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July 1st and July 4th

Schoolcraft would like to take the opportunity to wish all our customers and friends a very happy and safe Canada Day and Independence Day.  We hope you enjoy the festivities with family and friends. 

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AWEA Conference

Many of the Wind Energy Program instructors and department chairs Schoolcraft works with attended the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) Conference in Dallas, TX this week.  It was supposed to be a large event and apparently it exceeded expectations.

Schoolcraft would like to hear your comments if you attended the conference.  Was it helpful and informative?  Did you have enough time to see all the exhibitors in the convention hall?  Please share your experiences  with us and your colleagues. 

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President Obama Visits Savannah Technical College

Savannah Technical College has been a long time customer of Schoolcraft Publishing.  Recently, Savannah received a visit from President Obama.  During his visit, he toured the Industrial Technology Center, visiting their three labs and meeting with students and faculty.  Attached is footage from the visit.  At the end of the video is customer (and instructor) Lester Wiggins.  Lester mentioned he was very excited about meeting the President and didn't feel nervous at all.  The President spent some time with him discussing his classroom and the new advancements in Solar Technology. 

Congratulations Savannah on the Presidential visit, and thank you for your continued business!

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Schoolcraft Custom Textbook Customer Wins Award

Clovis (NM) Community College Industrial Technology Director Delane McUne received the Outstanding Faculty of Industrial Technology Award from the Association of Technology, Management and Applied Engineering,  Congratulations Delane!
 

In 2009, Delane built a custom textbook for a print reading and schematics class to support their technology programs.  Her team is now considering additional custom textbooks to support their new Wind Energy Technician program. 

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Schoolcraft’s Robotics Texts Travel to Brazil

Schoolcraft customer, Jose Ybarra from St. Philips College in San Antonio, Texas, selected our Introduction to Robotics text as his preferred text of choice to teach a group of instructors in Brazil.  Jose was kind enough to submit his experience, and how well the text worked in the classroom. 

Mr. Jose A. Ybarra conducted an Introduction to Robotics Class for students at the Instituto Federal Sul-rio-grandense in Pelotas Brazil in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The class was conducted in joint partnership between the Federal Institutes for Education, Science, and Technology of Brazil and U.S. Colleges, sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the Embassy in Brazil, USAID and Higher Education for Development. During the visit Mr. Ybarra met with staff from the Robotics Department, interested in exchanging experiences and learning about Alamo College’s expertise in this area. The invitation was to conduct a 16 hour course in Industrial Robotics at the campus in Pelotas, from March 23^rd to March 25^th and the textbook selected was Schoolcraft Publishing's Introduction to Robotics. The class was conducted in English, even though the native language is Portuguese. The students were able to grasp the chapter content with little or no difficulty as a result of Mr. Ybarra’s translation of some elements from English to Spanish .

Prior to conducting the class, the campuses at Sapucaiai Do Sul and Charquedas were visited. After the Robotics class was completed, the Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina in Florianopolis was visited and the host, Dr. Andre Sousa proudly toured the party through the different departmental laboratories.

Thank you Jose for sharing your experience, and selecting our text to help educate those across the world!

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Schoolcraft Customer Nominated For Instructor Of the Year

Mike Enfinger, instructor of Industrial Electrical Technology at South Georgia Technical College, has been nominated as Instructor of the Year.  Mike has been an instructor at South Georgia Tech since 1999, and a continued loyal customer.  He is a pleasure to work with, and very deserving of the nomination.

To read about Mike's nomination, please visit:

http://www.americustimesrecorder.com/oncampus/local_story_048203200.html

All of us at Schoolcraft Publishing send our warmest congraulations to you!

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Spring Break

Being located in the wintry Midwest, those of us at Schoolcraft always look forward to the Spring Break season.  We hope you enjoy your break when it comes and the respite for a week from classes or training projects. 

Another aspect of this season is the bookstore pressing the instructors for adoption lists for the fall classes.  Let us know how we can help with any last minute exam copies or ordering information. 

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TPC online learning

I am Sam Ajlani, Industrial Systems Technology instructor, at Lanier Technical College in Oakwood, Ga and I am impressed with the TPC online curriculum delivery.  We have been able to reduce the  lecture and move to a lab/lecture format and complete more of the course curriculum in a quarter.  The learning has been greatly been enhanced since utilizing the online delivery format  based on the scores we have seen. For example, in one online class  we saw an average increase based on pre-test and post-test of 40-50 points.  The highest increase was from a new student with no knowledge that had a pre-test score of 20 to a post-test score of 96.  This showed incredible increase in knowledge.  Also, our seasoned verteran in the class started with a 72 pre-test to a 92 post-test.  This shows no matter who used the online courses, they all gained significant knowledge.

Another area I really like is the time the students put in to the course.  I truly believe this works because they can sit at their homes and be relaxed while working throught the various assignments.  The hours for a course was estimated at 1 to 1.5 per lesson.  We should be seeing in the last class of 24 lessons between 24 and 36 hours.  In actuality, we saw this for the seasoned vetertran who was on target and the new trainees were spending between 30 and 45 hours.  This could not be accomplished in the a class environment due to time constraints.  Therefore this has greatly allowed each student to learn at their own pace and absorb the material which lead to increased average scores on the post-test.  This is working very well. If you want to talk with me about my experiences with the online courses you can call Tina Dietrick at schoolcraft who can give you my contact info.

