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Discover VTECS DIRECT™ 5, the premier tool for accessing and customizing all of the States' Career Cluster information--a must for professionals realigning programs around Career Clusters.

VTECS DIRECT comes complete with all of the knowledge, skills, performance elements, and measurement criteria for each of the 16 Clusters.

Throughout the nation, states and various educational entities are realigning their programs around Career Clusters which have become integral to the success of career and technical education. Whether you have been charged with the responsibility of developing Career Cluster curricula to meet these revised programs or tasked with the role of managing the information for your state's realigned programs, now is your chance to Discover VTECS DIRECT.

To learn more about how to manage and correlate state curriculum and standards with the national career clusters using VTECS DIRECT, contact us.

With VTECS DIRECT™ you can:

• organize technical courses and programs.

• identify tools, equipment, and materials for technical instruction.

• identify academic requirements for specific occupations.

• articulate skills between the secondary and post-secondary levels.

• develop strategies and instruments to assess student knowledge and performance.

• Use occupational analyses for more than 80 occupational titles included with VTECS DIRECT™ 5.

• Create your own clusters and/or specialties and configure the information for your environment.

• Save reports in in various formats like Word and Excel.

• Generate tests using the sophisticated test generation engine.

• Assign links to supporting information--"point" to a file on your pc, another networked computer, or the Internet.

• View data in a tree diagram that clearly presents the interrelationships of the information.

• Setup multiple user logins.

VTECS DIRECT™ 5 System Requirements

VTECS DIRECT runs stand-alone or on a local area network.

Computer: IBM or compatible, Intel or compatible Pentium IV or greater processor, minimum processor speed, 2 GHZ

Supported operating systems (OS): Windows® XP/ 2000 / 2000 Server

Memory (RAM) requirements:
Windows® 2000 - 256 MB minimum, 1 GB recommended
Windows® XP - 512 MB minimum, 1 GB recommended

Hard drive requirements depending on the components and setup option selected:
Database Server 80 MB
Client Software 40 MB

Video:  minimum of SVGA resolution, 800x600 resolution or higher, a Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device, and Internet Explorer 5.5 or later.

VTECS DIRECT™ 5 Pricing

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Download the VTECS DIRECT 5 Flyer to see sample screens and learn about additional software features.