WIN Learning Overview & Media Updates

WIN Learning
 
Overview and Media Updates

WORKING TOGETHER TO ASSURE ALL LEARNERS ARE
CAREER AND COLLEGE READY
 

 

 

Executive Summary

Worldwide Interactive Network Inc. (WIN Learning) helps education and workforce
programs ensure all learners have the skills to be career and college ready. WIN’s
Career Readiness System goes beyond helping students earn diplomas. It provides
schools with the tools necessary to prepare them for the future, whether it’s college, a
trade school, the military or the workplace.

WIN Solution
The WIN Career Readiness System is a web-based solution that provides
comprehensive career exploration and planning, college readiness assessments, and
career readiness foundational academic and employability skills support.

Students begin with myStrategic Compass, a career exploration, planning and guidance
tool that includes features such as a class planning tool that maps required high school
classes based on career interests; college and degree program profiles to support post-
secondary education planning; a resume builder, and sample and practice job
applications. Students also have access to WIN Atlas, a mobile app that supports
career planning and exploration accessible through tablet and mobile devices.

Next, students can access two courseware systems. The WIN Career Readiness
Courseware includes instructional content that reinforces the relevance between
foundational skills – in Applied Mathematics, Locating Information and Reading for
Information – and emerging high-demand, high-wage jobs. The other is WIN College
Readiness Courseware, a digital test prep curriculum that helps learners achieve
foundational college readiness in Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Geometry, Reading and
Writing/English.

Finally, the system includes WIN Soft Skills. With this component, learners cultivate the
interpersonal, non-cognitive skills including conveying professionalism, communication,
teamwork and collaboration and problem-solving skills employers seek.

About WIN Learning
WIN Learning is the leading provider of career readiness solutions to help education and
workforce entities prepare learners for pathways that lead to future success. More than
10 million students worldwide have participated in the specialized career–driven
courseware and education intervention initiatives as well as career-readiness
certification programs. For more information, go to or call 888-717-9461 or visit
www.winlearning.com.


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Instructional Program Components

WIN’s Involvement in Career and College Readiness
Since its inception in 1996, the WIN Career Readiness Courseware® has been the
primary source of online, career readiness instruction for numerous statewide initiatives.
In fact, more than half of the states in the U.S. have implemented WIN courseware and
assessments in statewide initiatives addressing the needs of education, workforce and
economic development including adult education programs, workforce service centers,
K-12 school systems, technical and community colleges, virtual education and teacher
pre-certification and compliance.

EDUCONOMY Approach
The WIN system is built upon the WIN EDUCONOMY MODEL—an intersection between
education and the economy where supply,
demand, and career pathways are the new
drivers for education and training, people and
talent, occupations and jobs, and business and
industry.

In the Educonomy model, employability,
foundational, and soft skills are learned within
the context of careers. This real world focus
helps youth and adult jobseekers understand the
value of skill-building and education, no matter
the pathway they choose to a career. All WIN’s
products and services are linked in a seamless
system across the education and learning
continuum—from job exploration and skill
assessments to direct instruction and
certification of mastery.

WIN Career Readiness System 3
 
The WIN Career Readiness System begins with Strategic Compass and myStrategic
Compass, providing labor market information, interest assessments, and personalized
electronic counseling tools that together give learners the opportunity to explore and
determine their career interests and/or specific career pathway goals. Career profiles in
the software then direct learners to the foundational and soft skills training necessary to
begin the journey along their chosen career pathway. All of WIN’s training is available
through a single sign-on portal, which links assessments and data management for all
the curricula. By being user-friendly and self-evident with helpful hints, WIN’s online
system teaches computer literacy easily to all of its users. In addition, in all its
courseware, WIN fully utilizes an asset
approach, helping users understand what
they need to learn and do to be able to
reach their career goals. For the first time,
learners can move from identifying their
career interest to local demand and
alignment to occupations and careers.
Further, learners receive the education and
training for college and career success. All
this is seamlessly integrated in an easy-to-
use online Career Readiness System.


 

WIN myStrategic Compass
myStrategic Compass is a comprehensive and
developmentally-appropriate online system that helps
users build and identify a career profile to learn about
themselves, build an education and training plan, and
explore and prepare for various careers and
occupations. myStrategic Compass also provides
resources to help learners and job seekers have
access to career guidance, track their progress, and
make informed data-driven decisions. This
comprehensive online education and career planning
system guides users through the critical actions they
need to take to access, explore, plan, and transition
successfully at each stage in their lifelong career
development.

WIN’s Strategic Compass bridges the gap between education and the workplace with
real labor market analysis customized for a state, region or district. Aligning data,
including industry projected growth, wages, demands and gaps, assists in strategic
planning and readiness.

WIN Atlas: Career Planning & Exploration Mobile App
WIN Learning also offers a mobile app version of its Career
Planning and Exploration tool. Users have the ability to access
the Career Exploration component from a mobile tablet,
smartphone or app enabled device.

The mobile app can be entered from one of three approaches:
• Complete an Interest Profile and/or Work Importance
Profiler
• Manually enter their Holland Codes (RAISEC), Work
Importance Results, Ability Profiler results, WorkKeys
scores, and/or myStrategic Compass profile
• Choose to explore careers through a series of navigation
commands

The Career Exploration & Planning mobile app allows learners to
examine occupations in relationship to educational pathways and
regional opportunities. Users will have the ability to play out
different career scenarios by filtering career clusters by region, salary potential, job
zones and opportunity.

When learners complete an Interest or Work Importance Profile or enter their Holland
Codes, WorkKeys scores, Ability Profiler results, or myStrategic Compass results, they
are provided with a top list of occupations that best match their results. This gives them
the ability to develop goals and build a plan of action to match or enhance their skills,
interest and profile to match occupations and careers that are a match for them.


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WIN Career Readiness Courseware
Addressing relevance in education, the Career
Readiness Courseware teaches students the
foundational skills required for success in college and
careers, and more specifically career alignment and
success in the current economy and job market. WIN
Career Readiness Courseware begins with an Initial
Skills Review (ISR) to measure individual mastery
levels of a learner’s foundational skills. ISR gives
learners a good idea of how prepared they are for a
wide array of careers, and helps clarify their needs for
further training and/or education. These assessments
also assure precise skills-based placements into skill-
building Career Readiness software. The three areas
measured and provided in the software are Reading for Information, Applied
Mathematics, and Locating Information.

WIN College Readiness Courseware
 

College Readiness Courseware (CRC+) is an online
college readiness assessment and courseware that
gives students an opportunity to evaluate their skill
level in Reading, Writing / English, and Mathematics.
For learners seeking to take an entry or placement
test for admission to a postsecondary institution, the
WIN CRC+ courseware is ideal in preparing for
mastery and identifying any development skills or
content areas that may need to be identified for
specific subject areas where the student may need
assistance. CRC+ prepares learners with the
necessary foundational skills in Pre-Algebra, Algebra,
Geometry, Reading, Writing and English. CRC+ includes five learning modules that
provide students with practice and application of concepts addressed by commonly
accepted college placement exams. Students begin the courseware by completing an
initial assessment of readiness on college entry exam content.

WIN Soft Skills
WIN Soft Skills reinforces attitudinal, behavioral, and
applied competencies—exactly those skills most
critical to success in today’s schools and workplaces.
The Curriculum is a Web-based program, which
instructionally models and directly teaches
fundamental professional and employability
standards. The courseware is designed around four
district modules including: Conveying
Professionalism, Communicating Effectively,
Promoting Teamwork and Collaboration and, Thinking
Critically and Problem Solving. Using this modeling
design, WIN Soft Skills Curriculum allows learners
and job seekers to witness, discuss, and practice appropriate behaviors. WIN Soft Skills
is driven by employer demand and the result of extensive research into hiring and
retention decisions made by employers for first-time employees.


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WIN provides developmental resources to teach employ-
ability and social skills in a career context to help learners
successfully transition to a career path. WIN’s Personalized
Career Readiness System is easy-to-use, flexible and
adaptable to a variety of instructional settings, including
elective courses, math and literacy intervention classes,
blending learning models, 1:1 learning, extended day
programs, and career readiness certification programs.

About WIN Learning

There is life after high school, and no one prepares students better than WIN.

Worldwide Interactive Network Inc. (WIN Learning) myStrate gic Compass College Readi ness CRC+
helps middle, high school, adult and workforce, and post
secondary programs ensure all learners have the skills to RIe’mady.
be career and college ready. WIN’s Career Readiness
System goes beyond helping students earn diplomas. It oft Skills Career Read
provides schools with the tools necessary to prepare them iness Courseware S
for the future, whether it’s college, a trade school, the
military or the workplace. Our mission is to ensure all learners have the
foundational skills to be career and college ready
To help prepare students learnes for 21st century career and that all administrators are equipped with tools
opportunities, WIN has developed the Career Readiness that allow systemic change for students and
System. This standards-aligned, web-based program helps teachers.
students understand and prepare for the realities of the
workplace through personalized project-based learning and Our vision is that every community uses the WIN
career exploration. Learning Career Readiness System for
career‐and‐college readiness with all student and
With this career-driven education model, educators and adult learners to develop an engaged, prepared
workforce leaders can analyze current and projected labor workforce that can be leveraged to recruit, retain
market data, identify required education and training for and grow jobs that lead to individual and regional
potential career pathways, measure students’ individual economic prosperity.
career readiness and skill development, and build mastery
around the foundational, behavioral and attitudinal skills WIN Learning teaches employability skills and social skills in
employers demand. a career context to help your students successfully transition
into the workplace. WIN Learning is the national leader in
In the United States, 3.2 million jobs remain unfilled implementing career readiness initiatives. We look forward
because of a lack of skilled workers. Forty percent of to partnering with you.
businesses have positions open for six months or longer .
because they can’t find suitable applicants. To be
competitive in the global market, America must have a facebook/winlearning
skilled, well-educated workforce. Yet, too often, students
graduate from high school or college without the basic twitter / @edwinworldwide
foundational skills to succeed in the workplace.

By linking what goes on in the classroom with what’s
happening in the economy, educators can help students
grasp education’s direct bearing on their future careers,
stay engaged in school, and prepare for what lies beyond
high school.

Since 1996, WIN’s integrated approach to career and
college readiness has given more than 10 million learners
worldwide the tools, confidence and skills necessary to
excel in school and in life.

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The Educonomy: Connecting Education to the Economy to Create Career
and College Ready Students

Dr. Teresa Chasteen, CEO at WIN Learning

Worldwide Interactive Network Inc. (WIN Learning)
In the United States, 3.2 million jobs remain unfilled

because of a lack of skilled workers. Forty percent of

businesses have positions open for six months or longer

because they can’t find suitable applicants.

To be competitive in the global market, America must have
a skilled, well-educated workforce. This is a common goal
for educators, businesses, and policymakers across the
country. Yet, too often, the educational process does not
consider employers’ needs and students graduate from
high school or even college without the basic foundational
skills to succeed in the workplace.

If education is to secure and improve students’ prospects With this career-driven education model, educators and
for the future, it MUST relate to the real world. To ensure it students can analyze current and projected labor market
does, it is time to stop looking at education and the data, identify required education and training for potential
economy as two distinct entities and treating them as such. career pathways, measure students’ individual career
We need to focus, instead, on the Educonomy — the readiness and skill development, and build mastery around
intersection between education and the economy where the foundational, behavioral and attitudinal skills employers
supply, demand, and career pathways are the new drivers demand.
for education and training, people and talent, occupations
and jobs, and business and industry.

In the Educonomy, data drives insight and action, enabling Armed with easy access to career and job analysis data,
educators, government agencies and employers to educators can adjust or enhance their curriculum to
collaborate and deliberate on informed policy decisions and strengthen students’ career and college readiness.
share information that can be used to motivate and direct Equipped with personalized, in-depth individual career
students. Through this perspective shift, we no longer just pathways reports, guidance counselors can show future
see a student; we see a student looking for a job. More job projections, demonstrate educational and skill needs,
important, we give the student the information, education, and direct students on a clear path.
training and skills necessary to succeed in his or her career
pathway. This enables students to make the pivotal connection
between their education and their ability to work and earn a
So, how can middle and high schools ensure all learners living. When students have the opportunity to identify and
have the skills to be career and college ready? The key is explore careers suited to their interests, skills, values and
to go beyond helping students earn diplomas. Schools goals, their interest in their education soars. When they can
must provide students with the tools to prepare them for see the education and skill levels required as well as
the future, whether it’s college, a trade school, the military economic and labor forecasts, they understand the
or the workplace. academic pathways required to get them to their career
choice and why staying in school matters.
The benefit of this approach is that when we show
students the connection between what’s happening in the Educonomy is the intersection
classroom and in their futures, they more clearly see the between education and the economy
relevance of their education. When students have an where supply, demand and career
individual career plan based on their interests, they become pathways are the new drivers.
more engaged in school and invested in their education.
The result is higher academic achievement, greater
commitment to classroom activities, increased motivation
to stay in school, and true readiness for success following
graduation.

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The Educonomy: (continued)

With or without a Personalized Career Readiness System, Beyond core curriculum areas and state standards, it is
there are three easy steps middle and high schools can also vital to address professional attitudes and work habits.
take today to bridge the gap between school and the Though often overlooked in educational programs,
workplace. attitudinal and behavioral skills are critical to success at
college and work, and to upward mobility in the 21st
1) First, organize the curriculum and class projects century economy. Thus, these competencies — such as
around “career clusters” to make the subject matter conveying professionalism, communicating effectively,
promoting teamwork and collaboration, and thinking
— mathematics, for example — fun and motivating, critically and solving problems — are an essential part of a
comprehensive approach to preparing students for
thereby increasing each student’s learning. success and providing future employers with work-
place-ready candidates.
In 1997, the Departments of Labor and Education
together created a workforce scan with 16 Bottom line, we must all work to prepare students for 21st
nationally recognized career clusters to crosswalk century opportunities after high school. If we don’t increase
educational, occupational, and labor market the number of Americans with the necessary skills, jobs will
information under similar rubrics: Agriculture & increasingly migrate abroad, creating even bigger
Natural Resources. Architecture & Construction. challenges for our long-term competitiveness and
Arts, Audio/Video Technology, & Communications. economic growth.
Business & Administration. Education & Training.
Finance. Government & Public Administration. In the Educonomy, we can use education as the economic
Health Sciences. Hospitality & Tourism. Human engine to connect education, workforce development, and
Services. Information Technology. Law & Public economic development. By matching education to
Safety. Manufacturing. Retail/Wholesale Sales & workforce requirements, schools can strengthen
Service. Scientific Research & Engineering. partnerships with their communities and change the lives of
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics. their students. By linking what goes on in the classroom
with what’s happening in the economy, educators can help
2) Then, within each project, create authentic students grasp education’s direct bearing on their future
problems found in the workplace. Ask students, careers, stay engaged in school, and prepare for what lies
beyond high school.
working individually or collaboratively, to tackle
It’s education as seen through the real world and that
challenges and produce products similar to what makes a real difference.

might be required in a workplace setting, such as a Dr. Teresa Chasteen is CEO and president of
Worldwide Interactive Network Inc. (WIN Learning), and
marketing plan or a performance chart. Connect previously a higher education administrator and teacher.
She earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum, Instruction,
each skill with one of the career clusters and with Measurement and Evaluation.

the Common Core State Standards.

