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KeyTrain
SKILLS FOR SURVIVAL IN THE NEW WORKFORCEsm
The Company
Delivery and Technology
The User Interaction
The User Results
Customer Focus Customer ServicePartnersContinuous ImprovementThe Curriculum
InternetCDPrintLMS and Reporting
All WorkKeys Skills/LevelsPre-WorkKeysCareer Skills – soft skillsCareer Clusters
Easy and Intuitive (fun)Always TeachingLinks to jobs – makes senseNatural Voice
Mastering SkillsBetter ScoresMore interested peopleMore interested companies
•WHY (this is a really good thing you are doing!)
•WHAT(is the WorkKeys® System?)
•HOW(skills are moving with KeyTrain usage.)
•WHAT(is it about KeyTrain that is producing results?)
Our Goals Your Goals
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• Profile - benchmark• WorkKeys - assess• KeyTrain – remediate• Career Readiness Certificate (CRC)
– Applied Math
– Reading for Information
– Locating Information
Definitions/Terms
“Begin with the end in mind”-Steven Covey
What is the goal of the WorkKeys system? How do you measure it?
More skilled:• College Students• Employees• High School Students• Candidate pool• Workforce
WHY?
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The Good News:
34% are at Level 4
The Bad News:
14% are ≤ Level 3
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WorkKeys Test Performance of U.S. Examinees-Applied Mathematics
The Good News:
25% are at Level 4
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27% are ≤ Level 3
Locating Information Requirement – Process Operator
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“Rather than a world in which places compete for business [and people follow] we will increasingly live in a world
where places compete for people and businesses follow.”
The most mobile age group [25-34] in the workforce has leveled in growth.
With an aging workforce, people are becoming more rooted and less mobile.
The opportunity: a rooted, stable, skilled workforce is a powerful asset.
The Economic Opportunity
The Young and Restless in a Knowledge EconomyThe Young and Restless in a Knowledge Economy
CEOs for Cities, 2006CEOs for Cities, 2006
A more skilled:• College Student• Employee• High School Student• Candidate pool• Workforce
Goals… again
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WorkKeys Skills LevelsWorkKeys Skills Levels
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WorkKeys Identifies Skill Gaps
• By comparing the job profile and individual assessment results, skills gaps can be identified
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KeyTrain Helps to Fill Skill Gaps
• KeyTrain provides self-paced curriculum to help individuals fill their skill gaps
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• Skill Areas of Most Career Readiness Certificates – Reading for Information– Applied Mathematics– Locating Information
• Bronze – Minimum of Level 3 in all Skill Areas – Qualified for 30% of Jobs
• Silver – Minimum of Level 4– Qualified for 65% of Jobs
• Gold – Minimum of Level 5 – Qualified for 90% of Jobs
• http://www.careerreadinesscertificate.org/
KEYTRAIN. RESULTS.
PSAEKeyTrain was implemented in over 100 high schools.
At least one level in KeyTrain = one full level higher on WorkKeys Applied Mathematics on average.
At least one level in KeyTrain = one half level higher on WorkKeys Reading for Information on average.
More than 110,000 students have been enrolled in KeyTrain at CPS, and over 220,000 contact hours have been logged.
The effect of KeyTrain is significant at a confidence level of over 99%.
KEYTRAIN. RESULTS.
Tidewater CC and Norfolk PS – Best Key ProgramKeyTrain is the primary tool for helping students prepare the GED
• First attempt success rate on the GED has been 89 - 94%. • Nearly 400 students completed their GED and have been
placed in jobs, the military or college. • A 100% success and placement rate was recorded in a
recent class of more than 100 students.
KEYTRAIN. RESULTS.
Retention • English 98 + KeyTrain: 81% course retention • English 98 alone: 60% course retention
WorkKeys Reading for Information • English 98 + KeyTrain: 78% scored Level 4 or higher • English 98 alone: 57% scored Level 4 or higher
Pre vs. Post Accuplacer Scores • English 98 + KeyTrain: 46% increased Accuplacer performance • English 98 alone: 35% increased Accuplacer performance
KEYTRAIN. RESULTS.
A study was conducted to evaluate how using KeyTrain impacted the performance of at-risk students on the Georgia High School Graduation Test. The following results were observed.
Population% KeyTrain Users Passing % Non-KeyTrain Users
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At-Risk 94% 57%
African American 93% 59%
Special Education 90% 27%
Low Socio-Economic 93% 36%
Population% KeyTrain Users Passing % Non-KeyTrain Users
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At-Risk 96% 76%
African American 93% 77%
Special Education 94% 50%
Low Socio-Economic 97% 65%
GHSGT English/Language Arts
GHSGT Math
KEYTRAIN. RESULTS.
CTE in Oklahoma• With some usage of KeyTrain remediation 78%
increased at least one level• For all three tests:
– 6.3% level 3– 40% level 4– 30% level 5– 20% level 6– 3.8% level 7
• 94% at 4 or above• 50% at 5 or above
KEYTRAIN. RESULTS.
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KEYTRAIN. RESULTS.
KeyTrain: The Complete System
WorkKeysSkills
Curriculum Pre-WorkKeysCurriculum
CareerReadiness
Skills
LearningManagement
System
ProfilesDatabase
Career Clusters
Multiple Delivery Formats
Web-Based
Client-Server
CD-ROM
SpanishLanguage
Workbooks ACT Centers
KeyTrain Skill Areas
• Reading for Information• Applied Mathematics• Locating Information• Applied Technology• Listening• Writing• Teamwork• Observation• Business Writing• Pre-WorkKeys Courses
Frequently Asked Questions about KeyTrain
• Test Prep and/or Concept Mastery?– Concept mastery that leads to measurable results
• Who Developed KeyTrain Curriculum?– Over 20 educational and subject matter experts
• ACT WorkKeys Level 1 Provider?– Yes, the first accepted in this program
• How we measure success? Results!
WorkKeys/KeyTrain Adoptions• Please contact us at 1-877-842-6205 for
specific information on these.
AndrxAVXChrysler Dow ChemicalM & M MarsGoodYearWestinghouseKimberly- ClarkAmtrakCAPT (Honda Supplier)Protein Technologies – Div. of DuPontThomasville FurnitureFounder’s Furniture, div. of ThomasvilleMail AmericaOlin ChemicalSiemensEaton Corporation
Wyeth PharmaceuticalsBridgestone FirestoneDana CorporationGMCoors Brewing Co.Leiner Health ProductsParker Hannifin CorporationBWX TechnologiesVermeer ManufacturingHolnam CementDixie YarnsStanley FurnitureCSX RailroadAdvanced Glassfibers, Inc. formerly Owens CorningNewton InstrumentsUnilever
Countless others through service centers…
Partial List of Business Users
KeyTrain Career Skills
• KeyTrain Career Skills is an interactive set of 200 lessons
• Field-tested curriculum• Skills identified by employers as those most
needed by employees to be successful• Short true/false quiz at the end of each lesson• Major topic areas:
– Work Habits, Communication Skills, Workplace Effectiveness, Business Etiquette, The Job Search
KeyTrain Career Skills
ACT-Compliant Curriculum
• KeyTrain / Thinking Media is an ACT “Level I Publisher” and “Preferred Provider” of WorkKeys curriculum
• KeyTrain has been reviewed and found to meet ACT’s standards for WorkKeys skills instruction – the first curriculum that met standards in all skill areas.
ACT™ and WorkKeys® are trademarks of ACT, Inc. Thinking Media is not owned or controlled by ACT, Inc.; however, ACT, Inc. has reviewed these training materials and has determined that they meet ACT, Inc.’s standards for WorkKeys training curriculum.
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