CCAP

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CCAP
Clay County Educational Career Advancement
Project
Instructors Vickie Kelly Rodney Lipps
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What is CCAP?

• CCAP is the Clay County Educational Career
  Advancement Project

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CCAPs Goals

• Assist individuals in finding and maintaining
  employment based on their interests and skills
• Help employers locate and select qualified
  applicants for job openings
• Reduce employee turnover
• Increase the number of adult learners using
  technology to advance their educational and
  employment needs
• Increase the number of adult learners
  transitioning to postsecondary education

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WorkKeys Curriculum

• WorkKeys is an assessment system created by ACT
  for use in the business community
• WorkKeys compares the skills of workers with the
  skills required by the job
• CCAP participants will use the WIN PLATO online
  curriculums to prepare for the WorkKeys
  assessment test
• Individuals can earn a Kentucky Employability
  Certificate (KEC) based on their WorkKeys
  assessment scores

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Purpose of the KEC

• The Kentucky Employability Certificate (KEC) was
  created to
• Provide skill-based credentials to Kentuckians to
  help them secure employment
• Provide employers with workers that have
  documented skills proficiencies
• Create a pool of certified applicants that
  employers can hire with confidence

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How to Earn a KEC

• Students will be assessed on three skill areas of
  the WorkKeys online curriculum
• Applied Math
• Locating Information
• Reading For Information

• Results of the WorkKeys assessment are presented
  on a scale of 3-7
• Students scoring 4 or higher on all three areas
  will receive a Silver KEC
• Students scoring 5 or higher on all three areas
  will receive a Gold KEC

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Other Programs

• GED Classes
• Family Literacy
• Even-Start
• ACT Tutoring
• JobFit
• Discover Training
• All Classes are Free!

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Contact Information

• Campbell-Reed Learning Center
• 207 Church Street
• Manchester, KY 40962
• [phone]
• rlipps_at_clay.k12.ky.us