3) Finally, let students enter a project at differentiated
instructional levels, reflecting their skill levels. Even

when working in a group, allow students to move

independently, doing the tasks they can

accomplish. No matter their skill level, all students

contribute to the greater group project and lesson.

This makes the subject matter more meaningful

and non-threatening.

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NEWS RELEASES - 2013

January 7, 2013:
WIN Learning Launches WIN Soft Skills - the First Courseware Designed to Hone
Interpersonal Skills, Attitudes and Work Habits Required for Career and College
Readiness

January 14, 2013:
WIN Learning and Kentucky i3 Grant Winners Report Successful Career and College
Readiness Initiatives Underway at 112 Schools

March 4, 2013:
Personalized Career Readiness System From WIN Learning Helps High School Student
Stick With Stem Classes

March 14, 2013:
Irving (TX) Independent School District Selects WIN Learning’s Personalized Career
Readiness System To Prepare Every Student for College and Work

April 9, 2013:
Aransas Pass (TX) Independent School District Adopts WIN Learning’s Personalized
Career Readiness System

May 1, 2013:
WIN Learning Named a Finalist in 2013 EdTech Digest Awards Program

June 10, 2013:
West Virginia Selects WIN Learning Career Readiness System as Essential Tool for All
High Schools, Career and Technical Education Programs Within the State

July 29, 2013:
Navasota (TX) Independent School District To Boost Focus on College and Career
Readiness With WIN Learning’s Personalized Career Readiness System

August 19, 2013:
High Plains Regional Education Cooperative to Make WIN Learning’s Soft Skills Series
Available to School Districts Across Northeast New Mexico

September 4, 2013:
Lancaster (TX) Independent School District Turns to WIN Learning’s Education and
Economic Dashboard, Soft Skills and Personalized Career Readiness Program to
Prepare Students for Life After High School

September 20, 2013:
Aransas Pass Superintendent Dr. Royce Avery to Present at TASA 2014: “How Schools
Can Better Ensure Career and College Ready Students”

November 1, 2013:
WIN Learning’s Soft Skills Selected as an Outstanding Educational Technology Product
in Tech & Learning’s Award of Excellence Program

December 4, 2013:
Thirty Districts Using WIN Learning’s Digital Program as Part of Kentucky Collaborative
Career and College Readiness (KY C3R) Initiative

NEWS RELEASES – 2014

February 13, 2014:
WIN Learning Works With Alabama Department of Workforce Development to Help
Students and Adult Job Seekers Improve Career and College Readiness Skills

March 5, 2014:
WIN Learning Expands Field Organization to Meet Growing Demand for Its Career and
College Readiness Courseware Solutions

April 15, 2014:
WIN Learning and Kuder Announce Partnership to Enhance Their Career Exploration
and Planning Tools

May 5, 2014:
Use of WIN Learning Career and College Readiness Courseware Solutions Expands
Across Greater Chicago Area

May 22, 2014:
WIN Learning Named a Finalist in American Association of Publishers 2014 Revere
Awards Program

June 12, 2014:
El Paso ISD Administrators to Present On Career and College Readiness Efforts to Meet
Post-Secondary Realities at Model School Conference

June 26, 2014:
New College and Career Readiness System from WIN Learning Provides Career
Planning, Instruction, and Skills Development to Prepare Students for Life After High
School

July 8, 2014:
WIN Learning Introduces Career-Infused Math Program to Help Students Learn What
They Need for True Career & College Readiness

August 1, 2014:
WIN Learning Receives 2014-2015 eSchool News Readers’ Choice Award

August 26, 2014:
Partners for Education at Berea College Selects WIN Career Readiness System to
Prepare Appalachian Kentucky Students for Life After High School

September 3, 2014:
WIN Learning to Offer Its Career and College Readiness System to Urban School
Districts Through Partnership With Sussman Sales

November 10, 2014:
Pomona Unified School District Receives Accreditation Award from Council on
Occupational Education

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NEWS RELEASES - 2015

January 26, 2015:

Erie Regional Career Planning Project Adopts Win Learning Educonomy Model to
Prepare Learners for Jobs in Manufacturing, Health Care, and Other Growing Sectors

March 6, 2015:
Kentucky Valley Education Cooperative to Provide WIN Math to Member School Districts
to Boost Stem Learning, College Prep and Career-Readiness

March 27, 2015:
WIN Learning Publishes White Paper on the Importance of Rigor, Relevance and Real-
World Applications in Math Classrooms

April 8, 2015:
WIN Learning Named SIIA Education CODiE Award Finalist for Best Career and
Workforce Readiness Solution

April 16, 2015:
WIN Learning and Nepris Form Strategic Content and Technology Partnership

May 19, 2015:
Low-Income, Rural Students Are Changing Their Futures Through Kid-Friendly RTTT-D
Project in Kentucky

July 8, 2015:
WIN Learning Announces Strategic Partnership with the National Dropout Prevention
Center/Network

 
 
 
 

ARANSAS
 PASS
 (TX)
 INDEPENDENT
 SCHOOL
 DISTRICT
 ADOPTS
 WIN
 LEARNING’S
 

PERSONALIZED
 CAREER
 READINESS
 SYSTEM
 

Web-­‐based
 program
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 all
 students
 for
 life
 a4er
 high
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courseware,
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 career-­‐readiness
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Kingston,
 Tenn.
 -­‐
 April
 9,
 2013
 –
 Taking
 an
 innova+ve
 approach
 to
 college
 and
 career
 readiness,
 the
 
Aransas
 Pass
 Independent
 School
 District
 (APISD)
 in
 Texas
 has
 chosen
 to
 implement
 WIN
 Learning’s
 
Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 for
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 students
 district-­‐wide.
 
 The
 
comprehensive
 solu+on
 is
 comprised
 of
 a
 series
 of
 standards-­‐aligned,
 web-­‐based
 programs
 that
 help
 
students
 understand
 and
 prepare
 for
 the
 reali+es
 of
 college
 and
 the
 workplace
 through
 personalized
 
project-­‐based
 learning
 and
 career
 explora+on,
 par+cularly
 in
 the
 areas
 of
 science,
 technology,
 
engineering
 and
 mathema+cs
 (STEM).
 

The
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 is
 based
 on
 the
 WIN
 Educonomy
 Model
 –
 an
 intersec+on
 
between
 educa+on
 and
 local
 and
 regional
 economies
 where
 data
 on
 job
 markets
 help
 students
 
understand
 employability,
 founda+onal
 and
 social
 skills
 within
 the
 context
 of
 future
 careers.
 
 This
 
real-­‐world
 focus
 helps
 determine
 the
 personalized
 selec+on
 of
 coursework
 and
 other
 experiences
 in
 
high
 school
 that
 will
 lead
 students
 to
 their
 desired
 careers,
 either
 directly
 aPer
 gradua+on
 or
 
following
 further
 training
 and
 educa+on.
 

“WIN
 Learning’s
 system
 is
 unlike
 any
 other
 program
 we’ve
 seen
 –
 it’s
 truly
 academics
 with
 a
 
purpose,”
 said
 Dr.
 Royce
 Avery,
 superintendent,
 APISD.
 
 “The
 en+re
 solu+on
 is
 geared
 toward
 helping
 
students
 succeed.
 
 It
 assists
 them
 in
 developing
 and
 refining
 the
 skills
 necessary
 to
 get
 on
 their
 
pathway
 to
 the
 future
 –
 whether
 that’s
 aTending
 college
 or
 a
 trade
 school,
 joining
 the
 military
 or
 
moving
 directly
 into
 the
 workplace.
 
 And
 when
 the
 students
 succeed
 so
 do
 local
 and
 regional
 
businesses
 and
 our
 en+re
 community.”
 

The
 research-­‐based
 Career-­‐Driven
 Educa+on
 model
 is
 a
 best-­‐in-­‐class
 career
 and
 college
 readiness
 

 
 
 
 

solu+on
 that
 offers
 a
 three-­‐pronged
 approach
 to
 prepare
 students
 for
 today’s
 global
 economic
 
opportuni+es
 and
 challenges.
 
 With
 the
 data-­‐rich
 career
 explora+on
 system
 WIN
 Strategic
 
Compass®,
 students
 can
 analyze
 current
 and
 projected
 labor
 market
 data
 to
 reveal
 career
 pathways.
 
 
The
 program’s
 Ini+al
 Skills
 Review™
 measures
 individual
 career
 readiness
 and
 skill
 development
 
gaps,
 and
 the
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness®
 Courseware
 uses
 applied
 academics
 to
 promote
 workplace
 
skill
 mastery.
 
 
 

The
 system
 also
 includes
 the
 recently
 launched
 WIN
 SoP
 Skills
 Series®,
 a
 first-­‐of-­‐its-­‐kind
 program
 
which
 builds
 skills
 mastery
 around
 the
 behavioral,
 aXtudinal,
 social,
 and
 readiness
 skills
 employers
 
and
 post-­‐secondary
 programs
 demand.
 
 As
 the
 only
 web-­‐based
 soP
 skills
 curriculum
 on
 the
 market
 
today,
 WIN
 SoP
 Skills
 will
 provide
 APISD
 educators
 with
 an
 exclusive
 curricular
 framework
 to
 teach
 
their
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 students
 highly
 sought-­‐aPer
 founda+onal
 behaviors
 such
 as
 conveying
 
professionalism,
 communica+ng
 effec+vely,
 promo+ng
 teamwork
 and
 collabora+on,
 thinking
 
cri+cally
 and
 solving
 problems.
 
 All
 aXtudinal
 skills
 addressed
 in
 the
 courseware
 are
 presented
 
within
 the
 context
 of
 the
 workplace
 in
 order
 to
 bring
 relevancy
 to
 the
 learning
 experience.
 
 
 

“We
 were
 impressed
 with
 the
 program’s
 overall
 flexibility,
 which
 allows
 teachers
 to
 incorporate
 the
 
lessons
 across
 mul+ple
 age
 groups
 and
 classroom
 seXngs
 including
 whole-­‐class,
 small
 group
 or
 as
 
independent
 study,”
 said
 Denise
 Graves,
 curriculum
 director
 for
 APISD.
 
 “The
 program
 also
 includes
 a
 
comprehensive
 implementa+on
 guide
 that
 contains
 scripted
 teacher
 lessons
 and
 support
 materials
 
such
 as
 interac+ve
 ac+vi+es,
 worksheets
 and
 videos,
 making
 implementa+on
 simple
 and
 
straigh[orward.”
 

“We
 congratulate
 the
 Aransas
 Pass
 school
 administra+on
 for
 puXng
 a
 clear
 priority
 on
 college
 and
 
career
 readiness,”
 said
 Joseph
 Goins,
 execu+ve
 vice
 president,
 WIN
 Learning.
 “By
 making
 sure
 their
 
students
 understand
 the
 direct
 bearing
 that
 their
 educa+on
 has
 on
 their
 future
 careers,
 the
 district
 
will
 drive
 improved
 engagement
 levels
 and
 help
 students
 really
 prepare
 for
 what
 lies
 beyond
 their
 
high
 school
 years.”
 

About
 WIN
 Learning
 
Since
 1996,
 WIN
 has
 become
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 solu+ons
 to
 help
 districts
 
prepare
 pathways
 for
 students’
 futures,
 whether
 they
 are
 college,
 trade
 school,
 military
 or
 
workplace
 bound.
 To
 date,
 more
 than
 10
 million
 students
 worldwide
 have
 par+cipated
 in
 the
 

 
 
 
 
specialized
 career–driven
 courseware
 and
 educa+on
 interven+on
 ini+a+ves
 as
 well
 as
 career-­‐
readiness
 cer+fica+on
 programs.
 
 For
 more
 informa+on,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 
888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 

#
 
 #
 #

 
 
 
 

ARANSAS
 PASS
 SUPERINTENDENT
 DR.
 ROYCE
 AVERY
 TO
 PRESENT
 AT
 TASA
 2014:
 “HOW
 

SCHOOLS
 CAN
 BETTER
 ENSURE
 CAREER
 AND
 COLLEGE
 READY
 STUDENTS”
 
 

District’s
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System,
 based
 on
 “Educonomy”
 model,
 helps
 address
 new
 
diploma
 endorsement
 requirements
 of
 Texas
 House
 Bill
 5
 
 

Kingston,
 Tenn.
 –
 Sept.
 20,
 2013
 –
 Career
 and
 college
 readiness
 is
 an
 important
 topic
 of
 conversa4on
 
across
 the
 na4on,
 but
 even
 more
 so
 in
 Texas
 where
 the
 recently
 passed
 House
 Bill
 5
 requires
 districts
 
to
 offer
 more
 op4ons
 to
 prepare
 students
 for
 success
 aBer
 high
 school,
 be
 it
 direct
 workforce
 entry,
 
a
 post-­‐secondary
 voca4onal
 program,
 community
 college,
 or
 enrollment
 in
 a
 tradi4onal
 four-­‐year
 
ins4tu4on.
 The
 bill
 also
 encourages
 school
 districts
 to
 partner
 with
 area
 colleges
 and
 industry
 to
 
develop
 rigorous
 courses
 that
 relate
 to
 the
 area
 economy
 and
 can
 count
 toward
 gradua4on
 
standards.
 

Just
 north
 of
 Corpus
 Chris4,
 Aransas
 Pass
 Independent
 School
 District
 (APISD)
 is
 well
 ahead
 of
 the
 
game.
 
 And
 at
 the
 Texas
 Associa4on
 of
 School
 Administrators
 (TASA)
 annual
 conference
 Sept.
 26-­‐28
 
in
 Dallas,
 Superintendent
 Dr.
 Royce
 Avery
 will
 conduct
 a
 session
 describing
 to
 fellow
 Texas
 
superintendents
 APISD’s
 innova4ve
 program
 which
 combines
 a
 web-­‐based
 personalized
 career
 
readiness
 system
 with
 expanded
 curriculum
 op4ons
 and
 community
 support.
 
