US/ND-4: Re: SCANS and Universal Service
Re: SCANS and Universal Service
Stephanie Stevenson 904/939-2377/78 (STEVENS@mail.firn.edu)
Sun, 15 Sep 1996 17:55:02 -0400 (EDT)
RE the SCANS report:
I became aware of it in the fall of 1993. I really appreciated how the
competencies were relevant to real world applications for in school
instruction. In Florida where I teach we have been developing standards
from a document call Blueprint 2000 that adapted the SCANS competencies for
the Florida School system. In all teacher training that I do I begin with
the standards and their evolution from the SCANS document. Not one teacher
in the workshops has ever heard of SCANS until I tell them. For us at the
teaching level it is as if BP2000 goals appeared out of the sky as the new
order of education. Knowing the background of the SCANS report adds a new
perspective and willingness to incorporate these goals at a local level.
Restructuring efforts in the Florida School system have now reached the
local level with school improvement plans based on Blueprint 2000. In my
school most teacher improvement plans have been based on the school
improvement plan so I believe that SCANS has made its way to the local
level at least in Florida, but not with the name SCANS attached.
Stephanie Stevenson
stevens@mail.firn.edu
5th Grade Graduation Enhancement
Holley-Navarre Intermediate School
1936 Navarre School Road
Navarre, FL 32561
Phone:904-939-2377 FAX:904-939-0548