Hardy AMC, originally, stood for Hardy Asset Management Consulting. That is, anything dealing with what it takes to get the best performance and the best return on investment out of an asset. Maintenance and operator training are key elements in that lifecycle. Alford Hardy launched Hardy AMC in Feb 2012. He published Covering Your Assets by Exposing the Butt-Ugly Truth that same month.
In 2014, Hardy AMC encountered clients who could not properly grow to meet increasing orders for products and services. These companies did not have technicians or instructors to train them on site or in the pipeline. Hardy AMC partnered with key providers to expand training capability, knowing that meeting the current need would be far different from those needs just a few years around the corner.
From there, Al and Stascia Hardy developed Workforce Connected Academics to help focus the connections between academic testing, careers, and the rigorous learning requirements companies need to sustain a capable and ever changing workforce. Such far reaching implications require a different mindset, Teaching Beyond the Now. Preparing new teachers to focus beyond the now became a fundamental principle for learners to sustain themselves in a No Spoon No Box world.
Partner
Stascia Hardy, M.Ed, Ed.S, Ed.D - Chief Academic Strategist
TEACH #BeyondThe Now -With over twenty-eight years in education, Dr. Stascia Hardy has been a tireless advocate for teacher support, teacher performance, and student achievement at nearly every level. Throughout her career, in several different states, she’s had opportunities to mentor teachers on the importance of:
Critical thinking skills
Higher-level questioning,
Balanced literacy
Academic coaching
Social emotional learning
Reading and writing workshops
Classroom management
Instructional strategies with differentiated instruction
Data analysis for personalized instruction
Standards prioritization
Her breadth and depth of education extends from being a teacher of English and drama, an assistant principal and principal in suburban and urban schools, district K-12 English Instructional Specialist, district ESOL Coordinator to being the co-owner and Chief Academic Strategist at Hardy AMC. No matter which hat she is wearing, her goal is simple - to prepare teachers to be effective change agents in a 21 st century, diverse classroom.
Founder
Alford Hardy, CEO
Al Hardy served in the Air Force then transferred to the Army to become a Warrant Officer. He retired after 23 years of service. His technical training is in Biomedical Equipment Technology and Instructor of Technology. His undergraduate degree is in Adult Education. His career is based in Life Cycle Asset Management.
His projects have included:
working with teams to develop support mechanisms for deployable Nuclear Biological and Chemical Testing Systems
developing talent and placement for Aerospace and Aviation
courses focused on workforce training and certification
What we love to do?
THE FIRST BELL
The first day of school can be a scary time for new teachers, especially during the uncertainty that Covid-19 brings with it. This course is designed to provide an overview to assist new teachers with managing a classroom environment and a virtual environment, how to socially and emotionally support children and themselves, and how to keep students engaged from day one.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Classroom Environment and Safety
The Virtual World of Teaching
The Importance of Student Care
The Importance of Self-Care
What Does Student Engagement Look Like?
Are Worksheets Bad?
Choose the following add-on courses.
Social Emotional Learning
Social Emotional Support for Teachers
Student Engagement
Instructional Strategies
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LESSON PLANNING PROCESS
Each teacher’s lesson plan tells the daily activities for the entire school. Principals tend to want more detail. Teachers want less detail because an effective learning environment may require something different at a given moment. Let’s find common ground around standards, activities, and differentiation as keys to effective lesson planning process.
Curriculum Mapping
Pacing Guide
Priority Standards
Supporting Standards
Unpacking Standards
WRITING STRATEGIES
Oftentimes, students struggle to communicate effectively through writing. New and novice teachers can learn about the following:
Constructed Responses
Extended Responses
Textual Analysis (informational, Narrative, Literary)
Close Reading
Decoding Writing prompts
Tiered Vocabulary
COLLEGE AND CAREER
Hardy AMC assists Continuing and Community Education with adding relevant and responsive courses that are driven by industry.
The cycle of promoting, filling seats, and closing out a class can exhaust resources. We can help establish economical and quick methods of adding and dropping classes in a way that minimizes the risk to revenue.
Air Transport Applications and Customer Service
Language Courses
Career Awareness in partnership with Aircraft Technologies Group
SpaceTEC® Certifications