 Titled,
 “The
 New
 
Educonomy:
 Educa4on
 +
 Economy
 =
 Career
 and
 College
 Ready
 Students,”
 Dr.
 Avery’s
 session
 will
 be
 
held
 on
 Fri.,
 Sept
 27
 at
 10:30am
 at
 the
 Dallas
 Conven4on
 Center.
 
 

“In
 our
 view
 if
 educa4on
 is
 the
 key
 to
 improving
 students’
 prospects
 for
 the
 future,
 it
 must
 relate
 to
 
the
 real
 world.
 
 We
 describe
 our
 program
 at
 Aransas
 Pass
 as
 an
 intersec4on
 between
 educa4on
 and
 
local
 and
 regional
 economies,
 where
 data
 on
 the
 job
 markets
 and
 careers
 helps
 students
 understand
 
employability,
 academic,
 and
 social
 skills
 within
 the
 context
 of
 their
 future,”
 said
 Dr.
 Avery.
 
 “Our
 
program
 is
 designed
 to
 help
 students
 succeed
 in
 whatever
 path
 they
 choose,
 and
 I
 look
 forward
 to
 
talking
 with
 my
 fellow
 administrators
 at
 TASA
 and
 sharing
 ideas
 from
 which
 we
 can
 all
 benefit.”
 

 
 
 
 

One
 of
 the
 main
 elements
 of
 the
 APISD
 program
 is
 the
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 from
 
WIN
 Learning.
 
 The
 comprehensive
 solu4on
 offers
 a
 three-­‐pronged
 approach
 to
 prepare
 students
 for
 
today’s
 global
 economic
 opportuni4es
 and
 challenges.
 
 With
 the
 data-­‐rich
 career
 explora4on
 system
 
WIN
 Strategic
 Compass®,
 students
 can
 analyze
 current
 and
 projected
 labor
 market
 data
 to
 reveal
 
career
 pathways.
 
 The
 program’s
 Ini4al
 Skills
 Review™
 measures
 individual
 career
 readiness
 and
 skill
 
development
 gaps,
 and
 the
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness®
 Courseware
 uses
 applied
 academics
 to
 promote
 
workplace
 skill
 mastery.
 
 
 

Aransas
 Pass
 also
 provides
 students
 access
 to
 WIN
 SoB
 Skills
 Series®,
 a
 first-­‐of-­‐its-­‐kind
 program
 
which
 gives
 educators
 with
 an
 exclusive
 curricular
 framework
 to
 teach
 their
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 
students
 highly
 sought-­‐aBer
 founda4onal
 behaviors
 such
 as
 conveying
 professionalism,
 
communica4ng
 effec4vely,
 promo4ng
 teamwork
 and
 collabora4on,
 thinking
 cri4cally
 and
 solving
 
problems.
 
 All
 agtudinal
 skills
 addressed
 in
 the
 courseware
 are
 presented
 within
 the
 context
 of
 the
 
workplace
 in
 order
 to
 bring
 relevancy
 to
 the
 learning
 experience.
 
 
 

For
 more
 informa4on,
 visit
 hhp://www.winlearning.com.
 

About
 Dr.
 Royce
 Avery
 
A
 life-­‐long
 educator
 with
 classroom,
 building
 and
 district
 level
 experience
 in
 the
 Woodsboro,
 
Lubbock,
 and
 Waco
 Independent
 School
 Districts,
 as
 well
 as
 the
 Texas
 Educa4on
 Agency,
 Dr.
 Avery
 
has
 lead
 the
 Aransas
 Pass
 district
 since
 2011.
 
 He
 received
 his
 undergraduate
 degree
 from
 Rice
 
University,
 and
 holds
 a
 Master’s
 degree
 in
 educa4onal
 leadership
 and
 administra4on
 from
 Texas
 
A&M.
 
 Dr.
 Avery
 earned
 his
 Ed.D.
 in
 educa4onal
 administra4on
 and
 supervision
 from
 the
 University
 
of
 Texas
 at
 Aus4n.
 

#
 
 #
 
 #
 

 
 
 
 

WIN
 LEARNING
 NAMED
 A
 FINALIST
 IN
 2013
 EDTECH
 DIGEST
 AWARDS
 PROGRAM
 
Personalized
 Career
 and
 College
 Readiness
 Solu2on
 Prepares
 Students
 for
 Life
 A8er
 High
 School
 

Kingston,
 Tenn.
 –
 May
 1,
 2013
 –
 WIN
 Learning,
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career–driven
 courseware,
 
educa:on
 interven:on
 ini:a:ves
 and
 career-­‐readiness
 cer:fica:on
 programs,
 announced
 today
 that
 
it
 has
 been
 honored
 as
 a
 ‘trend
 seAer’
 finalist
 in
 the
 2013
 EdTech
 Digest
 Awards
 program.
 The
 third
 
annual
 recogni:on
 program
 honors
 outstanding
 tools,
 trendseAers,
 and
 leaders
 in
 the
 educa:on
 and
 
technology
 sector.
 
 

“We
 are
 honored
 to
 receive
 this
 recogni:on
 as
 it
 validates
 our
 solu:on
 and
 its
 important
 role
 in
 
ensuring
 student
 readiness
 –
 whether
 it’s
 to
 aAend
 college
 or
 a
 trade
 school,
 enter
 the
 military
 or
 
the
 workplace
 –
 for
 life
 aNer
 they
 graduate
 from
 high
 school,”
 said
 Joseph
 Goins,
 execu:ve
 vice
 
president,
 WIN
 Learning.
 
 

This
 year’s
 program
 featured
 some
 of
 the
 most
 robust
 entries
 ever
 for
 the
 more
 than
 40
 categories.
 
 
WIN
 Learning
 was
 an
 honoree
 in
 the
 ‘product
 or
 service
 seTng
 a
 trend’
 category.
 
 The
 TrendseAer
 
awards
 include
 notable
 people
 or
 products
 shaping
 the
 space,
 while
 the
 Cool
 Tool
 awards
 recognize
 
the
 best
 new,
 emerging
 and
 established
 technology
 solu:ons
 for
 educa:on.
 The
 EdTech
 Leadership
 
awards
 recognize
 outstanding
 forward-­‐thinking
 contribu:ons
 to
 learning
 and
 technology.
 
 

A
 dis:nguished
 panel
 of
 industry
 influencers
 and
 veterans
 conducted
 this
 year’s
 evalua:on
 
proceedings.
 “Our
 judges
 are
 giants
 among
 us,
 having
 influenced
 millions
 through
 their
 efforts
 at
 
improving,
 advancing
 and
 modernizing
 educa:on,”
 said
 Victor
 Rivero,
 who
 oversees
 the
 program
 as
 
editor
 in
 chief
 of
 EdTech
 Digest.
 “They
 are
 highly-­‐regarded
 leaders
 from
 a
 variety
 of
 experiences,
 but
 
what
 they
 all
 have
 in
 common
 is
 a
 keen
 eye
 for
 what
 works
 in
 educa:on
 and
 technology.”
 
 

WIN
 Learning’s
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 for
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 students
 is
 a
 

 
 
 
 

comprehensive
 solu:on
 comprised
 of
 a
 series
 of
 standards-­‐aligned,
 web-­‐based
 programs
 that
 help
 
students
 understand
 and
 prepare
 for
 the
 reali:es
 of
 college
 and
 the
 workplace.
 
 Designed
 for
 middle
 
and
 high
 school
 students,
 the
 WIN
 Learning
 system
 features
 personalized
 project-­‐based
 learning
 and
 
career
 explora:on,
 par:cularly
 in
 the
 areas
 of
 science,
 technology,
 engineering
 and
 mathema:cs
 
(STEM).
 

The
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 is
 based
 on
 the
 WIN
 Educonomy
 Model
 –
 an
 intersec:on
 
between
 educa:on
 and
 local
 and
 regional
 economies
 where
 data
 on
 job
 markets
 help
 students
 
understand
 employability,
 founda:onal
 and
 social
 skills
 within
 the
 context
 of
 future
 careers.
 
 This
 
real-­‐world
 focus
 helps
 determine
 the
 personalized
 selec:on
 of
 coursework
 and
 other
 experiences
 in
 
high
 school
 that
 will
 lead
 students
 to
 their
 desired
 careers,
 either
 directly
 aNer
 gradua:on
 or
 
following
 further
 training
 and
 educa:on.
 

The
 research-­‐based
 Career-­‐Driven
 Educa:on
 model
 is
 a
 best-­‐in-­‐class
 career
 and
 college
 readiness
 
solu:on
 that
 offers
 a
 three-­‐pronged
 approach
 to
 prepare
 students
 for
 today’s
 global
 economic
 
opportuni:es
 and
 challenges.
 
 With
 the
 data-­‐rich
 career
 explora:on
 system
 WIN
 Strategic
 
Compass®,
 students
 can
 analyze
 current
 and
 projected
 labor
 market
 data
 to
 reveal
 career
 pathways.
 
 
The
 program’s
 Ini:al
 Skills
 Review™
 measures
 individual
 career
 readiness
 and
 skill
 development
 
gaps,
 and
 the
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness®
 Courseware
 uses
 applied
 academics
 to
 promote
 workplace
 
skill
 mastery.
 
 The
 system
 also
 includes
 the
 recently
 launched
 WIN
 SoN
 Skills
 Series®,
 a
 first-­‐of-­‐its-­‐
kind
 program
 which
 builds
 skills
 mastery
 around
 the
 behavioral,
 aTtudinal,
 social,
 and
 readiness
 
skills
 employers
 and
 post-­‐secondary
 programs
 demand.
 
 

About
 WIN
 Learning
 
Since
 1996,
 WIN
 has
 become
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 solu:ons
 to
 help
 districts
 
prepare
 pathways
 for
 students’
 futures,
 whether
 they
 are
 college,
 trade
 school,
 military
 or
 
workplace
 bound.
 To
 date,
 more
 than
 10
 million
 students
 worldwide
 have
 par:cipated
 in
 the
 
specialized
 career–driven
 courseware
 and
 educa:on
 interven:on
 ini:a:ves
 as
 well
 as
 career-­‐
readiness
 cer:fica:on
 programs.
 
 For
 more
 informa:on,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 
888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 

#
 
 #
 
 #

 
 
 
 

HIGH
 PLAINS
 REGIONAL
 EDUCATION
 COOPERATIVE
 TO
 MAKE
 WIN
 LEARNING’S
 
SOFT
 SKILLS
 SERIES
 AVAILABLE
 TO
 SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS
 ACROSS
 NORTHEAST
 NEW
 

MEXICO
 

Web-­‐based
 Courseware
 Designed
 to
 Hone
 Interpersonal
 Skills,
 A;tudes
 and
 
 

Work
 Habits
 Required
 for
 Career
 and
 College
 Readiness
 

Kingston,
 TN
 
 -­‐
 Aug.
 19,
 2013
 –
 Understanding
 that
 college
 isn’t
 necessarily
 the
 first
 stop
 on
 a
 
student’s
 post
 high
 school
 path,
 High
 Plains
 Regional
 Educa;on
 Coopera;ve
 (HPREC)
 is
 the
 first
 in
 
New
 Mexico
 to
 offer
 WIN
 Learning’s
 WIN
 SoI
 Skills
 Series®
 to
 schools
 across
 its
 eight
 member
 
districts.
 
 The
 only
 web-­‐based
 soI
 skills
 curriculum
 on
 the
 market
 today,
 WIN
 SoI
 Skills
 builds
 
mastery
 around
 the
 behavioral,
 aQtudinal,
 social,
 and
 readiness
 skills
 that
 both
 employers
 and
 post-­‐
secondary
 programs
 like
 college
 and
 trade
 schools
 demand.
 

“Recent
 research
 shows
 that
 our
 educa;onal
 systems
 are
 not
 producing
 qualified
 applicants
 for
 
available
 jobs
 in
 our
 workforce
 or
 college
 admissions
 because
 they
 are
 deficient
 in
 exhibi;ng
 soI
 
skills
 such
 as
 the
 ability
 to
 think
 cri;cally,
 solve
 problems,
 work
 in
 teams,
 communicate
 clearly
 and
 
concisely,
 and
 take
 ini;a;ve,”
 said
 R.
 Stephen
 Aguirre,
 execu;ve
 director,
 HPREC.
 
 “We
 owe
 it
 to
 all
 
of
 our
 students
 to
 not
 only
 provide
 an
 excep;onal
 academic
 experience,
 but
 to
 give
 them
 essen;al
 
skills
 that
 set
 them
 apart
 in
 today’s
 compe;;ve
 environments
 both
 in
 the
 workplace
 and
 post
 
secondary
 ins;tu;ons.
 
 That’s
 why
 we
 chose
 WIN
 SoI
 Skills.”
 

The
 research-­‐based
 WIN
 SoI
 Skills
 program
 is
 part
 of
 the
 company’s
 Career-­‐Driven
 Educa;on
 model.
 
 
This
 best-­‐in-­‐class
 career
 and
 college
 readiness
 solu;on
 offers
 a
 three-­‐pronged
 approach
 to
 prepare
 
students
 for
 tomorrow’s
 economic
 opportuni;es.
 
 With
 the
 data-­‐rich
 career
 explora;on
 system,
 WIN
 
Strategic
 Compass®,
 students
 can
 analyze
 current
 and
 projected
 labor
 market
 data
 to
 reveal
 career
 
pathways.
 
 The
 program’s
 Initial
 Skills
 Review™
 then
 measures
 individual
 career
 readiness
 and
 
skill
 development
 gaps,
 which
 leads
 to
 the
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness®
 Courseware,
 offering
 direct,
 
contextual
 instruc;on
 through
 applied
 academics
 for
 workplace
 skill
 mastery.
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

“The
 importance
 of
 soI
 skills
 was
 lost
 when
 schools
 started
 focusing
 more
 and
 more
 on
 things
 like
 
AYP
 and
 standardized
 tests,”
 said
 Joseph
 Goins,
 execu;ve
 vice
 president,
 WIN
 Learning.
 
 “The
 
pendulum
 is
 swinging
 back,
 however,
 to
 an
 emphasis
 on
 more
 than
 just
 technical
 and
 academic
 
competence.
 Knowing
 how
 to
 collaborate,
 to
 present
 oneself
 professionally,
 and
 think
 cri;cally
 are
 
now
 at
 the
 top
 of
 the
 list
 of
 requirements
 to
 be
 considered
 career
 and
 college
 ready.”
 

