NCSC

Organizational Profile

The National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC) was a multi-state, multi-organizational consortium that was awarded a General Supervision Enhancement Grant (GSEG) in late 2010 by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in the U.S. Department of Education. The NCSC consortium represented 24 states, the pacific assessment consortium and the US Virgin Islands. The purpose of the grant was to develop an alternate assessment system and related content to assess the English Language Arts and Mathematics achievement of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities.

The Challenge

The goal of NCSC was to apply the lessons learned from the past decade of research on alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards (AA‐AAS) to develop a multi‐state comprehensive assessment system for students with significant cognitive disabilities.

Seagate

Company Profile

Seagate is the world leader in the design and manufacturing of hard drives, delivering advanced solutions for digital storage.

• Industry leader in research & development
• $9 billion annual revenue
• 55,000 employees worldwide

The Challenge

Deliver a scalable global leadership development program which aligns to Seagate's strategic objectives.

• Partner with Harvard Publishing to develop and implement a blended curriculum targeting top executives, directors, and managers
• Acquire $1.5 million dollars in California state ETP funds to provide worker training in support of Seagate's strategic objectives

CTB/McGraw-Hill

Company Profile

CTB/McGraw-Hill is the leading publisher of standardized achievement tests for children and adults. CTB provides educational technology products and services to government groups, state departments of education, districts, schools, and diocese.

• CTB assists thousands of school districts and scores more than 20 million test documents annually
• Services include Internet reporting and web-based information delivery systems
• Provides professional services and software training for educators, curriculum developers, and administrators

The Challenge

Serve as Project Manager for the California English Language Development Test (CELDT).

• Responsible for scoring and reporting of 1,000 districts, 10,000 schools, and 1.7 million students annually
• Develop and implement a secure online system for district coordinators to update student biographical information prior to report generation.

Lutris Technologies

Company Profile

Lutris, based in Scotts Valley California, was a leading provider of Java/XML application server products for the development of web and wireless services. The Lutris business model leveraged the worldwide Open Source process to combine industry standard technology with the freedom of innovation.

• The Lutris mission was to deliver the highest value development and deployment platforms to partners in the OEM, VAR, ISV and System Integrator community
• Lutris offered a full range of product support, training and custom engineering services to its partners

The Challenge

Design, develop, and deliver Web-based training modules for the Enhydra product in support of Lutris education and consulting business.

TCT Technical Training

Company Profile

For more than 20 years, TCT has provided advanced technical training to some of the world's leading companies, as well as progressive small and medium-sized companies. The TCT WebCampus portal offers an extensive library of online courses covering all aspects of LAN, WAN and telecommunications.

• TCT provides e-learning courses to over 500 companies globally
• TCT courses prepare users for IT certifications such as Cisco CCNA and CCNP, and Microsoft MCSE certification.

The Challenge

Responsible for project management and lead instructional design of Microsoft Windows NT 4.x Planning and Implementation eLearning course (over eight hours of content, simulations, and exercises).

• Lead five instructional designers in course design in Silicon Valley, California
• Assure that production of learning course at new facility in Calcutta, India meets design documents and quality standards
• Deliver courseware in time to target optimal sales window