WorkKeys & Choices 360 Program Available for HS students!! CLICK THE BUTTON TO FIND OUT MORE!!
WorkKeys® is a career skills assessment tool that measures an individual’s workplace skills in 3 core subjects: Applied Math, Workplace Documents, and Graphic Literacy. Employers believe these skills to be essential to job success.
A person must test in these 3 subject areas and score a level 3 or better in each WorkKeys® assessment to earn a National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC). Depending on a person’s score, certificates are awarded in the following levels: Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. Individuals can add their certificate to their resume to show they have the skills for work. Businesses use the NCRC on Guam and nationwide to select, hire, train, retain, and promote.
GDOE State Strategic Plan:
Goal #1: All Guam Department of Education students will graduate from high school prepared to pursue post secondary education on or off island or to assume gainful employment within the public or private sector.
Objective 1.5: By Year 2016 17 (Year 3), all graduating seniors will score a bronze or higher on the ACT Work Keys Assessment (or equivalent work readiness assessment) with at least 50% scoring Gold or higher.
In accordance with Guam Public Law College and Career Readiness Act (CCaRe ACT), students will be able to effectively identify, select, plan and prepare for a career of choice and/or the pursuance of a post-secondary education.
GDOE identified the Choices 360 Program as a tool to assist schools in compliance of this law. This also fulfills GDOE's State Strategic Plan 2020 that all of GDOE students are to graduate from high school prepared to pursue post-secondary education on- or off-island or to assume gainful employment within the public or private sector.
With your Portfolio. College plans, course plans, experiences, careers, accomplishments... they're all captured in a real-time portfolio for students to keep – and for you to track.
With the Professional Center. Increase accountability by generating powerful reports to ensure students are on the right track.
With the Plan of Study. Meet 4-6 year course plan mandates and ensure students are on track for graduation. You can easily access, update and monitor progress, while parents can review and approve the plan.
With Validated, Research- Based Assessments. Help students generate connections between who they are and who they can become.
With Student Curriculum and Assignments. Guide student career and academic planning with a ready-to-go curriculum that you can fully customize to meet your local outcomes and reporting needs.
The District Court of Guam recommends the following resources for distance learning produced by members of the Civics Renewal Network, the top nonpartisan, non-profit civic education organizations in the United States.
American Bar Association
Annenberg Classroom
Bill of Rights Institute
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/
Center for Civic Education
Center on Representative Government
Civics Renewal Network
https://www.civicsrenewalnetwork.org/
Constitutional Sources Project (ConSource)
Core Knowledge
Florida Joint Center for Citizenship
floridacitizen.org/resources/middle
iCivics
National Archives
National Constitution Center
https://constitutioncenter.org
NEH’s EDSITEment
Share My Lesson
Street Law
TeachingAmericanHistory.org
https://teachingamericanhistory.org
U.S. Courts
Youth Leadership Initiative
These resources cover grades K-12 and offer a variety of activities to keep students engaged in learning outside the classroom. Many of the resources also provide teacher resources.
You may inquire about any civics teaching/learning resources from the District Court of Guam by contacting Stacy McDonald Flores, Community Outreach Director: stacy_mcdonald-flores@gup.uscourts.gov