Curriculum

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CAREER CHOICES Getting Started

• Curriculum Instruction Support Director
• Georgette Phillips georgette_at_academicinnovations.c
  om
• Vice President of Curriculum Support Operations
• Tanja Easson
• tanja_at_academicinnovations.com
• georgette_at_academicinnovations.com

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Career Choices Coursework MUST

• STEP ONE UNDERSTAND- Understand that to achieve
  the desired results, your Career Choices
  coursework should
• Be comprehensive, with class discussion and
  active learning as the key delivery methods -
  http//www.careerchoices.com/lounge/active/ -
  Review Section 4 of the Instructors Guide on a
  daily basis

ACTIVE LEARNING VS PASSIVE LISTENING
Socratic Method of instruction VS Didactic Delivery
Higher Order Thinking (analysis, synthesis, and evaluation) VS Read and Recall
Critical, Creative, and Strategic Thinking VS Memorization
An Interdisciplinary Project-Based Culture VS Subject-Centered Isolation
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Cont STEP ONE - Remember to achieve the
desired results, your Career Choices coursework
should

• Be sequential, running from beginning to end -
  chapters 1-12
• Devote at least 60 hours to the lessons from
  Career Choices
• Culminate with completion of a written,
  comprehensive 10 year plan (Chapter 12)
• Be taught by an instructor who is well-prepared
  and enthusiastic about the course.

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STEP TWO- Prepare to Teach

• Career Choices Teachers- Participate in an
  Implementation Workshop
• Lead Teachers - Participate in a Career Choices
  Lead Teacher Institute
• Join the Teachers Lounge and view the training
  videos www.careerchoices.com/lounge
• Choose a pacing guide
• Read through Section Four of the Instructors
  Guide
• Refer to the online Instructors Guide

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Step TWO Continued Prepare to teach

• Visit www.careerchoices.com and determine
  how/when you can incorporate this optional
  enhancement into your class.
• Meet with team to go lesson by lesson, brainstorm
  and finalize your strategies for delivery. Build
  a support system for daily and weekly evaluation,
  sharing what worked, what things you may try, and
  what challenges you encountered.
• Review the pre and post survey (Section 14/9-14
  new IG and 6/12-16 in the Instructors Guide)
  www.academicinnovations.com/prepostsurvey.index.ht
  ml

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Step TWO Continued Prepare to teach

• Find out who is your SSE and the keeper of the
  usernames and passwords
• Schedule Computer Lab
• Be sure to give the PRESURVEY the first day
  BEFORE you pass out the books. Make copies of the
  survey if needed.
• Visit www.my10yearplan.com and watch the overview
  videos. Do a side-by-side walkthrough of the
  site and Workbook/Portfolio as if you were a
  student experiencing this important tool. The
  lessons for this process are highlighted in
  yellow on your lesson plan spreadsheet.

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Step TWO Continued Prepare to teach Tools to
use to prepare Pacing Guide -Lesson Plans -
Syllabus

• www.academicinnovations.com
• Standards Correlations
• www.careerchoices.com/cupboard_list.html/
• Download Pacing Guide
• Section 4 - Instructors Guide

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STEP THREE- The Online Teachers
Loungehttp//www.careerchoices.com/lounge/cupboar
d_list.html

• Online Training Videos
• Quick Start Resources Study Guide
• Online Community
• Resource Cupboard

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STEP FOUR Professional Development

• Online Training Videos- Self-Study Quick Start
  Guide httpwww.careerchoices.c
  om/lounge/mod_vieworder2.html
• View Why It Works http//www.academicinnovations.c
  om/whyitworks/index.html
• Instructors Guide - Section 1/16 Quick Start
  Checklist
• Workshops Trainings local, national, custom,
  hosted, www.aiworkshops.com
• Earn Continuing Education Units (CEU) and
  Professional Development Credits
  www.careerchoices.com/lounge/modules.html

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Once your class starts

• EVERY DAY- Review your Pacing Guide spreadsheet
  and turn to the corresponding lesson in Section
  Four of your your IG and review the
  recommendations for that activity.
• Socratic rather than Didactic-See yourself as a
  leader, mentor, coach, and cheerleader, helping
  students develop and explore their own vision of
  a productive future.
• Assign the Pre-Survey the 1st days of class
• Assign homework from their Workbook/Portfolio
  each day so students come to class prepared for
  discussion and group activities.

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Weekly

• Meet with your team of Career Choices Instructors
  to discuss and brainstorm activities and
  challenges. Occasionally invite your principal
  and district leaders to attend.
• Visit the Teachers Lounge reviewing
  corresponding online training modules, stories or
  other successful schools, and the contents of the
  Resource Cupboard
• Log into Career Choices Online Professional
  Learning Community www.careerchoices.com/lounge/pl
  c_home where you can get tips from other
  teachers, share your ideas and get ask questions.

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Research why it works Find out if its working
for you!