Sam

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Wind Turbine Commercial

One of the many colleges Schoolcraft provides textbooks to for Wind Energy Technician programs is Iowa Lakes Community College in Estherville, IA.  They recently had a national Duracell commercial filmed on their campus featuring an instructor and some of their Wind Energy and Turbine Technology program students.  Congratulations, Iowa Lakes, for being selected for this opportunity.  Learn more about this and see the commercial at this site:  http://www.iowalakes.edu/news_events/2010/jan/duracell_commercial.htm

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Recommended Curriculum

Were you aware that Schoolcraft Publishing has recommended curricula for a variety of industrial maintenance trades?  This can be especially helpful to those of you that are involved in workforce development and training.  View these online at our affiliate divisions' website   http://www.tpctraining.com/c-442-trade.aspx 

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Economic Stimulus

We are hearing from some of our workforce development partners that economic stimulus money is beginning to flow for incumbent worker training and underemployed/unemployed retraining.  We suggest you stay in contact with your local MEP and WIA offices to see what grant funds may be available to assist your clients.  Please let us know what you are finding. 

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Happy Veterans Day

Today, Schoolcraft Publishing would like to take a minute to thank our great nation’s military.  We honor you for your patriotism and your willingness to serve and sacrifice.   We will always remember those who have served in the past and continue to pray for the safety of those serving today. 

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We Want To Showcase You!

During the construction of our new website, we knew we wanted an area to showcase our customers.  So, we came up with the idea of posting pictures of them (and their students) in action.  This has been well received, and we have received many pictures to post.   We do want to keep our pictures fresh and new, but that requires us to keep receiving pictures from you, our customer.  Would you like to show off your program to the world?  Do you have a special trainer that you use along with our texts that would look great in the photo?  Do you have a shop that is decorated with lots of cool stuff that helps motivate the students?  If so, snap a photo and send it to us!  We’d love to post it on our site, and give your program the publicity it deserves.  Please contact us today for further information on how to send your pictures to us!  We look forward to hearing from you!

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Hear what our customers are saying about our Custom Book Program

"I was thrilled to learn that I could order a customized textbook that fits my specific course curriculum. I couldn't believe I could do that! Not only could I consolidate the content and reduce the over all cost for my students, the book was branded with the logo of our institution."  This is from Sam Ajlani at a technical college in Georgia.  Visit our Custom Book Program tab listed above to learn more about how you can create your own custom book, or take advantage of those already created by other instructors just like you. 

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New School Year, New Schoolcraft Website!

We would like to welcome you to our new, and improved website!  Also, welcome back to school!  During discussions with most of our customers, we know that your enrollments have increased, job duties increased, but less money to operate on.  Let us be a resource to help you, and take some of the load off of your plate!  We have lesson plans, power points, testing materials, and a multitude of videos already built, so you can spend more time with your students.  Our texts are also very affordable for your students, and are geared towards "real world application".  We can also custom build books for your classroom, allowing you to focus on exactly what your state standards require.  So, take a look around, request some desk copies, and give us a call!  We are here as a resource for you!

Posted By: tdietrick

SCP Customers Receiving Honors

Congrats to my Kentucky customers that was recently recognized by the KCTCS system for outstanding service.  Read entire story at:  http://www.advertisertalk.com/kctcs-honors-outstanding-faculty-and-staff-at-new-horizons-awards-banquet-held-may-18-8922.zhtml.

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Fall 2009 Enrollments Appear Higher

In speaking with instructors, department chairs, and coordinators around the country; Schoolcraft is hearing that enrollments are at historic highs.  In many cases, new sections are being added or waiting lists are growing.  It seems that Industrial Maintenance programs continue to be the most popular, with Wind Turbine Technician and Instrumentation Technician/Mechanic programs not far behind.  What are you experiencing at your school?

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SCP Customer Named to CACTE Hall of Fame!

Congratulations to our customer, Kent Wright, from Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, CO!  Kent has been working with SCP during the development of his new Wind Energy Techician program.  He and Neil Browne are using our Safety text, and videos, in their classroom.  To read the full story about Kent, please go to:  http://www.njc.edu/news/article.aspx?id=539.

Congrats Kent!

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Spartanburg Community College Rocks!

I wanted to say thank you to Paul Turner and Cheri Hucks-Anderson for providing the awesome pictures for our home page.  They sent many pictures for us to choose from, and it was hard to narrow down to just two!  Thanks to Mr. Paul's students as well for allowing the photos to be taken.  Paul (and Spartanburg) has been a long time customer of SCP, and we appreciate them very much!!  Thank you!!!

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Happy 4th Of July Weekend

We wish everyone a very safe and joyful weekend!  Look forward to seeing everyone in the office next week!

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Office Visit

I am happy that my SCP team is back together today!  It was lonley without them yesterday.  I am also looking forward to my office visit next week.  Good to visit and give them a hard time...just like the old days!  I sure hope my end unit property is available.  Great views of the entire office from that piece of property!

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Wind Technician Curriculum

Hi everyone!  If you are looking for curriculum for your Wind Technician program, we can help you out!  We have helped many colleges, and vocational schools, start their Technician programs, and expand their exsisting ones.  Call us today for further information!

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Great New Look

Wow nice new look on the website.

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Feedback Received So Far

The customers that I have spoken with that has visited the site LOVE IT!  They say THANK YOU to our wonderful Zahid, and are very impressed with the flash and new look!  The customers also love the ease of requesting desk copies without leaving the page they are on!  Job well done, sir!

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Welcome to our new website and blog!

Hello!  What do you think of our new website?  We are very happy with the new look and the ease of functionality that it offers our customers.  We are also very excited about our blog!  Through our blog, we will be able to keep you up to date on SCP happenings, and we encourage you to visit often.  We also encourage you to please post any comments, suggestions, anything at all, that could help us serve you better.  Please do not hesitate to call us if we can assist you in any way!

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Welcome to Schoolcraft Publishing's Blog

Welcome to Schoolcraft Publishing.  We are your one-stop resource for technical skills training materials.  We cover topics from Air Conditioning to Welding.  Please comment on our new website.  All your comments and suggestions are welcome.  Thank you!

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