b'NCCER?s Online Masonry CurriculumNCCER recently released its Masonry curriculuminstructors can organize these materials to suit online, developed in conjunction with the Nationalthe needs of their classroom.Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA), Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA) and?This digital curriculum is key to expanding the Florida Concrete Masonry Education Councilopportunities high schools have to add masonry (FCMEC). Available on NCCERconnect, the digitalto their curricula,? said Jim Painter, executive Masonry Level 1 includes brand new videos,director of FCMEC. ?With masonry being in high interactive animated figures, flash cards anddemand, it?s critical to get more people interested quizzes. in the craft, and this opens the door for smaller communities, contractors and schools to offer ?With the increased emphasis on virtual learningtraining programs.?over the course of the last year, releasing Masonry curriculum on NCCERconnect helps to shiftNCCER develops and distributes its curricula in perceptions of the craft,? said Darryl Fales,partnership with the world?s leading learning chairman of FCMEC?s Board of Directors. ?Itcompany, Pearson, and ensures that it complies illustrates the technology elements of masonrywith the Department of Labor?s Office of and the upward mobility available in the industry.? Apprenticeship requirements for time-based training. Individuals who successfully complete The NCCERconnect eBook includes digitalthis training program through an animations that help make difficult material easierNCCER Accredited Training for students to learn. Instructors can also takeSponsor will earn industry- advantage of this resource by utilizing therecognized credentials through classroom management tools to instruct theirthe NCCER Registry System. students more efficiently. The course materials areTo learn more about NCCER, visit pre-loaded and ready for student use, butwww.nccer.org.ADwww.ohiomasonry.org 2'