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Accelerating Opportunity

The "Accelerating Opportunity" initiative aims to promote student pursuit of postsecondary education and training, enabling them to complete at least one credential within three years. It provides essential tools and guidance for students to make meaningful societal contributions and improve their quality of life. This grant-based program facilitates the transition of Basic Skills students toward earning stackable credentials in their chosen career paths through context-based instruction, technology integration, and career awareness activities, ensuring a well-rounded educational experience.

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Accelerating Opportunity

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  1. Accelerating Opportunity Engaging Students for the Future by Jennifer Foster Betty King Mary Ingram Scarlet Gibbs

  2. Program Goals • Promote student pursuit of postsecondary education and training • Student completion of at least one credential within 3 years • Provide students the necessary tools and guidance to offer meaningful contributions to society …Leading to a better quality of life

  3. What is Accelerating Opportunity? • Grant-based initiative designed to transition Basic Skills students from College & Career Readiness towards earning stackable credentials in their desired career path

  4. What is your role? • Incorporate contextualized instruction daily • Regularly incorporate meaningful and effective uses of technology into instruction • Integrate career awareness and goal-setting activities into the classroom • Apply content standards into instruction

  5. Incorporation of Technology into Instruction Example Goal T.1.1.2: Recognize and correctly use common computer terms Understand how to use the internet as a job searching tool Organize and maintain information pertaining to work search Know how to handle stress of the job search Independent Practice Example ActivityT.1.1.2: have student make a glossary of computer terms using a computer. Print and turn into instructor. The instructor will colligate and return to the students a dictionary of common computer terms for further reference.

  6. Bio PicTopics: Career, Family, Interest, Hobbies • T.5 Multimedia: The student will demonstrate an understanding of multimedia and the ability to create multimedia presentations. • W.2 Composition: The student will develop and apply the writing process to communicate in writing for a variety of purposes • R.3 Comprehension: The student will develop and demonstrate knowledge of a variety of comprehension strategies to derive meaning from literary, functional, and informational text.

  7. Teachers Are The Key

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