HPREC
 members
 will
 begin
 rolling
 out
 the
 WIN
 SoI
 Skills
 program
 this
 fall.
 The
 courseware
 includes
 
four
 instruc;onal
 modules
 that
 cover
 the
 most
 important
 skills
 required
 for
 college
 and
 the
 
workplace
 readiness:
 
 conveying
 professionalism;
 communica;ng
 effec;vely;
 promo;ng
 teamwork
 
and
 collabora;on;
 and
 thinking
 cri;cally
 and
 solving
 problems.
 
 All
 topics
 addressed
 in
 the
 
courseware
 are
 revealed
 within
 the
 context
 of
 the
 workplace,
 to
 provide
 relevancy
 to
 the
 learning
 
experience.
 
 
 

“We
 are
 excited
 about
 the
 flexibility
 of
 the
 program,”
 added
 Aguirre.
 
 “It
 enables
 teachers
 to
 
incorporate
 the
 lessons
 across
 mul;ple
 age
 groups
 and
 classroom
 seQngs
 including
 whole-­‐class,
 
small
 group
 or
 as
 independent
 study.
 
 The
 program
 also
 includes
 a
 comprehensive
 implementa;on
 
guide
 complete
 with
 scripted
 teacher
 lessons
 and
 support
 materials
 such
 as
 interac;ve
 ac;vi;es,
 
worksheets
 and
 videos.
 
 This
 give
 us
 the
 ability
 to
 deliver
 personalized,
 project-­‐based
 ac;vi;es
 that
 
our
 students
 can
 and
 will
 relate
 to.”
 

About
 WIN
 Learning
 
Since
 1996,
 WIN
 has
 become
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 solu;ons
 to
 help
 districts
 
prepare
 pathways
 for
 students’
 futures,
 whether
 they
 are
 college,
 trade
 school,
 military
 or
 
workplace
 bound.
 To
 date,
 more
 than
 10
 million
 students
 worldwide
 have
 par;cipated
 in
 the
 
specialized
 career–driven
 courseware
 and
 educa;on
 interven;on
 ini;a;ves
 as
 well
 as
 career-­‐
readiness
 cer;fica;on
 programs.
 
 For
 more
 informa;on,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 
888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 

#
 
 #
 
 #
 

 
 


 
 

WIN
 LEARNING
 AND
 KENTUCKY
 i3
 GRANT
 WINNERS
 REPORT
 SUCCESSFUL
 
CAREER
 AND
 COLLEGE
 READINESS
 INITIATIVES
 UNDERWAY
 AT
 112
 SCHOOLS
 
Designed
 to
 Improve
 Student
 Achievement
 and
 Be7er
 Prepare
 Students
 For
 College
 and
 Careers
 -­‐
 

Program
 Integra=on
 and
 Professional
 Development
 Training
 Complete
 
 
Kingston,
 TN
 
 -­‐
 Jan.
 14,
 2013
 
 -­‐
 One
 year
 a(er
 the
 U.S.
 Department
 of
 Educa7on
 approved
 a
 
nearly
 $3
 million
 Inves7ng
 in
 Innova7on
 (i3)
 grant
 to
 implement
 a
 five-­‐year
 career
 and
 college
 
readiness
 program
 in
 rural
 areas
 of
 Kentucky,
 program
 partners
 Kentucky
 Valley
 Educa7onal
 
Coopera7ve
 (KVEC),
 the
 Green
 River
 Regional
 Educa7onal
 Coopera7ve
 (GRREC)
 and
 WIN
 
Learning
 have
 made
 significant
 strides
 assimila7ng
 the
 WIN
 Learning
 solu7on
 into
 middle
 and
 
high
 school
 curricula
 serving
 some
 42,000
 students
 in
 grades
 8-­‐12.
 With
 professional
 
development
 training
 well
 underway,
 schools
 have
 submiUed
 curriculum
 implementa7on
 plans
 
and
 are
 ac7vely
 enrolling
 students
 in
 programs
 that
 promote
 career
 explora7on,
 individual
 
career
 pathways
 prepara7on,
 founda7onal
 skills
 training,
 and
 college
 readiness.
 

“We
 are
 poised
 and
 ready
 to
 meet
 the
 future
 where
 it
 maUers
 most,
 in
 the
 classrooms
 where
 
our
 students
 are
 preparing
 for
 their
 life
 a(er
 high
 school,”
 said
 Dessie
 Bowling,
 Ed.D.,
 associate
 
director
 of
 KVEC.
 
 “And
 with
 WIN
 Learning’s
 personalized
 career
 readiness
 system
 in
 place,
 we
 
can
 now
 offer
 our
 students
 a
 way
 to
 see
 the
 connec7on
 between
 what’s
 happening
 in
 the
 
classrooms
 and
 in
 their
 impending
 futures.
 
 We
 feel
 confident
 that
 when
 they
 can
 see
 the
 
relevance
 between
 the
 two,
 we
 will
 see
 greater
 commitment
 to
 classroom
 ac7vi7es,
 increased
 
mo7va7on
 to
 stay
 in
 school,
 and
 true
 readiness
 for
 success
 following
 gradua7on.”
 

The
 i3
 compe77on
 sought
 to
 reward
 districts,
 school
 consor7a,
 and
 nonprofit
 organiza7ons
 that
 
proposed
 the
 most-­‐innova7ve
 programs
 focused
 on
 improving
 teacher
 effec7veness,
 low-­‐
performing
 schools,
 standards
 and
 assessments,
 and
 data
 systems.
 The
 $650
 million
 ini7a7ve
 is
 
part
 of
 $100
 billion
 in
 educa7on
 aid
 funded
 through
 the
 American
 Recovery
 and
 Reinvestment
 
Act,
 the
 economic-­‐s7mulus
 measure
 passed
 by
 Congress
 in
 2011.
 
 

 
 


 
 

The
 Kentucky
 ini7a7ve
 outlined
 a
 plan
 dedicated
 to
 increasing
 student
 achievement
 and
 
gradua7on
 rates
 within
 two
 high-­‐need
 rural
 regions
 of
 Kentucky
 using
 WIN
 Learning’s
 standards-­‐
aligned,
 web-­‐based
 courseware
 in
 both
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 curricula.
 
 The
 personalized,
 
project-­‐based
 ac7vi7es
 offer
 a
 unique
 level
 of
 flexibility
 that
 can
 be
 adapted
 to
 a
 variety
 of
 
instruc7onal
 offerings
 including
 elec7ve
 courses,
 math
 and
 literacy
 interven7on
 classes,
 blended
 
learning
 models,
 extended
 day
 programs,
 and
 career
 readiness
 cer7fica7on
 programs.
 
 

The
 best-­‐in-­‐class
 career
 and
 college
 readiness
 solu7on
 offers
 a
 three-­‐pronged
 approach
 to
 
prepare
 students
 for
 tomorrow’s
 economic
 opportuni7es.
 
 The
 first
 step
 is
 to
 analyze
 current
 and
 
projected
 labor
 market
 data
 to
 reveal
 career
 pathways
 in
 a
 specific
 state
 or
 region.
 
 The
 program
 
then
 measures
 individual
 career
 readiness
 and
 skill
 development
 gaps
 and
 offers
 direct,
 
contextual
 instruc7on
 through
 applied
 academics
 for
 workplace
 skill
 mastery.
 
 In
 addi7on,
 the
 
program
 offers
 WIN
 So(
 Skills®,
 the
 only
 web-­‐based
 so(
 skills
 curriculum
 on
 the
 market
 today.
 
 
With
 WIN
 So(
 Skills,
 Kentucky
 students
 will
 be
 exposed
 to
 a
 curricular
 framework
 offering
 a
 
wide
 variety
 of
 aetudinal,
 behavioral
 and
 applied
 competency
 skills
 cri7cal
 to
 success
 in
 schools
 
and
 workplaces.
 The
 series
 offers
 four
 modules
 –
 conveying
 professionalism,
 communica7ng
 
effec7vely,
 promo7ng
 teamwork
 and
 collabora7on
 and
 thinking
 cri7cally
 and
 solving
 problems.
 
 
 

“This
 exci7ng
 partnership
 links
 what
 goes
 on
 in
 the
 classroom
 with
 what
 is
 happening
 in
 the
 
economy
 and
 that
 is
 a
 winning
 combina7on
 that
 everyone
 can
 benefit
 from,”
 said
 Joseph
 Goins,
 
execu7ve
 vice
 president,
 WIN
 Learning.
 
 “Our
 program
 is
 giving
 Kentucky
 educators
 the
 tools
 
they
 need
 to
 help
 students
 build
 a
 powerful
 pathway
 to
 success,
 whether
 they
 opt
 to
 go
 to
 
college,
 aUend
 a
 trade
 school,
 enlist
 in
 the
 military
 or
 proceed
 directly
 to
 the
 workforce.”
 

About
 WIN
 Learning
 
Since
 1996,
 WIN
 has
 become
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 solu7ons
 to
 help
 districts
 
prepare
 pathways
 for
 students’
 futures,
 whether
 they
 are
 college,
 trade
 school,
 military
 or
 
workplace
 bound.
 To
 date,
 more
 than
 10
 million
 students
 worldwide
 have
 par7cipated
 in
 the
 
specialized
 career–driven
 courseware
 and
 educa7on
 interven7on
 ini7a7ves
 as
 well
 as
 career-­‐
readiness
 cer7fica7on
 programs.
 
 For
 more
 informa7on,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 
888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 

 
 
 
 
#
 
 #
 #

 
 
 
 

THIRTY
 DISTRICTS
 NOW
 USING
 WIN
 LEARNING’S
 DIGITAL
 PROGRAM
 AS
 PART
 OF
 
KENTUCKY
 COLLABORATIVE
 CAREER
 AND
 COLLEGE
 READINESS
 (KY
 C3R)
 INITIATIVE
 

27K
 students
 log
 nearly
 8K
 hours
 in
 program;
 experience
 high
 passing
 rate
 on
 WorkKeys®
 Assessments
 

Kingston,
 TN
 
 -­‐
 Dec.
 4,
 2013
 –
 The
 Kentucky
 C3R,
 a
 collabora6ve,
 career
 and
 college
 readiness
 ini6a6ve
 
that
 is
 introducing
 innova6ve
 instruc6onal
 strategies
 and
 online
 learning
 tools
 statewide
 reports
 there
 are
 
now
 more
 than
 100
 rural
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 across
 30
 districts
 using
 the
 WIN
 Learning
 online
 suite
 of
 
tools.
 
 AHer
 just
 90
 days
 of
 use,
 students
 have
 logged
 more
 than
 7,700
 hours
 on
 the
 system,
 and
 
administrators
 report
 that
 significant
 progress
 is
 being
 measured.
 The
 Kentucky
 Valley
 Educa6onal
 
Coopera6ve
 (KVEC)
 and
 Green
 River
 Regional
 Educa6onal
 Coopera6ve
 (GRREC)
 are
 implemen6ng
 the
 
program,
 funded
 by
 a
 U.S.
 Department
 of
 Educa6on
 Inves6ng
 in
 Innova6on
 (i3)
 grant.
 

“Across
 Kentucky,
 teachers
 are
 integra6ng
 WIN
 Learning
 and
 career-­‐focused
 instruc6on
 into
 classes
 such
 
as
 English
 language
 arts
 and
 math,
 and
 students
 are
 responding
 posi6vely
 to
 the
 real-­‐life
 relevance
 the
 
program
 offers,”
 said
 Dessie
 Bowling,
 KY
 C3R
 grant
 manager.
 “In
 one
 school
 district,
 82
 percent
 of
 the
 
students
 who
 completed
 the
 WorkKeys
 Assessment
 passed.
 
 This
 represents
 a
 76
 percent
 increase
 from
 
the
 year
 before.”
 
 

The
 federal
 i3
 compe66on
 sought
 to
 reward
 districts,
 school
 consor6a,
 and
 nonprofit
 organiza6ons
 that
 
proposed
 the
 most-­‐innova6ve
 programs
 focused
 on
 improving
 teacher
 effec6veness,
 low-­‐performing
 
schools,
 standards
 and
 assessments,
 and
 data
 systems.
 The
 $650
 million
 ini6a6ve
 is
 part
 of
 $100
 billion
 in
 
educa6on
 aid
 funded
 through
 the
 American
 Recovery
 and
 Reinvestment
 Act,
 the
 economic-­‐s6mulus
 
measure
 passed
 by
 Congress
 four
 years
 ago.
 
 

The
 Kentucky
 ini6a6ve
 outlined
 a
 plan
 dedicated
 to
 increasing
 student
 achievement
 and
 gradua6on
 rates
 
within
 two
 high-­‐need
 rural
 regions
 of
 Kentucky
 using
 WIN
 Learning’s
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 
System
 in
 both
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 curricula.
 
 The
 standards-­‐aligned,
 web-­‐based
 courseware
 offers
 
project-­‐based
 ac6vi6es
 that
 can
 be
 adapted
 to
 a
 variety
 of
 instruc6onal
 offerings
 including
 elec6ve
 

 
 
 
 
courses,
 math
 and
 literacy
 interven6on
 classes,
 blended
 learning
 models,
 extended
 day
 programs,
 and
 
career
 readiness
 cer6fica6on
 programs.
 
 

Based
 on
 the
 proprietary
 WIN
 Educonomy
 Model,
 the
 program
 is
 helping
 Kentucky
 students
 understand
 
employability,
 and
 founda6onal
 and
 social
 skills
 within
 the
 context
 of
 future
 careers
 based
 on
 job
 market
 
data
 specific
 to
 their
 local
 and
 regional
 economies.
 
 

“This
 real-­‐world
 focus
 helps
 determine
 the
 personalized
 selec6on
 of
 coursework
 and
 other
 experiences
 
that
 will
 lead
 our
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 students
 to
 their
 desired
 careers,
 either
 directly
 aHer
 gradua6on
 
or
 following
 further
 training
 and/or
 comple6ng
 their
 college
 educa6on,”
 added
 Bowling.
 
 
 
Each
 of
 the
 registered
 Kentucky
 students
 begins
 with
 the
 Ini6al
 Skills
 Review™
 applica6on,
 which
 
measures
 individual
 career
 readiness
 and
 skill
 development
 gaps.
 
 AHer
 that,
 students
 are
 given
 access
 to
 
the
 WIN
 Learning
 Career
 Readiness®
 Courseware
 (CRC).
 Designed
 for
 concept
 mastery,
 WIN’s
 CRC
 
includes
 41
 competency-­‐based,
 Internet-­‐delivered
 modules,
 and
 more
 than
 120
 hours
 of
 skills
 
remedia6on
 per
 skill,
 in
 ten
 academic
 and
 founda6onal
 skill
 topic
 areas.
 
