FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
    JIM HORNE
    Commissioner of Education
     
      
     
     
     
    STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
      
     
    F. PHILIP HANDY,
    Chairman
     
    T. WILLARD FAIR,
    Vice Chairman
     
     
    Members
     
    SALLY BRADSHAW
     
    LINDA J. EADS, ED.D.
     
    CHARLES PATRICK GARCÍA
     
    JULIA L. JOHNSON
     
    WILLIAM L. PROCTOR, PH.D.
      
     
     
    MEMORANDUM
     
     
    TO:
    Vocational Directors
    Occupational
    Deans
    Superintendents
     
    FROM:
    Andy Anderman, State Supervisor
    Industrial
    Education
     
    DATE:
    April 22, 2003
     
    SUBJECT:
    FACTE
    Conference
     
     
    This year at the FACTE conference in Kissimmee, Florida the Florida Department of Education
    (DOE) is proud to announce training on a free software package. The software package will
    allow you to track students while they are in cooperative education programs or any training
    method that requires you to track multiple students engaged in hands-on training.
     
    The Vocational Technical Educational Consortium of States (VTECS) and the DOE will provide
    training on student tracking software and curriculum building software. The student tracking
    software is Windows based and the software for curriculum competency lists is currently FoxPro
    based (soon to be Windows). This software is free for accepting and completing the training.
     
    You can find information about the software on the VTECS website at
    http://www.V-TECS.org. “VTECS Connect® 2.0 is a breakthrough upgrade of VTECS’ popular
    work-based learning management software system. As a multi-faceted system, Connect 2.0 has
    a fresh, bold, new look, as well as added usability and versatility for the end-users.”
     
     
    LANNY D. LARSON
    Office of Workforce Education
     
    325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 1352 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 488-1721, EXT 161 • www.fldoe.org
     
     
     
    Memorandum
    Page 2
    April 15, 2003
     
     
    “VTECS DIRECT 4+
    is designed to manage occupational analysis information” and enables
    you to customize existing information to meet your requirements, enter and manage your own
    information, and review and/or select specific elements in a variety of ways. There are hundreds
    of industry verified occupational standards for many program areas.
     
    The VTECS training activity is currently in the planning stage, and I need information on how
    many participants to expect. We should have room for about 25 participants--this may change
    based on computer lab availability. Participation will be on a first-come basis. If you are
    interested in having one of your teachers or computer management personnel attend, please
    contact me at Andy.Anderman@fldoe.org or (850) 414-8574. I will need an e-mail with
    information on the participant which should include e-mail address, phone number, full name,
    and address. I cannot accept a participant without this information.
     
    Attendees will need to be very comfortable with a computer and able to load software. The
    training will be fast-paced and can be frustrating if computer skills are weak.
     
    AA/lr
     
     

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