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VPI is designed to be an open entry/open exit, non-graded, non-credit program that emphasizes individualized, one-on-one and small group instruction.  Instruction is based on diagnosis and an individualized instructional prescription.  The teacher in the VPI lab is called the "learning manager" because learning is the student's responsibility with the "teacher" managing instruction and providing feedback to the student.

Because VPI is a workforce development program, the course must reflect the requirements of the workplace as well as assist students in successfully completing their vocational programs.

You may have known the VPI program as the SAIL lab. Prior to 1999-2000, VPI was known as SAIL (System for Applied Individualized Learning).  Still a little confused about what types of skills the VPI program covers? Connect to the following link and you will be able to view the curriculum framework for the VPI program.  You will see that the VPI Framework is divided into four courses with three literacy completion points (LCPs).  An LCP is a performance-based funding term.  You'll learn more about that later in this training.

It is also strongly recommended that related vocational skills and terminology be an integral part of the VPI curriculum.  How can you plan a program if you don't know what types of skills are required in the curriculum framework?

To view the VPI curriculum framework and the VPI Workplace Readiness framework, please click on the following links:

Florida Department of Education - Curriculum Frameworks Adult Education VPI Curriculum Framework http://www.firn.edu/doe/bin00079/ad/doc/990001sn.doc

VPI Workplace Readiness Framework http://www.firn.edu/doe/bin00079/ad/doc/9900070.doc

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 Community Colleges and Workforce Education.

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.