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KeyTrain
The premier learning system for
SKILLS FOR SURVIVAL IN THE NEW WORKFORCEsm
WorkKeys is a registered trademark of ACT, Inc.
KeyTrain is a registered trademark of SAI
Interactive.
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Whats unique about KeyTrain?

• Staff Experience
• More than 120 years combined WorkKeys experience
• Previous ACT executives, some of the earliest
  pioneers
• Easy to use
• User friendly yet powerful management system
• Consistent , easy navigation focus on learning,
  not software
• RESULTS
• Our success our clients success
• Features that focus on learning
• Processes that focus on learning
• Customer Service
• 24/7 for the last 11 years
• Our philosophy

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Changes in Workforce Skills Needs Across Fifty
Years
Unskilled 12
Skilled 20
Professional 20
Skilled 68
Unskilled 60
Professional 20
1955
2005
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WorkKeys Skill Areas

• Reading for Information
• Applied Mathematics
• Locating Information
• Applied Technology
• Teamwork
• Observation
• Listening
• Writing
• Business Writing

85 of ALL occupations utilize these skills
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WorkKeys Skills Levels
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Locating Information
Applied Technology
Writing / Bus Writing
Listening
Observation
Teamwork
Applied Mathematics
Reading for Information
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Commonly-Used Terms

• Profile benchmarking a job or occupation
• WorkKeys - assessment
• KeyTrain remediation of skills gaps
• Career Readiness Certificate (CRC)
• A portable, nationwide credential signifying
  attainment of employable levels in the three most
  common workplace skills
• Applied Math
• Reading for Information
• Locating Information

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WorkKeys Identifies Skill Gaps

• By comparing the job profile and individual
  assessment results, skills gaps can be identified

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Skills Gap
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Individual Results
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Job Profile
Applied Mathematics
Reading for Information
Locating Information
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KeyTrain Helps to Fill Skill Gaps

• KeyTrain provides self-paced curriculum to help
  individuals fill their skill gaps

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Job Profile
Applied Mathematics
Reading for Information
Locating Information
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KeyTrainA necessary part of a WorkKeys
implementation

• KeyTrain is a way for you to
• Provide instruction on WorkKeys skills
• Offer a path to candidates for achieving an
  acceptable WorkKeys score
• Demonstrate the need for WorkKeys skills
• Achieve the highest CRC levels possible

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KeyTrain The Complete System
Academic Foundation Skills
Student Motivation

• WorkKeys Curriculum
• Pre-WorkKeys Curriculum

• Career Clusters Curriculum
• Job Profiles Database

Personal Soft Skills
Enabling Technologies

• Career Skills Curriculum

• Learning Management
• Reporting
• Spanish-language support

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KeyTrain Skill Areas

• Reading for Information
• Applied Mathematics
• Locating Information
• Applied Technology
• Listening
• Writing
• Teamwork
• Observation
• Business Writing
• Pre-WorkKeys Courses

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• Skill Areas of Most Career Readiness Certificates
  
• Reading for Information
• Applied Mathematics
• Locating Information
• Bronze Minimum of Level 3 in all Skill Areas
• Qualified for 30 of Jobs
• Silver Minimum of Level 4
• Qualified for 65 of Jobs
• Gold Minimum of Level 5
• Qualified for 90 of Jobs
• http//www.careerreadinesscertificate.org/

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Statewide CRC Efforts
Regional CRC usage
Statewide in process
Current Statewide CRC
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Intuitive, robust learning management system
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Effective, engaging Instructional design
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TARGETED FEEDBACK
WHY?
ALWAYS TEACHING
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ASSIGN BYPROFILECERTIFICATE
WHY?
RELEVANCE AND MOTIVATION
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CAREER INFORMATION

• Interest Inventories available online
• ACT Occupational Database
• Create Local Profile Database
• Using these for career guidance

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KeyTrain Career Skills

• KeyTrain Career Skills is an interactive set of
  200 lessons
• Field-tested curriculum
• Skills identified by employers as those most
  needed by employees to be successful
• Short true/false quiz at the end of each lesson
• Major topic areas
• Work Habits, Communication Skills, Workplace
  Effectiveness, Business Etiquette, The Job Search

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KeyTrain Career Skills
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Course Analysis Report

• Easily identify skills gaps in your classroom

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• There is a considerable need for tools to help
  improve basic workplace skills.

