EEDA

=EEDA= SC Education and Economic Development Act

Introduction
Home | FAQ's |[| Resources] The College of Education at the University of South Carolina developed the EEDA Training Site to teach candidates about the EEDA and to assess their knowledge of the legislation. The training site was developed within the course management tool, //Blackboard.// Candidates in many programs must successfully complete the assessment within the training site prior to graduation. This site was developed to assist the instructors who are teaching about the EEDA and related topics in their courses and to help the candidates who are using the EEDA Training Site.

On May 27, 2005, the Education and Economic Development Act (EEDA) was signed into law. It is a comprehensive law designed to give South Carolina students the educational tools they need to build prosperous, successful futures through high school studies that will better prepare them for post-secondary study and twenty-first century careers.

1: Career Guidance
 * Performance Standards** - The EEDA requires colleges of education to include seven topics into their training of teachers, administrators, and guidance counselors. According to the legislation, performance standards were to be developed around these topics. The standards were developed in collaboration with representatives of higher education and the Department of Education. They were approved by both the State Board of Education and the Commission of Higher Education. These seven performance standards form the basis for the EEDA learning modules for teacher candidates.

2: Career Clusters and the IGP

3: Career Guidance Model

4: Character Education

5: Contextual Teaching

6: Cooperative Learning

7: Learning Styles Here's how the initiative affects public school students:
 * **In elementary school**… || **In middle school**… || **In high school**… ||
 * Students will learn about a variety of professions through career awareness activities. || Students will explore careers

to identify //clusters of study//

relevant to their aspirations and

abilities. || Students will experience a variety of professional opportunities through job shadowing, apprenticeships or internships. ||
 * || Beginning in 8th grade,

students will write and annually update an //Individual Graduation//

//Plan (IGP)// with help from guidance

counselors and parents or

parental designees. || In the 10th grade, students will declare a major based on their chosen cluster of study. || ||
 * || || Students will plan and prepare for post-secondary study, specialized training or employment with input from parents or parental designees, educators, counselors and the business community. ||
 * from Personal Pathways to Success - How it works[| http://www2.scpathways.org/howitworks.html]

FAQs
Home | FAQ's | Resources The following Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are designed to help the candidates who are using the College of Education’s EEDA Training Site. Please write to EEDA@mailbox.sc.edu if you have additional questions you would like answered.
 * [|How do I know if I have the EEDA Organization in Blackboard?]**


 * [|Who do I contact if I do not have access to the organization?]**


 * [|Who do I contact if I have a technical problem or if I need to report a problem?]**


 * [|Do students have to go through and complete the modules all at once or can they complete them in sections, returning periodically until it is done?]**


 * How do I know if I have the EEDA Organization in Blackboard?**

When you log into Blackboard, you will see EEDA listed on your Blackboard site under My Organizations


 * Who do I contact if I do not have access to the organization?**

You may e-mail the EEDA Help Desk at EEDA@mailbox.sc.edu

Please include the following:

- Your full name as it appears in the University system

- Your Network username (the name you use to log into Blackboard)

- If you are required to complete the project in the current semester, please include your instructor's name and course number.


 * Who do I contact if I have a technical problem or if I need to report a problem?**

If you are having problems getting into Blackboard you may call the USC 777-1800

If you need to write to the Blackboard Administrators, you may write to them at bbsupport@sc.edu

You may also contact the EEDA Help Desk at EEDA@mailbox.sc.edu

The EEDA site is set up so the students can come and go through the materials. When the student finishes each of the seven Performance Standards, he or she needs to click on the [Mark Reviewed] button at the bottom of the screen, which will turn the button into [Reviewed]. The student will not get the first assessment until he or she has clicked on this button in all seven standards. I know from previous use of the [Mark Reviewed] buttons that the button will stay in the [Reviewed] mode when the user logs out and goes into the site again later. I just went back in to confirm the settings for the assessments. Remember that if a student gets 80% or more correct on Assessment 1a, he or she will never see Assessment 1b or 1c. None of the assessments are set to 'force completion' the first time it is launched. The first two assessments (1a and 1b) are set up where they do NOT allow multiple attempts, which means that when the student clicks on the [Submit] button, he or she will not be able to go in and continue or change the assessment. If he or she clicks on the [Save] button while taking the assessment, though, he or she can go back into the assessment. It will show as 'in progress' in the Grade Center. Assessment 1c is the final assessment and is set to allow multiple attempts, so the student can take the assessment, click on the [submit] button, make sure he or she scored an 80% or better, and if necessary, can go back and re-take Assessment 1c multiple times.
 * Do students have to go through and complete them all at once or can they complete them in sections, returning periodically until it is done?**

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Resources
Home | FAQ's | Resources This page contain links to the items found in the University of South Carolina's EEDA training site and a few additional resources about some of the topics related to the EEDA. Click on one of the two resource categories below to go to that page.

Please contact EEDA@mailbox.sc.edu if you find any broken links or have additional links you'd like to include on this list.


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