 They
 include:
 reading
 for
 
informa6on,
 applied
 mathema6cs,
 loca6ng
 informa6on,
 listening
 and
 observa6on,
 applied
 technology,
 
business
 wri6ng,
 wri6ng,
 work
 habits
 (soH
 skills)
 and
 teamwork.
 
 Learners
 work
 at
 their
 own
 pace
 
through
 the
 system
 receiving
 constant,
 relevant
 feedback.
 Post-­‐tests
 at
 the
 conclusion
 of
 each
 module
 
and
 cer6ficates
 of
 comple6on
 tell
 students
 they
 have
 succeeded
 in
 mastering
 the
 material.
 
 
 

The
 career-­‐contextualized
 online
 learning
 tools
 also
 includes
 the
 data-­‐rich
 career
 explora6on
 system,
 
 
 
WIN
 Strategic
 Compass®,
 which
 gives
 students
 a
 way
 to
 analyze
 current
 and
 projected
 labor
 market
 data
 
to
 reveal
 career
 pathways.
 
 The
 final
 offering
 of
 the
 WIN
 program
 includes
 WIN
 SoH
 Skills
 Series®,
 the
 only
 
soH
 skills
 curriculum
 on
 the
 market
 today
 that
 builds
 skills
 mastery
 for
 students
 around
 essen6al
 applied
 
competency
 skills
 and
 founda6onal
 behaviors
 such
 as
 conveying
 professionalism,
 communica6ng
 
effec6vely,
 promo6ng
 teamwork
 and
 collabora6on,
 thinking
 cri6cally
 and
 solving
 problems.
 
 
 

“This
 partnership
 is
 giving
 teachers
 the
 tools
 to
 help
 build
 student
 awareness
 around
 their
 future
 career
 
op6ons
 and
 the
 rela6onship
 to
 their
 current
 classroom
 learning,”
 said
 Joseph
 Goins,
 execu6ve
 vice
 
president
 of
 WIN
 Learning.
 
 “It’s
 exci6ng
 to
 be
 part
 of
 something
 so
 transforma6ve
 –
 where
 more
 and
 
more
 students
 will
 graduate
 with
 a
 vision
 for
 their
 future
 and
 a
 plan
 to
 get
 there.”
 

About
 WIN
 Learning
 

 
 
 
 

Since
 1996,
 WIN
 has
 become
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 solu6ons
 to
 help
 districts
 prepare
 
pathways
 for
 students’
 futures,
 whether
 they
 are
 college,
 trade
 school,
 military
 or
 workplace
 bound.
 To
 
date,
 more
 than
 10
 million
 students
 worldwide
 have
 par6cipated
 in
 the
 specialized
 career–driven
 
courseware
 and
 educa6on
 interven6on
 ini6a6ves
 as
 well
 as
 career-­‐readiness
 cer6fica6on
 programs.
 
 For
 
more
 informa6on,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 

#
 
 #
 
 #

 
 
 
 

LANCASTER
 (TX)
 INDEPENDENT
 SCHOOL
 DISTRICT
 TURNS
 TO
 WIN
 LEARNING’S
 EDUCATION
 
DASHBOARD,
 SOFT
 SKILLS
 AND
 PERSONALIZED
 CAREER
 READINESS
 PROGRAM
 TO
 
PREPARE
 STUDENTS
 AFTER
 HIGH
 SCHOOL
 

Web-­‐based
 Program
 Supports
 New
 Texas
 House
 Bill
 5;
 Delivers
 
 
Extensive
 Support
 for
 College
 and
 Career
 Readiness
 
 

Kingston,
 TN
 
 -­‐
 Sept.
 4,
 2013
 –
 When
 Texas
 House
 Bill
 5
 (HB
 5)
 takes
 affect
 in
 the
 2014-­‐15
 school
 
year,
 students
 will
 select
 a
 diploma
 ‘endorsement’
 in
 one
 of
 five
 areas:
 science
 and
 technology,
 
business
 and
 industry,
 public
 services,
 humaniLes,
 or
 a
 mulLdisciplinary
 opLon.
 Administrators
 in
 
Lancaster
 Independent
 School
 District
 (LISD)
 are
 already
 taking
 steps
 to
 prepare
 for
 HB
 5
 by
 offering
 
WIN
 Learning’s
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 to
 its
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 students
 
beginning
 this
 school
 year.
 
 

WIN
 Learning’s
 research-­‐based
 Career-­‐Driven
 EducaLon
 model
 offers
 a
 three-­‐pronged
 approach
 to
 
prepare
 students
 for
 today’s
 global
 economic
 opportuniLes
 and
 challenges.
 
 With
 the
 data-­‐rich
 
career
 exploraLon
 system
 WIN
 Strategic
 Compass®,
 students
 can
 analyze
 current
 and
 projected
 labor
 
market
 data
 to
 reveal
 career
 pathways.
 
 The
 program’s
 IniLal
 Skills
 Review™
 measures
 individual
 
career
 readiness
 and
 skill
 development
 gaps,
 which
 leads
 to
 the
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness®
 Courseware
 
offering
 direct,
 contextual
 instrucLon
 through
 applied
 academics
 for
 workplace
 skill
 mastery.
 
 
 

“We
 are
 excited
 about
 the
 opportunity
 to
 partner
 with
 WIN
 Learning,”
 said
 Dr.
 Michael
 McFarland,
 
superintendent
 of
 schools,
 LISD.
 
 “
 Our
 focus
 in
 Lancaster
 is
 to
 ensure
 that
 our
 students
 will
 graduate
 
with
 more
 than
 a
 high
 school
 diploma
 and
 be
 prepared
 for
 a
 host
 of
 opportuniLes
 that
 await
 them.
 
 
WIN
 Learning
 is
 a
 purposeful
 partnership
 in
 this
 pursuit
 and
 we
 believe
 the
 relaLonship
 will
 help
 us
 
to
 accelerate
 our
 efforts
 to
 guarantee
 that
 our
 students
 are
 college
 and
 career
 ready.”
 

The
 WIN
 Learning
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 is
 based
 on
 the
 WIN
 Educonomy
 Model
 –
 
an
 intersecLon
 between
 educaLon
 and
 local
 and
 regional
 economies
 where
 data
 on
 job
 markets
 
helps
 students
 understand
 employability,
 foundaLonal
 and
 social
 skills
 within
 the
 context
 of
 future
 

 
 
 
 

careers.
 This
 real-­‐world
 focus
 helps
 determine
 the
 personalized
 selecLon
 of
 coursework
 and
 other
 
experiences
 in
 high
 school
 that
 will
 lead
 students
 to
 their
 desired
 careers,
 either
 directly
 aaer
 
graduaLon
 or
 following
 further
 training
 and/or
 compleLng
 their
 college
 educaLon.
 
 

The
 system
 also
 includes
 the
 recently
 launched
 WIN
 Soa
 Skills
 Series®,
 a
 first-­‐of-­‐its-­‐kind
 program
 
which
 builds
 skills
 mastery
 around
 the
 behavioral,
 actudinal,
 social,
 and
 readiness
 skills
 employers
 
and
 post-­‐secondary
 programs
 demand.
 
 As
 the
 only
 web-­‐based
 soa
 skills
 curriculum
 on
 the
 market
 
today,
 WIN
 Soa
 Skills
 will
 provide
 Lancaster
 ISD
 educators
 with
 an
 exclusive
 curricular
 framework
 to
 
teach
 their
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 students
 highly
 sought
 aaer
 foundaLonal
 behaviors
 such
 as
 
conveying
 professionalism,
 communicaLng
 effecLvely,
 promoLng
 teamwork
 and
 collaboraLon,
 
thinking
 criLcally
 and
 solving
 problems.
 
 All
 actudinal
 skills
 addressed
 in
 the
 courseware
 are
 
revealed
 within
 the
 context
 of
 the
 workplace,
 to
 provide
 relevancy
 to
 the
 learning
 experience.
 
 
 

“As
 Texas
 districts,
 large
 or
 rural,
 prepare
 for
 the
 new
 high
 school
 diploma
 rules
 they
 can
 be
 assured
 
that
 our
 scalable
 soluLon
 will
 meet
 their
 needs,”
 said
 John
 CosLlla,
 vice
 president,
 WIN
 Learning.
 
 
 
“Our
 soluLon
 was
 designed
 with
 educaLon
 and
 the
 economy
 in
 mind.
 
 We
 understand
 the
 intricacies
 
where
 supply,
 demand,
 and
 career
 pathways
 are
 the
 new
 drivers
 for
 educaLon
 and
 training,
 people
 
and
 talent,
 occupaLons
 and
 jobs,
 and
 business
 and
 industry
 and
 can
 help
 district
 be
 prepared
 for
 the
 
future,
 now.”
 

 
 
About
 WIN
 Learning
 
Since
 1996,
 WIN
 has
 become
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 soluLons
 to
 help
 districts
 
prepare
 pathways
 for
 students’
 futures,
 whether
 they
 are
 college,
 trade
 school,
 military
 or
 
workplace
 bound.
 To
 date,
 more
 than
 10
 million
 students
 worldwide
 have
 parLcipated
 in
 the
 
specialized
 career–driven
 courseware
 and
 educaLon
 intervenLon
 iniLaLves
 as
 well
 as
 career-­‐
readiness
 cerLficaLon
 programs.
 
 For
 more
 informaLon,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 
888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 

#
 
 #
 
 #

 
 
 
 

NAVASOTA
 (TX)
 INDEPENDENT
 SCHOOL
 DISTRICT
 TO
 BOOST
 FOCUS
 ON
 COLLEGE
 AND
 
CAREER
 READINESS
 WITH
 WIN
 LEARNING’S
 PERSONALIZED
 CAREER
 READINESS
 SYSTEM
 
 
 

Students
 to
 benefit
 from
 web-­‐based
 program
 that
 delivers
 career-­‐driven
 
 
educa9on
 and
 workforce-­‐skills
 development
 
 

Kingston,
 TN
 
 -­‐
 July
 29,
 2013
 –
 Educators
 in
 Navasota
 Independent
 School
 District
 (NISD)
 are
 
redefining
 their
 career
 and
 college
 readiness
 ini;a;ves
 and
 aligning
 them
 to
 meet
 the
 demands
 of
 
today’s
 global
 economy.
 Aimed
 at
 working
 earlier
 with
 students
 to
 ensure
 they
 are
 equipped
 with
 
the
 skills
 and
 career
 direc;on
 needed
 for
 a
 produc;ve
 life
 aFer
 high
 school,
 NISD’s
 Career
 and
 
Technology
 curriculum
 program
 will
 soon
 offer
 WIN
 Learning’s
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 
to
 its
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 students.
 

The
 program
 was
 first
 introduced
 in
 March
 when
 representa;ves
 from
 NISD,
 the
 City
 of
 Navasota
 
and
 the
 Navasota/Grimes
 County
 Chamber
 of
 Commerce
 hosted
 a
 mee;ng
 with
 local
 stakeholders
 
to
 discuss
 workforce
 development
 and
 ways
 to
 educate
 students
 and
 expose
 them
 to
 real
 world
 
projects
 to
 help
 prepare
 them
 for
 local
 job
 opportuni;es.
 
 

“Here
 in
 Navasota
 we
 realize
 students
 must
 acquire
 increasingly
 complex
 skills
 for
 both
 21st
 century
 
jobs
 and
 postsecondary
 educa;on
 ventures,”
 said
 Rory
 Gesch,
 superintendent
 of
 Navasota
 schools.
 
 
“We
 know
 that
 career
 technical-­‐educa;on
 pathways
 need
 to
 be
 as
 rigorous
 and
 skill-­‐intensive
 as
 
tradi;onal
 college-­‐prep
 pathways
 because
 student
 are
 relying
 on
 both
 sets
 of
 skills
 to
 get
 to
 college
 
and
 beyond.
 
 The
 WIN
 Learning
 system
 will
 help
 us
 deliver
 highly-­‐prepared
 students
 to
 both
 the
 
general
 workforce
 and
 college
 campuses.”
 
 
 

The
 WIN
 Learning
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 is
 based
 on
 the
 WIN
 Educonomy
 Model
 –
 
an
 intersec;on
 between
 educa;on
 and
 local
 and
 regional
 economies
 where
 data
 on
 job
 markets
 
helps
 students
 understand
 employability,
 founda;onal
 and
 social
 skills
 within
 the
 context
 of
 future
 
careers.
 This
 real-­‐world
 focus
 helps
 determine
 the
 personalized
 selec;on
 of
 coursework
 and
 other
 

 
 
 
 
experiences
 in
 high
 school
 that
 will
 lead
 students
 to
 their
 desired
 careers,
 either
 directly
 aFer
 
gradua;on
 or
 following
 further
 training
 and/or
 comple;ng
 their
 college
 educa;on.
 
 

The
 research-­‐based
 Career-­‐Driven
 Educa;on
 model
 offers
 a
 three-­‐pronged
 approach
 to
 prepare
 
students
 for
 today’s
 global
 economic
 opportuni;es
 and
 challenges.
 
 With
 the
 data-­‐rich
 career
 
explora;on
 system
 WIN
 Strategic
 Compass®,
 students
 can
 analyze
 current
 and
 projected
 labor
 
market
 data
 to
 reveal
 career
 pathways.
 
 The
 program’s
 Ini;al
 Skills
 Review™
 measures
 individual
 
career
 readiness
 and
 skill
 development
 gaps,
 which
 leads
 to
 the
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness®
 Courseware,
 
offering
 direct,
 contextual
 instruc;on
 through
 applied
 academics
 for
 workplace
 skill
 mastery.
 
 
 

The
 system
 also
 includes
 the
 recently
 launched
 WIN
 SoF
 Skills
 Series®,
 a
 first-­‐of-­‐its-­‐kind
 program
 
which
 builds
 skills
 mastery
 around
 the
 behavioral,
 a]tudinal,
 social,
 and
 readiness
 skills
 employers
 
and
 post-­‐secondary
 programs
 demand.
 
 As
 the
 only
 web-­‐based
 soF
 skills
 curriculum
 on
 the
 market
 
today,
 WIN
 SoF
 Skills
 will
 provide
 Navasota
 ISD
 educators
 with
 an
 exclusive
 curricular
 framework
 to
 
teach
 their
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 students
 highly
 sought
 aFer
 founda;onal
 behaviors
 such
 as
 
conveying
 professionalism,
 communica;ng
 effec;vely,
 promo;ng
 teamwork
 and
 collabora;on,
 
thinking
 cri;cally
 and
 solving
 problems.
 
