WIN Learning Overview & Media Updates

 
 
 
 


 
 

PARTNERS
 FOR
 EDUCATION
 AT
 BEREA
 COLLEGE
 SELECTS
 WIN
 CAREER
 READINESS
 SYSTEM
 TO
 
PREPARE
 APPALACHIAN
 KENTUCKY
 STUDENTS
 FOR
 LIFE
 AFTER
 HIGH
 SCHOOL

Award-­‐winning
 digital
 teaching
 and
 learning
 solu3on
 selected
 to
 help
 20,000
 students
 in
 school
 districts
 
across
 18
 KY
 coun3es
 develop
 skills
 needed
 for
 college
 and
 career
 success
 

Kingston,
 TN
 –
 Aug.
 26,
 2014
 –
 Commi'ed
 to
 improving
 educa3onal
 outcomes
 for
 Appalachian
 Kentucky
 
students
 and
 pu<ng
 them
 on
 the
 path
 to
 success
 a=er
 high
 school,
 administrators
 of
 Partners
 for
 
Educa3on
 at
 Berea
 College
 have
 chosen
 the
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 as
 its
 digital
 teaching
 and
 
learning
 solu3on
 for
 college
 and
 career
 readiness
 prepara3on.
 The
 award-­‐winning,
 web-­‐based
 solu3on
 
from
 WIN
 Learning
 provides
 a
 comprehensive
 career
 explora3on
 and
 planning
 system,
 college
 readiness
 
assessments,
 and
 career
 readiness
 founda3onal
 academic
 and
 employability
 skills
 support.
 
 

“Many
 of
 our
 students
 come
 from
 genera3onal
 poverty
 and
 they
 need
 encouragement
 and
 guidance
 as
 
they
 aspire
 to
 career
 opportuni3es
 a=er
 high
 school,
 and
 develop
 a
 vision
 for
 a'ending
 a
 college
 or
 
university,”
 said
 Dreama
 Gentry,
 J.D.,
 execu3ve
 director
 of
 Partners
 for
 Educa3on.
 “We
 believe
 that
 to
 
break
 this
 cycle
 of
 poverty,
 each
 student
 in
 rural
 Eastern
 Kentucky
 should
 engage
 in
 a
 strong
 academic
 
and
 workforce
 prepara3on
 program.
 
 With
 the
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness
 System,
 we
 provide
 students
 the
 
tools
 to
 transform
 their
 futures.”
 

The
 implementa3on
 of
 the
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 is
 being
 made
 possible
 through
 two,
 seven-­‐year
 
(2011-­‐2018)
 GEAR
 UP
 grants
 that
 Berea
 College
 was
 awarded
 from
 the
 U.S.
 Department
 of
 Educa3on.
 
GEAR
 UP,
 or
 Gaining
 Early
 Awareness
 and
 Readiness
 for
 Undergraduate
 Programs,
 is
 designed
 to
 increase
 
the
 number
 of
 low-­‐income
 students
 who
 are
 prepared
 to
 enter
 and
 succeed
 in
 postsecondary
 educa3on.
 
Berea
 College
 received
 its
 first
 GEAR
 UP
 grant
 in
 1999
 in
 partnership
 with
 Rockcastle
 County
 Schools.
 In
 
2005,
 Berea
 was
 again
 awarded
 a
 GEAR
 UP
 grant,
 this
 3me
 expanding
 its
 work
 to
 include
 students
 from
 
Es3ll,
 Jackson,
 Lee,
 and
 Madison
 coun3es.
 The
 2011
 GEAR
 UP
 grant
 follows
 a
 cohort
 of
 students
 from
 6th
 
grade
 to
 their
 freshman
 year
 in
 college
 and
 emphasizes
 academic
 success,
 career
 prepara3on,
 and
 
building
 a
 college-­‐going
 culture
 in
 schools.
 

 
 
 
 

“Berea
 College
 has
 a
 long
 history
 of
 community
 involvement
 in
 the
 Appalachian
 region,
 and
 the
 Partners
 
for
 Educa3on
 program
 is
 perhaps
 one
 of
 its
 most
 outstanding
 examples
 yet,”
 said
 Joseph
 Goins,
 execu3ve
 
vice
 president
 at
 WIN
 Learning.
 
 “By
 helping
 students
 who
 would
 otherwise
 have
 li'le
 to
 no
 hope
 for
 
success
 in
 college
 or
 a
 career,
 Berea
 is
 helping
 en3re
 communi3es
 increase
 their
 chances
 for
 growth
 and
 
economic
 success.”
 

Students
 from
 the
 par3cipa3ng
 schools
 will
 be
 introduced
 to
 the
 WIN
 Learning
 systems’
 four
 modules,
 
including
 myStrategic
 Compass.
 This
 component
 offers
 a
 personalized
 career-­‐planning
 tool
 for
 each
 
learner
 based
 on
 skill,
 work
 and
 career
 interest,
 and
 then
 provides
 a
 framework
 for
 the
 educa3on
 and
 
path
 to
 succeed,
 including:
 a
 class
 planning
 tool
 that
 maps
 required
 high
 school
 classes
 based
 on
 career
 
interests;
 college
 and
 degree
 program
 profiles
 to
 support
 post-­‐secondary
 educa3on
 planning;
 and
 a
 
searchable
 na3onal
 scholarship
 and
 grant
 database.
 

Students
 also
 have
 access
 to
 the
 WIN
 College
 Readiness
 Courseware
 (CRC+),
 a
 digital
 test
 prep
 curriculum
 
that
 helps
 learners
 achieve
 founda3onal
 college
 readiness
 in
 Pre-­‐Algebra,
 Algebra,
 Geometry,
 Reading
 
and
 Wri3ng/English.
 CRC+
 includes
 five
 learning
 modules
 that
 provide
 students
 with
 prac3ce
 and
 enable
 
them
 to
 apply
 concepts
 commonly
 addressed
 in
 college
 placement
 exams.
 They
 will
 also
 work
 with
 the
 
WIN
 Career
 Readiness
 Courseware,
 which
 reinforces
 the
 relevance
 between
 founda3onal
 skills
 in
 Applied
 
Mathema3cs,
 Loca3ng
 Informa3on
 and
 Reading
 for
 Informa3on.
 
 Addi3onally,
 learners
 have
 access
 to
 
updated
 embedded
 placement
 test
 and
 post-­‐test
 assessment
 items
 that
 are
 aligned
 with
 state
 and
 
na3onal
 career
 readiness
 standards.
 

“The
 teachers
 have
 commented
 that
 they
 appreciate
 WIN’s
 instruc3onal
 content
 and
 assessments
 
because
 they
 are
 aligned
 to
 the
 ACT
 WorkKeys®,”
 said
 Gentry.
 “This
 gives
 them
 a
 solu3on
 which
 can
 serve
 
as
 a
 core
 instruc3onal
 resource
 for
 WorkKeys
 and
 a
 supplemental
 curriculum
 for
 Common
 Core
 State
 
Standards.”
 

The
 final
 module,
 WIN
 So=
 Skills,
 will
 be
 used
 as
 a
 supplemental
 resource
 that
 teaches
 employability
 and
 
social
 skills,
 including
 conveying
 professionalism,
 communica3ng
 effec3vely,
 promo3ng
 teamwork
 and
 
collabora3on,
 thinking
 cri3cally,
 and
 problem
 solving.
 


 “We
 know
 that
 employers
 want
 high
 school
 graduates
 who
 can
 think
 mathema3cally,
 communicate,
 
create,
 work
 in
 teams
 and
 solve
 problems
 in
 an
 entrepreneurial
 environment,”
 stated
 Gentry.
 
 “And
 those
 
very
 same
 skills
 are
 needed
 to
 succeed
 in
 the
 military,
 a
 trade
 school
 or
 an
 ins3tu3on
 of
 higher
 learning.
 
 

 
 
 
 

We
 believe
 that
 with
 WIN
 Learning
 as
 a
 partner,
 our
 students
 will
 benefit
 from
 the
 robust
 offerings
 and
 be
 
prepared
 no
 ma'er
 what
 their
 postsecondary
 plans
 are.”
 

About
 WIN
 Learning
 
Since
 1996,
 WIN
 has
 become
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 solu3ons
 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
 par3cipated
 in
 the
 specialized
 career–driven
 
courseware
 and
 educa3on
 interven3on
 ini3a3ves
 as
 well
 as
 career-­‐readiness
 cer3fica3on
 programs.
 
 For
 
more
 informa3on,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 
 
 
 

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USE
 OF
 WIN
 LEARNING
 CAREER
 AND
 COLLEGE
 READINESS
 COURSEWARE
 SOLUTIONS
 EXPANDS
 
ACROSS
 GREATER
 CHICAGO
 AREA
 

Districts
 from
 Calumet
 City,
 Hopkins
 Park,
 Markham,
 and
 Chicago
 Heights
 join
 other
 Illinois
 schools
 
working
 to
 provide
 top-­‐quality
 career
 and
 college
 readiness
 to
 students
 

Kingston,
 TN
 
 -­‐
 May
 5,
 2014
 –
 A
 publica+on
 from
 the
 Career
 and
 Technical
 Educa+on
 Center
 at
 the
 
University
 of
 Hawaii
 states
 that
 “economically
 disadvantaged
 students
 (defined
 as
 those
 who
 qualify
 for
 
free
 and
 reduced
 lunch)
 in
 secondary
 schools
 can
 benefit
 from
 exposure
 to
 employability
 skills
 built
 into
 
the
 curriculum,
 and
 from
 seeing
 a
 direct
 connec+on
 between
 school
 subjects
 and
 how
 they
 link
 with
 
occupa+onal
 goals,
 earned
 income,
 and
 increased
 life
 op+ons.”
 
 Taking
 the
 recommenda+on
 to
 heart,
 
four
 Chicago
 area
 school
 districts
 recently
 purchased
 and
 are
 implemen+ng
 the
 WIN
 Learning’s
 web-­‐
based
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System.
 
 Click
 to
 tweet:
 
 hTp://cT.ec/L35R1
 

Dolton
 School
 District
 149,
 Pembroke
 School
 District
 259,
 Prairie
 Hills
 School
 District
 144,
 and
 the
 SPEED
 
School
 District
 802
 are
 in
 various
 stages
 of
 implemen+ng
 the
 award-­‐winning
 WIN
 Learning
 system
 to
 help
 
students
 develop
 the
 academic
 and
 founda+onal
 skills
 necessary
 to
 graduate
 from
 high
 school
 and
 then
 
succeed
 in
 whatever
 path
 they
 choose,
 be
 it
 college,
 a
 trade
 school,
 the
 military
 or
 the
 workplace.
 

“Our
 job
 is
 to
 prepare
 students
 for
 the
 future.
 Post
 secondary
 educa+on
 looks
 different
 for
 each
 learner.
 
Further,
 many
 of
 our
 students
 have
 no
 idea
 what
 career
 op+ons
 are
 available
 to
 them
 aside
 from
 
minimum
 wage
 jobs,”
 said
 Gabrielle
 Herndon,
 director
 of
 Dolton
 School
 District’s
 21st
 Century
 Learning
 
Program.
 “We
 selected
 WIN
 Learning
 because
 it
 not
 only
 introduces
 students
 to
 hundreds
 of
 job
 
categories,
 but
 it
 then
 provides
 detailed
 descrip+ons
 of
 what’s
 required
 to
 do
 that
 job,
 everything
 from
 
courses
 to
 cer+fica+ons
 and
 degrees.
 
 It
 then
 provides
 the
 content
 students
 need,
 all
 presented
 in
 ways
 
directly
 related
 to
 career
 choices.
 It’s
 much
 beTer
 than
 saying
 ‘learn
 this
 algebraic
 formula.
 It
 shows
 them
 
how
 they’ll
 use
 that
 formula,
 in
 a
 culinary
 career
 or
 construc+on
 job.”
 

 
 
 
 
The
 WIN
 Learning
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 encompasses
 four
 main
 modules:
 
 

•
 myStrategic
 Compass
 –
 offers
 a
 personalized
 career-­‐planning
 tool
 for
 each
 learner
 based
 on
 skill,
 work
 
and
 career
 interest,
 and
 then
 provides
 a
 framework
 for
 the
 educa+on
 and
 path
 to
 succeed.
 
 
 

•
 College
 Readiness
 Courseware
 –
 For
 students
 looking
 to
 con+nue
 on
 to
 college,
 this
 courseware
 
prepares
 learners
 with
 the
 necessary
 founda+onal
 skills
 in
 Pre-­‐Algebra,
 Algebra,
 Geometry,
 Reading,
 
Wri+ng
 and
 English.
 
 Subjects
 include
 prac+ce
 and
 applica+on
 of
 concepts
 addressed
 by
 commonly
 
accepted
 college
 placement
 exams.
 

•
 Career
 Readiness
 Courseware
 –
 Nine
 career-­‐focused
 modules
 that
 prepare
 learners
 for
 career
 readiness
 
cer+fica+on.
 
 Topics
 include
 Reading
 for
 Informa+on,
 Applied
 Mathema+cs,
 Loca+ng
 Informa+on,
 
Listening,
 Observa+on,
 Applied
 Technology,
 and
 Business
 Wri+ng,
 among
 others.
 

•
 Soh
 Skills
 –
 Professional
 aitudes,
 work
 habits
 and
 other
 key
 competencies
 are
 cri+cal
 to
 success
 in
 
college
 and
 the
 work
 place.
 
 Soh
 Skills
 teaches
 employability
 and
 social
 skills
 including
 conveying
 
professionalism,
 communica+ng
 effec+vely,
 promo+ng
 teamwork
 and
 collabora+on,
 thinking
 cri+cally,
 
and
 problem
 solving.
 

Serena
 HewiT,
 a
 teacher
 in
 the
 STEM
 Academy
 at
 Dolton
 School
 District,
 added,
 “Our
 superintendent,
 Dr.
 
Shelly
 Davis-­‐Jones,
 is
 a
 true
 visionary
 and
 focused
 on
 developing
 soh
 skills
 with
 all
 Dolton
 students.
 
 She
 
believes
 that
 while
 core
 subject
 knowledge
 may
 get
 you
 the
 interview,
 it’s
 the
 soh
 skills
 that
 will
 get
 you
 
the
 job.
 
 We’re
 ac+vely
 working
 with
 the
 students
 and
 honing
 these
 all-­‐important
 skills
 on
 a
 daily
 basis.
 
 
We
 require
 students
 to
 look
 neat
 and
 clean
 and
 be
 properly
 dressed;
 to
 have
 their
 school
 supplies
 and
 
homework
 and
 be
 prepared
 to
 learn
 everyday;
 and
 to
 be
 respeclul
 to
 teachers
 and
 others
 around
 them.
 