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KEYTRAIN. RESULTS.
For Employers

• Siemens uses WorkKeys/KeyTrain for hiring and
  internal promotion
• Turnover during probationary period reduced to
  lt3
• Absenteeism reduced by 30
• First pass yield (productivity) increased by 8
• Defect rate decreased by 170
• Georgia Power Plant Hatch uses KeyTrain to
  prepare entry-level operators for success in
  initial training program.
• A common myth is prevalent that businesses only
  need applicants with good work ethic. I need
  someone who can do math. With KeyTrain,
  applicants can meet the skill requirements to be
  successful in our plant, and by hiring employees
  with the right skills we can reduce errors and
  improve the companys bottom line.
• Jimmy Hogg, Standridge Color Corporation

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KEYTRAIN. RESULTS.
For Job Seekers

• CTE in Oklahoma
• With some usage of KeyTrain remediation 78 of
  students increased at least one Level
• For all three CRC tests (Reading, Math,
  Locating)
• 6 at Level 3
• 40 at Level 4
• 30 at Level 5
• 20 at Level 6
• 4 at Level 7
• 94 at Level 4 or above for all 3 tests
• 50 at Level 5 or above for all 3 tests

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KEYTRAIN. RESULTS.
For Work Ready Communities

• Aikens Technical College
• Profiled positions with WorkKeys
• Hire based on WorkKeys assessments
• Use KeyTrain to improve skills and build
  workforce
• Improved productivity, performance, and profit!
• Can use Work Ready Certificate for Technical
  Colleges to help meet government requirements for
  Work Ready Communities

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KEYTRAIN. RESULTS.
For WorkKeys Preparation

• IL PSAE
• KeyTrain was implemented in over 100 high
  schools.
• At least one level in KeyTrain one full level
  higher on WorkKeys Applied Mathematics on
  average.
• At least one level in KeyTrain one half level
  higher on WorkKeys Reading for Information on
  average.
• More than 130,000 students have been enrolled in
  KeyTrain at CPS, and over 400,000 contact hours
  have been logged.
• The effect of KeyTrain is significant at a
  confidence level of over 99.

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KEYTRAIN. RESULTS.
For Schools
A study was conducted to evaluate how using
KeyTrain impacted the performance of at-risk
students on the Georgia High School Graduation
Test. The following results were observed.
GHSGT Math
Population KeyTrain Users Passing Non-KeyTrain Users Passing
At-Risk 94 57
African American 93 59
Special Education 90 27
Low Socio-Economic 93 36
KeyTrain is the only WorkKeys curriculum adopted
by the Georgia Board of Education!
GHSGT English/Language Arts
Population KeyTrain Users Passing Non-KeyTrain Users Passing
At-Risk 96 76
African American 93 77
Special Education 94 50
Low Socio-Economic 97 65
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KEYTRAIN. RESULTS.
For WorkKeys Preparation

• Results in Indiana Certificate Implementation
• I have had great positive feedback from users
  and almost all prefer the KeyTrain remediation
  software over the other WorkKeys curriculum
  services. WorkKeys testing staff say that many
  who use the KeyTrain remediation software perform
  at a significantly higher level on the Workkeys
  assessments than individuals using the other
  WorkKeys remediation modules.
• Pat Miller
• WIB Director

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KEYTRAIN. RESULTS.
For Technical Colleges

• Columbus Technical College uses KeyTrain in an
  orientation class with business clients and for
  Compass preparation in addition to WorkKeys
  preparation.
• KeyTrain is a viable part of a structured test
  orientation program and a benchmark for student
  success on Compass.
• Ellen Harvill
• Columbus Technical College
• Savannah Technical College has used KeyTrain in
  Workforce Readiness Academies to provide skill
  development for area workers.
• "KeyTrain is a very motivational program. It is
  giving me hope and the initiative to fulfill my
  career goal."
• Benjamin Bowers
• Savannah, Georgia

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KEYTRAIN. RESULTS.

