Waymart Teacher Adapts Curriculum, Offers New Opportunities

"Action and adaptability create opportunity."  - Garrison Wynn (author, consultant and motivational speaker)

Wynn's quote summarizes SCI Waymart's Business Education Teacher Mary Beth Pasqualicchio's philosophy of teaching and learning. She constantly seeks opportunities for her students. When she was unable to deliver keyboarding and other hands-on instruction to her students during the COVID-19 lockdown, she found another course that would allow them to acquire a national credential and workforce skills. The curriculum of this course can be delivered exclusively through "Packet Education."

Possessing this NOCTI credential will benefit students as reentrants. At the conclusion of the course, students will take a two-hour written exam. The students pay for this assessment with cash slips.

Thanks to Pasqualicchio's initiative, NOCTI Employability Skills is being taught to more than 20 students. This course covers:

• Applied Academic Skills
• Critical Thinking Skills
• Resource Management and Systems Thinking
• Information Use
• Communication Skills
• Technology Use
• Interpersonal Skills
• Personal Qualities

NOTCI is a provider of industry-based credentials and partner industry certifications for career and technical education programs across the U.S.