 
The
 WIN
 program
 helps
 us
 support
 these
 efforts
 to
 teach
 them
 how
 to
 step
 up
 and
 carry
 themselves
 with
 
confidence
 and
 the
 knowledge
 that
 they
 can
 be
 successful
 regardless
 of
 what
 path
 they
 select
 aher
 high
 
school.”
 

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.
 
 
 
 

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EL
 PASO
 ISD
 ADMINISTRATORS
 TO
 PRESENT
 ON
 CAREER
 AND
 COLLEGE
 READINESS
 
EFFORTS
 TO
 MEET
 POST-­‐SECONDARY
 REALITIES
 AT
 MODEL
 SCHOOL
 CONFERENCE
 
 

District
 Pilo+ng
 WIN
 Learning’s
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 With
 So=
 Skills-­‐Based
 
 
Training,
 Personalized
 Project-­‐Based
 Learning
 And
 Career
 Explora+on
 Program
 

Kingston,
 Tenn.
 –
 June
 12,
 2014
 –
 Bob
 Dylan’s
 lyrics,
 “The
 5mes,
 they
 are
 a-­‐changin’,”
 have
 never
 
been
 more
 relevant
 as
 educators
 face
 new
 mandates
 for
 preparing
 students
 for
 the
 future.
 School
 
administrators
 must
 ensure
 their
 high
 school
 graduates
 are
 both
 college
 and
 career
 ready.
 
 The
 
importance
 of
 this
 demands
 that
 schools
 enhance
 their
 curriculum
 offerings
 to
 help
 student
 develop
 
the
 essen5al
 academic
 and
 soD
 skills.
 
 

On
 June
 23,
 Dr.
 Royce
 Avery,
 chief
 school
 officer,
 Area
 2
 for
 El
 Paso
 Independent
 School
 District
 
(EPISD)
 will
 present
 two
 workshops
 at
 the
 2014
 Model
 School
 Conference
 to
 be
 held
 in
 Orlando,
 FL.
 
Dr.
 Avery
 -­‐-­‐
 joined
 by
 EPISD’s
 Eric
 Winkelman,
 career
 and
 technical
 educa5on
 director
 and
 Ma[hew
 
Farley,
 principal
 at
 the
 Center
 of
 Career
 and
 Technology
 Educa5on
 -­‐-­‐
 will
 share
 the
 district’s
 
successes
 as
 they
 con5nue
 to
 develop
 six-­‐year
 strategies
 using
 a
 College
 and
 Career
 Readiness
 
Planner
 with
 a
 Personal
 Gradua5on
 Plan.
 The
 sessions
 are
 scheduled
 for
 10:15
 AM
 in
 room
 Asia
 5
 
and
 again
 at
 3:45
 PM
 in
 rooms
 Southern
 4-­‐5.
 
 This
 year’s
 conference
 will
 be
 held
 in
 Orlando,
 Florida.
 

“District
 and
 school
 leaders
 looking
 for
 ways
 to
 transform
 their
 current
 career
 and
 college
 readiness
 
‘standards’
 will
 learn
 a
 great
 deal
 by
 a[ending
 this
 session,”
 said
 Dr.
 Royce
 Avery.
 
 “Our
 academic
 
and
 integrated
 technical
 learning
 model
 combines
 career
 focused
 programs
 of
 study
 along
 with
 a
 
por5on
 of
 the
 award-­‐winning
 e-­‐learning
 plaaorm
 from
 WIN
 Learning
 with
 ‘added
 values’
 from
 our
 
team
 and
 local
 community
 businesses
 such
 as
 internships,
 industry
 cer5fica5ons,
 and
 dual
 credit
 
courses.
 We
 have
 successfully
 made
 classwork
 relevant
 to
 students
 whether
 they
 elect
 college,
 
workplace,
 military
 or
 cer5fica5on
 training
 programs.”
 

The
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 from
 WIN
 Learning
 encompasses
 four
 main
 modules
 –
 
two
 of
 which,
 Strategic
 Compass
 and
 SoD
 Skills
 are
 being
 piloted
 in
 the
 EPISD.
 
 The
 modules
 include:
 
 

 
 
 
 

•
 Strategic
 Compass
 –
 offers
 a
 personalized
 career-­‐planning
 tool
 for
 each
 learner
 based
 on
 skill,
 work
 
and
 career
 interest,
 and
 then
 provides
 a
 framework
 for
 the
 educa5on
 and
 path
 to
 succeed.
 
 
 

•
 College
 Readiness
 Courseware
 –
 For
 students
 looking
 to
 con5nue
 on
 to
 college,
 this
 courseware
 
prepares
 learners
 with
 the
 necessary
 founda5onal
 skills
 in
 Pre-­‐Algebra,
 Algebra,
 Geometry,
 Reading,
 
Wri5ng
 and
 English.
 
 Subjects
 include
 prac5ce
 and
 applica5on
 of
 concepts
 addressed
 by
 commonly
 
accepted
 college
 placement
 exams.
 

•
 Career
 Readiness
 Courseware
 –
 Nine
 career-­‐focused
 modules
 prepare
 learners
 for
 career
 readiness
 
cer5fica5on.
 
 Topics
 include
 Reading
 for
 Informa5on,
 Applied
 Mathema5cs,
 Loca5ng
 Informa5on,
 
Listening,
 Observa5on,
 Applied
 Technology,
 and
 Business
 Wri5ng,
 among
 others.
 

•
 SoD
 Skills
 –
 Professional
 aftudes,
 work
 habits
 and
 other
 key
 competencies
 are
 cri5cal
 to
 success
 
in
 college
 and
 the
 work
 place.
 
 SoD
 Skills
 teaches
 employability
 and
 social
 skills
 including
 conveying
 
professionalism,
 communica5ng
 effec5vely,
 promo5ng
 teamwork
 and
 collabora5on,
 thinking
 
cri5cally,
 and
 problem
 solving.
 

Avery
 added,
 “Career
 readiness
 must
 go
 hand-­‐in-­‐hand
 with
 academic
 standards,
 and
 both
 must
 
meaningfully
 prepare
 students
 for
 produc5ve
 lives.
 
 This
 needs
 to
 be
 a
 priority
 for
 school
 
administrators
 if
 they
 are
 going
 to
 successfully
 prepare
 students
 for
 life
 aDer
 high
 school.
 
 We
 are
 
anxious
 to
 share
 how
 El
 Paso
 CCTE
 incorporates
 SoD
 Skills
 as
 a
 cri5cal
 element
 to
 success
 in
 a
 career
 
and
 technology
 classroom,
 which
 will
 result
 greater
 success
 in
 21st
 Century
 workplaces.”
 
 
 

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
 Educa5on
 Agency,
 Dr.
 Avery
 
was
 superintendent
 of
 the
 Aransas
 Pass
 Independent
 School
 District
 prior
 to
 joining
 EPISD.
 He
 
received
 his
 undergraduate
 degree
 from
 Rice
 University,
 and
 holds
 a
 Master’s
 degree
 in
 educa5onal
 
leadership
 and
 administra5on
 from
 Texas
 A&M.
 
 Dr.
 Avery
 earned
 his
 Ed.D.
 in
 educa5onal
 
administra5on
 and
 supervision
 from
 the
 University
 of
 Texas
 at
 Aus5n.
 

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.
 
 
 
 

#
 
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WIN
 LEARNING
 RECEIVES
 2014-­‐2015
 eSCHOOL
 NEWS
 READERS’
 CHOICE
 AWARD
 

The
 digital
 teaching
 and
 learning
 solu1on
 for
 college
 and
 career
 readiness
 prepara1on
 named
 a
 top
 
school
 product
 having
 the
 greatest
 impact
 on
 teaching
 and
 learning
 by
 eSchool
 News
 readers
 

Kingston,
 Tenn.
 –
 Aug.
 1,
 2014
 —
 For
 the
 third
 *me
 this
 year,
 WIN
 Learning,
 the
 leader
 in
 developing
 
innova*ve
 career
 and
 college
 readiness
 so:ware
 solu*ons,
 has
 been
 honored
 by
 educa*on
 thought
 
leaders
 and
 media,
 this
 *me
 receiving
 the
 coveted
 eSchool
 News
 2014-­‐2015
 Reader’s
 Choice
 Award.
 
The
 annual
 program
 honors
 50
 of
 the
 best
 products
 and
 services
 in
 educa*onal
 technology
 as
 
chosen
 by
 the
 publica*on’s
 readers.
 
 
 

The
 WIN
 Learning
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 is
 a
 series
 of
 web-­‐based
 programs
 that
 help
 students
 
understand
 and
 prepare
 for
 the
 reali*es
 of
 the
 workplace
 through
 personalized
 project-­‐based
 
learning
 and
 career
 explora*on.
 
 Earlier
 this
 year,
 the
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 was
 named
 a
 
finalist
 in
 the
 Revere
 Awards
 presented
 by
 the
 Associa*on
 of
 American
 Publishers,
 and
 a
 finalist
 in
 
the
 ‘trendseTer’
 category
 in
 the
 2014
 EdTech
 Digest
 Awards
 program.
 
 

“It
 is
 an
 honor
 to
 know
 that
 eSchool
 News
 readers
 and
 panelists
 believe
 as
 strongly
 as
 we
 do
 in
 the
 
value
 of
 what
 the
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 accomplishes
 in
 preparing
 students
 for
 life
 a:er
 
high
 school,”
 said
 Dr.
 Teresa
 Chasteen,
 CEO
 and
 president
 of
 WIN
 Learning.
 
 “We
 would
 like
 to
 thank
 
the
 educators
 who
 nominated
 us,
 as
 well
 as
 the
 editors
 of
 eSchool
 News,
 for
 this
 significant
 award.”
 

More
 than
 1,300
 educators
 and
 administrators
 from
 K-­‐12
 schools
 and
 districts
 across
 North
 America
 
nominated
 their
 favorite
 ed-­‐tech
 products
 or
 services
 this
 past
 spring.
 
 To
 maintain
 the
 integrity
 of
 
the
 program,
 eSchool
 News
 did
 not
 accept
 nomina*ons
 from
 vendors.
 
 When
 submi\ng
 
nomina*ons,
 educators
 were
 asked
 to
 describe
 how
 they
 were
 using
 each
 product
 to
 improve
 
teaching,
 learning,
 or
 school
 administra*on—and
 to
 what
 effect.
 

 
 
 
 

The
 result
 “is
 a
 list
 of
 ed-­‐tech
 products
 and
 services
 that
 have
 proven
 to
 be
 effec*ve,”
 said
 eSchool
 
Editorial
 Director
 Dennis
 Pierce.
 “We
 hope
 readers
 will
 find
 this
 informa*on
 valuable
 as
 they
 
consider
 what
 technologies
 they
 should
 use
 in
 their
 own
 schools.”
 
 
 

About
 WIN
 Learning
 
WIN
 Learning
 is
 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.
 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.
 
 
 
 

About
 eSchool
 Media
 
 
eSchool
 Media
 Inc.
 is
 a
 news
 and
 informa*on
 organiza*on
 delivering
 print,
 online,
 email,
 and
 video
 
communica*ons
 to
 more
 than
 half
 a
 million
 K-­‐20
 decision
 makers
 and
 influencers
 around
 the
 world.
 
Its
 informa*on
 networks
 help
 educators
 successfully
 use
 technology
 to
 transform
 educa*on
 and
 
achieve
 their
 goals.
 eSchool
 News
 is
 the
 flagship
 publica*on
 of
 eSchool
 Media
 Inc.,
 which
 also
 
includes
 eCampus
 News,
 serving
 higher
 educa*on,
 and
 eClassroom
 News,
 an
 electronic
 publica*on
 
network
 for
 teachers.
 

#
 
 #
 
 #
 

 
 
 
 

WIN
 LEARNING
 AND
 KUDER
 ANNOUNCE
 PARTNERSHIP
 TO
 ENHANCE
 THEIR
 CAREER
 
EXPLORATION
 AND
 PLANNING
 TOOLS
 

Kingston,
 TN
 –
 April
 15,
 2014
 –
 To
 build
 a
 founda-on
 for
 career
 success,
 students
 need
 -mely
 tools
 to
 
navigate
 career
 op-ons
 and
 make
 real-­‐world
 connec-ons
 between
 their
 educa-on
 and
 the
 world
 of
 work.
 
WIN
 Learning,
 a
 leader
 in
 developing
 career
 and
 college
 readiness
 ini-a-ves,
 and
 Kuder
 Inc.
 (Kuder),
 
recognized
 worldwide
 for
 evidenced-­‐based
 assessment,
 educa-on
 planning,
 and
 career
 guidance
 tools
 
and
 resources
 for
 all
 ages,
 today
 announced
 their
 new
 partnership
 to
 provide
 educators
 and
 students
 
with
 advanced
 capabili-es
 for
 career
 guidance
 and
 planning.
 
 

Through
 this
 partnership,
 WIN
 Learning
 will
 u-lize
 Kuder®
 Navigator™,
 a
 comprehensive
 online
 educa-on
 
and
 career
 planning
 system,
 as
 the
 founda-on
 of
 myStrategic
 Compass.
 myStrategic
 Compass
 is
 part
 of
 
WIN
 Learning’s
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System,
 a
 series
 of
 web-­‐based
 programs
 that
 help
 students
 
understand
 and
 prepare
 for
 the
 reali-es
 of
 the
 workplace
 through
 personalized
 project-­‐based
 learning
 
and
 career
 explora-on.
 
 The
 myStrategic
 Compass
 component
 offers
 a
 personalized
 career
 planning
 tool
 
for
 each
 learner
 based
 on
 skill,
 work
 and
 career
 interest,
 to
 help
 students
 understand
 the
 academic
 
pathways
 required
 to
 get
 them
 to
 their
 career
 choice.
 

“Like
 myStrategic
 Compass,
 Kuder
 Navigator
 mo-vates
 students
 to
 stay
 in
 school
 by
 helping
 them
 develop
 
a
 clear
 understanding
 of
 the
 rela-onship
 between
 their
 coursework
 and
 their
 career
 aspira-ons,”
 said
 Dr.
 
Teresa
 Chasteen,
 CEO,
 WIN
 Learning.
 “Through
 our
 partnership
 with
 Kuder,
 we’re
 taking
 our
 career
 
interest
 and
 planning
 resources
 to
 the
 next
 level
 by
 embedding
 the
 robust
 func-onality
 of
 Kuder
 
Navigator
 into
 myStrategic
 Compass.
 By
 combining
 the
 best
 of
 both
 systems,
 students
 will
 gain
 expanded
 
access
 to
 per-nent
 real-­‐world
 informa-on,
 tools
 and
 resources
 to
 help
 them
 stay
 engaged
 and
 mo-vated
 
through
 gradua-on
 and
 beyond.”
 