 All
 a]tudinal
 skills
 addressed
 in
 the
 courseware
 are
 
revealed
 within
 the
 context
 of
 the
 workplace,
 to
 provide
 relevancy
 to
 the
 learning
 experience.
 
 
 

Navasota
 ISD
 will
 begin
 its
 implementa;on
 in
 September
 by
 having
 Career
 and
 Technology
 Educa;on
 
Program
 students
 complete
 the
 Ini;al
 Skills
 Review.
 
 In
 2014,
 all
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 students
 will
 
begin
 using
 the
 Career
 Readiness
 and
 SoF
 Skills
 direct
 instruc;on
 courseware
 to
 advance
 basic
 
workplace
 and
 college
 readiness
 skills.
 

“Navasota,
 like
 many
 districts,
 is
 at
 a
 pivotal
 point
 where
 they
 need
 to
 have
 students
 understand
 
educa;on’s
 direct
 bearing
 on
 their
 future
 careers,
 keep
 them
 engaged
 in
 school,
 and
 prepare
 for
 
what
 lies
 beyond
 high
 school,”
 said
 Joseph
 Goins,
 execu;ve
 vice
 president,
 WIN
 Learning.
 
 
 “By
 
incorpora;ng
 this
 new
 educa;on
 and
 workforce
 model,
 they
 are
 doing
 everything
 right
 to
 prepare
 
their
 students
 for
 whatever
 they
 choose
 to
 do
 aFer
 high
 school
 gradua;on
 -­‐-­‐
 be
 that
 to
 abend
 
college
 or
 a
 trade
 school,
 join
 the
 military
 or
 directly
 enter
 the
 workforce
 in
 the
 local
 community.”
 
 
 

About
 WIN
 Learning
 

 
 
 
 

Since
 1996,
 WIN
 has
 become
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 solu;ons
 to
 help
 districts
 
prepare
 pathways
 for
 students’
 futures,
 whether
 they
 are
 college,
 trade
 school,
 military
 or
 
workplace
 bound.
 To
 date,
 more
 than
 10
 million
 students
 worldwide
 have
 par;cipated
 in
 the
 
specialized
 career–driven
 courseware
 and
 educa;on
 interven;on
 ini;a;ves
 as
 well
 as
 career-­‐
readiness
 cer;fica;on
 programs.
 
 For
 more
 informa;on,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 
888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 

#
 
 #
 
 #

 
 


 
 

WIN
 LEARNING
 LAUNCHES
 WIN
 SOFT
 SKILLS
 -­‐
 THE
 FIRST
 COURSEWARE
 DESIGNED
 TO
 
HONE
 INTERPERSONAL
 SKILLS,
 ATTITUDES
 AND
 WORK
 HABITS
 REQUIRED
 FOR
 CAREER
 

AND
 COLLEGE
 READINESS
 
The
 Web-­‐Based
 Curriculum
 Program
 Teaches
 A7tudinal,
 Behavioral
 And
 Applied
 
 

Competency
 Skills
 Cri@cal
 To
 Success
 In
 Today’s
 Schools
 And
 Workplaces
 
Kingston,
 TN
 
 -­‐
 Jan.
 7,
 2013
 
 -­‐
 It’s
 o(en
 said
 that
 hard
 skills
 will
 get
 you
 an
 interview,
 but
 it’s
 the
 
so(
 skills
 that
 will
 help
 you
 get
 and
 keep
 the
 job.
 
 Today's
 service
 economy
 and
 the
 ascendance
 
of
 work
 teams
 in
 large
 organizaBons
 put
 a
 new
 premium
 on
 people
 skills
 and
 relaBonship
 
building.
 
 Yet
 experts
 suggest
 that
 several
 million
 jobs
 go
 unfilled,
 across
 all
 industries,
 because
 
individuals
 applying
 for
 these
 jobs
 simply
 lack
 ‘so(
 skills’
 -­‐-­‐
 the
 personal
 qualiBes,
 habits,
 
aHtudes
 and
 social
 graces
 -­‐-­‐
 that
 make
 someone
 a
 good
 employee
 and
 compaBble
 to
 work
 with.
 
 

To
 help
 students
 be
 beIer
 prepared
 to
 succeed
 in
 life
 a(er
 high
 school,
 WIN
 Learning
 has
 
launched,
 WIN
 So(
 Skills
 Series®,
 a
 first-­‐of-­‐its-­‐kind
 program
 which
 builds
 skills
 mastery
 around
 
the
 behavioral,
 aHtudinal,
 social,
 and
 readiness
 skills
 employers
 and
 post-­‐secondary
 programs
 
demand.
 
 As
 the
 only
 web-­‐based
 so(
 skills
 curriculum
 on
 the
 market
 today,
 WIN
 So(
 Skills
 
provides
 educators
 with
 an
 exclusive
 curricular
 framework
 to
 teach
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 
students
 these
 highly
 sought
 a(er
 foundaBonal
 behaviors
 needed
 for
 post-­‐graduaBon
 success.
 
 
 

“In
 today’s
 work
 environment,
 academic
 and
 technical
 skills
 alone
 are
 not
 sufficient,”
 said
 Joseph
 
Goins,
 execuBve
 vice
 president,
 WIN
 Learning.
 
 “CompeBBon
 is
 fierce;
 jobseekers
 must
 be
 able
 
to
 solve
 problems,
 write
 and
 speak
 well,
 evaluate
 informaBon
 criBcally,
 and
 work
 with
 other
 
people,
 including
 those
 from
 other
 cultures.
 
 The
 hard
 fact
 is,
 so(
 skills
 are
 what
 employers
 and
 
college
 counselors
 are
 calling
 for,
 and
 they
 simply
 cannot
 be
 le(
 for
 on
 the
 job
 training.”
 
 
 

The
 research-­‐based
 WIN
 So(
 Skills
 program
 is
 part
 of
 the
 company’s
 Career-­‐Driven
 EducaBon
 
model.
 
 This
 best-­‐in-­‐class
 career
 and
 college
 readiness
 soluBon
 offers
 a
 three-­‐pronged
 approach
 
to
 prepare
 students
 for
 tomorrow’s
 economic
 opportuniBes.
 
 With
 the
 data-­‐rich
 career
 

 
 


 
 
exploraBon
 system,
 WIN
 Strategic
 Compass®,
 students
 can
 analyzes
 current
 and
 projected
 labor
 
market
 data
 to
 reveal
 career
 pathways.
 
 The
 program’s
 IniBal
 Skills
 Review™,
 measures
 
 

-­‐more-­‐
 

 
 


 
 

Page
 Two
 –
 WIN
 Learning
 Launches
 WIN
 SoN
 Skills
 

individual
 career
 readiness
 and
 skill
 development
 gaps,
 which
 leads
 to
 the
 WIN
 Career
 
Readiness®
 Courseware,
 offering
 direct,
 contextual
 instrucBon
 through
 applied
 academics
 for
 
workplace
 skill
 mastery.
 
 
 

“Working
 to
 connect
 educaBon
 to
 careers
 helps
 young
 people
 prepare
 for
 both
 higher
 educaBon
 
and
 meaningful
 lifelong
 employment,”
 added
 Goins.
 
 “The
 educaBon
 model
 we
 have
 developed
 
will
 not
 only
 grow
 the
 skills
 these
 students
 need
 to
 succeed,
 but
 strengthen
 America’s
 global
 
compeBBveness.”
 

The
 four
 instrucBonal
 modules
 that
 make
 up
 the
 WIN
 So(
 Skills
 program
 cover
 the
 most
 
important
 skills
 required
 for
 college
 and
 the
 workplace.
 
 They
 include:
 conveying
 
professionalism,
 communicaBng
 effecBvely,
 promoBng
 teamwork
 and
 collaboraBon,
 thinking
 
criBcally
 and
 solving
 problems.
 
 All
 topics
 addressed
 in
 the
 courseware
 are
 revealed
 within
 the
 
context
 of
 the
 workplace,
 to
 provide
 relevancy
 to
 the
 learning
 experience.
 
 
 

Each
 student
 begins
 the
 coursework
 with
 a
 bundled
 career
 readiness
 skills
 assessment.
 
 They
 
then
 conBnue
 with
 targeted
 instrucBon
 to
 build
 so(
 skills,
 and
 end
 with
 reassessment
 to
 
determine
 learning
 outcomes.
 
 The
 flexibility
 of
 the
 program
 enables
 teachers
 to
 incorporate
 the
 
lessons
 across
 mulBple
 age
 groups
 and
 classroom
 seHngs
 including
 whole-­‐class,
 small
 group
 or
 
as
 independent
 study.
 The
 program
 also
 includes
 a
 comprehensive
 implementaBon
 guide
 
complete
 with
 scripted
 teacher
 lessons
 and
 support
 materials
 such
 as
 interacBve
 acBviBes,
 
worksheets
 and
 videos.
 

“The
 personalized,
 project-­‐based
 acBviBes
 in
 our
 program
 offer
 a
 unique
 level
 of
 flexibility
 that
 
can
 be
 adapted
 to
 a
 variety
 of
 instrucBonal
 seHngs
 including
 elecBve
 courses,
 math
 and
 literacy
 
intervenBon
 classes,
 blended
 learning
 models,
 extended
 day
 programs,
 and
 career
 readiness
 
cerBficaBon
 programs,”
 said
 Goins.
 
 “What’s
 true
 is
 that
 more
 corporaBons
 around
 the
 world
 
recognize
 that
 in
 order
 to
 gain
 a
 compeBBve
 advantage,
 they
 need
 to
 make
 sure
 their
 people
 
know
 how
 to
 handle
 themselves
 at
 work
 and
 how
 to
 relate
 with
 their
 customers
 and
 peers.
 We
 
believe
 our
 program
 gives
 students
 what
 they
 need
 to
 be
 ready
 and
 prepared
 to
 compete
 for
 

 
 


 
 
their
 future
 –
 whether
 that’s
 to
 aIend
 college,
 a
 trade
 school,
 enter
 the
 military
 or
 move
 directly
 
into
 the
 workforce.”
 

About
 WIN
 Learning
 
Since
 1996,
 WIN
 has
 become
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 soluBons
 to
 help
 districts
 
prepare
 pathways
 for
 students’
 futures,
 whether
 they
 are
 college,
 trade
 school,
 military
 or
 
workplace
 bound.
 To
 date,
 more
 than
 10
 million
 students
 worldwide
 have
 parBcipated
 in
 the
 
specialized
 career–driven
 courseware
 and
 educaBon
 intervenBon
 iniBaBves
 as
 well
 as
 career-­‐
readiness
 cerBficaBon
 programs.
 
 For
 more
 informaBon,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 
888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 

#
 
 #
 #

PERSONALIZED
 CAREER
 READINESS
 SYSTEM
 FROM
 WIN
 LEARNING
 HELPS
 HIGH
 SCHOOL
 
STUDENTS
 STICK
 WITH
 STEM
 CLASSES
 

New
 na'onal
 report
 illustrates
 the
 importance
 of
 keeping
 gradua'ng
 high
 school
 students
 interested
 in
 
STEM
 study
 and
 careers
 

Kingston,
 Tenn.
 —
 March
 4,
 2013
 —
 Growing
 industries
 in
 science
 and
 technology
 have
 more
 job
 openings
 than
 
workers
 who
 can
 do
 the
 jobs.
 As
 a
 result,
 improving
 America’s
 science,
 technology,
 engineering
 and
 mathema=cs
 
(STEM)
 educa=on
 has
 become
 a
 top
 priority.
 Yet,
 a
 new
 na=onal
 report
 finds
 that
 while
 student
 interest
 in
 STEM
 
majors
 and
 careers
 has
 risen
 over
 the
 last
 decade,
 that
 interest
 fades
 the
 closer
 students
 get
 to
 high
 school
 
gradua=on.
 
 

One
 solu=on,
 according
 to
 thousands
 of
 schools
 across
 the
 country,
 is
 the
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 
from
 WIN
 Learning,
 a
 na=onal
 leader
 in
 career
 readiness
 ini=a=ves,
 with
 more
 than
 10
 million
 learners
 worldwide.
 
 

The
 report
 —
 “Where
 Are
 the
 STEM
 Students?
 What
 Are
 Their
 Career
 Interests?
 Where
 Are
 the
 STEM
 Jobs?”
 which
 
was
 covered
 by
 U.S.
 News
 and
 World
 Report
 on
 Jan.
 31
 —
 shows
 that
 nearly
 28
 percent
 of
 high
 school
 freshmen
 
express
 an
 interest
 in
 pursuing
 a
 STEM
 major
 or
 career
 each
 year.
 However,
 57
 percent
 of
 those
 students
 will
 lose
 
interest
 in
 STEM
 by
 their
 senior
 year.
 
 

“The
 challenge
 for
 educators
 is
 to
 keep
 students
 engaged
 and
 excited
 about
 STEM
 as
 they
 progress
 through
 high
 
school,”
 said
 Kathy
 D’Antoni,
 assistant
 state
 superintendent
 for
 the
 West
 Virginia
 Division
 of
 Technical,
 Adult
 and
 
Ins=tu=onal
 Educa=on.
 “One
 easy
 way
 to
 do
 this
 is
 to
 show
 students
 the
 relevance
 and
 the
 connec=on
 between
 
what’s
 happening
 in
 the
 classroom
 and
 in
 their
 futures.
 By
 matching
 a
 student’s
 educa=on
 to
 workforce
 
requirements
 and
 giving
 students
 a
 personalized
 path
 to
 prepare
 for
 success
 in
 careers
 and
 college,
 educators
 can
 
increase
 student
 learning,
 mo=va=on
 and
 achievement
 in
 STEM
 or
 any
 subject
 area.”
 

WIN’s
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 is
 a
 series
 of
 standards-­‐aligned
 web-­‐based
 programs
 that
 helps
 
students
 understand
 and
 prepare
 for
 the
 reali=es
 of
 the
 workplace
 through
 personalized
 project-­‐based
 learning
 

and
 career
 explora=on.
 It
 provides
 real-­‐=me
 career
 and
 job
 analysis
 data
 to
 inform
 pathways,
 a
 universal
 screener
 
to
 assess
 founda=onal
 skills,
 and
 instruc=onal
 courseware
 to
 improve
 proficiency
 and
 close
 skill
 gaps.
 

