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Get Your Ducks In A Rowe

A Simple Proven Approach To Developing 

Workforce Performance Skills

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1 - Intro Dr. Duane Crider                                                                          0 - 1:07
2 - Critical Thinking / Communication Importance                1:08 - 4:06

3 - Poor Workforce Skills                                                                    4:07 - 4:19

4 - Why This Is Happening                                                                 4:20 - 5:42

5 - Technology Impact                                                                         5:43 - 6:05

6 - Why Choose The Books                                                                6:06 - 7:40

7 - Conduct IRB Research Study / Measure Results               7:41 - 8:02

8 - 1st Pass Results                                                                                8:03 - 8:48

9 - ADAPTER Method & Project Tools                                          8:49 - 11:39

10 - Students Valued Career Insight                                           11:40 - 13:01
11 - Student Presentations                                                             13:02 - 13:42

12 - Reaction To The 'DUCKS'?                                                     13:43 - 15:14

13 - Promoted It To Others At Kutztown U.                              15:15 - 15:57

14 - Autograph                                                                                     15:58 - 16:14

15 - Experiential Learning Tool                                                      16:15 - 17:34

16 - Benefits To Professors                                                             17:35 - 18:34

17 - Suggestions To Professors                                                     18:35 - 21:11

18 - ADAPTER Method & Project Tools                                      21:12 - 22:29

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1 - Dr. Scott Bradshaw Bio                                                                                                                                                                         01 - 1:21
2 - POV On Importance Of Strong Oral & Written Communication; Need To Be Able To Do Elevator Pitch & Passion                         1:22 - 3:25
3 - Communication Is A Foundational Skill - The Field Doesn't Matter - Students Need To Write / Puts Thoughts On Paper                3:26 - 6:16
4 - Current Status Of Student Proficiency - Not Surprised By The Data                                                                                                  6:17 - 7:26
5 - There's A Missing Link In Education - We Don't Teach Workforce Skills                                                                                            7:27 - 9:14
6 - Is It Getting Worse? Certainly Since Covid But It's An Area We Haven't Done A Good Job.                                                              9:15 - 9:57
7 - Students Struggle To Put Thoughts Into Words. Persuasive Writing Important - But Missing Workforce Skills                                9:58 - 13:14
8 - Students Not Good Storytellers - Telling The Whole Story - Missing Passion - Find It And Then It's Not Work                              13:15 - 14:26
9 - Jim You Did A Tremendous Job At My Class. Class Took Hand Notes -Realized They Got Something From Doing That.              4:27 - 17:36
10 - (Scott) Step-By-Step Ez To Get. Explain It EZ For All Levels. I Think Books Are Genius.                                                             17:37 - 19:04
11 - Project: Sponsorship Letter For Facility Management Class. Books Were A Trememndous Help. Big Pre-Post Difference!        19:05 - 21:28
12 - Books EZ Read = Big Help. Get A lot In Short Time. "Golden Nuggets"/Chapter. Very Practical. Project Very Helpful                 21:29 - 25:33
13 - No Negatively At 'Ducks'. Content Very Good. Storytelling Good Way To Get Message Across.                                                   25:34 - 28:08
14 - Need To Teach Problem Solving. I Love How Your Books Show Them How To Fix Something                                                     28:09 - 32:40
15 - Jim Asks How To Reach More Professors. Scott 'Start At The Top - Provosts! Books Perfect For FRESHMAN / FYS                  32:41 - 39:51
16 - THE MISSION: It's Not Hard To Teach These Skills To Help Students Quickly!                                                                              39:52 - 42:12          
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1 - ROWE: Professor Bios:   Dr. Veronica Snow & Dr. Warren Simpson                                                                                               01 - 2:59
2 - SIMPSON / SNOW: POV On Importance Of Strong Oral & Written Communication                                                                       3:00 - 6:25
3 - ROWE: Sports & Recreation Majors Manage $100M's - Need Good Commnication & Collaboration Skills                                    6:25 - 7:10
4 - SNOW / SIMPSON: Communication Is A Foundational Skill - The Field Doesn't Matter                                                                  7:11 - 10:46
5 - SNOW: There's A Big Gap. The Grad Students Need  Skills I Thought They'd Learn As Freshman                                              10:47 - 12:28
6 - SIMPSON: Gotten Worse. Poor Sentence Structure/Limited Writing In HS; Don't Be A Student Be A Learner                              12:29 - 14:24
7 - ROWE: ​ College Students Get Limited Writing;<Half Had Only 5 Classes With 20 Pages Of Writing in 4 YRS                             14:25 - 15:07
8 - SIMPSON: Why Did You Select The Books?  The 'Duck' Books Were All About Easy Commmunication                                      15:08 - 18:17
9 - SNOW: Book-1 Learn Easy Commmunication Book-2 Could See How It Could Help Me Help My Students & Me!                      18:18 - 20:00
10 - SIMPSON: The A-D-A-P-T-E-R Method Was So Guided & 'Hands On' | Every Freshman Should Read Book-1                         20:01 - 21:00
11 - ROWE: Book-1 Strategic Writing: Lagically Structured 10-Step Process To Get Thoughts Down To 1-Page                               21:01 - 22:50
12 - ROWE: Book-2 The A-D-A-P-T-E-R Method A Holistic Problem Solving Approach                                                                      22:51 - 23:07
13 - SNOW: Book-1 Freshman Basis To Think & Write. Book-2  Grad Class really responded to it. Simple. Pracical.                       23:08 - 23:48
14 - SIMPSON:  Colleague Teaches HS. Read Both Books.  Wishes Disctict Would Allow Her To Select Books                               23:49 - 24:31
15 - ROWE/SIMPSON: Have You Ever Taken A Course In Critical Thinking? We Focus On Helping Them Think.                            24:32 - 26:31
16 - ROWE/SIMPSON: AI - Can't Remember It If Didn't Write It. Students Use It o They Don't Have To Do Work                             26:32 - 27:22
17 - ROWE: Research On Top Skills Managers Look For. There's A Missing Link In Education.                                                         27:23 -  28:24
18 - SNOW: Ducks? I Liked It. It Was Easy To Read. Good Flow. Made Learning In Book-2 Easily Digestable.                                28:25 - 30:11
19 - ROWE: Now Projects To Supplement Books Give Students Practical Application / Success At Kutztown U.                              30:12 - 31:58
20 - SIMPSON: Value Of Small Books To Quickly Learn. Getting All The Info In A Concise Format. Better To Learn                         31:59 - 33:37
21 - SIMPSON: POV On Ducks? One Student Indicated "It Built His Confidence. I Can Do This!"                                                     33:38 - 34:16
22 - SNOW: Definitely Recommend. Experiential Learning. Ez Read. Great Content. Teacher Aid. Game Changer                          34:17 - 36:42 
23 - SIMPSON: Benefits Are Incredible.  Experiential Learning Is The Focus Of Our Whole Grad Program                                       36:43 - 37:09
24 - SNOW: Experiential Learning Is Our Goal. Students Say That Experience Is Why We Came Here                                             37:10 - 38:01
25 - CLOSING:  What's The Next Book? SIMPSON:  Create More Projects!                                                                                       38:02 - 39:38            
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