a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
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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
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