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Effective Teaching Strategies For Integrating VPI and Career/Technical Instruction

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  VPI INSTRUCTOR'S GOAL

The goal of VPI instructors is to teach applied academics - academic foundation courses in a career/technical setting. This provides students with opportunities to increase their academic skills by providing a flexible, motivating, integrated approach to academics through the students' career/technical interests.

THE BENEFITS OF AN INTEGRATED CURRICULUM

We hope to reach a greater number of secondary and postsecondary students by allowing students to see the connections between the more rigorous academic curriculum and its use in the actual fields of work to which the students aspire. This process will give relevance to the academic instruction.

Integrating academic and career/technical education may take some extra effort in the beginning, but the payoff is big. An integrated curriculum format should accomplish the following:

  • Increase student motivation and learning
  • Decrease the student dropout rate
  • Enrich students' critical thinking skills
  • Promote mastery of technical skills
  • Enhance career and/or educational opportunities

Applied academics benefit both the student and the instructor. Your student's learning achievements will multiply the value of your efforts, making your job easier and more rewarding.


     
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This program was developed by the State of Florida Adult Secondary/GED/VPI Committee of the Practitioners' Task Force, through an Adult Education State Leadership Grant from the Florida Department of Education, Division of Workforce Development.

Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this web-based training component, it is not an official publication of the Florida Department of Education.