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Welcome, Committee Members!

Welcome, Committee Members!. iNACOL Southeastern Regional Committee Webinar November 8, 2012. Co-Chair Meagan Adams. Co-Chair Debi Crabtree. Updates!. Rob Darrow Director of Member Services. Updates!. New Publications

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Welcome, Committee Members!

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  1. Welcome, Committee Members! iNACOL Southeastern Regional Committee Webinar November 8, 2012 Co-Chair Meagan Adams Co-Chair Debi Crabtree

  2. Updates! • Rob DarrowDirector of Member Services

  3. Updates! New Publications • Keeping Pace with K12 Online and Blended Learning 2012 - http://kpk12.com/ • Number of online course enrollments increase by 16% • Total K-12 students in an online course about 5% of total US enrollment • Measuring Quality From Inputs to Outputs… (iNACOL) – http://www.inacol.org/ • Proficiency measures and individual student growth

  4. Updates! • VSS Stats • 2100 Attendees • of which 918 or 44% were new • Recordings: http://vss.inacol.org/ • Pathable Participants: 888 (40% of attendees) • Total Tweets: 1500

  5. Updates! • A Little History about VSS…Requesting Your Input • 2000 – First Virtual High School Symposium (VHS) • 2003 - iNACOL became an incorporated nonprofit organization in Sept • 300 members • 2005 – Began the Virtual School Symposium (VSS) – 400 attendees

  6. Updates! • 2012 – More than 4400 members • Blended and Online Learning teachers and administrators • Public districts, charters, independent schools, nonprofits, etc. • VSS 2012 – 2100 attendees • Full time, supplemental, online, blended, beginning, advanced – many unique models • Tremendous evolution of the field – past 10 yrs • States, regions, districts, schools • New, next generation breakthrough blended learning models

  7. Updates! • Many are asking regarding the conference: • How do we better reflect the wider variety of education leaders – a combination of online and blended learning educators • Perhaps a new name? • iNACOL Annual Conference • VSS/BSS – Blended School Symposium? • What are your thoughts about a potential name change? • What are your ideas for a new conference name?

  8. Contact Information • Rob Darrow – rdarrow@inacol.org

  9. Our Presenters John Costilla, VP of Marketing and Business Development for WIN Learning and Creator of one of the first robust Web 2.0 social networks for teachers: WeAreTeachers.com Joseph Goins helped lead WIN to an i3 grant award with Kentucky’s C3R program. As part of this initiative to improve student achievement among rural local educational agencies (LEAs), C3R (Career & College Readiness Transformations) is a joint venture with schools, districts, businesses and the community to serve 33 LEAs, 112 schools and 42,470 8th to 12th grade students in the area.

  10. Issue: Educonomy DEMAND Employment, wages, projections Business & Industry Educonomy Occupations & Jobs People & Talent Industry, Occupation, Program Knowledge, skills & abilities PATHWAY SUPPLY

  11. Challenge(s): If we don't increase the number of Americans with necessary skills, jobs will increasingly migrate abroad, creating even bigger challenges for our long-term competitiveness and economic growth. We must all work to prepare students for 21st Century opportunities after high school. www.careerreadynow.org/

  12. WIN Learning Solution WINprovides developmental resources to teach employability and social skills in a career context to help students successfully transition into a career path.

  13. Seamless Developmental Path u Job Profiling: Determines the levels of skill necessary to learn a job v Skill Assessments: Measures an individual’s skill level w Education &Training: Efficiently closes skill gaps

  14. Personalized Career Readiness System Policy level analysis informs local strategy Universal Screener assesses foundational skills of each student Intervention for foundational skills gaps Exit-level course that prepares students for success in the workplace w u v

  15. Job Profiling: Determines the levels of skill necessary to learn a job u

  16. Skill Assessment: Measures an individual’s skill level v • Three core skills: • Applied Mathematics • Reading for Information • Locating Information Three “levels” of questions for each skill: Level 3 = 30 percent of jobs Level 4 = 60 percent of jobs Level 5 = 90 percent of jobs Initial Skills Review

  17. Education & Training: Efficiently closes skill gaps w 1 Instructional courseware in work-related, applied context Pre-tests, instruction and post-tests Individualized, self-paced 120 hours of curriculum Natural voice audio

  18. Education & Training: behavioral, attitudinal, social, and readiness skills w A Soft SkillsCurricular Design Based onWhat Employers Want Module 1: Conveying Professionalism Module 2: Communicating Effectively Module 3: Promoting Teamwork and CollaborationModule 4: Thinking Critically and Solving Problems

  19. Career Ready for today’s job market. 20

  20. WIN Learning Whether it’s college, trade school, military or the workplace, WIN provides schools with the tools to prepare students to be career and college ready. John Costilla VP, Marketing & Business Development 940 312-3867 jcostilla@winlearning.com

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