To
 begin
 using
 the
 myStrategic
 Compass
 Powered
 by
 Kuder®
 Navigator™
 career
 explora-on
 system,
 
students
 start
 with
 research-­‐based
 career
 assessments,
 which
 help
 them
 gain
 self-­‐awareness
 of
 interests,
 
skills
 and
 work
 values.
 With
 that
 informa-on,
 students
 can
 then
 explore
 career
 op-ons
 —
 many
 of
 which
 

 
 
 
 

are
 presented
 through
 videos
 and
 real-­‐life
 career
 stories
 —
 related
 to
 their
 interests
 and
 skills,
 and
 
further
 view
 the
 educa-on
 and
 training
 requirements
 necessary
 for
 career
 paths.
 Addi-onal
 system
 
features
 and
 tools
 help
 students
 iden-fy
 and
 apply
 for
 scholarships
 and
 grants,
 prepare
 porYolios
 and
 
resumes,
 and
 link
 to
 top
 job
 search
 engines
 and
 employer
 profiles.
 This
 new
 version
 of
 myStrategic
 
Compass
 is
 scheduled
 for
 release
 later
 this
 year,
 as
 part
 of
 the
 enhanced
 2014
 version
 of
 WIN
 Learning’s
 
Career
 Readiness
 System.
 

Through
 this
 collabora-ve
 partnership,
 Kuder
 will
 also
 offer
 expanded
 benefits
 and
 new
 product
 features
 
to
 the
 millions
 of
 youth
 and
 their
 schools
 and
 programs
 that
 u-lize
 Kuder
 Navigator
 and
 other
 solu-ons
 
across
 the
 world.
 Kuder
 follows
 a
 simple
 mo_o:
 You
 cannot
 be
 what
 you
 cannot
 see™.
 The
 addi-on
 of
 
some
 of
 WIN
 Learning’s
 offerings
 such
 as
 financial
 literacy
 resources
 and
 sob
 skills
 coursework
 will
 allow
 
Kuder
 to
 con-nue
 providing
 the
 most
 comprehensive
 approach
 to
 career
 guidance
 available
 and
 ensure
 
students
 and
 adults
 have
 the
 proven
 tools
 and
 resources
 to
 make
 the
 best
 informed
 decisions
 about
 their
 
career
 futures.
 

“We
 are
 honored
 to
 be
 partnering
 with
 such
 a
 well-­‐respected
 and
 innova-ve
 company
 in
 college
 and
 
career
 readiness
 as
 WIN
 Learning,”
 said
 Kuder
 President,
 Phil
 Harrington.
 “Their
 commitment
 to
 quality
 
products
 and
 services
 and
 approach
 to
 ensuring
 students
 are
 prepared
 for
 post-­‐high
 school
 transi-ons
 
and
 career
 success
 complements
 Kuder’s
 mission
 and
 goals
 perfectly.
 We
 look
 forward
 to
 our
 partnership
 
and
 to
 providing
 our
 clients
 with
 even
 more
 features
 and
 benefits
 to
 find
 their
 passions
 and
 achieve
 
lifelong
 career
 success.”
 
 
 
 
 

About
 Kuder
 
For
 over
 75
 years,
 Kuder
 has
 brought
 reliable,
 evidence-­‐based
 career
 guidance
 solu-ons
 to
 more
 than
 150
 
million
 people
 of
 all
 ages,
 and
 for
 popula-ons
 throughout
 the
 world.
 With
 affordable
 solu-ons
 for
 pre-­‐K
 
through
 re-rement,
 Kuder’s
 customizable
 products
 and
 services
 reflect
 a
 commitment
 to
 encouraging
 
lifelong
 learning,
 development,
 and
 achievement.
 For
 more
 informa-on,
 visit
 www.kuder.com
 or
 call
 
800.317.8972.
 

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.
 
 
 
 

#
 
 #
 
 #
 

 
 
 
 


 
 

NEW
 COLLEGE
 AND
 CAREER
 READINESS
 SYSTEM
 FROM
 WIN
 LEARNING
 PROVIDES
 CAREER
 
PLANNING,
 INSTRUCTION,
 AND
 SKILLS
 DEVELOPMENT
 TO
 PREPARE
 STUDENTS
 FOR
 LIFE
 AFTER
 

HIGH
 SCHOOL
 

Web-­‐based,
 tablet-­‐friendly
 system
 provides
 the
 data
 and
 curriculum
 tools
 to
 prepare
 learners
 

 for
 college,
 technical
 school,
 military
 or
 the
 workplace
 
 

Kingston,
 TN
 -­‐
 June
 26,
 2014
 –
 The
 foremost
 authority
 on
 preparing
 learners
 for
 life
 a4er
 high
 school,
 
WIN
 Learning,
 today
 announced
 the
 all-­‐new
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness
 System.
 The
 new
 digital
 teaching
 and
 
learning
 soluBon
 for
 college
 and
 career
 readiness
 preparaBon
 includes
 a
 single
 sign-­‐on
 portal
 for
 instant
 
access
 to
 all
 four
 of
 the
 award-­‐winning
 program’s
 components,
 as
 well
 as
 scienBfically-­‐validated,
 
embedded
 assessments
 powered
 by
 Kuder®,
 a
 WIN
 partner
 and
 leader
 in
 career
 guidance.
 
 Click
 to
 
Tweet.
 

“As
 we
 move
 deeper
 into
 the
 21st
 century,
 the
 goal
 of
 educaBon
 has
 to
 change
 to
 meet
 shi4ing
 demands
 
and
 beNer
 prepare
 learners
 to
 be
 work
 ready,
 job
 ready,
 career
 ready
 and
 college
 ready,”
 said
 Dr.
 Teresa
 
Chasteen,
 CEO
 and
 president
 of
 WIN
 Learning.
 
 “IncorporaBng
 feedback
 from
 employers,
 educators
 and
 
customers,
 our
 next
 generaBon
 offering
 is
 everything
 secondary
 and
 post
 secondary
 educators,
 workforce
 
administrators
 and
 business/industry
 leaders
 need
 to
 provide
 the
 building
 blocks
 for
 college
 and
 career
 
success.”
 

The
 first
 of
 the
 four
 WIN
 Learning
 system
 components
 is
 myStrategic
 Compass,
 a
 career
 exploraBon,
 
planning
 and
 guidance
 tool
 that
 has
 been
 updated
 with
 new
 educaBon
 planning
 features,
 including
 a
 
class
 planning
 tool
 that
 maps
 required
 high
 school
 classes
 based
 on
 career
 interests;
 college
 and
 degree
 
program
 profiles
 to
 support
 post-­‐secondary
 educaBon
 planning;
 and
 a
 searchable
 naBonal
 scholarship
 
and
 grant
 database.
 AddiBonally,
 new
 robust
 job
 search
 features
 include
 a
 resume
 builder,
 a
 cover
 leNer
 
builder
 and
 an
 e-­‐porYolio
 that
 can
 be
 emailed
 directly
 to
 employers,
 as
 well
 as
 a
 reference
 bank
 plus
 
sample
 and
 pracBce
 job
 applicaBons.
 Users
 can
 also
 access
 job
 search
 and
 interviewing
 Bps,
 and
 links
 to
 
naBonally
 recognized
 job
 search
 engines.
 

 
 
 
 

myStrategic
 Compass
 also
 includes
 three
 research-­‐based,
 scienBfically
 validated
 assessments
 powered
 by
 
Kuder.
 
 Designed
 to
 prompt
 learners
 to
 explore
 career
 pathways
 aligned
 with
 their
 interests,
 skills
 and
 
work
 values,
 the
 program’s
 objecBve
 is
 to
 drive
 students
 to
 develop
 an
 educaBon
 plan
 to
 support
 their
 
future
 goals.
 

Next
 is
 the
 WIN
 College
 Readiness
 Courseware
 (CRC+),
 a
 new
 digital
 test
 prep
 curriculum
 that
 helps
 
learners
 achieve
 foundaBonal
 college
 readiness
 in
 Pre-­‐Algebra,
 Algebra,
 Geometry,
 Reading
 and
 WriBng/
English.
 CRC+
 includes
 five
 learning
 modules
 that
 provide
 students
 with
 pracBce
 and
 enable
 them
 to
 
apply
 concepts
 commonly
 addressed
 in
 college
 placement
 exams.
 

Designed
 to
 link
 educaBon
 directly
 to
 the
 needs
 of
 the
 economy,
 the
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness
 Courseware
 
has
 updated
 instrucBonal
 content
 that
 reinforces
 the
 relevance
 between
 foundaBonal
 skills
 –
 in
 Applied
 
MathemaBcs,
 LocaBng
 InformaBon
 and
 Reading
 for
 InformaBon
 –
 and
 emerging
 high-­‐demand,
 high-­‐wage
 
jobs.
 AddiBonally,
 learners
 will
 have
 access
 to
 updated
 embedded
 placement
 test
 and
 posNest
 
assessment
 items
 that
 are
 aligned
 with
 state
 and
 naBonal
 career
 readiness
 standards.
 

“The
 instrucBonal
 content
 and
 assessments
 will
 conBnue
 to
 be
 aligned
 to
 ACT
 WorkKeys®,”
 added
 
Chasteen.
 “That
 means
 educators
 now
 have
 a
 system
 that
 can
 serve
 as
 a
 core
 instrucBon
 for
 WorkKeys,
 a
 
supplemental
 curriculum
 for
 Common
 Core
 State
 Standards
 and
 as
 supplemental
 test
 prep
 for
 ACT,
 SAT,
 
GED,
 TABE
 and
 other
 high-­‐stakes
 assessments.”
 

The
 fourth
 component
 is
 WIN
 SoS
 Skills,
 which
 teaches
 employability
 and
 social
 skills
 including
 conveying
 
professionalism,
 communicaBng
 effecBvely,
 promoBng
 teamwork
 and
 collaboraBon,
 thinking
 criBcally,
 
and
 problem
 solving.
 

 
 
With
 one-­‐click
 access
 to
 any
 combinaBon
 of
 the
 WIN
 instrucBonal
 resources
 via
 a
 single
 URL,
 the
 WIN
 
Career
 Readiness
 System
 also
 features
 new
 at-­‐a-­‐glance
 career
 readiness
 dashboard
 displays
 for
 all
 
stakeholders
 —
 administrators,
 facilitators
 and
 learners.
 
 Each
 offers
 new
 performance
 reports,
 new
 
digital
 ebadges
 tracking
 content
 progress,
 new
 downloadable
 digital
 cerBficates
 rewarding
 content
 
compleBon/mastery,
 centralized
 user
 management
 and
 WIN
 University,
 a
 comprehensive
 online
 library
 of
 
implementaBon
 and
 professional
 development
 resources.
 

 
 
 
 
The
 WIN
 system
 is
 available
 for
 August
 2014,
 and
 supports
 most
 convenBonal
 browsers
 and
 tablets,
 
including
 the
 iPad®,
 Kindle
 Fire™
 and
 Samsung™
 Tablet.
 

For
 more
 informaBon,
 visit
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 

#
 
 #
 
 #

 
 
 
 


 
 
 


 
 
 

POMONA
 UNIFIED
 SCHOOL
 DISTRICT
 RECEIVES
 ACCREDITATION
 AWARD
 FROM
 COUNCIL
 
ON
 OCCUPATIONAL
 EDUCATION
 

WIN
 Learning’s
 Web-­‐Based
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 is
 the
 founda<on
 of
 district’s
 career
 program
 

Kingston,
 Tenn.
 –
 Nov.
 10,
 2014
 –
 Pomona
 Unified
 School
 District’s
 Adult
 and
 Career
 Educa:on
 
Program
 has
 secured
 accredita:on
 from
 the
 Council
 on
 Occupa:onal
 Educa:on
 (COE).
 Under
 the
 
leadership
 of
 program
 director,
 Dr.
 Enrique
 Medina,
 the
 Pomona
 program
 exceeded
 the
 expecta:on
 
of
 the
 COE
 and
 received
 a
 six-­‐year
 term,
 the
 maximum
 awarded,
 in
 part
 because
 of
 its
 
comprehensive
 implementa:on
 of
 the
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 developed
 by
 WIN
 Learning.
 

The
 rigorous
 accredita:on
 process,
 designed
 to
 assure
 the
 quality
 and
 integrity
 of
 established
 career
 
and
 technical
 educa:on
 programs
 included
 a
 detailed
 examina:on
 of
 every
 aspect
 of
 the
 Pomona
 
program.
 COE
 commission
 evaluators
 conducted
 a
 site-­‐visit
 and
 evaluated
 the
 effec:veness
 of
 each
 
standard,
 procedure,
 and
 policy
 :ed
 to
 the
 district’s
 financial
 services,
 human
 resources,
 student
 
services,
 and
 program
 comple:on
 and
 placement
 rates
 of
 its
 career
 and
 technical
 educa:on
 
offerings.
 

“We
 work
 to
 con:nually
 strengthen
 and
 improve
 our
 career
 readiness
 offerings
 so
 our
 students
 are
 
fully
 prepared
 for
 job
 demands
 and/or
 college
 entrance
 requirements
 upon
 gradua:on,”
 said
 Dr.
 
Enrique
 Medina,
 director,
 Career
 Readiness,
 Pomona
 Unified
 School
 District.
 “We
 believe
 that
 in
 
securing
 this
 pres:gious
 accredita:on,
 we
 are
 demonstra:ng
 that
 our
 district
 and
 its
 incorpora:on
 
of
 the
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness
 System,
 is
 a
 highly
 effec:ve
 model
 for
 college
 and
 career
 prepara:on
 
that
 will
 deliver
 posi:ve
 academic
 and
 career
 outcomes
 for
 the
 students
 of
 Pomona
 for
 many
 years
 
to
 come.”
 

In
 2001,
 Pomona
 Unified
 School
 District
 (PUSD)
 made
 a
 concerted
 program
 shiZ
 when
 it
 combined
 
its
 career
 and
 college
 readiness
 ‘standards’
 with
 a
 best
 prac:ces
 approach,
 and
 infused
 it
 throughout
 
its
 high
 school
 programs.
 At
 that
 :me,
 the
 District’s
 Adult
 &
 Career
 Educa:on
 Program
 was
 awarded
 

 
 
 
 

a
 $50,000
 grant
 from
 the
 California
 Associa:on
 of
 La:no
 Superintendents
 and
 Administrators
 to
 
explore,
 develop
 and
 implement
 a
 program
 rich
 with
 soZ
 skills-­‐based
 training,
 personalized
 project-­‐
based
 learning,
 and
 career
 explora:on.
 
 District
 administrators
 selected
 the
 web-­‐based
 WIN
 Career
 
Readiness
 System
 for
 its
 comprehensive
 components
 of
 career
 explora:on
 and
 planning
 system,
 
college
 readiness
 assessments,
 and
 career
 readiness
 founda:onal
 academic
 and
 employability
 skills
 
support.
 

