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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Lao-tzu , The Way of Lao-tzu Chinese philosopher (604 BC - 531 BC). Connecting to the World Through Skills Contests. Kelly Caudle Stanly Community College. SkillsUSA. Formerly known as VICA—Vocational Industrial Clubs of America

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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

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  1. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzuChinese philosopher (604 BC - 531 BC)

  2. Connecting to the World Through Skills Contests Kelly Caudle Stanly Community College

  3. 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/Home.html • Guide for starting a chapter can be found at this site

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Questions? • Contact information • Kelly Caudle • kcaudle5282@stanly.edu • 704-991-0346

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