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Virtual Teaching—An Educator’s Guide
Education and Career Preparation for the New Millennium
A new educational system is evolving throughout this nation to prepare our youth for rewarding, high-performance careers. It should become a first-class "system of choice" that will support and strengthen the goals and standards set for all secondary and postsecondary students. In this paper, Dan Hull describes a vision for the new educational system that he sees evolving and identifies the elements that he believes are essential to this system.
ERVSC - $1.50 each
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http://www.cord.org/news.cfm?headline=12
A Dose of Reality – Twelve Steps in Developing Real World Lesson Plans
Betty Musgrave, Author ©2001 CORD
This 14 page booklet describes the how the Mid-South Regional Partnership Council and participating businesses developed books of successful lesson plans for mathematics and communication (available from CCI Publishing). Ms. Musgrave outlines twelve concise steps that can be used for the development of similar curriculum projects.
ER322-0 - $2.00
This is available free at
http://www.cord.org/lev2.cfm/151
Teaching Contextually – Research, Rationale, and Techniques for Improving
Student Motivation and Achievement in Mathematics and Science Michael Crawford, Ph.D., Author ©2001 CORD REACT is an acronym that describes teaching strategies used by some of our nation’s best mathematics and science teachers to motivate their students and engage them actively in the learning process. The 18 page booklet, written by CORD’s Director of Development, walks the reader through descriptions of Reacting, Experiencing, Applying, Cooperating, & Transferring. These contextual teaching strategies can be gradually applied to classroom teaching for improved understanding of fundamental concepts.
ER321-1 - $2.00
This is available free at
http://www.cord.org/lev2.cfm/87
The ABCs of Tech Prep: A
User’s Manual
This 70-page booklet offers concise information, definitions, historical perspective, and practical ideas about how this broad, effective reform initiative is being used to improve schools, student achievement, and workforce quality. A handbook of practical strategies, The ABCs of Tech Prep is a reference guide for all stages of Tech Prep planning.
[ER-CSTP-ABCS] $3.95/Volume pricing available.
This is available free at
http://www.cord.org/Lev2.cfm/86
Tech Prep: A Proud Choice for Educational Improvement — A Leadership Guide for Counselors
This booklet, developed in conjunction with the American School Counselor Association, explains the theoretical foundations of Tech Prep, gives a historical overview of its development, and shows counselors why Tech Prep is an excellent career preparation program. It offers practical advice for implementing an effective Tech Prep program that enjoys the support of the community and is successful in recruiting and retaining students. The booklet also provides useful information on resources, both printed materials and organizations, that can help counselors along the way.
[ER-CSTP-COUNSEL] $3.95/Volume pricing available.
This is available free at
http://www.cord.org/Lev2.cfm/86
Teaching Contextually
What is the best way to convey the many concepts that are taught in a particular class so that all students can use and retain that information? How can a teacher communicate effectively with students who wonder about the reason for, the meaning of, and the relevance of what they study? These are the challenges teachers face every day, but a curriculum and an instructional approach based on contextual learning can help them face these challenges successfully. In a contextual learning environment, students discover meaningful relationships between abstract ideas and practical applications in the context of the real world; concepts are internalized through the process of discovering, reinforcing, and relating. These two resources can assist educators in implementing contextual teaching strategies.
Teaching Mathematics Contextually [ER-CSTP-MATH]
Teaching Science Contextually [ER-CSTP-SCIENCE]
Each booklet - $4.00/Volume pricing available.
This is available free at
http://www.cord.org/Lev2.cfm/87
Turning Students Into Employees: The School-to-Work Payoff
Features examples of the types of business/education partnerships developed by members and corporate affiliates of the National Tech Prep Network (NTPN) and describe the success of Tech Prep within a School-to Work system. It provides case studies demonstrating how schools and businesses are using Tech Prep to create a vital workforce.
Booklet [ERTSE-00]
Single copy - $6.00
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Booklet and companion video [ERGPV-13] $10.00
This is available free at
http://www.cord.org/Lev2.cfm/100
Exemplary Worksite Learning Programs: Preparing Students for the 21st Century
Features three recipients of the Caterpillar Inc. Exemplary Worksite Learning Award. The award was established by CORD and NTPN in 1994 to encourage Tech Prep and School-to-Work consortia to integrate meaningful worksite experiences into their curricula.
[EREWLA-00]
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A Model for Preparing Automotive Technicians: Training for a Qualified Workforce
Features the detailed process by which a Texas high school, two automotive manufacturers, a local technical college, local business representatives, and CORD endeavored to create the Automotive Technology Education Careers (ATEC) program.
[ERATEC]
Single copy - $6.00
25 copies at $3.50/ea. - $87.50
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100 copies or more - $2.75/ea.
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Exemplary Worksite Learning Programs: Building the Workforce of the Future
Features three of the six 1997 - 1998 recipients of the Exemplary Worksite Learning Award. Readers are provided with detailed information about the worksite learning activities of these three sites that help students make the connection between classroom learning and their worksite experiences. [EREWLA-02]
Single copy - $6.00
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Exemplary Worksite Learning Programs: Connecting the Classroom to the Workplace
Features the winners of the 1999 Exemplary Worksite Learning Award, including Stark County (Ohio) Tech Prep Consortium's Medical Tech Prep program, the Manufacturing Skilled Trades program of the Peoria (Illinois) Educational Region for Employment and Career Training, and Pasco-Hernando Community College's Workplace Learning Partnerships program (EREWLA-04)
Single copy - $6.00
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100 copies or more - $2.75/ea.