“The
 framework
 of
 Pomona’s
 career
 and
 technical
 educa:on
 program
 has
 always
 been
 about
 
addressing
 the
 achievement
 gap
 among
 student
 groups
 and
 increasing
 college
 and
 career
 readiness
 
skill
 sets
 for
 all
 students,”
 stated
 John
 Cos:lla,
 vice
 president
 of
 marke:ng
 and
 business
 development
 
of
 WIN
 Learning.
 
 “Whether
 students
 choose
 to
 enter
 the
 workforce
 directly
 aZer
 gradua:on,
 join
 
the
 military
 or
 aaend
 a
 voca:onal
 ins:tu:on
 or
 college,
 Pomona
 is
 providing
 them
 with
 all
 the
 
prepara:on
 they
 need
 to
 be
 successful.
 They
 should
 be
 extremely
 proud
 of
 their
 program
 –
 we
 
certainly
 are
 pleased
 to
 be
 their
 partner.”
 

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.
 
 
 
 

ABOUT
 Pomona
 Unified
 School
 District
 
Pomona
 Unified
 School
 District
 is
 located
 in
 the
 eastern
 sec:on
 of
 Los
 Angeles
 County
 and
 operates
 
20
 elementary
 schools,
 five
 K-­‐8
 schools,
 five
 middle
 schools,
 eight
 high
 schools
 and
 five
 other
 
schools,
 serving
 approximately
 26,300
 students
 from
 the
 ci:es
 of
 Pomona
 and
 Diamond
 Bar.
 It
 is
 the
 
District's
 mission
 to
 provide
 a
 well
 rounded
 and
 challenging
 educa:onal
 program
 of
 the
 highest
 
quality,
 empowering
 students
 to
 lead
 produc:ve,
 fulfilling
 lives
 as
 lifelong
 learners.
 

About
 COE
 
For
 more
 than
 40
 years,
 the
 Council
 on
 Occupa:onal
 Educa:on
 has
 been
 dedicated
 to
 its
 mission
 of
 
assuring
 quality
 and
 integrity
 in
 career
 and
 technical
 educa:on.
 Its
 goal
 is
 to
 offer
 public
 assurance
 

 
 
 
 

that
 accredited
 educa:onal
 ins:tu:ons
 provide
 quality
 instruc:on
 in
 career
 and
 technical
 educa:on
 
that
 facilitates
 learning
 by
 students
 and
 mee:ng
 the
 needs
 of
 the
 labor
 market.
 

 
 
 
 

WIN
 LEARNING
 NAMED
 A
 FINALIST
 IN
 AMERICAN
 ASSOCIATION
 OF
 PUBLISHERS
 2014
 
REVERE
 AWARDS
 PROGRAM
 

WIN
 Learning’s
 personalized
 career
 and
 college
 readiness
 system
 
 
prepares
 students
 for
 life
 a9er
 high
 school
 
 

Philadelphia
 -­‐-­‐
 May
 22,
 2014
 -­‐-­‐
 The
 PreK-­‐12
 Learning
 Group
 of
 the
 Associa9on
 of
 American
 
Publishers
 (AAP)
 announced
 that
 WIN
 Learning
 has
 been
 selected
 as
 a
 finalist
 in
 the
 2014
 REVERE
 
Awards,
 in
 the
 Life
 Skills
 and
 Character
 Educa9on
 category.
 WIN
 Learning
 is
 a
 recognized
 leader
 in
 
web-­‐based
 career
 and
 college
 readiness
 programs
 used
 by
 states,
 colleges,
 and
 school
 districts
 
na9onwide.
 
 
 Click
 to
 tweet:
 
 hQp://cQ.ec/Yb8NF
 

Formerly
 known
 as
 the
 AEP
 Awards
 program,
 this
 annual
 event
 was
 established
 by
 the
 Associa9on
 of
 
Educa9onal
 Publishers
 (AEP)
 and
 con9nues
 a
 decades-­‐long
 tradi9on
 of
 honoring
 excellence
 across
 all
 
resources
 for
 preK-­‐12
 and
 adult
 learners,
 educators,
 and
 administrators.
 Hundreds
 of
 entries
 are
 
submiQed
 each
 year,
 which
 include
 print
 materials,
 digital
 learning
 tools,
 professional
 development
 
curricula,
 and
 a
 wide
 range
 of
 periodicals,
 but
 only
 the
 top
 quarter
 become
 finalists.
 
 

“We
 are
 honored
 to
 have
 WIN
 Learning
 and
 our
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 recognized
 
for
 the
 innova9ve
 way
 it
 is
 transforming
 career
 and
 college
 readiness.
 Through
 personalized
 learning
 
that
 engages
 students
 with
 compelling
 and
 relevant
 content,
 we
 are
 ensuring
 that
 today’s
 students
 
achieve
 the
 academic
 success
 and
 personal
 growth
 they
 need
 to
 excel
 in
 a
 global
 marketplace,”
 said
 
Teresa
 Chasteen,
 CEO,
 WIN
 Learning.
 
 

The
 WIN
 Learning
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 encompasses
 four
 main
 modules:
 
 

•
 myStrategic
 Compass
 –
 Offers
 a
 personalized
 career-­‐planning
 tool
 for
 each
 learner
 based
 on
 skill,
 
work
 and
 career
 interest,
 and
 then
 provides
 a
 framework
 for
 the
 educa9on
 and
 path
 to
 succeed.
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

•
 College
 Readiness
 Courseware
 –
 For
 students
 looking
 to
 con9nue
 on
 to
 college,
 this
 courseware
 
prepares
 learners
 with
 the
 necessary
 founda9onal
 skills
 in
 Pre-­‐Algebra,
 Algebra,
 Geometry,
 Reading,
 
Wri9ng
 and
 English.
 
 Subjects
 include
 prac9ce
 and
 applica9on
 of
 concepts
 addressed
 by
 commonly
 
accepted
 college
 placement
 exams.
 

•
 Career
 Readiness
 Courseware
 –
 Nine
 career-­‐focused
 modules
 that
 prepare
 learners
 for
 career
 
readiness
 cer9fica9on.
 
 Topics
 include
 Reading
 for
 Informa9on,
 Applied
 Mathema9cs,
 Loca9ng
 
Informa9on,
 Listening,
 Observa9on,
 Applied
 Technology,
 and
 Business
 Wri9ng,
 among
 others.
 

•
 Soe
 Skills
 –
 Professional
 aftudes,
 work
 habits
 and
 other
 key
 competencies
 are
 cri9cal
 to
 success
 
in
 college
 and
 the
 work
 place.
 
 Soe
 Skills
 teaches
 employability
 and
 social
 skills
 including
 conveying
 
professionalism,
 communica9ng
 effec9vely,
 promo9ng
 teamwork
 and
 collabora9on,
 thinking
 
cri9cally,
 and
 problem
 solving.
 

For
 more
 informa9on
 about
 WIN
 Learning,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 

About
 the
 REVERE
 Awards
 
The
 REVERE
 Awards
 program,
 presented
 by
 the
 PreK-­‐12
 Learning
 Group
 of
 the
 Associa9on
 of
 
American
 Publishers,
 is
 the
 most
 pres9gious
 and
 comprehensive
 recogni9on
 program
 in
 the
 learning
 
resource
 community.
 Honoring
 excellence
 across
 all
 resources
 for
 preK-­‐12
 and
 adult
 learners,
 
educators,
 and
 administrators,
 the
 program
 includes
 The
 Dis9nguished
 Achievement
 Awards,
 The
 
Innova9on
 Awards,
 The
 Golden
 Lamps,
 and
 Beyond
 the
 Classroom.
 The
 REVERE’s
 wide
 range
 of
 
categories
 welcome
 all
 types
 of
 materials
 in
 any
 media
 and
 for
 any
 educa9onal
 sefng.
 Publishing
 
houses,
 nonprofit
 organiza9ons,
 museums
 and
 cultural
 centers,
 technology
 firms,
 schools,
 colleges,
 
and
 research
 socie9es
 have
 received
 awards
 from
 this
 program
 since
 it
 was
 founded
 in
 1967.
 Read
 
more
 at
 www.REVEREAwards.org.
 

About
 the
 AAP
 PreK-­‐12
 Learning
 Group
 
A
 division
 within
 the
 Associa9on
 of
 American
 Publishers,
 the
 PreK-­‐12
 Learning
 Group
 serves
 its
 
diverse
 membership
 by
 providing
 valuable
 resources
 and
 industry
 intelligence;
 fostering
 a
 fair,
 
compe99ve
 and
 robust
 market;
 and
 encouraging
 the
 development
 of
 professional,
 quality
 content
 
for
 teaching
 and
 learning.
 The
 Learning
 Group
 engages
 state,
 local,
 and
 federal
 policy
 leaders
 on
 
such
 issues
 as
 funding,
 curriculum,
 tes9ng,
 and
 literacy,
 and
 also
 organizes
 events,
 awards,
 and
 

 
 
 
 

programs
 to
 support
 professionals
 at
 all
 levels.
 In
 2013,
 the
 School
 Division
 of
 the
 AAP
 merged
 with
 
the
 Associa9on
 of
 Educa9onal
 Publishers
 (AEP)
 to
 form
 the
 PreK-­‐12
 Learning
 Group,
 which
 combines
 
AAP's
 proven
 strengths
 in
 advocacy
 and
 legal
 affairs
 with
 AEP's
 successful
 programs
 for
 the
 benefit
 of
 
its
 members.
 Read
 more
 at
 www.AEPweb.org.
 

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WIN
 LEARNING
 TO
 OFFER
 ITS
 CAREER
 AND
 COLLEGE
 READINESS
 SYSTEM
 TO
 URBAN
 

SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS
 THROUGH
 PARTNERSHIP
 WITH
 SUSSMAN
 SALES
 

Kingston,
 Tenn.
 –
 Sept.
 3,
 2014
 –
 A
 2012
 report
 from
 the
 Na1onal
 Center
 for
 Educa1on
 Sta1s1cs
 
states
 that
 urban
 youth
 o=en
 have
 more
 difficulty
 envisioning
 and
 inves1ng
 in
 their
 futures
 fully,
 due
 
to
 circumstances
 endemic
 to
 many
 urban
 communi1es.
 To
 help
 expose
 urban
 students
 to
 a
 vast
 
variety
 of
 career
 paths
 and
 provide
 them
 with
 the
 required
 academic
 and
 skills
 instruc1on,
 WIN
 
Learning
 is
 now
 offering
 the
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 through
 Sussman
 Sales,
 the
 leading
 
provider
 of
 educa1on
 solu1ons
 to
 New
 York
 Public
 Schools
 and
 other
 urban
 districts.
 

The
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 is
 an
 award-­‐winning,
 web-­‐based
 solu1on
 that
 provides
 a
 
comprehensive
 career
 explora1on
 and
 planning
 system,
 college
 readiness
 assessments,
 and
 career
 
readiness
 founda1onal
 academic
 and
 employability
 skills
 support.
 

“Many
 urban
 youth
 have
 limited
 expecta1ons
 of
 their
 poten1al
 for
 college
 or
 career.
 O=en
 it’s
 due
 
to
 a
 lack
 of
 knowledge
 of
 what
 careers
 are
 out
 there.
 Or
 they
 think
 that
 college
 is
 simply
 
unobtainable
 to
 them.
 And
 unfortunately,
 many
 urban
 districts
 lack
 the
 resources
 to
 help
 students
 
successfully
 navigate
 the
 path
 to
 career
 and
 college
 readiness,”
 said
 Steve
 Sussman,
 president,
 
curriculum
 division,
 Sussman
 Sales.
 “The
 WIN
 Learning
 system
 is
 a
 comprehensive
 solu1on
 that
 
districts
 can
 quickly
 implement,
 to
 help
 students
 understand
 and
 prepare
 for
 the
 reali1es
 of
 life
 a=er
 
high
 school,
 through
 personalized
 project-­‐based
 learning
 and
 career
 explora1on.
 We
 are
 excited
 to
 
offer
 this
 enterprise
 solu1on
 to
 our
 customers
 because
 we
 know
 it
 will
 absolutely
 help
 them
 produce
 
graduates
 who
 are
 truly
 college
 and
 career
 ready.”
 

Four
 components
 make
 up
 the
 WIN
 Learning
 system.
 They
 include:
 
-­‐
 myStrategic
 Compass,
 a
 career
 explora1on,
 planning
 and
 guidance
 tool
 that
 prompts
 learners
 to
 
explore
 career
 pathways
 aligned
 with
 their
 interests,
 skills
 and
 work
 values.
 The
 program’s
 objec1ve
 
is
 to
 drive
 students
 to
 develop
 an
 educa1on
 plan
 to
 support
 their
 goals.
 

 
 
 
 

-­‐
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness
 Courseware,
 (CRC)
 which
 is
 designed
 to
 link
 educa1on
 directly
 to
 the
 needs
 

of
 the
 economy,
 and
 offers
 instruc1onal
 content
 that
 reinforces
 the
 relevance
 between
 founda1onal
 
skills
 and
 emerging
 high-­‐demand,
 high-­‐wage
 jobs.
 
 
-­‐
 WIN
 College
 Readiness
 Courseware
 (CRC+),
 a
 digital
 test
 prep
 curriculum
 that
 helps
 learners
 
achieve
 founda1onal
 college
 readiness
 in
 Pre-­‐Algebra,
 Algebra,
 Geometry,
 Reading
 and
 Wri1ng/
English.
 
 
-­‐
 WIN
 SoS
 Skills,
 which
 teaches
 employability
 and
 social
 skills
 including
 conveying
 professionalism,
 
communica1ng
 effec1vely,
 promo1ng
 teamwork
 and
 collabora1on,
 thinking
 cri1cally,
 and
 problem
 
solving.
 

 
 
“We
 are
 proud
 to
 partner
 with
 such
 a
 proven
 company
 as
 Sussman
 Sales,”
 stated
 Joseph
 Goins,
 
execu1ve
 vice
 president
 of
 WIN
 Learning.
 “They
 are
 a
 regional
 leader
 and
 offer
 schools
 and
 districts
 
the
 best
 products
 with
 seamless
 implementa1on
 support.
 And
 most
 importantly,
 they
 share
 our
 goal
 
of
 preparing
 high
 school
 students
 for
 college,
 careers,
 and
 ci1zenship.”
 

