2. The Story of
A Career Pathway to Tech Sector Employment and Education
3. The Story of
A Career Pathway to Tech Sector Employment and Education
4. The Story of
A Career Pathway to Tech Sector Employment and Education
Richard Sebastian
Virginia Literacy Institute
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
5. The Story of
A Career Pathway to Tech Sector Employment and Education
Randy Stamper Richard Sebastian
VA Department of Education Virginia Literacy Institute
Office of Adult Education & Virginia Commonwealth University
Literacy Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
7. What’s the Big Idea?
Create a new educational program that
incorporates 21 st Century Skills into a
traditional GED curriculum to help adult high
school non-completers quickly develop the
technology and workplace skills they need to
succeed in a fast-paced, global economy.
13. Aneesh Chopra
Virginia Secretary of Technology
hief Tech nology
White H ouse C
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“Identify potential entrepreneurs”
“Create new tech assessment”
14. Aneesh Chopra
Virginia Secretary of Technology
hief Tech nology
White H ouse C
(
“Identify potential entrepreneurs”
“Create new tech assessment”
“Fill available tech sector jobs at
Northrop Grumman & CGI, Inc.”
24. PARTNERSHIPS
Southwest VA Regional Adult Ed
SouthWest VA Community College
Office of Adult Education & Literacy
25. PARTNERSHIPS
Southwest VA Regional Adult Ed
SouthWest VA Community College
Office of Adult Education & Literacy
University of VirginiA at Wise
26. PARTNERSHIPS
Southwest VA Regional Adult Ed
SouthWest VA Community College
Office of Adult Education & Literacy
University of VirginiA at Wise
Center for Innovative Technology
47. FUNDING
Productivity Investment Fund
$127,00
Chancellor’s E-learning Enhancement &
Development Fund (CEED) $54,546
VA Department of Education
$48,338
48. FUNDING
Productivity Investment Fund
$127,00
Chancellor’s E-learning Enhancement &
Development Fund (CEED) $54,546
VA Department of Education
$48,338
$229,884
51. FUNDING (in-kind)
MS IT Academy licenses
CIT
Southwest Technology Development
Center UVA at
52. FUNDING (in-kind)
MS IT Academy licenses
CIT
Southwest Technology Development
Center UVA at
Media & PR
Charter Media, etc.
53. FUNDING (in-kind)
MS IT Academy licenses
CIT
Southwest Technology Development
Center UVA at
Media & PR
Charter Media, etc.
Incentives
Local businesses
75. EVALUATION
Difficulty creating an integrated curriculum
-Training issue
-Class took on a “test prep” environment
-Tension between certification focus & designers’ desire for
integration & authentic workplace engagement
-Class lacked programmatic coherence between Tues class &
Wed/Thur class
76. EVALUATION
Difficulty creating an integrated curriculum
-Training issue
-Class took on a “test prep” environment
-Tension between certification focus & designers’ desire for
integration & authentic workplace engagement
-Class lacked programmatic coherence between Tues class &
Wed/Thur class
Focus on discrete skills rather than conceptual
frameworks
-Curricular materials used (MS, IC3) were not integrated
-Instructors lacked integration experience/training
77. EVALUATION
Successes
Program manager successfully created safety nets for students who
dropped out
Consistent student reports of increase in self-efficacy & self-esteem
Capstone project became an agent of change for instructors &
students
80. Future plans
Two additional PlugGED In classes funded
-Lebanon, VA
-Dickenson County, VA
Pilot program in Southeastern KY
-Health care
-Mining
Mountain Empire C.C. ARRA grant
-3 cohorts
-Green jobs/weatherization
Session on PlugGED In at AERA 2010
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