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CORD International
CORD International (CI), a not-for-profit organization, is an affiliate of CORD established to assist CORD in fulfilling its mission to lead change in education through projects and programs that prepare students for the technological workplace of the future. Whether developing curricula, delivering professional development workshops, creating new applications of technology, conducting applied educational research, or facilitating education and employer partnerships, CORD strives to empower educators to make meaningful connections between school and work for the benefit of students. CI provides information to the international community on successful educational strategies, alliances, and programs and sample curriculum materials and resources that have been developed and tested during CORD's domestic and international experience with workforce education. In response to the worldwide need to improve the preparation of teachers and quality of curricula, CI develops customized teacher training programs and provides consultation and technical assistance for nations undergoing education reform.
Services and Support Activities
Curriculum Development
Standards' based, work-oriented, flexible curricular integration
Professional Development
Customized face-to-face and online teacher preparation
Contextual/active learning approach to the process of professional development
Based on CORD developed REACT strategies supported by contextual instructional materials in English and Spanish
Support Activities
Ongoing support provided to countries throughout the process of needs assessment, suggested solutions, decision-making, and implementation.
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NEWS
CORD International co-sponsored the Third Puerto Rico State Tech Prep Conference: “Models to Face Educational Challenges” held in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico in May 2005. CORD International experts were able to share with conference attendees the importance of involving community and business and industry leaders in the education process as a way to meet the needs of the society and to give more sustainability to any education effort. About 250 teachers, principals, counselors, administrators, and education authorities attended.
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CORD International staff presented a three hour workshop on CORD's REACT strategy at the International Congress on Educational Research: “Research to Transform” held in February 2005 in San José, Costa Rica. The workshop addressed the need and benefits of a contextual teaching strategy as applied to mathematics. Approximately, 30 teachers from kindergarten to the postsecondary level attended the workshop to discuss topics like immersion/conection, learning how to learn, working with “real” problems, mathematical modeling, and national cross-sectional curriculum parameters. The workshop theme was “Mathematics in the Real World: Are we Ready for This New Paradigm?”
Read the paper that prompted the workshop. Propuesta de Taller: “La Matematica en el Mundo Real: ¿Estamos Preparados Para Este Nuevo Paradigma?"
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CORD International was invited to present at the 2004 LAC & EGAT/ED Regional Workshop held in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic in September 2004. The workshop was sponsored by USAID (United States Agency for International Development). USAID officials wanted to learn more about the increasing (almost crucial) need of addressing the challenges of education for the future, especially on technical and workforce education. CORD International, which has built a wide reputation on this area, had the opportunity to show its work on successful standards based curriculum and contextual teaching projects throughout the region. Also CI provided a comprehensive research based overview about education in the Latin American region. For more information on this, please contact Dr. Agustín Navarra (anavarra@cord.org)
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CORD International is working with the Department of Education in Puerto Rico to help them in the process of curriculum design and integration. A pilot project following the Curriculum IntegratorTM guidelines, developed by CORD, is in progress with participation of teachers, counselors, principals, and curriculum developers from a magnet high school in Arecibo and the University of Puerto Rico, Carolina campus. The main goal of the project is to establish a solid platform for business and active participation it the curriculum design to become a replicable model for large scale and sustainable process of interactive curriculum integration statewide.
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For more FREE resources in English, Spanish, and Portuguese visit
CI Publications and CORD Publications.
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