Transcript 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.

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