Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu Chinese philosopher (604 BC - 531 BC) Kelly Caudle Stanly Community College SkillsUSA Formerly known as VICA—Vocational Industrial Clubs.
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Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu
Chinese philosopher (604 BC - 531 BC)
Kelly Caudle
Stanly Community College
SkillsUSA
Formerly known as VICA—Vocational Industrial Clubs of
America
http://www.skillsusa.org
Covers trade skills ranging from 3-D Virtualization and
Animation to Welding Fabrication
http://www.skillsusa.org/compete/contests.shtml
State Contests are the beginning point
http://www.skillsusanc.org/SkillsUSA_North_Carolina/Hom
e.html
Guide for starting a chapter can be found at this site
SkillsUSA
Winners 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 internationally
http://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 2011
USA 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
Video
Cisco Networking Academy Program—the
Single Step that Propelled SCC
Global program designed to teach IT skills
More 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 Visitors
Due 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 Caudle
[email protected]
704-991-0346