About
 WIN
 Learning
 
Since
 1996,
 WIN
 has
 become
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 solu1ons
 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
 par1cipated
 in
 the
 
specialized
 career–driven
 courseware
 and
 educa1on
 interven1on
 ini1a1ves
 as
 well
 as
 career-­‐
readiness
 cer1fica1on
 programs.
 For
 more
 informa1on,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 
888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 
 
 
 

About
 Sussman
 Sales
 
For
 over
 40
 years,
 Sussman
 Sales
 has
 been
 an
 educa1on
 partner
 to
 schools
 –
 providing
 the
 highest
 
quality
 supplemental
 educa1onal
 materials
 and
 expert
 guidance
 to
 teachers
 and
 administrators.
 For
 
more
 informa1on,
 go
 to
 www.sussmansales.com
 or
 call
 800-­‐350-­‐7180.
 

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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.
 
 
 
 

#
 
 #
 
 #

 
 
 
 

WIN
 LEARNING
 EXPANDS
 FIELD
 ORGANIZATION
 TO
 MEET
 GROWING
 DEMAND
 FOR
 ITS
 CAREER
 
AND
 COLLEGE
 READINESS
 COURSEWARE
 SOLUTIONS
 

Industry
 veterans
 Joseph
 B.
 Kent,
 David
 Mickelsen,
 and
 Tony
 McGuiness
 join
 company
 
 
as
 Directors
 of
 Regional
 Partnerships
 

Kingston,
 TN
 
 -­‐
 March
 5,
 2014
 –
 According
 to
 the
 latest
 2011
 Skills
 Gap
 Report
 from
 the
 Manufacturing
 
Ins>tute,
 600,000
 skilled
 produc>on
 and
 produc>on
 support
 jobs
 in
 the
 U.S.
 went
 unfilled
 due
 to
 a
 lack
 of
 
prospects
 with
 the
 necessary
 skills.
 
 To
 help
 bridge
 this
 gap,
 school
 districts
 across
 the
 country
 are
 turning
 
to
 WIN
 Learning’s
 Personalized
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 to
 help
 match
 educa>on
 to
 workforce
 
requirements,
 so
 much
 so
 that
 WIN
 is
 expanding
 its
 field
 organiza>on
 to
 meet
 the
 growing
 demand
 for
 its
 
award-­‐winning
 solu>ons.
 

Adding
 the
 company’s
 strong
 customer
 base
 in
 the
 Appalachian
 states
 and
 Southeast,
 WIN
 has
 hired
 Tony
 
McGuiness
 to
 oversee
 the
 west
 region,
 including
 an
 exis>ng,
 statewide
 contract
 in
 Oregon
 and
 major
 
installa>ons
 in
 Nevada,
 California,
 Idaho,
 Arizona
 and
 Colorado.
 
 With
 more
 than
 25
 years
 of
 educa>on
 
experience,
 McGuiness
 began
 his
 career
 as
 a
 classroom
 educator,
 and
 then
 worked
 with
 educa>on
 
technology
 providers
 including
 Pearson
 Educa>on,
 Co-­‐nect,
 and
 Lightspan.
 

Covering
 the
 Ohio
 valley
 region
 is
 Joseph
 B.
 Kent,
 a
 K-­‐12
 industry
 veteran
 with
 a
 specialty
 in
 professional
 
development.
 
 Kent
 earned
 a
 Master
 of
 Science
 degree
 in
 Curriculum,
 Instruc>on
 and
 Technology
 from
 
Nova
 Southeastern
 University,
 and
 gained
 invaluable
 field
 experience
 with
 ed
 tech
 pioneer
 PLATO
 
Learning.
 
 
 
 

David
 Mickelsen
 will
 oversee
 the
 gulf
 and
 southeast
 coast
 states
 for
 WIN
 Learning.
 
 Mickelsen’s
 educa>on
 
career
 spans
 more
 than
 34
 years
 as
 a
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 classroom
 teacher,
 curriculum
 specialist,
 
and
 professional
 development
 consultant.
 
 He
 earned
 his
 Master’s
 degree
 in
 Gi^ed
 and
 Talented
 
Educa>on
 from
 the
 University
 of
 Houston,
 and
 comes
 to
 WIN
 from
 Compass
 Learning
 where
 he
 served
 as
 
an
 account
 execu>ve.
 

 
 
 
 

“More
 and
 more
 high
 schools
 are
 coordina>ng
 efforts
 with
 local
 community
 and
 business
 leaders
 to
 
implement
 programs
 that
 emphasize
 what
 WIN
 Learning
 provides
 –
 a
 winning
 combina>on
 of
 high
 
standards,
 engaging
 and
 relevant
 curriculum,
 and
 instruc>onal
 methods
 that
 prepare
 students
 for
 their
 
future
 following
 high
 schools,”
 said
 Dr.
 Teresa
 Chasteen,
 CEO
 of
 WIN
 Learning.
 
 “Our
 new
 Regional
 
Directors
 and
 their
 support
 organiza>ons
 will
 go
 a
 long
 way
 in
 helping
 us
 assist
 K-­‐12
 administrators
 to
 
meet
 these
 incredibly
 important
 needs.”
 

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
 INTRODUCES
 CAREER-­‐INFUSED
 MATH
 PROGRAM
 TO
 HELP
 STUDENTS
 

LEARN
 WHAT
 THEY
 NEED
 FOR
 TRUE
 CAREER
 &
 COLLEGE
 READINESS
 

Digital
 Curricula
 Aligned
 to
 Common
 Core
 State
 Standard;
 Blended
 Learning
 Model
 
 
Ties
 Project-­‐Based
 Curriculum
 to
 Relevant
 Career
 Opportuni@es
 

Kingston,
 Tenn.
 –
 July
 8,
 2014
 –
 WIN
 Learning,
 a
 leader
 in
 developing
 innova3ve
 career
 and
 college
 
readiness
 so6ware
 solu3ons,
 is
 once
 again
 breaking
 new
 ground
 with
 the
 introduc3on
 of
 WIN
 Math,
 
a
 career-­‐infused,
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 mathema3cs
 and
 workplace
 skills
 program.
 
 
 The
 new
 
digital
 learning
 plaCorm,
 unveiled
 at
 the
 ISTE
 2014
 conference
 last
 month,
 is
 the
 first
 math
 
instruc3on
 program
 to
 offer
 capstone
 projects
 linked
 to
 16
 career
 clusters,
 all
 aligned
 to
 Common
 
Core
 State
 Standards
 and
 local
 state
 objec3ves.
 
 Click
 to
 Tweet.
 

“Countless
 3mes
 a
 day
 teachers
 are
 asked,
 ‘when
 will
 I
 ever
 use
 this
 math
 or
 why
 does
 this
 maRer?’,”
 
said
 Dr.
 Teresa
 Chasteen,
 CEO
 and
 president
 of
 WIN
 Learning.
 
 “With
 WIN
 Math’s
 project-­‐based
 
framework,
 students
 will
 learn
 the
 answer
 to
 those
 ques3ons
 first
 hand.
 Math
 concepts
 will
 be
 
presented
 in
 real-­‐life
 scenarios
 and
 in
 the
 context
 of
 relevant
 careers,
 showing
 them
 exactly
 how
 
they
 will
 use
 it
 in
 their
 lives
 a6er
 school.”
 

The
 new
 WIN
 Math
 curriculum
 is
 organized
 into
 36
 units
 addressing
 each
 of
 16
 career
 clusters
 with
 
emphasis
 on
 STEM
 (Science,
 Technology,
 Engineering
 and
 Mathema3cs)
 and
 high
 demand
 
occupa3ons.
 
 Students,
 working
 individually
 or
 collabora3vely,
 tackle
 challenges
 and
 work
 on
 
projects
 such
 as
 marke3ng
 plans
 or
 performance
 charts
 similar
 to
 what
 might
 be
 required
 in
 a
 
workplace
 se^ng.
 
 
 

With
 the
 WIN
 Math
 digital
 teaching
 and
 learning
 plaCorm,
 teachers
 facilitate
 instruc3on
 through
 a
 
blended
 learning
 model
 introducing
 the
 objec3ve,
 career
 context,
 warm-­‐up
 and
 then
 engagement
 
ac3vi3es.
 
 Students
 in
 grades
 5-­‐8
 who
 are
 on
 grade-­‐level
 or
 high
 school
 students
 who
 are
 below
 
grade
 level
 can
 use
 the
 program.
 
 The
 four-­‐year
 curricula
 consists
 of
 interac3ve
 math
 tools,
 career
 
connec3ons
 and
 capstone
 projects
 that
 highlight
 aspira3onal
 as
 well
 as
 prac3cal
 career
 paths
 in
 

 
 
 
 

order
 to
 engage
 students
 and
 provide
 real
 world
 connec3ons
 and
 incen3ves
 for
 learning.
 Students
 
then
 transfer
 their
 understanding
 through
 embedded
 forma3ve
 and
 summa3ve
 assessments
 giving
 
teachers
 real
 3me
 student
 progress
 monitoring
 support.
 

“Race
 to
 the
 Top
 has
 ushered
 in
 significant
 changes
 in
 our
 educa3on
 system,
 par3cularly
 in
 raising
 
standards
 and
 aligning
 policies
 and
 structures
 to
 meet
 the
 goal
 of
 college
 and
 career
 readiness.
 
 With
 
an
 eye
 on
 connec3ng
 knowledge
 and
 skills
 for
 jobs
 of
 the
 future,
 we
 have
 formed
 our
 curriculum
 
around
 business
 and
 industry
 skills
 and
 recognized
 career
 clusters
 that
 engage
 learners
 with
 relevant
 
and
 real
 world
 connec3ons,”
 added
 Chasteen.
 “Math
 maRers,
 and
 with
 our
 new
 digital
 learning
 and
 
teaching
 plaCorm,
 students
 will
 get
 the
 true
 connec3on
 and
 in
 a
 context
 that
 gets
 them
 thinking
 
about
 their
 lives
 a6er
 high
 school.”
 
 
 

About
 WIN
 Learning
 
Since
 1996,
 WIN
 has
 become
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 solu3ons
 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
 par3cipated
 in
 the
 
specialized
 career–driven
 courseware
 and
 educa3on
 interven3on
 ini3a3ves
 as
 well
 as
 career-­‐
readiness
 cer3fica3on
 programs.
 
 For
 more
 informa3on,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 
888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 
 
 
 

#
 
 #
 
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WIN
 LEARNING
 NAMED
 SIIA
 EDUCATION
 CODiE
 AWARD
 FINALIST
 FOR
 BEST
 CAREER
 AND
 
WORKFORCE
 READINESS
 SOLUTION
 

WIN
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 Earns
 Pres4gious
 Educa4on
 Industry
 Recogni4on
 

WASHINGTON,
 D.C.
 (April
 8,
 2015)
 WIN
 Learning,
 developers
 of
 the
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness
 System,
 
 
today
 announced
 that
 it
 was
 named
 a
 finalist
 for
 the
 2015
 SIIA
 EducaHon
 CODiE
 Awards
 in
 the
 Best
 
Career
 and
 Workforce
 Readiness
 SoluHon.
 This
 marks
 the
 third
 Hme
 in
 the
 past
 year
 that
 the
 
soluHon
 has
 been
 recognized
 by
 a
 major
 industry
 awards
 program.
 
 Last
 year,
 the
 WIN
 Career
 
Readiness
 System
 was
 named
 a
 finalist
 in
 both
 the
 Revere
 Awards
 presented
 by
 the
 AssociaHon
 of
 
American
 Publishers,
 and
 it
 was
 honored
 as
 a
 finalist
 in
 the
 ‘trendseTer’
 category
 in
 the
 2014
 EdTech
 
Digest
 Awards
 program.
 
 

The
 SIIA
 CODiE
 Awards
 are
 the
 premier
 award
 for
 the
 soWware
 and
 informaHon
 industries,
 and
 have
 
been
 recognizing
 product
 excellence
 for
 29
 years.
 The
 awards
 have
 over
 85
 categories
 and
 are
 
organized
 by
 industry
 focus
 of
 Content,
 EducaHon,
 and
 SoWware.
 This
 year’s
 program
 features
 28
 
EducaHon
 categories,
 several
 of
 which
 are
 new
 or
 updated
 to
 reflect
 the
 latest
 industry
 trends
 and
 
business
 models.
 All
 winners
 will
 be
 announced
 during
 a
 special
 awards
 dinner
 at
 the
 naHon’s
 
leading
 educaHon
 technology
 conference,
 the
 EducaHon
 Industry
 Summit,
 in
 San
 Francisco
 on
 May
 5.
 
The
 announcement
 will
 also
 be
 live
 streamed.
 

“With
 the
 increasing
 demands
 for
 a
 well-­‐educated
 and
 skilled
 21st-­‐century
 workforce,
 there
 is
 liTle
 
quesHon
 that
 all
 students
 should
 graduate
 from
 high
 school
 fully
 prepared
 for
 college
 AND
 careers,”
 
said
 Teresa
 Chasteen,
 CEO
 of
 WIN
 Learning.
 
 “It
 is
 so
 graHfying
 to
 know
 that
 the
 judges
 believe,
 as
 we
 
do,
 that
 our
 soluHon
 is
 considered
 one
 of
 the
 best
 available
 to
 prepare
 students,
 and
 inspire
 them
 to
 
prepare
 for
 life
 beyond
 their
 high
 school
 classrooms.”
 
 

The
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 is
 a
 web-­‐based
 soluHon
 that
 provides
 comprehensive
 career
 
exploraHon
 and
 planning,
 college
 readiness
 assessments,
 and
 career
 readiness
 foundaHonal
 

 
 
 
 

academic
 and
 employability
 skills
 support.
 
 Students
 begin
 with
 myStrategic
 Compass,
 a
 career
 
exploraHon,
 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
 educaHon
 planning;
 a
 resume
 builder,
 and
 sample
 and
 pracHce
 job
 
applicaHons.
 
 

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

Finally,
 the
 system
 includes
 WIN
 SoH
 Skills.
 
 With
 this
 content,
 students
 culHvate
 the
 interpersonal,
 
problem-­‐solving
 and
 team
 collaboraHon
 skills
 in
 demand
 by
 employers.
 
 

“This
 year’s
 finalists
 are
 breaking
 ground
 with
 new
 business
 models
 and
 innovaHve
 products.
 We
 
are
 pleased
 to
 recognize
 the
 best
 in
 educaHonal
 technology
 with
 these
 157
 products,”
 said
 Karen
 
Billings,
 vice
 president
 of
 the
 SIIA
 EducaJon
 Technology
 Industry
 Network.
 
 

Details
 about
 each
 finalist
 are
 listed
 at
 hTp://www.siia.net/codies/2015/finalists.asp.
 
 

About
 WIN
 Learning
 
Since
 1996,
 WIN
 has
 been
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 soluHons
 to
 help
 school
 districts
 
prepare
 students
 for
 the
 future,
 whether
 they
 are
 college,
 trade
 school,
 military
 or
 workplace
 bound.
 
