7 Steps to Successful RealCare Baby Deployment (Whether You’re Teaching Remotely or In the Classroom)

Each year we host a series of free webinars to help instructors (both new and experienced) have what they need for successful RealCare Baby deployment for the next school year. This year we’re celebrating RealCare Baby®’s 25th birthday, which means that the RealCare Baby deployment tips we’re sharing below have been fine-tuned using two decades’… Read More

3 High-Demand Careers for the Agriculture Industry

Career and Technical Education offers a variety of options for students to explore future opportunities. In this blog series, we will be exploring and sharing rapidly growing, high-demand careers that CTE programs can engage students’ interest in. This week we are looking at high-demand careers for the agriculture industry. Career options in these areas come… Read More

Getting Your School’s Buy-In for a Hydroponics Program

Hydroponics systems bring so much value to the classroom; opportunities for student engagement, career exploration and hands-on, STEM-focused lessons are just a few reasons to start a program in your school. Earlier this summer, we hosted a free webinar on getting your school’s buy-in for a hydroponics program. Hosted by Jamey McIntosh, longtime Realityworks product… Read More

3 Tips for Integrating Leadership Soft Skills Into Your CTE Program

Helping your students become college- and career-ready is the primary goal of your CTE program, and developing young leaders is an important part of achieving that goal. By integrating leadership soft skills into your CTE program, your students will have opportunities to actively practice skills like trust, professionalism, conflict resolution and integrity – and prepare… Read More

5 Effective Teaching Strategies for EMS Instructors

EMS instructors have a big responsibility. The skills they teach will not only help students succeed in careers, but save lives. The more engaged their students are in class, the more information they’ll retain – information that could change the outcome of an emergency situation. We recently hosted a free webinar about effective teaching strategies… Read More

The Future of Hydroponics: How Water-driven Tools Are Preparing Students for Careers

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the April 2020 issue of the Association for Career & Technical Education‘s Techniques magazine. ACTE members, log in here to see the original article. In Brent Nelson’s agriculture classroom, ninth through 12th-grade students are using water to learn valuable skills — skills they can use in future careers… Read More

10 on-demand webinars you can watch today to get free lessons for online learning

Over the last few months, distance teaching and learning has become the norm for teachers across the country. It hasn’t been easy, and we’re so impressed by the dedication of everyone who has adapted to this new normal. To help educators continue engaging students in important career preparation lessons, we’ve recorded 10 on-demand webinars you… Read More

Teachers, we thank you

Teachers, we thank you. In these unprecedented times, we know you’re working harder than ever to keep your students engaged and ensure they’re learning valuable skills. You’re spending hours each day (and probably night) creating virtual activities, providing handouts for online learning, and staying connected with your students. And if that weren’t enough, many of… Read More

Why our recent Hydroponics Educational Systems award means so much

On April 28, Fast Company announced the winners of their 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards. Their annual awards program focuses on social good; the 3,000 entries from this year represent innovative businesses, policies, products and concepts that are helping to make the world a better place. Leaders in social entrepreneurship, philanthropy, venture capital and activism… Read More

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