smart horizons independent living skills program
DESCRIPTION
Smart Horizons’ Independent Living Skills program is an interactive multimedia program delivered as Web-based training. The program is designed to support those who are seeking to provide Independent Living Skills training to youths in transition. The lessons are accessed online in a variety of formats including video, interactive courseware, and PDF documents. The Independent Living Skills program provides valuable training to individual learners, as well as training record and completion data portability and accountability for organizations and agencies serving the learners. Smart Horizons’ Independent Living Skills program offers training in five catalogs:• Health & Leisure • Financial Management • Career/School • Relationships • Life SkillsTRANSCRIPT
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Corporate Overview
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Smart Horizons is:A division of Advanced Systems Technology (AST). AST, founded in 1984, has grown to more than 400 professionals at over 20 locations across the U.S. An online training provider offering:
Courseware developmentMultimediaContent/Learning management
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Background
The Crisis Kids in
Foster
care
On average,
45%
will drop out
of high
school.
51% will be
unemployed.
50% will be homeless.
25% will be incarcerate
d.
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Foster Care ActThe Foster Care Independence Act also required
that the Administration for Children and Families develop and implement a data collection system to: Track the independent living services that
states provide to youth.Develop outcome measures that may be used
to assess state performance in operating their independent living programs.
Smart Horizons is addressing the need.
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Smart Horizons Training
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CompatibleSpecifically designed to operate on the most
commonly used computer systems with minimal bandwidth
CustomizableOur talented staff translates unique training needs
into cutting edge learning solutionsConsistent
Provides opportunities for consistency within an organization or field
Cost-effectiveMinimizes training cost requirements (instructors,
facilities, travel)Convenient
Available anytime/anyplace; allows students to set their schedule
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Curriculum Development
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•Customer presented requirement to develop curriculum to support youth ages 13-19 in passing an Independent Living Skills assessment•Developed draft Project Management PlanPlan
•Analyzed the assessment requirements and goals•Defined terminal objectives (broad performance standards)•Defined enabling objectives (specific measurable tasks)•Outlined Curriculum Structure
Analyze•Defined catalogs and categories•Organized lesson titles into appropriate categories within the catalogs•Established instructional design strategy to include GUIs functional elements, lesson structure, instructional presentation, and assessment items strategy/mastery score (70%)•Produced draft Design Document
Design
•Identified and reorganized existing content into 30-minute (or less) events•Researched and wrote content outlines for identified objectives•Wrote questions to support the objectives and content•Created web-based lessons (formats include videos, interactive courseware, and PDFs)
Develop
•Uploaded web-based lessons into defined categories and catalogs on NexPort•Performed Courseware Run-Time QA•Released courseware
Implement
Curriculum Design Process
Curriculum Organization
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Lesson Examples
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NexPort Extended Campus
NexPort Extended Campus
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Smart Horizons provides online systems support for Organizations
US Department of Homeland Security (FLETC)US Army ReserveNational Child Care OrganizationsLaw Enforcement, Transportation, Private SecurityCareer Online High Schools
Students (over 200,000)Smart Horizons emphasizes Information
Assurance (IA)Use, processing, storage, and transmission of
informationSystems and processes used for those purposes
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NexPort Administrator Features
View Users
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Access ProfileContact information (E-mail, address, phone
number)Customizable fields available
Access Academic Records Transcript records (scores, course status
enrollment/ completion date, access to earned certificates)
Communication logsAccess Documents
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Reports
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Reporting permissionsStandardized reports
SubscriptionEnrollmentSurvey
Customized reportsFilter on groups within a organizationNarrow search down to specific titles; phases (in
progress, not started, finished); results (passed, failing, not graded)
Save report parameter(s)Download reports
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Support
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Smart Horizons offers personalized assistance and training for optimum usability. A comprehensive manual is also accessible for download through NexPort.
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Contact Information
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Tambri McKinney, Director of [email protected] (Office)850.261-7675 (Cell)
Dan Call, Continuing Education [email protected] (Office)855-777-8032 (Toll Free)
Steve Samaha, [email protected] (Office)855-777-8032 (Toll Free)
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Smart HorizonsIndependent Living Skills
Course Options for Enrollment
Package Choice Number of
LessonsOffered
PerStudent
CostCost perLesson
1. Enterprise with all 5 Catalogs
139 $300 $2.15Best Value
2. Individual Catalogs
Health/Leisure Financial
ManagementRelationships
Life Skills
Approx 30lessons per
catalog$125 $4.16
3. Career Catalog 18 $100 $5.55