1. Online Credentialing Program
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Online Credentialing Program

2. Valencia Strowder Project Coordinator and Professional Development
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3. Agenda Overview of the FRW program
Demonstrate the FRW Courseware and features
Overview of the FRW Proctored Assessments
Administering Assessment
Download Lockdown Browser
Participant Assessment
Best Practices for Managing the Proctoring Environment
Support and Guides

4. Outcomes By the end of today’s session, we’ll be able to:
Understand the Florida Ready to Work Program
How to enroll participants
Assess and use the FRW Courseware
Access and use Assessments
Successful download of browser
Access and use Participant Assessment
Note Best Practices and understand how to obtain support for using the proctored assessment system
Locate and use FRW Resources and support for the system
Receive username and password upon completion

5. Upgraded user interface; look and feel is different
Single point of sign-on for everyone
User friendly three-step process to start assessments
Download lockdown browser for secure testing
Timer on the testing computer
Compatible with current devices and browsers

6. Part I Florida Ready to Work Program Access
Outcome
Part I Florida Ready to Work Program Access

7. Understand the Florida Ready to Work Program
Outcome
Understand the Florida Ready to Work Program

8. What is FRW?
Employee credentialing program that builds, tests, and scores job skills
Free for all Florida residents, implementation partners, and employers
Three key components:
Courseware
Assessments
Florida Ready to Work Credential

9. Components Courseware Assessment Florida Ready to Work Credential
Determine skill levels- “Placement Tests”
Build skills- levels and lessons
Assessment
Proctored skills test
Florida Ready to Work Credential
Proves you have the needed skills for employment

10. Courseware Builds skill level in 3 core skill areas- AM, LI, RI
Courseware usage improves performance on proctored assessments
Self-paced study; begins with Placement Test
Placement Test places participant in appropriate skill level
Highly recommended- pass the Placement Test at level 3 or higher, OR work through level 3 in courseware and pass the level 3 Post Test with 80% or higher

11. Skill Areas Tested Applied Math Locating Information
No memorizing formulas
Critical thinking, mathematical reasoning, and problem solving
Locating Information
Charts, graphs, tables, forms, diagrams, maps, instrument gauges, following directions, and logic patterns
Reading for Information
memos, letters, signs, notices, bulletins, policies, and regulations

12. The Credential

13. The Credential

14. The Credential Foundational skills for 35% of the jobs today

15. Overview
Are there any questions about the Florida Ready to Work overview?

16. The Enrollment Process

17. FRW Portal
myfloridareadytowork.com

18. Proctor support

19. The Enrollment Process

20. The Enrollment Process

21. The Enrollment Process

22. Access and use the FRW Courseware
Outcome
Access and use the FRW Courseware

23. FRW Portal
myfloridareadytowork.com

24. The Enrollment Process
Participant
Enrollment
The Enrollment Process

25. The Enrollment Process
Participant
Enrollment
The Enrollment Process
Note: The participant will be required to change their password at the bottom of this page

26. Participant Courseware
Participant takes placement tests and then works in courseware.

27. Proctor Monitoring

28. Monitoring
The proctor monitors the participant progress to determine when to administer the proctored assessments.

29. Live Participant/Proctor Courseware Demonstration and Monitoring

30. Part II Florida Ready to Work Program Credentialing
Outcome
Part II Florida Ready to Work Program Credentialing

31. Access and use the Proctor Assessment
Outcome
Access and use the Proctor Assessment

32. FRW Portal
myfloridareadytowork.com

33. Proctor support

34. Assessment Administration

35. Assessment Administration

36. Assessment Administration

37. Assessment Administration

38. On Screen Monitor

39. Live Assessment Demonstration
Administer Assessment
Live Assessment Demonstration

40. Lockdown Browser
All testing computers must have the lockdown browser installed
Download instructions for installation are in the Technical Specifications
Installation instructions for central push to all desktop computers, stand alone PCs, and MAC
NOTE: Remember to do the Locked Browser Test located on the instruction sheet

41. Lockdown Browser Safe Guards
Perform the Lockdown browser test using a proctor and student computer with your IT team
Confirm that all required sites are whitelisted
Make sure all testing computers have the lockdown browser (LDB) properly installed
Chrome may work better for some locations

42. Lockdown Browser
Internet Explorer
Chrome

43. Participant Access
Participant is required to login with their username and password
Select Step #3 and the assessment will be assigned to them for access

44. Participant Navigation

45. Participant Navigation

46. Participant Navigation

47. Reading for Information

48. Applied Math

49. Live Assessment Demonstration
Administer Assessment
Live Assessment Demonstration

50. Participant Results
Participant must click the SUBMIT button to end their test session.
If the test times out, participant selects the submit button and the proctor MUST use the proctor exit option and the password is muppets
Results are accessed by selecting Reporting Tools from the Proctor homepage.
Participant report and credential accessible via the FRW portal

51. Participant Results

52. Participant Results

53. Participant Results

54. Outcome
Best Practices and understand how to obtain support for the Florida Ready to Work system

55. Proctoring Tips Keep track of assessments given to participants.
Clock shuts down the test for the participant when it times out.
Provide scrap paper for Math. Collect at the end of testing.
Nothing else on the computer workstation/desk.
Participants that show up after the test has been started cannot be added; you may start a new test for them.
Must do time extension immediately after you start the test.

56. Support
FRW Support Line prompt 3

57. Support Valencia Strowder vstrowder@floridareadytowork.com

58. Support
All resources to support the Florida Ready to Work system are available on our portal at: myfloridareadytowork.com

59. Thank you!