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03/30/2020 In Employability Skills, Faculty Tools, Learning Principle, Lifelong learning, Resource

Balance efficiency and innovation in lesson design

Download An excerpt from a research article describes the benefits on building future problem solving skills of offering lessons that involve learners in innovating solutions, not just learning procedures. From "Schwartz, D. L., Bransford, J. D., & Sears, D. (2005). Efficiency and innovation in transfer. Transfer

03/30/2020 In Confront Misconceptions and Explain, Employability Skills, Learning Principle, Lifelong learning, Resource

Table of top-rated skills for IT professionals

Download A survey of 66 graduates of a midwestern IT program indicated that "desire to learn" was a critical skill on the job. From Davis, D. C. (2003). Job titles, tasks, and experiences of information systems and technologies graduates from a Midwestern university. Journal of Information

03/30/2020 In Employability Skills, Faculty Tools, Learning Principle, Lifelong learning, Resource

How to develop learning contracts

View A method for customizing the design of learning objectives for individual students, involving the students. An online course link is provided. From University of Colorado, Denver. (2007). Learning contracts: An online tutorial for faculty. Denver, CO: University of Colorado. Retrieved from http://www.ucdenver.edu/faculty_staff/faculty/center-for-faculty-development/Documents/Tutorials/LearningContracts/module3/index.htm

03/30/2020 In Employability Skills, Learning Principle, Lifelong learning, Reflect and Grow, Resource

Learning Preference Assessment

Download An assessment of one's readiness to learn in a self-directed manner. From Guglielmo, L. (1977). Development of the self-directed learning readiness scale. University of Georgia. Unpublished doctoral dissertations.

03/30/2020 In Confront Misconceptions and Explain, Employability Skills, Learning Principle, Resource, Secondary school tool, Skills for diverse workspaces, Support

DeafTEC – Working Together: Deaf & Hearing People

View The online course "Working Together: Deaf & Hearing People" is designed to help employers and secondary educators develop the sensitivity and skills to communicate effectively with deaf and hard-of-hearing employees. It also can enable deaf and hearing colleagues to work together more productively and assist

03/30/2020 In Employability Skills, Learning Principle, Resource, Secondary school tool, Skills for diverse workspaces, Support

DeafTEC – For Students: STEM career awareness

View Resources for secondary special and career educators to support deaf students' career exploration. Included are job descriptions, requirements, typical duties, skills required, expected average annual income, and job outlook.

03/30/2020 In Confront Misconceptions and Explain, Employability Skills, Learning Principle, Resource, Secondary school tool, Skills for diverse workspaces

DeafTEC – For Employers: Resources for Hiring and Inclusion

View DeafTEC provides employers and secondary educators with resources that may be used to attract, interview, hire and create an inclusive work environment for deaf and hard-of-hearing secondary-student employees.

03/30/2020 In Confront Misconceptions and Explain, Employability Skills, Learning Principle, Practice, Resource, Secondary school tool, Skills for diverse workspaces, Support

NAPE – Nontraditional Student Success: Perkins Basics and Beyond

View This module will help secondary educators work towards improving their capacity to meet federally-required career-technical education (CTE) program quality indicators, especially regarding increased participation in CTE courses of students who are nontraditional by gender. The module helps secondary educators identify root causes of the underrepresentation

03/30/2020 In Confront Misconceptions and Explain, Employability Skills, Learning Principle, Play, Reflect and Grow, Resource, Secondary school tool, Skills for diverse workspaces, Support

NAPE – Native American Education: Challenges and Opportunities

View The term culture is often used to explain the many external influences that shape who we are and explain our perspectives in the world. However, teachers seldom have the opportunity to learn about the multiple lenses representing the huge diversity of cultures that exist within

03/30/2020 In Confront Misconceptions and Explain, Employability Skills, Learning Principle, Play, Reflect and Grow, Resource, Secondary school tool, Skills for diverse workspaces, Support

NAPE – Eliminating Barriers through Culturally Responsive Teaching

View This toolkit is intended to help secondary educators develop mindsets to meet the needs of their students and to implement curriculum that utilizes students’ cultural perspectives and home or community knowledge. In addition, this toolkit asks educators to investigate their own experiences with Culturally Responsive