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Exemplary Worksite Learning Programs: Fostering Business and Education
Collaboration
Features winners of the 2000 Exemplary Worksite Learning Award, including Lincoln County Schools (North Carolina) Apprenticeship 2000, Bristol Tech Prep Consortium's (Massachusetts) Women in Technology Program, and Rock
Valley College (Illinois) Business and Financial Services Youth Apprenticeship.
Single copy - $6.00
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"Exemplary Tech Prep Programs Combining College Connections and Work-based Learning Opportunities"
A Report by CORD for the National School-to-Work Office and Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc. The National School-to-Work Office provided funding for CORD, working with Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., to identify Tech Prep sites that include both the articulation between secondary and postsecondary education central to Tech Prep and the work-based learning experiences for students that are a key element of School-to-Work. Focusing on these particular elements also addresses the importance students and parents place on opportunities to succeed in college and to obtain good jobs after graduation. The following report highlights eleven effective sites where schools, colleges, and employers have worked together to offer promising paths leading to those goals. The report describes strong Tech Prep programs that met specific criteria, were located in different geographical areas across the United States, and provided readers with a variety of Tech Prep models that met the designated Tech Prep and School-to-Work goals. The sites were identified through interviews and information provided by Tech Prep program sites. They provide insights about how educators and employers worked together to carry out a variety of models for improving education. Each site offers one or more unique features that will provide readers with valuable information from which they can consider "next steps" toward educational improvement in their own communities. This 122-page report is available free at
http://www.cord.org/lev2.cfm/143.
This is the only way this document is available.
Tech
Prep/School-to-Work: Career Paths for All Students
Examines six model Tech Prep/School-to-Work programs as described by high school principals and seeks to identify the unique elements—or themes—for reform that high school principals recognize in successful Tech Prep/School-to-Work programs. [ERCPS-00]
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Learning Technology: Effective Use of Technology in Education; A Report on the Status of Technology in Preparing Students for the Workplace Seeks to support developments that will help teachers integrate technology in ways that serve students best by encouraging them to exercise higher-order thinking, creativity, and problem-solving skills. It also examines the current status of technology in education, with an emphasis on computers and telecommunication.
[ERLRN-00] Single copy - $6.00
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Education and Work: Toward an Integrated Curriculum Framework; A Report on the Integrated System for Workforce Education Curricula (ISWEC) Project Describes the direction of the ISWEC project, reviews the rationale for integration and the role of standards in the project and describes the process used to develop the ISWEC framework.
[ERICF-00]
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Education and Work: Designing Integrated Curricula; Strategies for Integrating
Academic, Occupational, and Employability Standards
Elaborates on the process and methods for translating Integrated Curriculum Standards (ICSs) into curricula that can be used in the classroom. It also address’ the anticipated evolution of methodology and the effects upon curriculum content and structure.
[ERDIC-00]
Single copy - $6.00
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Education and Work: Education Reform Issues; The Rationale for an Integrated
System for Workforce Education Curricula (ISWEC)
Focuses on the changing workplace and the transformation of the education system to provide insight into the identification of career clusters as a model for workforce education curriculum development.
[ERRFI-00]
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Community College and Workforce Development Issues
Critical Issues in the Evolving Relationship Between Business, Industry, and
Postsecondary Education
The result of a study to gather information from business and industry on critical issues concerning the relationships between technological advances, technology education, workforce training, and economic development. Key outcomes of the study include identification of issues affecting industry/based education, recommendations to industry and educators, and assistance to colleges and businesses in implementing the recommendations.
[ERCIE-00] $10.00
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Community Colleges
and Economic Development
This publication examines the unique relationship that exists between business/industry and advanced technology centers (ATCs)/community colleges. Author Betsy Brand interviews eighteen college presidents and other individuals familiar with the National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers (NCATC) to provide a broad view of ATCs and the role community and technical colleges play in economic development.
[ERCCE-00] $10.00
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Planning
and Developing the Advanced Technology Center
This is a must read for any college considering establishing an ATC. Author Richard Hinckley begins with a explanation of an ATC and takes the reader through the four-step process of planning for an ATC, including specific examples of selected NCATC member colleges. Hinckley also delves into some of the major issues in ATC operations and the future of ATCs.
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The Role of Community Colleges in the One-Stop Career Center System
This report comparatively studies how public community colleges in four different states are approaching the one-stop career center system. It also analyzes state and federal legislation, one-stop career center involvement in community and technical colleges, the different roles public community and technical colleges can assume within the one-stop career center, and the pros and cons of the one-stop system.
[EROSC-00] $10.00
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Videoconferencing Resources
Virtual Teaching—An
Educator’s Guide
This practical, reader-friendly guide is an introduction to virtual teaching for busy educators. It addresses commonly asked questions related to developing, planning, and delivering effective instruction over Videoconferencing technology. Topics include: practical applications of virtual teaching, how to modify traditional lesson for virtual instruction, how to plan for virtual instruction, and how to deliver instruction through Videoconferencing.*
Videoconferencing Technology—An Educator’s Guide
This manual is an introduction to the technology of Videoconferencing and its uses in education. It addresses the components required for Videoconferencing. Videoconferencing Technology also looks at example scenarios and explains how Videoconferencing could be applied in various settings. The guide is useful for any educator developing a technology plan because it incorporates the many opportunities afforded by this rapidly changing technology within the educational community.*
Exemplary Applications of Videoconferencing in Education—1998
This document highlights 17 innovative applications of Videoconferencing implemented by educational institutions around the country. It includes a general description of applications being implemented, specific information related to the exemplary application, the source of funding for the Videoconferencing projects, and obstacles faced during the initial phases of the projects.*
*Single copies of the Videoconferencing resources above are available free of charge to educators through a grant from the AT&T Foundation. To request your copy, please call Teemus Warner, 800-231-3015, or e-mail videoconferencing@cord.org.
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