ONLINE RESOURCES
*NEW* WORKEYS PROGRAM AND CHOICES 360 PROGRAM INFO HERE! *NEW*
WorkKeys - National Career Readiness Certificate
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.
CHOICES360
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.
EXPLORE
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.
CONNECT
With the Professional Center. Increase accountability by generating powerful reports to ensure students are on the right track.
SUCCEED
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.
ENVISION
With Validated, Research- Based Assessments. Help students generate connections between who they are and who they can become.
ACHIEVE
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.
RECOMMENDED FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
Beast Academy Online is a learning system that provides a complete curriculum for ages 8-13. The digital practice includes games, problems, and puzzles divided into chapters and units that follow the same sequence found in the Beast Academy book series.
One month of this web-based math curriculum for ages 8 through 13 is free. An annual subscription is available at a discount
WORDS ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW
Learning vocabulary is a great skill all students from each level. should learn. Within 6-8 grade years, learning "bigger" words will help your child/children when he/she, or they transition into high school. This site will provide words that will help vocabulary expansion, and help improve reading comprehension, as well as writing. As a bonus this site offers audio assistance. Click on audio link to see and hear a sample of audio feature
Learning vocabulary is a great skill all students from each level. should learn. Within 6-8 grade years, learning "bigger" words will help your child/children when he/she, or they transition into high school. This site will provide words that will help vocabulary expansion, and help improve reading comprehension, as well as writing. As a bonus this site offers audio assistance. Click on audio link to see and hear a sample of audio feature
The digital nature of BrainPOP makes it a perfect solution for distance learning while your students are home. Here are some ideas for engaging and keeping them on track:
We know these times can be challenging for teachers, parents, and school administrators alike--but we're here to make your planning easier. Select your access plan and see resources, tips, ideas and more curated just for you
Scholastic offers cross-curricular remote learning opportunities for all grade levels. These opportunities are provided with meaningful stories, videos, and activities.
Educational articles are available to help students continue their learning journey through various assignments, like providing a narrative on what they've learned and developing models to demonstrate their understanding to the real world. Also included are Day-by-Day Projects and learning experiences, each built around a meaningful story or video.
An incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids. Have your child choose a story and listen to the audio. You can have your child use the close reading steps to help them dig deeper for meaning as they listen. Pause in between sections and discuss the text or have your child complete a comprehension task in the end. This can be found on the reading resource page.
Provides access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials.
An online program that offers (10) free problems in mathematics and Language Arts daily. No login is needed. You simply select a grade level and choose between Math or Language Arts. Students can complete 10 problems for each subject each day.
Sometimes we have difficulty controlling our emotions, even to the point of letting our emotions control our behavior. Here are some helpful suggestions for handling your emotions. Check out the teaching guide and choose a character theme that you would like to focus on with your child. Use the the survey, discussion questions and writing prompts to help you think through the character trait.
Look here each day for lesson plans to help you link learning to generosity in this time of uncertainty. These learning activities provide great conversation starters for you and your family about our roles in civil society.
A useful and engaging resource for integrating the arts into a variety of other subject areas. Choose a lesson, create and have fun!
Looking for a historical virtual field trip for your child? Have your child explore history by taking a virtual tour through the museums offered on this site.
Free resources to support students, parents, and teachers, which include high-quality, interactive, video-based lessons on a daily basis. Find a clip that may interest your child and have him/her work through the steps: watch, think, dig deeper and discuss.
RECOMMENDED FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
This site provides optional, free online AP classes and a new at-home testing option so students have the opportunity to earn college credit and placement.
The link above is another great math help site with videos featuring step-by-step instructions for all high school mathematics and arithmetic. The link takes you to a course which will prepare your student for assessments such as the ASVAB and ACT. Click on the ASVAB and ACT links to go directly to sample questions from each assessment type. Parents and/or guardians are encouraged to watch these videos with your home learner.
This is a great site with informative videos that will assist your 9-12 child/children with math and arithmetic reasoning you may not be familiar with, or may have forgotten. Learn with your teenager so you may help them as best as you possibly can.
This is a great site with informative videos that will assist your 9-12 child/children with math and arithmetic reasoning you may not be familiar with, or may have forgotten. Learn with your teenager so you may help them as best as you possibly can.
Building vocabulary or lexicon is always a great skill to have towards writing and reading. This is a simple site which provides words your 9-12 child/children should know. You may choose a word-of-the-day or two, and learn with your teenage home learner(s). As a bonus this site offers audio assistance. Click on audio link for a sample of audio feature.
District Court of Guam's Recommendations for Distance Learning Resources, Grades K - 12
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