• Tidewater CC and Norfolk PS Best Key Program
• KeyTrain is the primary tool for helping students
  prepare the GED
• First attempt success rate on the GED has been 89
  - 94.
• Nearly 400 students completed their GED and have
  been placed in jobs, the military or college.
• A 100 success and placement rate was recorded in
  a recent class of more than 100 students.

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Market Leader for WorkKeys Curricula

• South Carolina State License- Technical College
• North Carolina 41 of 52 Community Colleges
• Arkansas State License all Community Colleges
  Workforce
• Indiana State License (over 750 Sites)
• Oklahoma State License - CTE Centers and One
  Stops
• Louisiana 47 of 49 Technical and Community
  Colleges
• Virginia 21 of 22 Community Colleges
• West Virginia State License - Adult Education
  and One Stops
• Tennessee State License - Technology Centers
• Illinois Chicago Public Schools over 350 High
  Schools
• Kentucky State License - KCTCS
• North Dakota State License - One Stops
• Georgia Over 140 (1/3) High Schools, ½ Colleges
• Oregon State License - Teacher/ParaPro
• Hawaii State License - Community Colleges
• Colorado State License - One Stops
• Connecticut - State License One Stops

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Partial List of Business Users
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Bridgestone Firestone Dana
Corporation GM Coors Brewing Co. Leiner Health
Products Parker Hannifin Corporation BWX
Technologies Vermeer Manufacturing Holnam
Cement Dixie Yarns Stanley Furniture CSX
Railroad Advanced Glassfibers, Inc. formerly
Owens Corning Newton Instruments Unilever
Andrx AVX Chrysler Dow Chemical M M
Mars GoodYear Westinghouse Kimberly-
Clark Amtrak CAPT (Honda Supplier) Protein
Technologies Div. of DuPont Thomasville
Furniture Founders Furniture, div. of
Thomasville Mail America Olin Chemical Siemens Eat
on Corporation
Countless others through service centers
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ACT-Compliant Curriculum

• KeyTrain / Thinking Media is an ACT Level I
  Publisher and Preferred Provider of WorkKeys
  curriculum
• KeyTrain has been reviewed and found to meet
  ACTs standards for WorkKeys skills instruction
  the first curriculum that met standards in all
  skill areas.

ACT and WorkKeys are trademarks of ACT, Inc.
Thinking Media is not owned or controlled by ACT,
Inc. however, ACT, Inc. has reviewed these
training materials and has determined that they
meet ACT, Inc.s standards for WorkKeys training
curriculum.
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WHY KEYTRAIN CURRICULUM?

• Effective instructional design
• Most effective curriculum for WorkKeys
• Shown effective in a variety of applications
• Market-leading WorkKeys curriculum
• Chosen for more statewide implementations of
  WorkKeys curriculum

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DIFFERENTIATING COMPONENTS OF KEYTRAIN

• KeyTrain offers true advantages in these
  components
• Demonstrated strength of instructional component
• Positive Reinforcement Context-Sensitive
  Feedback
• Natural Voice Soundtrack
• Reporting and Monitoring - Tracking
• Assignment by Certificate and by Profile
• Control of Flow through Curriculum
• Customer and Technical Support

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KeyTrain Proven Product and Support

• 26 Tennessee Technology Centers trained and
  operational within one month
• Support available 24/7
• Highest staff quality and depth
• Over 100 combined years of WorkKeys experience on
  staff
• Unmatched Customer Service

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KeyTrain
The premier learning system for
SKILLS FOR SURVIVAL IN THE NEW WORKFORCEsm
WorkKeys is a registered trademark of ACT, Inc.
KeyTrain is a registered trademark of SAI
Interactive.