To
 date,
 more
 than
 10
 million
 students
 worldwide
 have
 parHcipated
 in
 the
 specialized
 career–driven
 
courseware
 and
 educaHon
 intervenHon
 iniHaHves
 as
 well
 as
 career-­‐readiness
 cerHficaHon
 programs.
 
 
For
 more
 informaHon,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 
 
 
 

About
 SIIA

SIIA
 is
 the
 leading
 associaHon
 represenHng
 the
 soWware
 and
 digital
 content
 industries.
 SIIA
 
represents
 approximately
 800
 member
 companies
 worldwide
 that
 develop
 soWware
 and
 digital
 
informaHon
 content.
 SIIA
 provides
 global
 services
 in
 government
 relaHons,
 business
 development,
 

 
 
 
 

corporate
 educaHon
 and
 intellectual
 property
 protecHon
 to
 the
 leading
 companies
 that
 are
 seing
 
the
 pace
 for
 the
 digital
 age.
 For
 more
 informaHon,
 visit
 www.siia.net.
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ERIE
 REGIONAL
 CAREER
 PLANNING
 PROJECT
 ADOPTS
 WIN
 LEARNING
 EDUCONOMY
 MODEL
 TO
 
PREPARE
 LEARNERS
 FOR
 JOBS
 IN
 MANUFACTURING,
 HEALTH
 CARE,
 AND
 OTHER
 GROWING
 
SECTORS
 
WIN
 Learning's
 educa1on,
 job
 market
 and
 workforce
 projec1ons
 direct
 coali1on's
 
efforts
 to
 help
 students
 across
 the
 Erie
 region
 develop
 skills
 for
 area
 occupa1ons
 

Kingston,
 TN
 –
 Jan.
 26,
 2015
 –
 Based
 on
 a
 recently
 released
 report,
 the
 Erie
 Regional
 Career
 Planning
 
Project
 (Erie
 Project),
 is
 launching
 an
 “Educonomy”
 model
 in
 16
 school
 districts
 across
 Erie
 and
 Crawford
 
CounCes,
 designed
 to
 provide
 regional
 employers
 with
 jobs
 candidates
 who
 are
 equipped
 with
 the
 
required
 employability
 skills
 to
 be
 successful
 on
 the
 job
 and
 in
 future
 apprenCceship
 and
 post-­‐secondary
 
educaCon
 learning
 opportuniCes.
 
 The
 Erie
 Project
 is
 a
 partnership
 between
 the
 school
 districts,
 the
 
Manufacturer
 &
 Business
 AssociaCon,
 the
 Northwest
 Chapter
 of
 the
 NaConal
 Tool
 and
 Machining
 
AssociaCon,
 the
 Erie
 Community
 FoundaCon,
 and
 supporCng
 local
 legislators.
 

The
 Erie
 Region
 Career
 Readiness
 Report
 (hPp://Cnyurl.com/eriereport)
 leverages
 data
 provided
 by
 
sources
 such
 as
 the
 Erie
 Economic
 Research
 InsCtute,
 and
 contains
 an
 analysis
 of
 the
 counCes'
 economic
 
data
 and
 occupaConal
 projecCons,
 the
 career
 readiness
 of
 high
 school
 graduates,
 and
 recommendaCons
 
as
 to
 what
 educators
 and
 business
 leaders
 can
 do
 to
 produce
 a
 well-­‐educated,
 well-­‐prepared
 regional
 
workforce.
 
 The
 report
 data
 is
 then
 fed
 into
 a
 web-­‐based
 program,
 the
 WIN
 Learning
 Career
 Readiness
 
System,
 which
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 students
 can
 access
 to
 explore
 opCons
 available
 in
 their
 regional
 
labor
 market,
 establish
 career
 goals,
 and
 then
 acquire
 the
 literacy,
 mathemaCcs
 and
 soY
 skills
 training
 
necessary
 to
 prepare
 them
 for
 the
 best
 pathways
 to
 achieving
 those
 individual
 goals.
 

"UnCl
 the
 recent
 recession,
 it
 was
 rare
 for
 Erie
 County’s
 unemployment
 rate
 to
 be
 below
 the
 naConal
 rate
 
by
 historical
 (pre
 2007)
 standards,
 but
 at
 the
 same
 Cme,
 job
 openings
 were
 going
 unfilled
 because
 
applicants
 didn't
 have
 the
 required
 employability
 skills,"
 said
 Dr.
 Teresa
 Chasteen,
 president
 and
 CEO
 of
 
WIN
 Learning.
 "Our
 Career
 Readiness
 System,
 which
 is
 based
 on
 the
 ‘Educonomy’
 model,
 is
 designed
 to
 
support
 workforce
 equilibrium
 by
 supplying
 the
 labor
 market
 with
 a
 workforce
 equipped
 with
 the
 skills
 in
 

 
 
demand
 now
 and
 for
 the
 foreseeable
 future
 by
 that
 regional
 economy.
 With
 all
 area
 school
 districts
 using
 
our
 system
 and
 employers
 being
 made
 aware
 of
 student
 credenCals
 obtained
 through
 the
 program,
 we're
 
helping
 the
 Erie
 Regional
 Career
 Planning
 Project
 overcome
 the
 area's
 'skills
 mismatch'
 problem,
 so
 
students
 and
 the
 local
 business
 community
 can
 thrive."
 

According
 to
 Richard
 ScalePa,
 superintendent
 of
 the
 General
 McLane
 School
 District,
 and
 project
 
manager
 for
 the
 Erie
 Regional
 Career
 Planning
 Project,
 the
 effort
 is
 the
 outcome
 of
 ongoing
 discussions
 
among
 superintendents,
 government,
 community,
 business
 and
 educaCon
 enCCes,
 and
 is
 funded
 by
 the
 
Erie
 Community
 FoundaCon
 and
 the
 parCcipaCng
 school
 districts.
 

“Through
 the
 generous
 support
 of
 community
 stakeholders,
 we
 have
 been
 able
 to
 collect
 and
 analyze
 
data
 that’s
 allowed
 us
 to
 develop
 a
 common
 language
 between
 business,
 educaCon,
 students
 and
 parents
 
that
 facilitates
 effecCve
 collaboraCon
 and
 goal-­‐segng,”
 said
 ScalePa.
 
 “Educators
 are
 looking
 for
 relevant
 
career
 driven
 soluCons
 that
 can
 be
 seamlessly
 integrated
 into
 the
 exisCng
 curriculum
 with
 direct
 links
 to
 
profiled
 occupaConal
 skill
 levels,
 the
 regional
 job
 market
 and
 economy.
 WIN
 Learning
 has
 made
 this
 
possible
 through
 their
 tablet
 friendly
 Career
 Readiness
 System,
 professional
 development
 and
 
implementaCon
 support
 materials
 while
 working
 in
 partnership
 with
 our
 community
 and
 16
 district
 
consorCum.”
 

The
 WIN
 Learning
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 begins
 with
 myStrategic
 Compass,
 a
 career
 exploraCon,
 
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
 
educaCon
 planning;
 a
 resume
 builder,
 and
 sample
 and
 pracCce
 job
 applicaCons.
 
 

Next,
 students
 can
 access
 two
 courseware
 systems.
 The
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness
 Courseware
 includes
 
instrucConal
 content
 that
 reinforces
 the
 relevance
 between
 foundaConal
 skills
 –
 in
 Applied
 MathemaCcs,
 
LocaCng
 InformaCon
 and
 Reading
 for
 InformaCon
 –
 and
 emerging
 high-­‐demand,
 high-­‐wage
 jobs
 in
 the
 
Erie
 region.
 
 
 

The
 WIN
 College
 Readiness
 Courseware,
 is
 a
 digital
 test
 prep
 curriculum
 that
 helps
 learners
 achieve
 
foundaConal
 college
 readiness
 in
 Pre-­‐Algebra,
 Algebra,
 Geometry,
 Reading
 and
 WriCng/English.
 
 

 
 
The
 system
 also
 uses
 data
 from
 the
 Erie
 report's
 regional
 occupaConal
 profile
 study
 to
 integrate
 -­‐-­‐
 via
 WIN
 
SoQ
 Skills
 –
 soY
 skills
 development
 into
 the
 curriculum
 so
 that
 students
 culCvate
 the
 interpersonal,
 
problem-­‐solving
 and
 team
 collaboraCon
 skills
 in
 demand
 by
 Erie
 employers.
 
 

“This
 program
 is
 a
 model
 for
 areas
 looking
 to
 bolster
 their
 economy
 and
 ciCzens’
 prospects
 for
 success,”
 
said
 ScalePa.
 
 “
 Students
 receiving
 the
 educaCon,
 training
 and
 skills
 they
 need
 to
 secure
 high-­‐paying,
 
career-­‐oriented
 posiCons
 in
 their
 areas
 of
 interest;
 aPend
 post
 secondary
 vocaConal
 schools
 or
 
universiCes
 while
 employers
 have
 the
 workforce
 they
 need
 to
 thrive,
 grow,
 and
 help
 the
 community
 
prosper.
 
 It’s
 an
 absolute
 win-­‐win
 for
 everyone.”
 
 
 

For
 more
 informaCon
 about
 the
 Erie
 Regional
 Career
 Planning
 Project,
 please
 call
 814-­‐273-­‐1033.
 

For
 more
 informaCon
 about
 WIN
 Learning,
 call
 888-­‐717-­‐9461
 or
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com.
 

###
 

 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 

KENTUCKY
 VALLEY
 EDUCATION
 COOPERATIVE
 TO
 PROVIDE
 WIN
 MATH
 TO
 MEMBER
 
SCHOOL
 DISTRICTS
 TO
 BOOST
 STEM
 LEARNING,
 COLLEGE
 PREP
 AND
 CAREER-­‐READINESS
 
 
WIN
 Math
 digital
 curriculum
 facilitates
 blended
 learning
 model;
 8es
 project-­‐based
 curriculum
 to
 real-­‐

world
 business
 and
 industry
 skills,
 and
 recognized
 career
 clusters
 

Kingston,
 Tenn.
 –
 March
 6,
 2015
 – The
 Kentucky
 Valley
 Educa2on
 Coopera2ve
 (KVEC)
 is
 partnering
 
with
 WIN
 Learning
 to
 bring
 WIN
 Math,
 a
 digital
 career-­‐based,
 math
 and
 workplace
 skills
 solu2on,
 to
 
schools
 within
 the
 15
 Appalachian
 coun2es
 it
 serves.
 WIN
 Learning
 is
 a
 recognized
 leader
 in
 web-­‐
based
 career
 and
 college
 readiness
 programs
 used
 by
 states,
 colleges,
 and
 school
 districts
 
na2onwide.
 

Funded
 by
 a
 federal
 Race
 to
 the
 Top
 (RTTT)
 grant
 to
 help
 address
 career
 and
 college
 readiness
 in
 
rural
 areas
 of
 eastern
 Kentucky,
 KVEC
 selected
 WIN
 Math
 because
 of
 its
 ability
 to
 engage
 students
 by
 
presen2ng
 lessons
 in
 the
 context
 of
 aspira2onal
 as
 well
 as
 prac2cal
 career
 paths.
 It
 is
 the
 first
 math
 
instruc2onal
 program
 to
 offer
 capstone
 projects
 linked
 to
 16
 career
 clusters,
 and
 its
 lessons
 are
 
aligned
 to
 Common
 Core
 State
 Standards
 and
 local
 state
 objec2ves.
 
 

“WIN
 Math
 is
 an
 innova2ve,
 personalized
 learning
 approach
 to
 math
 educa2on
 that
 aligns
 with
 the
 
requirements
 outlined
 in
 the
 RTT-­‐D
 grant,”
 said
 Dessie
 Bowling,
 Ed.D.,
 associate
 director
 of
 KVEC.
 
“The
 true
 strength
 of
 the
 program
 is
 that
 it
 brings
 the
 real
 world
 into
 the
 classroom
 and
 gives
 
context
 to
 what
 students
 are
 learning.
 Even
 if
 you’re
 not
 going
 to
 be
 an
 accountant
 or
 engineer
 or
 a
 
math
 teacher,
 the
 analy2cal
 thinking,
 the
 cri2cal
 thinking
 it
 teaches
 –
 you
 need
 that
 for
 life.
 And
 that
 
will
 help
 every
 one
 of
 our
 students
 succeed
 regardless
 of
 what
 career
 path
 they
 choose.”
 

Designed
 for
 students
 in
 grades
 5-­‐8
 who
 are
 on
 grade-­‐level
 or
 high
 school
 students
 who
 are
 below
 
grade
 level,
 the
 WIN
 Math
 curriculum
 is
 organized
 into
 36
 units
 addressing
 16
 career
 clusters
 with
 
emphasis
 on
 STEM
 (Science,
 Technology,
 Engineering
 and
 Mathema2cs)
 subjects.
 Teachers
 facilitate
 
instruc2on
 through
 a
 blended
 learning
 model,
 first
 introducing
 the
 objec2ve,
 then
 career
 context,
 a
 

 
 
 
 

warm-­‐up
 and
 engagement
 ac2vi2es.
 Working
 individually
 or
 collabora2vely,
 students
 work
 on
 
projects
 such
 as
 marke2ng
 plans
 or
 performance
 charts
 similar
 to
 what
 might
 be
 required
 in
 a
 
workplace
 se]ng.
 Students
 then
 transfer
 their
 understanding
 through
 embedded
 forma2ve
 and
 
summa2ve
 assessments,
 giving
 teachers
 real
 2me
 student
 progress
 monitoring
 support.
 

The
 WIN
 Math
 implementa2on
 is
 a
 perfect
 complement
 to
 another
 large-­‐scale
 ini2a2ve
 to
 address
 
career
 and
 college
 readiness
 challenges
 faced
 by
 rural
 Kentucky
 schools.
 In
 2012,
 KVEC
 began
 
implemen2ng
 WIN
 Learning’s
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 as
 part
 of
 a
 five-­‐year
 Inves2ng
 in
 Innova2on
 
(i3)
 grant
 it
 received.
 The
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 is
 based
 on
 the
 WIN
 Educonomy
 Model,
 where
 
employability,
 founda2onal
 and
 social
 skills
 are
 learned
 within
 the
 context
 of
 future
 careers
 based
 on
 
job
 market
 data
 specific
 to
 their
 local
 and
 regional
 economies.
 
 

“We
 need
 to
 consider
 that
 today’s
 students
 need
 different
 paths
 than
 we
 needed,”
 added
 Bowling.
 
“Students
 aren’t
 interested
 in
 worksheets
 filled
 with
 math
 problems.
 They’re
 asking
 ‘what
 can
 we
 do
 
with
 this
 informa2on?’
 
