Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzuChinese philosopher (604 BC - 531 BC)

Kelly CaudleStanly Community College

SkillsUSAFormerly known as VICA—Vocational Industrial

Clubs of Americahttp://www.skillsusa.org

Covers trade skills ranging from 3-D Virtualization and Animation to Welding Fabricationhttp://www.skillsusa.org/compete/contests.shtml

State Contests are the beginning point http://www.skillsusanc.org/

SkillsUSA_North_Carolina/Home.htmlGuide for starting a chapter can be found at this site

SkillsUSAWinners of state contest qualify for national

contest held in Kansas City, Missouri in June of each year

Nearly 5000 students attend national conference and compete in 96 different skill areas

National winners may be invited to compete at WorldSkills

WorldSkills Global organization devoted to promoting vocational

education and training internationallyhttp://www.worldskills.org/

Last competition was WorldSkills Calgary in September of 2009

USA sent competitors to AmeriSkills in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in March of 2010 at the invitation of the Brazilian government

Next competition is WorldSkills London 2011USA will be taking 16 competitors to London—biggest

contingent in history of WorldSkills for USA

WorldSkills London 2011“With 150,000 expected visitors, you can be

inspired by watching 1,000 competitors from 50 nations competing in 45 skill areas over four exciting days of competition.”

Being used as a dry run for some 2012 Olympic plans

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Cisco Networking Academy Program—the Single Step that Propelled SCC

Global program designed to teach IT skillsMore than 900,000 students world wide

SCC has been an academy for nearly 10 years

Involvement in Networking Academy opened the doors for SkillsUSA and then WorldSkills

http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/netacad/index.html

Germany VisitorsDue to contacts via WorldSkills, SCC hosted eight German

visitors from Cisco Networking Academy in Hannover Germany

Exposed my students to entirely new culture

Enriched my teaching through understanding of IT needs worldwide

Relationships continue through Facebook contact with

Planned visit to Hannover with my students failed to materialize due to funding, but future plans are in place for more exchanges

Questions?Contact information

Kelly Caudlekcaudle5282@stanly.edu704-991-0346