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Location: Henry Clay | Lexmark teacher institute
I went to the Lexmark teacher institute this summer and learned lots of new things. Companies stated over and over again that high school is not preparing students effectively for the work force. Two companies (KU and Toyota) stated they give a math exams (including other subjects like reading comprehension) that applicants must pass BEFORE they are given an interview.
KU has a practice test online at http://www.eon-us.com/careers/testing.asp You should all go see the exam and by the way the applicants are NOT allowed to use a calculator. If you teach geometry a few have great figures! EVERYONE at KU must pass this basic test – even the line men that climb the poles.
To see the exams go to http://www.eon-us.com/careers/testing.asp on the right side of the screen click on practice test. The User Id is EON-US and the password is test. On the left side of the screen there is a list of different jobs, click on any of them and the different tests the applicants must take are listed. Really go check them out!!!!
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Location: IAKSS | WOW! Thank you for sharing. This will be very insightful. Did you see Roger's article on Monday in the Herald Leader? |
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| This sounds great. I wish I would have went now.
This would be a great way to show students what some of their options are and that testing for these jobs almost always has math skills that we are teaching them.
I am definitely going to check them out
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Location: Henry Clay | Natalie - I did see Roger's article (DeeDee gave it me). He got it exactly right. I especially liked the part of the article that talked about companies are stressing the importance of being on time, taking responsibility, etc. So many of our students have a problem with this. I was hopeful in thinking that once our students were being "paid" to go to work they may actually be punctual - but I guess not! |
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Location: Henry Clay | Samantha - If they offer this institute next year, you should apply. I learned so much. If you want to discuss anything we learned or places we went just ask me. Did you know there are Biologists and Chemists at lexmark???? I didn't and my husband works there! |
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