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Where on earth have you been? We’ve missed you!
No wait—we’re the ones who went away and didn’t write or call. Sorry ‘bout that . . .
The newsletter staff has been occupied with some exciting new Realityworks projects and we’ve finally found time to tell you about them. Online education! CEU credits! Trade-in offer! Personal finance education software! Business education simulations! Baby packages for colleges and vocational schools! Whew! That’s a lot of exclamation marks.
We’ve also had a few people under the weather. We’re hoping you and your families are staying well during this extraordinarily challenging cold and flu season.
Not to worry, though. We’re back and we’ve thoroughly sanitized this publication. No bugs here! You may need to pop a vitamin to keep up with us, and do stay hydrated so you can make it to the end of this newsletter, but the only virus we plan to spread is joy.
And just make sure you feel good, we’re going to introduce you to a Texas volunteer who has made an extraordinary commitment to help young people with gifts of both money and time. If you aren’t inspired to do something nice for somebody after reading about Sharon Scott, you may need antibiotics.
Thanks for looking in. Stay healthy and keep doing that thing you do! |
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Online Education Classes now available for Family & Consumer Sciences
We’ve created two online education courses to help you keep up with research, trends and best practices. You don’t have to use our products to take these courses, and they are eligible for continuing education units!* Please tell your colleagues to check out our opportunities.
Infusing Active Learning Strategies Into Your Early Childhood Development Program - $99
Explore current practices, programs and research on active learning strategies in classroom settings. Learn more here.
Integrating Core Academics Into Your Early Childhood Program - $99
Learn to improve reading, writing and math skills within the field of early childhood programs at the secondary level. Learn more here.
 Presenter:
Cindy Fremont, M.S., Curriculum and Instructional Systems
Cindy Fremont has over 25 years of experience in designing, developing and managing projects involving classroom and multi-media instruction and training. Read more about Ms. Fremont here.
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Trade-In Offer Going On Now!
You asked if we’d do it again . . . and we did. For a limited time get a generous discount on RealCare Baby II-plus with the trade-in of your old infant simulators. If they use keys or batteries they are probably clunkers. Let’s get you into something faster, better, smarter . . . in short, something more like you. Call your Product Consultant today. This offer ends December 31, 2009.
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“Wow! Why didn’t they have something
like this when I was in high school?”
TimeMAPS Money Management & Life Skills Program
Our personal finance curriculum can help you meet new graduation requirements that are being passed in many states regarding financial literacy coursework. TimeMAPS is complete enough to meet rigorous academic standards and engaging enough to make learning personal finance fun.
This interactive curriculum is ideal for teaching complex subject matter that young people will need for the rest of their lives. It’s loaded with examples and exercises to reinforce concepts, and provides hands-on practice with a “Life Simulator” that pulls a lifetime of financial decisions together from high school to retirement.
And as if that isn’t slick enough, we put together a curriculum CD with all of the preparation done for you, including PowerPoint presentations, worksheets and handouts. We know a lot of you are cobbling material together on your own. We’ve done the research and the work for you!
Oh, and then we made sure it meets national standards and documented how it meets individual state standards, too!
Check out teachingpersonalfinance.com for more information or call us today.
Sidebar: Have you hugged your business department today? TimeMAPS can be installed on as many computers as you need. A site license can be shared among departments, such as Family and Consumer Sciences and Business classes. Share the love! |
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Learning Lab Packages for Post-Secondary Education
We now offer packages including RealCare Baby, Shaken Baby Syndrome Simulator and other hands-on infant care products for interactive learning labs. Realistic, hands-on practice with infants is ideal for students preparing for health occupations and careers in early childhood development and labs. Read more here.
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School volunteer puts time, money and heart into preventing teen pregnancies in Texas.
Realityworks customer Sharon Scott was named Volunteer of the Year by the Harrison Independent School District in Houston Texas, in part for her work using RealCare Babies.
“The products fit very well into my mission to help prevent teen pregnancy,” said Sharon.
She and her husband, Ed, started out mentoring pregnant teens at Westside High School because they wanted to provide support to teen parents and help them become loving, positive and productive citizens despite the odds against them. Sharon was then inspired to educate students on the emotional, social and financial aspects of having children at such a young age, as a way to prevent teenage pregnancies.
“These teens mean so very much to me,” said Sharon. “It hurts my heart to see what little value they, unknowingly, place upon their lives. We, with the financial support of so many, drop the seeds of success and love into the lives of teens; and, let God do the rest.”
Sharon teaches a six-week program in Westside Health classes, and for one weekend her students take home RealCare Baby. She also happens to have purchased the infant simulators for the school with funds from The Marvin and Juanita Smith Learning Centers of Excellence fund. The Smiths were Sharon’s parents, former pastors who ministered to teens for 40 years in southern California.
“Their passion was to motivate children, to help them do well in school and to learn to give back. They were great role models.”
Sharon has certainly carried on her parents’ legacy in her work at Westside High School. We are proud to work with Sharon, and honored that she and Ed would choose our products as part of their important mission. Congratulations, Sharon!
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Product Support Tip: Our infant care schedules are based on real infants!
RealCare Baby is science-based. This means our simulators and their care schedules are based on the real life needs of real “live” babies! Our research included documentation provided to us by parents caring for their infants in a 24-hour period (babies ranged in age of 8 days old to 82 days old and were a mix of bottle-fed and breast-fed). From all of the participants we selected a batch of 15 schedules to best represent the unpredictable needs of a Baby and provide a unique experience for each student.
The care schedules are categorized as “easy,” “medium” and “hard.” You may also mix things up. Select a combination of schedules to keep each caregiver on the alert! Want to make your job really easy? Choose “random” and let the computer assign them.
You’ll find these options in Control Center software under Schedule Order and Schedule Helper.
Download and print your own copy of the Infant Care Schedule Table for RealCare Baby here. It will not tell you the specific care event, time, or duration, but the colored bars will indicate how much time Baby requires each hour of the day.
Product Support hours: Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Time. Call 800.830.1416 or email productsupport@realityworks.com or refer to the list of Frequently Asked Questions.
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