 We
 are
 commibed
 to
 helping
 students
 understand
 what
 career
 
opportuni2es
 are
 available
 to
 them,
 where
 their
 interests
 lie,
 and
 then
 making
 the
 connec2on
 
between
 those
 aspira2ons
 and
 the
 educa2onal
 paths
 necessary
 to
 achieve
 them.
 By
 adding
 WIN
 
Math
 to
 the
 mix,
 we
 are
 crea2ng
 a
 ‘ready
 for
 anything’
 student
 popula2on.”
 

To
 learn
 more
 about
 WIN
 Math
 go
 to
 hbp://www.winlearning.com/courseware
 or
 visit
 hbp://
rtl14.techlearning.com/contests/0007/january-­‐2015-­‐table-­‐of-­‐contents/www.techlearning.com/
contests/0007/win-­‐math/68910
 to
 read
 the
 latest
 
 
product
 review
 published
 in
 the
 January
 2015
 issue
 of
 Tech
 &
 Learning
 magazine.
 
 

About
 WIN
 Learning
 
Since
 1996,
 WIN
 has
 been
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 solu2ons
 to
 help
 school
 districts
 
prepare
 students
 for
 the
 future,
 whether
 they
 are
 college,
 trade
 school,
 military
 or
 workplace
 bound.
 
To
 date,
 more
 than
 10
 million
 students
 worldwide
 have
 par2cipated
 in
 the
 specialized
 career–driven
 
courseware
 and
 educa2on
 interven2on
 ini2a2ves
 as
 well
 as
 career-­‐readiness
 cer2fica2on
 programs.
 
 
For
 more
 informa2on,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 
 
 
 

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LOW-­‐INCOME,
 RURAL
 STUDENTS
 ARE
 CHANGING
 THEIR
 FUTURES
 THROUGH
 KID-­‐FRIENDLY
 

RTTT-­‐D
 PROJECT
 IN
 KENTUCKY
 

Kids
 drive
 own
 learning
 with
 input
 from
 WIN
 Learning’s
 Career
 Explora<on
 Mobile
 App
 
 

Kingston,
 Tenn.
 –
 May
 19,
 2015
 –
 As
 the
 school
 year
 ends,
 many
 students
 in
 low-­‐income
 rural
 areas
 
are
 le7
 feeling
 that
 their
 :me
 in
 class
 hasn’t
 brought
 them
 any
 closer
 to
 ever
 going
 to
 college
 or
 
ge=ng
 beyond
 a
 minimum
 wage
 job.
 However,
 students
 in
 north
 central
 and
 south
 central
 Kentucky
 
are
 plo=ng
 their
 career
 paths
 and
 even
 finding
 the
 grants,
 scholarships
 and
 other
 funds
 to
 pursue
 
their
 paths,
 thanks
 to
 the
 efforts
 and
 ini:a:ves
 of
 the
 kid-­‐FRIENDLy
 (Kids-­‐Focused,
 Responsible,
 
Imagina:ve,
 Engaged,
 Determined
 to
 Learn)
 Project
 (hPp://www.kidfriendlyky.com),
 a
 program
 
funded
 in
 2012
 by
 the
 largest
 Race
 To
 The
 Top-­‐District
 (RTTT-­‐D)
 grant
 awarded.
 

The
 kid-­‐FRIENDLy
 Project
 focuses
 on
 student
 empowerment,
 suppor:ng
 students’
 building
 daily
 
habits
 of
 goal
 se=ng,
 teamwork,
 cri:cal
 thinking,
 communica:on,
 crea:vity,
 and
 problem
 solving,
 
making
 them
 leaders
 of
 their
 own
 learning.
 The
 program
 also
 promotes
 personalized
 learning
 
strategies,
 including
 online
 and
 off-­‐campus
 work
 environments,
 flipped
 classrooms,
 student
 teaming,
 
and
 emphasis
 on
 students’
 learning
 needs,
 preferences
 and
 responsibility.
 

“When
 I
 started
 high
 school,
 I
 had
 no
 idea
 what
 I
 was
 going
 to
 do
 a7er
 gradua:on,”
 used
 to
 be
 a
 
common
 refrain
 among
 students
 in
 the
 area,
 but
 now
 many
 are
 taking
 ac:on
 for
 their
 future
 career
 
paths
 while
 s:ll
 in
 high
 school.
 They
 are
 deciding
 on
 professional
 fields
 such
 as
 civil
 engineering
 or
 
psychology
 and
 researching
 which
 colleges
 have
 the
 courses
 best
 suited
 for
 helping
 them
 realize
 
their
 goals.
 Individuals
 interested
 in
 posi:ons
 in
 the
 agricultural
 field
 have
 joined
 organiza:ons
 like
 
FFA
 and
 4H
 in
 addi:on
 to
 deciding
 on
 postsecondary
 educa:on
 op:ons.
 

The
 RTTT-­‐D
 grant
 has
 made
 it
 even
 easier
 for
 students
 to
 consider
 and
 prepare
 for
 their
 future
 career
 
paths
 by
 funding
 the
 development
 of
 a
 related
 WIN
 Learning
 Career
 Explora:on
 and
 Planning
 mobile
 

 
 
 
 

app
 for
 kid-­‐FRIENDLy.
 The
 WIN
 Atlas
 app
 helps
 students
 iden:fy
 poten:al
 career
 interests
 and
 gain
 
insight
 into
 the
 rela:onship
 between
 their
 educa:on
 and
 career
 pathways.
 It
 includes
 an
 Interest
 
and
 Work
 Profiler
 feature
 that
 aids
 in
 the
 development
 of
 an
 individualized
 learning
 plan
 by
 helping
 
students
 choose
 a
 career
 pathway
 that
 matches
 their
 interests,
 priori:es
 and
 work
 values.
 “It’s
 about
 
student
 empowerment,”
 said
 Dr.
 Teresa
 Chasteen,
 CEO
 and
 president
 of
 WIN
 Learning.
 “They’re
 
digital
 na:ves,
 tech
 is
 welded
 to
 their
 palm,
 so
 they
 get
 to
 use
 the
 app
 the
 way
 they
 want.
 They
 have
 
a
 voice
 and
 ownership
 in
 the
 development
 of
 their
 path.”
 

“Research
 shows
 that
 students
 who
 see
 the
 relevance
 of
 their
 curriculum
 to
 their
 own
 goals
 and
 are
 
studying
 things
 they
 have
 chosen
 to
 learn
 are
 more
 likely
 to
 have
 a
 good
 reason
 to
 come
 regularly
 to
 
school
 and
 to
 be
 willing
 to
 put
 aPen:on
 and
 effort
 into
 their
 schoolwork,”
 said
 Joseph
 Goins,
 WIN
 
Learning’s
 execu:ve
 vice
 president.
 

Managed
 by
 two
 educa:on
 service
 agencies,
 the
 Green
 River
 Regional
 Educa:on
 Consor:um
 
(GRREC),
 and
 the
 Ohio
 Valley
 Educa:on
 Consor:um
 (OVEC),
 the
 kid-­‐FRIENDLy
 Project
 works
 with
 111
 
schools
 in
 22
 districts.
 The
 districts
 use
 WIN
 Learning's
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 to
 assist
 students
 
who
 need
 extra
 support
 in
 reading
 and
 math.
 Addi:onally,
 educators
 use
 myStrategic
 Compass
 to
 
help
 students
 explore
 career
 op:ons.
 “This
 tool
 is
 very
 useful
 for
 students
 to
 take
 a
 look
 at
 their
 
strengths,
 examine
 career
 op:ons
 in
 Kentucky
 versus
 those
 outside
 of
 Kentucky
 and
 make
 a
 more
 
informed
 choice
 about
 their
 career
 path,”
 said
 Sandra
 Baker,
 the
 associate
 execu:ve
 director
 of
 
learning
 support
 services
 for
 GRREC.
 

“Our
 students
 don’t
 have
 many
 models
 of
 careers,”
 said
 Dennis
 Horn,
 the
 Race
 to
 the
 Top
 program
 
manager
 for
 OVEC.
 “There
 are
 very
 few
 examples
 in
 many
 rural
 communi:es,
 few
 opportuni:es
 for
 
job
 shadowing
 or
 internships,
 and
 there
 is
 a
 general
 mindset
 among
 parents
 and
 students
 that
 ‘we
 
can’t
 afford
 or
 aPain
 it,
 so
 why
 bother.’
 
 Students
 o7en
 have
 a
 hard
 :me
 seeing
 a
 clear
 path
 to
 
meaningful
 postsecondary
 experiences
 that
 will
 lead
 to
 a
 good
 life,
 so
 WIN
 Learning
 and
 the
 work
 of
 
the
 kid-­‐FRIENDLy
 program
 fills
 a
 deep
 need.”
 

Educators
 themselves
 receive
 support
 through
 the
 kid-­‐FRIENDLy’s
 Leaders
 Developing
 Leadership
 
component,
 which
 provides
 guidance
 to
 principals
 in
 leading
 change,
 improving
 teacher
 
performance
 and
 making
 data-­‐based
 decisions.
 The
 program’s
 Communi:es
 of
 Prac:ce
 component
 
supports
 teacher
 leaders
 as
 they
 learn
 about
 personaliza:on
 and
 innova:on
 in
 the
 classroom.
 The
 

 
 
 
 

project
 also
 includes
 a
 competency-­‐based
 teaching
 component
 that
 supports
 schools
 as
 they
 shi7
 
from
 focusing
 on
 course
 comple:on
 to
 mastery
 of
 standards
 so
 that
 students
 will
 be
 able
 to
 move
 
fluidly
 from
 standard
 to
 standard
 rather
 than
 grade
 to
 grade.
 

One
 of
 the
 most
 popular
 components
 of
 the
 WIN
 program
 among
 educators
 and
 students
 is
 WIN
 
Learning’s
 so7
 skills
 curriculum.
 The
 schools
 use
 WIN
 Learning’s
 SOFT
 SKILLS
 curriculum
 in
 different
 
ways.
 For
 example,
 one
 school
 requires
 the
 students
 to
 pass
 the
 so7
 skills
 test
 before
 being
 eligible
 
for
 job
 shadowing.
 Others
 use
 the
 SOFT
 SKILLS
 curriculum
 during
 Life
 101
 classes
 or
 to
 assist
 
students
 with
 passing
 industry
 cer:fica:on
 assessments.
 
 According
 to
 the
 teachers,
 so7
 skills
 are
 
very
 important,
 yet
 students
 at
 this
 age
 have
 liPle
 knowledge
 of
 them.
 Kids
 today
 don't
 know
 how
 to
 
interview
 or
 how
 to
 ask
 ques:ons.
 

Students
 have
 also
 aPested
 to
 the
 value
 of
 the
 so7
 skills
 curriculum
 with
 statements
 such
 as,
 “There
 
are
 many
 communica:on
 and
 listening
 skills
 that
 it
 taught
 me
 that
 I
 didn't
 have
 any
 clue
 about
 
before.”
 

“This
 partnership
 gives
 educators
 the
 tools
 to
 help
 build
 student
 awareness
 around
 their
 future
 
career
 op:ons
 and
 the
 rela:onship
 to
 their
 current
 classroom
 learning,”
 concluded
 Chasteen.
 “It’s
 
exci:ng
 to
 be
 part
 of
 something
 so
 transforma:ve
 ––
 where
 more
 and
 more
 students
 will
 graduate
 
with
 a
 vision
 for
 their
 future
 and
 a
 plan
 to
 get
 there.”
 

Elisa
 Beth
 Brown,
 GRREC
 program
 manager,
 was
 interviewed
 about
 the
 kid-­‐FRIENDLy
 Project
 on
 Ed
 
Talk
 Radio
 on
 Thursday,
 May
 14.
 Interested
 par:es
 can
 listen
 to
 the
 talk
 at
 hPp://bit.ly/1RKst7Z.
 
 

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.
 For
 more
 informa:on,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 
 
 
 

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WIN
 Learning
 Announces
 Strategic
 Partnership
 with
 the
 
 
Na7onal
 Dropout
 Preven7on
 Center/Network
 

Clemson,
 SC
 (July
 8,
 2015)—In
 an
 effort
 to
 close
 the
 large
 and
 lingering
 gaps
 in
 gradua3on
 rates
 for
 
many
 groups
 of
 disengaged
 or
 disadvantaged
 students,
 WIN
 Learning,
 developers
 of
 the
 WIN
 Career
 
Readiness
 System,
 and
 the
 Na3onal
 Dropout
 Preven3on
 Center/Network
 (NDPC/N),
 the
 na3on’s
 
leader
 in
 school
 dropout
 preven3on,
 have
 formed
 a
 strategic
 partnership
 to
 help
 students
 recognize
 
the
 personal
 relevance
 of
 their
 educa3on,
 reach
 their
 learning
 poten3al,
 and
 graduate
 from
 high
 
school
 ready
 for
 college
 or
 career.
 

WIN
 Learning
 will
 support
 NDPC/N
 efforts
 to
 inform
 all
 stakeholders
 about
 college
 and
 career
 
readiness
 measures
 that
 exist.
 Both
 organiza3ons
 will
 par3cipate
 in
 both
 regional
 and
 na3onal
 
discussions,
 events,
 and
 conferences
 that
 drive
 a
 greater
 societal
 conversa3on
 on
 strategies
 
designed
 to
 invigorate
 gradua3on
 rates.
 

“The
 na3on’s
 quest
 to
 achieve
 a
 90
 percent
 high
 school
 gradua3on
 rate
 by
 2020
 is
 aRainable
 if
 we—
a
 broad
 coali3on
 of
 educators,
 businesses,
 nonprofit
 organiza3ons,
 civic
 leaders,
 and
 public
 officials
—join
 together,”
 said
 Joseph
 Goins,
 Execu3ve
 Vice
 President
 of
 WIN
 Learning.
 “At
 WIN
 Learning,
 we
 
believe
 the
 biggest
 impact
 and
 return
 on
 improving
 gradua3on,
 and
 reducing
 dropout
 rates,
 is
 by
 
promo3ng
 a
 K-­‐12
 culture
 that
 values
 college
 and
 career
 readiness
 for
 all
 students.”
 
 
 

Founded
 in
 1986
 and
 headquartered
 on
 the
 Clemson
 University
 campus
 in
 Clemson,
 South
 Carolina,
 
the
 NDPC/N
 provides
 research
 and
 effec3ve,
 evidence-­‐based
 solu3ons
 that
 can
 be
 u3lized
 by
 
schools,
 districts,
 and
 communi3es
 in
 their
 efforts
 to
 decrease
 dropout
 rates,
 and
 increase
 
gradua3on
 rates
 na3onally.
 
 

“Our
 organiza3on
 is
 the
 na3on’s
 premiere
 resource
 for
 schools,
 districts,
 and
 educators
 seeking
 
proven,
 research-­‐based
 methods
 to
 help
 increase
 gradua3on
 rates,”
 said
 Dr.
 Sandy
 Addis,
 Execu3ve
 
Director
 of
 NDPC/N.
 
