provide learners and institutions with comparative quality assurance metrics
7. Data Steward: Acts as a third-party information trustee to ensure responsible and ethical use of personal data and to maintain broader education data system integrity and effective application through purposeful analytics