Impressive Results Presented at the South Carolina KeyTrain Users Webinar

KeyTrain users continue to show impressive results in South Carolina – a fact that was very clear on October 16th during the KeyTrain Users Webinar. New results in special education, WIA, technical colleges and high schools were presented during the online seminar.

Lisa Halter, Transition Specialist and Career and Technical Education Director, at Lexington School District Four, discussed the success of KeyTrain with the special education population. Halter explained how the integration of KeyTrain with at risk and special needs students has been an ongoing focus for several years. The use of KeyTrain with special education students at Swansea High School in School District Lexington 4 has resulted in other school districts in South Carolina implementing KeyTrain as well.

Brenda Odom, Program Manager in Workforce Development, at York Technical College shared the success of the Career Ready class which consists of 50 hours of training for WIA eligible participants. Odom explained that the purpose of the class is to provide basic skills assessment, remediation and career-enhancing behaviors to job seekers in Chester, York and Lancaster counties.  The Career Ready class at York Technical College is an example of a community partnership between the college and WIA to prepare the workforce.

Vickie Tyner, Executive Director of the Pee Dee WIB discussed the implementation of the KeyTrain initiative that began in 2007 with a grant funded through the South Carolina Department of Commerce. The grant allowed KeyTrain to be available at 18 high schools in the Pee Dee Region of South Carolina.  As part of the Pee Dee KeyTrain initiative over 3,000 freshmen were assessed in spring 2007 and will be reassessed in 2009.  Over 200 administrators and teachers have been trained on how to integrate KeyTrain into the South Carolina high school curriculum.

For additional information on the South Carolina KeyTrain Users Webinar, contact mary@keytrain.com