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

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

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

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

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

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