“Our
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 allows
 teachers
 and
 counselors
 to
 bridge
 the
 gap
 between
 school
 and
 
the
 workplace
 with
 real-­‐=me
 labor
 market
 informa=on
 for
 key
 industries
 in
 STEM
 fields,”
 said
 Joseph
 Goins,
 
execu=ve
 vice
 president
 of
 WIN
 Learning.
 “When
 students
 can
 see
 things
 like
 current
 and
 projected
 wages,
 job
 
demand,
 employer
 needs,
 and
 employer
 gaps
 where
 opportuni=es
 are
 wai=ng,
 they
 make
 the
 pivotal
 connec=on
 
between
 their
 educa=on
 and
 their
 ability
 to
 work
 and
 earn
 a
 living
 —
 which
 is
 crucial
 to
 keep
 students
 engaged
 and
 
mo=vated
 through
 gradua=on
 and
 beyond.”
 

With
 STEM
 jobs
 expected
 to
 rise
 in
 the
 coming
 years,
 there
 will
 con=nue
 to
 be
 a
 growing
 na=onal
 interest
 in
 
encouraging
 more
 students
 to
 pursue
 educa=on
 and
 careers
 in
 these
 fields.
 The
 report
 es=mates
 that
 there
 will
 be
 
more
 than
 8.6
 million
 STEM
 jobs
 in
 the
 United
 States
 in
 2018,
 up
 from
 7.4
 million
 today.
 
 

Since
 1996,
 WIN
 has
 become
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 solu=ons
 to
 help
 districts
 prepare
 pathways
 
for
 students’
 futures,
 whether
 they
 are
 college,
 trade
 school,
 military
 or
 workplace
 bound.
 To
 date,
 more
 than
 10
 
million
 students
 worldwide
 have
 par=cipated
 in
 the
 specialized
 career–driven
 courseware
 and
 educa=on
 
interven=on
 ini=a=ves
 as
 well
 as
 career-­‐readiness
 cer=fica=on
 programs.
 
 For
 more
 informa=on,
 go
 to
 
www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 

#
 #
 #
 

 
 
 
 

WIN
 LEARNING’S
 SOFT
 SKILLS
 SELECTED
 AS
 AN
 OUTSTANDING
 EDUCATIONAL
 
TECHNOLOGY
 PRODUCT
 IN
 TECH
 &
 LEARNING’S
 AWARD
 OF
 EXCELLENCE
 PROGRAM
 

Product
 Honored
 For
 Breaking
 New
 Ground
 with
 Innova8ve
 Solu8on
 for
 

 Career
 and
 College
 Readiness
 Skills
 Development
 


 
 
Kingston,
 TN
 
 -­‐
 Nov.
 1,
 2013
 -­‐
 WIN
 Learning,
 a
 leader
 in
 developing
 career
 and
 college
 readiness
 
ini5a5ves,
 today
 announced
 that
 its
 WIN
 So;
 Skills®
 program
 has
 been
 chosen
 as
 a
 winner
 in
 the
 
31st
 annual
 Tech
 &
 Learning
 magazine’s
 Awards
 of
 Excellence
 program.
 This
 year’s
 Tech
 &
 Learning
 
Awards
 of
 Excellence
 program
 honored
 new
 and
 upgraded
 educa5onal
 so;ware,
 hardware,
 network
 
and
 web
 products.
 
 A
 panel
 of
 more
 than
 30
 educators
 tested
 more
 than
 150
 entries,
 and
 chose
 the
 
winners.
 
 

“It
 is
 so
 gra5fying
 to
 have
 this
 panel
 of
 dis5nguished
 judges
 recognize
 the
 insight,
 hard
 work
 and
 
passion
 that
 our
 organiza5on
 has
 put
 into
 offering
 this
 essen5al
 product,”
 said
 Joseph
 Goins,
 
execu5ve
 vice
 president
 of
 WIN
 Learning.
 "The
 award
 is
 especially
 important
 for
 us
 because
 we
 
know
 that
 schools
 and
 districts
 are
 struggling
 to
 find
 ways
 to
 help
 students
 acquire
 the
 behavioral,
 
aVtudinal,
 social,
 and
 overall
 readiness
 skills
 employers
 and
 post-­‐secondary
 programs
 demand.”
 
 

As
 the
 only
 web-­‐based
 so;
 skills
 curriculum
 on
 the
 market
 today,
 WIN
 So;
 Skills®
 is
 a
 first-­‐of-­‐its-­‐kind
 
program
 which
 builds
 skills
 mastery
 for
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 students
 around
 essen5al
 applied
 
competency
 skills
 and
 founda5onal
 behaviors
 such
 as
 conveying
 professionalism,
 communica5ng
 
effec5vely,
 promo5ng
 teamwork
 and
 collabora5on,
 thinking
 cri5cally
 and
 solving
 problems.
 
 
 

The
 program
 consists
 of
 four
 instruc5onal
 modules
 covering
 the
 most
 important
 skills
 required
 for
 
college
 and
 the
 workplace
 success.
 All
 aVtudinal
 skills
 addressed
 in
 the
 courseware
 are
 revealed
 
within
 the
 context
 of
 the
 workplace,
 to
 provide
 relevancy
 to
 the
 learning
 experience.
 
 The
 flexibility
 
of
 the
 program
 enables
 teachers
 to
 incorporate
 the
 lessons
 across
 mul5ple
 age
 groups
 and
 
classroom
 seVngs
 including
 whole-­‐class,
 small
 group
 or
 as
 independent
 study.
 The
 program
 also
 

 
 
 
 

includes
 a
 comprehensive
 implementa5on
 guide
 complete
 with
 scripted
 teacher
 lessons
 and
 support
 
materials
 such
 as
 interac5ve
 ac5vi5es,
 worksheets
 and
 videos.
 

In
 addi5on
 to
 So;
 Skills,
 WIN
 Learning’s
 research-­‐based
 Career-­‐Driven
 Educa5on
 model
 offers
 a
 
three-­‐pronged
 approach
 to
 prepare
 students
 for
 today’s
 global
 economic
 opportuni5es
 and
 
challenges.
 
 With
 the
 data-­‐rich
 career
 explora5on
 system
 WIN
 Strategic
 Compass®,
 students
 can
 
analyze
 current
 and
 projected
 labor
 market
 data
 to
 reveal
 career
 pathways.
 
 The
 program’s
 Ini5al
 
Skills
 Review™
 measures
 individual
 career
 readiness
 and
 skill
 development
 gaps,
 which
 leads
 to
 the
 
WIN
 Career
 Readiness®
 Courseware
 offering
 direct,
 contextual
 instruc5on
 through
 applied
 
academics
 for
 workplace
 skill
 mastery.
 
 
 

Goins
 concluded,
 “This
 award
 further
 validates
 our
 vision
 of
 making
 products
 that
 help
 solve
 real
 
challenges
 for
 educators
 while
 making
 sure
 today’s
 students
 are
 prepared
 for
 their
 future,
 whether
 
they
 choice
 to
 go
 to
 college
 or
 a
 trade
 school,
 join
 the
 military
 or
 enter
 the
 workforce.”
 

About
 WIN
 Learning
 
Since
 1996,
 WIN
 has
 become
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 solu5ons
 to
 help
 districts
 
prepare
 pathways
 for
 students’
 futures,
 whether
 they
 are
 college,
 trade
 school,
 military
 or
 
workplace
 bound.
 To
 date,
 more
 than
 10
 million
 students
 worldwide
 have
 par5cipated
 in
 the
 
specialized
 career–driven
 courseware
 and
 educa5on
 interven5on
 ini5a5ves
 as
 well
 as
 career-­‐
readiness
 cer5fica5on
 programs.
 
 For
 more
 informa5on,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 
888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 

About
 Tech
 &
 Learning
 
For
 over
 30
 years,
 Tech
 &
 Learning
 has
 been
 –
 and
 con5nues
 to
 be
 –
 the
 leading
 resource
 for
 K-­‐12
 
leaders.
 
 Its
 publica5ons,
 Web
 sites
 and
 events
 provide
 factual
 and
 evalua5ve
 informa5on
 on
 trends,
 
products,
 and
 strategies
 to
 educators
 who
 purchase
 technology
 products
 in
 their
 districts
 and
 
schools.
 
 
 Tech
 &
 Learning,
 published
 by
 NewBay
 Media
 LLC,
 delivers
 the
 highest
 quality
 content
 and
 
essen5al
 resources
 to
 manage,
 train,
 and
 teach
 technology.
 
 For
 more
 informa5on,
 visit.
 
www.TechLearning.com
 

#
 
 #
 
 #

 
 
 
 

IRVING
 (TX)
 INDEPENDENT
 SCHOOL
 DISTRICT
 SELECTS
 WIN
 LEARNING’S
 PERSONALIZED
 

CAREER
 READINESS
 SYSTEM
 TO
 PREPARE
 EVERY
 STUDENT
 FOR
 COLLEGE
 AND
 WORK
 

Web-­‐based
 program
 delivers
 career-­‐driven
 educa4on
 and
 workforce-­‐skills
 
 
development
 for
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 students
 
 

Kingston,
 TN
 
 -­‐
 March
 14,
 2013
 –
 While
 a
 high
 school
 diploma
 was
 once
 sufficient
 to
 secure
 a
 stable
 
job
 with
 benefits,
 almost
 two-­‐thirds
 of
 new
 jobs
 in
 the
 fastest
 growing
 sectors
 of
 the
 U.S.
 economy
 
now
 require
 some
 postsecondary
 educaAon
 and/or
 training.1
 
 Furthermore,
 workplace
 readiness
 
demands
 a
 higher
 level
 of
 knowledge
 and
 skills
 than
 ever
 before.
 
 To
 effecAvely
 prepare
 its
 students
 
for
 life
 aIer
 high
 school
 by
 teaching
 them
 the
 skills
 and
 knowledge
 that
 are
 essenAal
 to
 college
 and
 
workforce
 readiness,
 Irving
 Independent
 School
 District
 (ISD)
 in
 Texas
 will
 implement
 WIN
 Learning’s
 
Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System.
 
 

A
 naAonal
 leader
 in
 career
 readiness
 iniAaAves
 since
 1996
 with
 more
 than
 10
 million
 learners
 
worldwide,
 WIN
 Learning’s
 web-­‐based,
 career-­‐driven
 educaAon
 model
 is
 comprised
 of
 a
 series
 of
 
standards-­‐aligned
 contextual
 learning
 modules
 that
 help
 students
 understand
 and
 prepare
 for
 the
 
realAes
 of
 college
 and
 the
 workplace
 through
 personalized
 project-­‐based
 learning
 and
 career
 
exploraAon.
 
 

“Our
 goal
 is
 simple
 –
 every
 student
 should
 graduate
 from
 our
 high
 schools
 ready
 for
 college
 or
 a
 
career.
 
 That
 means
 mastery
 of
 applied
 academics
 as
 well
 as
 necessary
 ‘success
 skills’
 such
 as
 criAcal
 
thinking,
 problem-­‐solving
 and
 teamwork,”
 said
 Melody
 Paschall,
 associate
 superintendent
 of
 
academic
 services,
 Irving
 ISD.
 
 “Yet
 there
 are
 not
 very
 many
 resources
 that
 can
 bridge
 the
 gap
 in
 
showing
 students
 the
 relevance
 and
 the
 connecAon
 between
 what’s
 happening
 in
 the
 classroom
 and
 
their
 futures.
 
 We
 believe
 the
 WIN
 Learning
 system
 to
 be
 one
 of
 the
 most
 powerful
 resources
 
available
 that
 can
 accelerate
 the
 preparaAon
 that
 will
 give
 our
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 students
 a
 

1
 Source:
 C.
 Sturgis
 and
 S.
 Patrick,
 “When
 Success
 is
 the
 Only
 OpAon:
 Designing
 Competency-­‐Based
 Pathways
 for
 Next
 GeneraAon
 
Learning”
 November,
 2010

 
 
 
 
strong
 path
 to
 follow
 to
 career
 and
 college
 readiness.”
 

The
 research-­‐based
 Career-­‐Driven
 EducaAon
 model
 is
 a
 best-­‐in-­‐class
 career
 and
 college
 readiness
 
soluAon,
 which
 offers
 a
 three-­‐pronged
 approach
 to
 prepare
 students
 for
 today’s
 global
 economic
 
opportuniAes
 and
 challenges.
 
 With
 the
 data-­‐rich
 career
 exploraAon
 system
 WIN
 Strategic
 
Compass®,
 students
 can
 analyze
 current
 and
 projected
 labor
 market
 data
 to
 reveal
 career
 pathways.
 
 
The
 program’s
 IniAal
 Skills
 Review™
 measures
 individual
 career
 readiness
 and
 skill
 development
 
gaps,
 which
 leads
 to
 the
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness®
 Courseware,
 offering
 direct,
 contextual
 instrucAon
 
through
 applied
 academics
 for
 workplace
 skill
 mastery.
 
 
 

The
 system
 also
 includes
 the
 recently
 launched
 WIN
 SoI
 Skills
 Series®,
 a
 first-­‐of-­‐its-­‐kind
 program
 
which
 builds
 skills
 mastery
 around
 the
 behavioral,
 agtudinal,
 social,
 and
 readiness
 skills
 employers
 
and
 post-­‐secondary
 programs
 demand.
 
 As
 the
 only
 web-­‐based
 soI
 skills
 curriculum
 on
 the
 market
 
today,
 WIN
 SoI
 Skills
 will
 provide
 Irving
 ISD
 educators
 with
 an
 exclusive
 curricular
 framework
 to
 
teach
 their
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 students
 highly
 sought
 aIer
 foundaAonal
 behaviors
 such
 as
 
conveying
 professionalism,
 communicaAng
 effecAvely,
 promoAng
 teamwork
 and
 collaboraAon,
 
thinking
 criAcally
 and
 solving
 problems.
 
 All
 agtudinal
 skills
 addressed
 in
 the
 courseware
 are
 
revealed
 within
 the
 context
 of
 the
 workplace,
 to
 provide
 relevancy
 to
 the
 learning
 experience.
 
 
 

Irving
 ISD
 will
 begin
 their
 implementaAon
 by
 having
 8th
 grade
 students
 complete
 the
 IniAal
 Skills
 
Review
 during
 the
 2012-­‐2013
 school
 year.
 
 Beginning
 in
 the
 2013-­‐2014
 school
 year,
 rising
 ninth
 and
 
tenth
 grade
 students
 will
 use
 the
 Career
 Readiness
 and
 SoI
 Skills
 direct
 instrucAon
 courseware
 to
 
advance
 basic
 workplace
 and
 college
 readiness
 skills.
 

