Faculty Training
TRANSCRIPTED CREDIT
Faculty Training
Annual Curriculum Sharing Event : NWTC / K-12 Spring Summit
The NWTC / K-12 Spring Summit is a required curriculum sharing event for high school instructors who are planning to offer transcripted credit for the following academic year . The Summit provides professional development to new and existing high school teachers who offer NWTC coursework at their high school . NWTC faculty offer curriculum sharing sessions , and broader professional development is provided to update high school instructors on curriculum , labor market , assessments , NWTC curriculum products , career pathways , etc . This event helps in creating the mentorship between NWTC faculty and high school instructors .
K-12 Train the Trainer Courses
Purpose
The purpose of this program is to prepare high school instructors to duplicate the NWTC coursework in transcripted credit agreements at their respective high schools . NWTC wants to provide more in depth training to best prepare our high school teachers in our content areas . This will then reinforce the rigor of NWTC curriculum as well as student preparedness .
Training Levels
NWTC faculty will evaluate the current level of knowledge of the high school instructor and determine how much training is required . Training could include auditing the entire NWTC class , attending an accelerated version , or passing a skills evaluation .
Grading & Assessments
In order to teach the coursework as transcripted credit , the high school instructor will successfully complete the course or a Train the Trainer session . Completion of the course / session will be documented in the high school instructor ’ s file at NWTC as a college credit , a course audit , or as a document showing completion of training . This will reinforce our instructor preparedness and also give the instructor an understanding of student assessments included in the transcripted coursework . Additionally , maintaining the course specific assessment tools will provide evidence of our instructor training for our HLC expectations .
Mentorship / Relationship Building
Through the Train the Trainer coursework , relationships naturally develop between NWTC faculty and high school instructors . That mentor / mentee relationship is a springboard for further connectivity . For example , high school instructors can significantly influence student career planning . When students ask their high school instructor for help with marketable career choices for their future and with post-secondary transitions , the high school instructor can , in turn , reach out to their NWTC faculty connection for assistance .
Tuition & Textbooks
With support of K-12 grants and NWTC leadership , NWTC has been able to waive the tuition of the Train the Trainer programming . Any resource or textbooks required for this training would be the responsibility of the high school instructor ’ s school district .
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