 “Our
 outreach
 and
 events
 put
 us
 in
 the
 same
 orbit
 as
 companies
 like
 WIN
 

 
 
 
 

Learning
 who
 have
 cueng-­‐edge
 approaches,
 ideas,
 and
 products
 that
 are
 allied
 with
 our
 overarching
 
goal
 to
 assist
 youths
 in
 comple3ng
 their
 high
 school
 educa3on.
 
 Linking
 learning
 to
 life
 is
 an
 effec3ve
 
strategy
 to
 bolster
 student
 engagement
 in
 school,
 and
 in
 turn
 reduce
 dropout.
 Career
 awareness
 and
 
meaningful
 prepara3on
 is
 one
 way
 to
 link
 learning
 to
 life.
 We’re
 extremely
 pleased
 to
 be
 in
 
partnership
 with
 such
 an
 excep3onal
 company
 that
 can
 help
 students
 in
 this
 way.”
 

Since
 1996,
 WIN
 Learning
 has
 provided
 career
 readiness
 solu3ons
 to
 help
 students
 prepare
 for
 their
 
futures,
 whether
 they
 are
 college,
 trade
 school,
 military,
 or
 workplace
 bound.
 The
 web-­‐based
 Career
 
Readiness
 System
 begins
 with
 myStrategic
 Compass,
 a
 career
 explora3on,
 planning,
 and
 guidance
 
tool.
 Next,
 students
 can
 access
 two
 courseware
 systems.
 The
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness
 Courseware
 
includes
 instruc3onal
 content
 that
 reinforces
 the
 relevance
 between
 founda3onal
 skills–in
 Applied
 
Mathema3cs,
 Loca3ng
 Informa3on
 and
 Reading
 for
 Informa3on.
 The
 WIN
 College
 Readiness
 
Courseware
 is
 a
 digital
 test
 prep
 curriculum
 that
 helps
 learners
 achieve
 founda3onal
 college
 
readiness
 in
 Pre-­‐Algebra,
 Algebra,
 Geometry,
 Reading,
 and
 Wri3ng/English.
 The
 system
 also
 supports
 
soh
 skills
 development
 via
 WIN
 Soh
 Skills
 as
 a
 means
 for
 students
 to
 cul3vate
 their
 interpersonal,
 
problem-­‐solving,
 and
 team
 collabora3on
 skills
 in
 demand
 by
 employers.
 

The
 company
 recently
 launched
 WIN
 Math,
 a
 career-­‐infused,
 mathema3cs
 and
 workplace
 skills
 
program.
 Designed
 for
 students
 in
 grades
 5-­‐8
 who
 are
 on
 grade-­‐level
 or
 high
 school
 students
 who
 
are
 below
 grade
 level,
 the
 WIN
 Math
 curriculum
 is
 organized
 into
 21
 capstone
 projects
 addressing
 16
 
career
 clusters
 with
 emphasis
 on
 STEM
 (Science,
 Technology,
 Engineering
 and
 Mathema3cs)
 
subjects.
 

 
 
About
 WIN
 Learning
 
For
 nearly
 20
 years,
 WIN
 Learning
 has
 become
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 solu3ons
 to
 
help
 districts
 prepare
 pathways
 for
 students’
 futures,
 whether
 they
 are
 college,
 trade
 school,
 
military,
 or
 workplace
 bound.
 For
 more
 informa3on,
 go
 to
 www.winlearning.com
 or
 call
 
888-­‐717-­‐9461.
 
 
 
 

About
 the
 Na7onal
 Dropout
 Preven7on
 Center/Network
 (NDPC/N)
 
The
 NDPC/N
 was
 begun
 in
 1986
 to
 serve
 as
 a
 clearinghouse
 on
 issues
 related
 to
 dropout
 preven3on,
 
and
 to
 offer
 strategies
 designed
 to
 increase
 the
 gradua3on
 rate
 in
 America's
 schools.
 Over
 the
 years,
 
the
  NDPC/N
  has
  become
  a
  well-­‐established
  na3onal
  resource
  for
  sharing
  solu3ons
  for
  student
 

 
 
 
 

success.
  It
  does
  so
  through
  its
  clearinghouse
  func3on,
  ac3ve
  research
  and
  evalua3on
  projects,
 
publica3ons,
  and
  through
  a
  variety
  of
  professional
  development
  ac3vi3es.
  The
  organiza3on’s
  Web
 
site—www.dropoutpreven3on.org—is
 the
 na3on’s
 leading
 resource
 in
 providing
 effec3ve,
 research-­‐
based
  solu3ons
  to
  engaging
  students
  and
  reducing
  dropout.
  In
  addi3on,
  the
  NDPC/N
  conducts
  a
 
variety
  of
  third-­‐party
  evalua3ons
  and
  Program
  Assessment
  and
  Reviews
  (PARs).
 
  By
  promo3ng
 
awareness
  of
  successful
  programs
  and
  policies
  related
  to
  dropout
  preven3on,
  the
  work
  of
  the
 
Network
 and
 its
 members
 has
 made
 an
 impact
 on
 educa3on
 from
 the
 local
 to
 the
 na3onal
 level.
 

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WIN
 LEARNING
 AND
 NEPRIS
 FORM
 STRATEGIC
 
 

CONTENT
 AND
 TECHNOLOGY
 PARTNERSHIP
 

Alliance
 connects
 college
 and
 career
 readiness
 curriculum
 with
 ‘virtual’
 expert
 in
 classrooms
 

Kingston,
 Tenn.
 –
 April
 16,
 2015
 –
 WIN
 Learning,
 developers
 of
 the
 WIN
 Career
 Readiness
 System,
 
and
 Nepris,
 a
 cloud-­‐based
 pla@orm
 connecAng
 STEAM
 (science,
 technology,
 engineering,
 performing
 
arts
 and
 math)
 professionals
 with
 teachers
 and
 their
 students,
 today
 announced
 they
 have
 entered
 
into
 a
 strategic
 partnership
 to
 provide
 students
 with
 opportuniAes
 to
 connect
 the
 knowledge
 and
 
skills
 they
 learn
 in
 school
 to
 the
 real
 world.
 

The
 cloud-­‐based
 Nepris
 pla@orm
 connects
 professionals
 to
 classrooms
 for
 online,
 interacAve
 
discussions
 covering
 the
 spectrum
 of
 STEAM
 careers,
 for
 mentoring
 or
 to
 evaluate
 student
 work.
 By
 
managing
 the
 end-­‐to-­‐end
 process
 of
 idenAfying,
 matching,
 and
 virtually
 bringing
 the
 industry
 expert
 
into
 the
 classroom
 for
 an
 interacAve
 discussion,
 Nepris
 allows
 professionals
 and
 companies
 to
 
manageably
 and
 effecAvely
 reach
 out
 and
 interact
 with
 teachers
 and
 their
 students.
 The
 award
 
winning
 WIN
 Learning
 Career
 Readiness
 System
 offers
 comprehensive
 career
 exploraAon
 and
 
planning
 complete
 with
 career
 readiness
 foundaAonal,
 academic,
 and
 employability
 skills
 support.
 
More
 than
 10
 million
 students
 currently
 use
 the
 WIN
 system
 worldwide.
 

“When
 we
 help
 students
 understand
 how
 their
 school
 work
 is
 related
 to
 their
 futures,
 we
 
personalize
 learning.
 When
 we
 provide
 students
 with
 opportuniAes
 to
 apply
 that
 learning
 and
 use
 
the
 acquired
 skills
 for
 reasons
 beyond
 passing
 a
 test
 or
 geSng
 a
 good
 grade,
 we
 inspire
 them
 to
 
think
 about
 life
 beyond
 the
 classroom,”
 said
 Teresa
 Chasteen,
 CEO
 of
 WIN
 Learning.
 “That’s
 what
 this
 
partnership
 is
 designed
 to
 do.”
 

The
 first
 stage
 of
 the
 partnership
 will
 focus
 on
 connecAng
 teachers
 who
 are
 using
 the
 recently
 

 
 
 
 

launched
 WIN
 Math
 program
 with
 Nepris’
 industry
 professionals.
 
 WIN
 Math
 is
 a
 career-­‐infused,
 
mathemaAcs
 and
 workplace
 skills
 program
 designed
 for
 students
 in
 grades
 5-­‐8.
 The
 curriculum
 is
 
organized
 into
 21
 units
 addressing
 16
 career
 clusters
 with
 emphasis
 on
 STEM
 subjects.
 Teachers
 
facilitate
 instrucAon
 through
 a
 project-­‐based
 blended
 learning
 model.
 Working
 individually
 or
 
collaboraAvely,
 students
 work
 on
 math
 concepts
 through
 projects
 such
 as
 markeAng
 plans
 or
 
performance
 charts
 similar
 to
 what
 might
 be
 required
 in
 a
 workplace
 seSng.
 They
 then
 transfer
 
their
 understanding
 through
 embedded
 formaAve
 and
 summaAve
 assessments,
 giving
 teachers
 real
 
Ame
 student
 progress
 monitoring
 support.
 

“Our
 mission
 is
 to
 connect
 learners
 with
 inspiraAonal
 industry
 professionals
 -­‐-­‐
 to
 be
 part
 of
 the
 
everyday
 classroom
 -­‐
 whether
 guiding
 students
 through
 projects,
 talking
 about
 the
 inner
 workings
 of
 
their
 chosen
 professions
 or
 even
 evaluaAng
 student-­‐created
 projects
 –
 as
 o]en
 as
 teachers
 deem
 
necessary
 -­‐
 not
 just
 once
 or
 twice
 a
 year
 during
 tradiAonal
 career
 days,
 said
 Sabari
 Raja,
 CEO
 and
 
founder
 of
 Nepris.
 “We
 are
 very
 excited
 to
 work
 with
 WIN
 Learning
 to
 establish
 a
 new
 quality
 
standard
 for
 providing
 young
 people
 to
 real-­‐world
 concepts,
 employment
 opportuniAes
 and
 possible
 
careers.”
 
 

About
 WIN
 Learning
 
Since
 1996,
 WIN
 has
 been
 the
 leading
 provider
 of
 career
 readiness
 soluAons
 to
 help
 school
 districts
 
prepare
 students
 for
 the
 future,
 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.
 
 
 
 

About
 Nepris
 
Dallas-­‐based
 Nepris
 brings
 STEM
 to
 life
 (and
 now
 STEAM,
 which
 adds
 the
 Arts
 to
 science,
 technology,
 
engineering
 and
 mathemaAcs)
 by
 connecAng
 professionals
 with
 teachers
 who
 need
 speakers
 or
 
project
 mentors
 for
 interacAve,
 cloud-­‐based
 sessions.
 Nepris
 makes
 this
 a
 turn-­‐key
 process:
 
idenAfying
 and
 registering
 professionals
 and
 teachers,
 matching
 professionals’
 skills
 to
 the
 teachers’
 
needs,
 advising
 on
 best
 pracAces
 for
 classroom
 interacAon
 and
 then
 hosAng
 the
 interacAve
 sessions.
 
See
 Nepris
 in
 acAon
 at
 Nepris.com/webinar
 or
 sign-­‐up
 as
 a
 teacher
 or
 STEAM
 professional
 at
 
Nepris.com.
 

 
 
 
 
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WIN
 LEARNING
 PUBLISHES
 WHITE
 PAPER
 ON
 THE
 IMPORTANCE
 OF
 RIGOR,
 RELEVANCE
 AND
 
REAL-­‐WORLD
 APPLICATIONS
 IN
 MATH
 CLASSROOMS
 

Kingston,
 Tenn.
 —
 March
 27,
 2015
 —
 Research
 shows
 that
 connec-ng
 students’
 classes
 to
 their
 future
 
and
 to
 real-­‐world
 careers
 inspires
 them
 to
 work
 harder
 in
 school.
 Yet,
 when
 it
 comes
 to
 math,
 many
 
schools
 struggle
 with
 how
 to
 best
 provide
 these
 connec-ons
 for
 students.
 To
 help
 educators
 make
 
learning
 relevant
 in
 a
 subject
 that
 students
 oAen
 ques-on
 as
 irrelevant,
 WIN
 Learning
 today
 announces
 
the
 publica-on
 of
 a
 new
 white
 paper
 -tled,
 “Mathema-c
 Rigor
 and
 Relevant
 Career
 Experiences.”
 
 

The
 paper
 explores
 today’s
 changing
 workplace,
 where
 the
 skills
 expected
 for
 many
 entry-­‐level
 jobs
 are
 
at
 a
 higher
 level
 than
 the
 current
 academic
 skills
 required
 for
 a
 high
 school
 educa-on.
 It
 also
 examines
 
the
 types
 of
 knowledge,
 skills
 and
 abili-es
 needed
 by
 business
 and
 industry,
 par-cularly
 in
 the
 STEM
 
(science,
 technology,
 engineering
 and
 math)
 areas,
 and
 what
 it
 means
 to
 be
 a
 career-­‐
 and
 college-­‐ready
 
student.
 
 

With
 this
 paper,
 educators
 can
 gain
 insight
 into
 how
 to
 add
 more
 academic
 rigor
 and
 relevance
 to
 their
 
instruc-on
 to
 create
 career-­‐
 and
 college-­‐ready
 classrooms.
 It
 describes
 how
 using
 career
 clusters
 and
 
pathways
 can
 help
 students
 discover
 and
 pursue
 their
 interests.
 It
 also
 outlines
 how
 career-­‐infused
 math
 
instruc-on
 and
 project-­‐based
 learning
 can
 support
 self-­‐directed,
 engaged
 learning.
 

“To
 boost
 students’
 understanding
 of
 —
 and
 apprecia-on
 for
 —
 math,
 they
 need
 to
 see
 how
 the
 
concepts
 relate
 to
 the
 workplace
 and
 to
 the
 larger
 society
 in
 which
 they
 will
 live
 and
 work.
 Yet,
 too
 many
 
classrooms
 s-ll
 focus
 on
 the
 rote
 learning
 of
 facts,
 rather
 than
 how
 math
 actually
 fits
 into
 day-­‐to-­‐day
 
jobs,”
 said
 Dr.
 Teresa
 Chasteen,
 CEO
 of
 WIN
 Learning.
 “Exposing
 middle
 and
 high
 school
 students
 to
 math
 
in
 a
 real-­‐life
 career
 context
 helps
 them
 beTer
 grasp
 the
 concepts
 they’re
 learning
 and
 recognize
 the
 
benefits
 of
 their
 course
 work.
 With
 rigorous,
 relevant
 instruc-on
 and
 tools
 such
 as
 WIN
 Math,
 we
 can
 
show
 students
 how
 and
 why
 math
 maTers.”