“Irving
 ISD
 possesses
 a
 long-­‐standing
 tradiAon
 for
 innovaAve
 curriculum
 and
 excellence
 in
 public
 
educaAon,”
 said
 Joseph
 Goins,
 execuAve
 vice
 president,
 WIN
 Learning.
 “We
 are
 commiled
 to
 
helping
 the
 district
 equip
 their
 students
 with
 the
 knowledge
 and
 skills
 necessary
 to
 compete
 in
 the
 
21st
 century
 and
 provide
 their
 teachers
 with
 a
 state-­‐of
 the-­‐art
 soluAon
 to
 enhance
 classroom
 
learning.”
 

About
 WIN
 Learning
 
Since
 1996,
 WIN
 has
 become
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 soluAons
 to
 help
 districts
 
prepare
 pathways
 for
 students’
 futures,
 whether
 they
 are
 college,
 trade
 school,
 military
 or
 

 
 
 
 
workplace
 bound.
 To
 date,
 more
 than
 10
 million
 students
 worldwide
 have
 parAcipated
 in
 the
 
specialized
 career–driven
 courseware
 and
 educaAon
 intervenAon
 iniAaAves
 as
 well
 as
 career-­‐
readiness
 cerAficaAon
 programs.
 
 For
 more
 informaAon,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 
888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 

#
 
 #
 #

 
 
 
 

WEST
 VIRGINIA
 SELECTS
 WIN
 LEARNING
 CAREER
 READINESS
 SYSTEM
 AS
 ESSENTIAL
 TOOL
 
FOR
 ALL
 HIGH
 SCHOOLS,
 CAREER
 AND
 TECHNICAL
 EDUCATION
 PROGRAMS
 WITHIN
 THE
 

STATE
 

Career-­‐driven
 educa-onal
 interven-ons
 prepare
 students
 for
 array
 of
 
 
educa-on
 and
 work
 opportuni-es
 that
 await
 them
 a9er
 high
 school
 
 

Kingston,
 Tenn.
 –
 June
 10,
 2013
 –
 As
 the
 labor
 market
 transformed
 during
 the
 knowledge
 economy
 
era
 of
 the
 last
 50
 years,
 ge;ng
 a
 high
 school
 diploma
 has
 become
 ever
 more
 important.
 
 Alarmingly,
 
nearly
 one
 in
 every
 three
 students
 who
 start
 high
 school
 in
 the
 ninth
 grade
 fails
 to
 complete
 the
 12th
 
grade
 within
 four
 years,
 leaving
 millions
 of
 young
 people
 out
 of
 school
 and
 grossly
 ill
 equipped
 to
 
compete
 in
 the
 21st
 century
 workforce
 and
 economy.
 
 But
 in
 West
 Virginia,
 a
 new
 Personalized
 
Career
 Readiness
 System
 from
 WIN
 Learning
 is
 playing
 a
 criMcal
 role
 in
 helping
 high
 school
 students
 
across
 the
 state
 persist
 and
 complete
 high
 school,
 and
 prepare
 for
 the
 postsecondary
 educaMon
 and
 
workforce
 training
 that
 will
 be
 criMcal
 to
 the
 state’s
 future
 economic
 success.
 
 

According
 to
 Assistant
 State
 Superintendent
 of
 Schools,
 Division
 Technical,
 Adult
 and
 InsMtuMonal
 
EducaMon,
 Dr.
 Kathy
 D’Antoni,
 the
 WIN
 Learning
 system
 was
 selected
 because
 it
 was
 the
 first
 
program
 she
 encountered
 that
 fully
 supports
 Career
 and
 Technical
 EducaMon
 (CTE).
 
 
 

“The
 WIN
 Learning
 system
 sets
 the
 standard
 for
 readying
 students
 for
 both
 college
 AND
 careers
 
through
 the
 integraMon
 of
 academic,
 technical,
 and
 employability
 skills
 development;
 by
 partnering
 
with
 local
 business
 and
 industry;
 and
 by
 emphasizing
 the
 aXainment
 of
 meaningful
 credenMals,”
 she
 
said.
 

Indeed,
 at
 the
 FayeXe
 InsMtute
 of
 Technology
 (FIT)
 in
 Oak
 Hill,
 WV,
 Principal
 Barry
 Crist
 credits
 WIN
 
Learning
 with
 not
 only
 helping
 students
 meet
 their
 academic
 goals,
 but
 in
 finding
 their
 element
 in
 
future
 careers.
 
 “Students
 who
 are
 genuinely
 excited
 about
 graduaMng
 and
 moving
 on
 to
 an
 engaging
 
career
 aren’t
 typically
 found
 in
 rural,
 vocaMonal
 technology
 programs.
 
 But
 through
 this
 program
 our
 
students
 see
 the
 direct
 connecMon
 between
 what
 they’re
 learning
 and
 their
 future,”
 said
 Crist.
 
 

 
 
 
 
“Many
 plan
 to
 seek
 out
 some
 of
 the
 most
 advanced
 cerMficaMons
 in
 their
 fields.
 
 WIN
 Learning
 is
 
something
 every
 high
 school
 should
 offer.”
 

The
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 is
 based
 on
 the
 WIN
 Educonomy
 Model
 –
 an
 intersecMon
 
between
 educaMon
 and
 local
 and
 regional
 economies
 where
 data
 on
 job
 markets
 helps
 students
 
understand
 employability,
 foundaMonal
 and
 social
 skills
 within
 the
 context
 of
 future
 careers.
 This
 
real-­‐world
 focus
 helps
 determine
 the
 personalized
 selecMon
 of
 coursework
 and
 other
 experiences
 in
 
high
 school
 that
 will
 lead
 students
 to
 their
 desired
 careers,
 either
 directly
 aber
 graduaMon
 or
 
following
 further
 training
 and/or
 compleMng
 their
 college
 educaMon.
 
 

“It
 is
 the
 resource
 I’ve
 been
 waiMng
 for,”
 said
 D’Antoni.
 
 “It’s
 rigorous.
 
 It’s
 relevant.
 
 It’s
 personalized
 
and
 it’s
 project-­‐based.
 
 It
 puts
 everything
 in
 context
 for
 our
 students.
 They
 can
 relate
 what’s
 going
 on
 
in
 their
 classrooms
 now
 -­‐
 be
 it
 math
 or
 science
 or
 language
 arts
 –
 to
 what
 they
 will
 do
 in
 the
 future.
 
 
That
 is
 so
 powerful,
 especially
 because
 it
 supports
 students
 whether
 they
 go
 directly
 into
 the
 
workforce
 or
 elect
 to
 secure
 a
 postsecondary
 credenMal
 or
 degree.”
 
 

Designed
 for
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 students,
 WIN
 Learning’s
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 
is
 a
 comprehensive
 soluMon
 comprised
 of
 a
 series
 of
 standards-­‐aligned,
 web-­‐based
 programs
 that
 
help
 students
 understand
 and
 prepare
 for
 the
 realiMes
 of
 college
 and
 the
 workplace.
 With
 the
 data-­‐
rich
 career
 exploraMon
 system
 WIN
 Strategic
 Compass®,
 school
 district
 leaders
 and
 students
 can
 
analyze
 current
 and
 projected
 labor
 market
 data
 to
 reveal
 career
 pathways.
 
 The
 program’s
 IniMal
 
Skills
 Review™
 measures
 individual
 career
 readiness
 and
 skill
 development
 gaps,
 and
 the
 WIN
 Career
 
Readiness®
 Courseware
 uses
 applied
 academics
 to
 promote
 workplace
 skill
 mastery.
 
 
 

The
 system
 also
 includes
 the
 WIN
 Sob
 Skills
 Series®,
 a
 first-­‐of-­‐its-­‐kind
 program
 which
 builds
 skills
 
mastery
 around
 the
 behavioral,
 a;tudinal,
 social,
 and
 readiness
 skills
 employers
 and
 post-­‐secondary
 
programs
 demand.
 
 

D’Antoni
 also
 plans
 to
 extend
 the
 program’s
 use
 to
 support
 West
 Virginia
 students
 as
 they
 prepare
 
for
 the
 mandatory
 WorkKeys®
 Assessments.
 
 WorkKeys
 is
 a
 program
 that
 measures
 students’
 
foundaMonal
 skill
 levels
 valuable
 to
 any
 occupaMon
 at
 any
 level
 of
 educaMon
 in
 such
 subjects
 as
 
applied
 mathemaMcs,
 reading
 for
 informaMon
 and
 locaMng
 informaMon.
 When
 a
 student
 successfully
 
completes
 the
 program,
 they
 received
 a
 cerMficate
 that
 ensures
 mastery.
 

 
 
 
 

“These
 ‘real
 world’
 skills
 don’t
 just
 happen
 organically.
 
 Our
 students
 need
 curriculum
 support
 in
 
honing
 these
 criMcal
 skills,”
 said
 D’Antoni.
 
 “With
 WIN
 Learning
 we
 not
 only
 prepare
 students
 for
 
good
 outcomes
 on
 the
 WorkKeys
 Assessments,
 but
 we
 know
 that
 it
 can
 complement
 diplomas,
 
degrees,
 and
 resumes
 and
 it
 gives
 job
 seekers
 an
 advantage
 in
 the
 interview
 process.”
 

About
 WIN
 Learning
 
Since
 1996,
 WIN
 has
 become
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 soluMons
 to
 help
 districts
 
prepare
 pathways
 for
 students’
 futures,
 whether
 they
 are
 college,
 trade
 school,
 military
 or
 
workplace
 bound.
 To
 date,
 more
 than
 10
 million
 students
 worldwide
 have
 parMcipated
 in
 the
 
specialized
 career–driven
 courseware
 and
 educaMon
 intervenMon
 iniMaMves
 as
 well
 as
 career-­‐
readiness
 cerMficaMon
 programs.
 
 For
 more
 informaMon,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 
888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 

#
 
 #
 
 #

 
 
 
 

WIN
 LEARNING
 WORKS
 WITH
 ALABAMA
 DEPARTMENT
 OF
 WORKFORCE
 DEVELOPMENT
 TO
 
HELP
 STUDENTS
 AND
 ADULT
 JOB
 SEEKERS
 IMPROVE
 CAREER
 AND
 COLLEGE
 READINESS
 SKILLS
 

Kingston,
 TN
 
 -­‐
 Feb.
 13,
 2014
 –
 Commi'ed
 to
 helping
 students
 prepare
 for
 life
 a5er
 high
 school,
 and
 adult
 
learners
 to
 stay
 compe99ve
 and
 build
 the
 skills
 necessary
 to
 secure
 jobs,
 the
 Alabama
 Department
 of
 
Postsecondary
 Educa9on
 has
 turned
 to
 WIN
 Learning
 to
 support
 Career
 Ready
 Alabama,
 a
 statewide
 
ini9a9ve
 aimed
 at
 increasing
 career
 or
 work-­‐ready
 skills
 for
 individuals
 and
 providing
 businesses
 a
 tool
 to
 
help
 them
 iden9fy
 career
 ready
 employees.
 
 WIN
 Learning
 is
 a
 recognized
 leader
 in
 web-­‐based
 career
 and
 
college
 readiness
 programs
 used
 by
 states,
 colleges,
 and
 school
 districts
 na9onwide.
 

“An
 ongoing
 focus
 of
 the
 Workforce
 Development
 Division
 is
 to
 help
 create
 a
 workforce
 that
 can
 be
 
successful
 today
 and
 in
 the
 future,”
 said
 Sarah
 Horton,
 regional
 workforce
 ini9a9ves
 coordinator
 with
 the
 
Governor’s
 Office
 of
 Workforce
 Development.
 “WIN
 will
 help
 our
 adult
 learners
 across
 Alabama
 iden9fy
 
and
 remediate
 skill
 gaps
 they
 may
 face
 in
 their
 current
 posi9ons
 while
 building
 and
 reinforcing
 workplace
 
skills
 for
 improved
 employability
 in
 the
 future.”
 
 

Through
 Career
 Ready
 Alabama,
 job
 seekers
 will
 be
 given
 free
 access
 to
 WIN
 Learning’s
 Personalized
 
Career
 Readiness
 System
 and
 its
 Career
 Readiness®
 Courseware
 (CRC),
 which
 includes
 41
 competency-­‐
based,
 Internet-­‐delivered
 modules,
 and
 more
 than
 120
 hours
 of
 skills
 remedia9on
 per
 skill,
 in
 ten
 
academic
 and
 founda9onal
 skill
 topic
 areas.
 
 They
 include:
 reading
 for
 informa9on,
 applied
 mathema9cs,
 
loca9ng
 informa9on,
 listening,
 observa9on,
 applied
 technology,
 business
 wri9ng,
 wri9ng,
 work
 habits
 
(so5
 skills)
 and
 teamwork.
 
 Learners
 work
 at
 their
 own
 pace
 through
 the
 system
 receiving
 constant,
 
relevant
 feedback.
 Post-­‐tests
 at
 the
 conclusion
 of
 each
 module
 and
 cer9ficates
 of
 comple9on
 tell
 students
 
they
 have
 succeeded
 in
 mastering
 the
 material.
 
 

“WIN
 Learning
 is
 dedicated
 to
 developing,
 engaging
 and
 preparing
 a
 workforce
 that
 allows
 employers
 to
 
thrive
 and
 thus,
 lead
 to
 individual
 and
 economic
 prosperity
 for
 the
 community,”
 said
 Joseph
 Goins,
 
execu9ve
 vice
 president,
 WIN
 Learning.
 
 “Our
 solu9on
 sets
 the
 standard
 for
 offering
 adult
 learners
 and
 

 
 
 
 

job
 seekers
 training
 in
 real-­‐world
 workplace
 skills.
 We
 are
 really
 addressing
 life-­‐learning
 proficiencies
 that
 
are
 cri9cal
 to
 life-­‐long
 success
 for
 individuals
 whether
 they
 work
 in
 a
 small
 business
 or
 a
 Fortune
 500
 
company
 or
 decide
 to
 further
 their
 educa9on.
 
 Everyone
 wins.”
 

About
 WIN
 Learning
 
Since
 1996,
 WIN
 has
 become
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 solu9ons
 to
 help
 districts
 prepare
 
pathways
 for
 students’
 futures,
 whether
 they
 are
 college,
 trade
 school,
 military
 or
 workplace
 bound.
 To
 
date,
 more
 than
 10
 million
 students
 worldwide
 have
 par9cipated
 in
 the
 specialized
 career–driven
 
courseware
 and
 educa9on
 interven9on
 ini9a9ves
 as
 well
 as
 career-­‐readiness
 cer9fica9on
 programs.
 
 For
 
more
 informa9on,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 
 
 
 

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