• Proven Programs http//www.whatworkscareerchoices.
  com/bestpractices.html
• Awards and evaluations - http//www.whatworkscaree
  rchoices.com/awards.html
• Career Choices Medal Program-http//www.careerchoi
  ces.com/lounge/medal1.html

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Use Your TOOLSInternet EnhancementsTanja Easson

• www.careerchoices.com/lounge
• www.careerchoices.com
• www.lifestylemath.com
• WWW.MY10YEARPLAN.COM Essentials Interactive

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Whats the future of online learning?
45,000 K-12 students took an online course.
2000
3 million K-12 students took an online course.
2009
50 of high school courses will be delivered
online.
2019
Clayton M. Christensen, Michael B. Horn, and
Curtis W. Johnson, Disrupting Class How
Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the
World Learns
Sam S. Adkins, The US PreK-12 Market for
Self-paced eLearning Products and Services
2010-2015 Forecast and Analysis, Ambient
Insight, January 2011
http//www.edutopia.org/poll-online-virtual-learni
ng-future
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Why is blending learning becoming imperative?
...in an age when information and communications
technology skills are so critical, and so much
collaboration, resource sharing, content
development, and learning are done digitally,
asynchronously, and at a distance, it is unlikely
that student learning will be based solely on
print textbooks and face to face classes
conducted in 50-minute increments.
North American Council for Online Learning,
Promising Practices in Online Learning, Blending
Learning The Convergence of Online and
Face-to-Face Education
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Benefits of Blended Learning

• 21st century skills development
• Enriched experience for the student
• Enhanced personalization of learning
• Increased communication and support

Keeping Pace with K-12 Online Learning An Annual
Review of Policy and Practice, 2010
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What is Blended Learning?also known as Hybrid
Learning

• No single definition
• No set ratio of online to face-to-face
  interaction
• Broad range of practices

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Blended Learningalso known as Hybrid Learning
Any time a student learns, at least in part, at a
brick-and-mortar facility and through online
delivery with student control over time, place,
or pace.
Heather Staker, The Rise of K-12 Blended
Learning Profiles of Emerging Models, Innosight
Institute, May 2011
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Blended Learningalso known as Hybrid Learning

• iNACOL defines blended learning as
• Blended learning combines two delivery modes of
  instruction, online and face-to-face the
  communication in both modes is enhanced by a
  learning management system
• The role of the teacher is critical, as blended
  learning requires a transformation of instruction
  as the teacher becomes a learning facilitator
  instruction involves increased interaction
  between student-and-instructor,
  student-to-content and student-to-student

Matthew Wicks, A National Primer on K-12 Online
Learning, International Association on K-12
Online Learning (iNACOL), 2010
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Why is blending learning becoming imperative?
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Four out of ten students leave high school with
what they need to function well in society.
Bob Wise, Alliance for Excellent Education, May
24, 2011, How Blended Learning Can Help Turn
Around Struggling Schools, http//media.all4ed.org
/briefing-may-24
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CareerChoices.com

• CareerChoices.com
• The Teachers Lounge

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CareerChoices.com Not a user-specific site.

• Career research tools
• Job interview tips
• College information
• Resume writing
• Loan calculation
• Factoring in debt
• Job growth
• Labor market statistics

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The Teachers Lounge User-specific site
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New and Improved

• Both a Print
• an Online Version
• Each copy of the Instructors Guide thats
  ordered as part of an adoption of Career Choices
  materials includes a code for two years of
  individual instructor access to the online
  version.

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LifestyleMath.com Not a user-specific site.

1. Complete the activity in the Lifestyle Math
   workbook first.
2. Log on.
3. Enter your calculations.
4. Get instant feedback on accuracy of your work.
5. Get a chance to rework your calculations.
6. Print your work for credit.

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My10yearPlan.com User-specific site.
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Pre-/Post-Survey

• Set as an option when you create student accounts
• Pre-survey is required when student first logs in
• Post-survey becomes available after a date that
  you select and set

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Online survey or paper survey?
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Reports
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My10yearPlan.com
Essentials or Interactive?
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A blended-learning opportunity for the Career
Choices student that will guide them to a deeper
level of critical thinking about their future.
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Chapter 12
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PrintablePortfolio Report
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Dain Blanton introduces each Career Choices
chapter to students through short video clips.
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Social Network

• Join us on Facebook https//www.facebook.com/10ye
  arplan
• Follow us on Twitter http//twitter.com/tenyearpl
  an

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Course Final

• At least two weeks before the end of your class,
  assign the completion of Chapter 12 and the
  10-year plan as a take home final.
• Reserve a computer lab for 2 or 3 periods (3 -
  4.5 hours total) so students can enter the data
  from their Workbook/Portfolio into
  www.my10yearplan.com
• Assign the Post Survey after students complete
  their 10yearplan. Compare students pre and post
  survey responses. Students can compare them and
  write their findings and how they would grade
  their learning.

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Throughout the Course

• For personalized support contact Georgette
  Phillips- 760-961-7812 or georgette_at_academicinnova
  tions.com
• Bi-weekly TIPS Email (Teaching Insights,
  Practices and Solutions)
• Monthly TECH TIPS
• Monthly Newsletter
• Monthly webinar training - September Your Career
  Choices Online Tools

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End of Course

• Share your experience with Academic Innovations
  by completing an online teacher survey at
  www.academicinnovations.com/gettingstarted We
  take these surveys seriously and it helps us
  upgrade the services we offer you.
• CELEBRATE a job well done both with your students
  and with your colleagues. See pages 15/18 - new
  IG 4/168 and 4/169 of the Instructors Guide for
  ideas.

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Implementation Survey

• http//www.academicinnovations.com/gettingstarted/
  
• Complete by October 15, 2013 for a chance to win
  a Career Choices Survival Kit!

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QuestionsContact us atgeorgette_at_academicinnova
tions.comtanja_at_academicinnovations.com800-967-80
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