Download the brief here (PDF).
The Center on Great Teachers & Leaders has just published a brief that looks at state policies in Michigan, Missouri, New York, Washington, and Wisconsin for awarding academic credit for CTE classes. The brief talks about how these states have addressed barriers related to Highly Qualified Teacher status.
Download the brief here (PDF). ![]() A quick and easy to understand explanation of career pathways from CLASP (Center for Law and Social Policy). http://www.clasp.org/issues/postsecondary/pages/career-pathways-explained Please consider spending 10 minutes to complete the CTE Common Definitions Survey this week!
The Alaska Career & Technical Education (CTE) plan seeks to “develop a CTE system for Alaskan learners that is inclusive, comprehensive and accessible” (Alaska CTE Plan, 2010). Educators, business and community partners are working together to implement this vision and create a CTE system in Alaska. Having common CTE definitions can assist in the conversations and work involved with the implementation. Multiple stakeholders have contributed to the recommended CTE definitions for Alaska and now we are requesting additional feedback from secondary, postsecondary, business and industry stakeholders. Please consider spending 10 minutes to complete the CTE Common Definitions Survey. The data collected from this survey will be referenced in determining common CTE definitions for the State of Alaska or to determine if different definitions are needed. This survey is anonymous and although direct quotes may be used, they will not be attributed to a specific individual. After analyzing the survey responses, we will post the CTE Definitions document on the CTE Plan website (www.alaskacteplan.com). Thank you for your ongoing commitment to CTE in Alaska! By the Galena Hawk Highlights staff
Reprinted here with permission from The Hawk Highlights, Galena, Alaska When a construction worker fell off the Ptarmigan Hall roof on Wednesday evening, the first medical responder on the scene was GILA senior Emmie Ellis. Emmie became a state certified emergency trauma technician in 2013 following her training in GILA’s health sciences program. When the construction worker tumbled 35 feet to the ground after slipping on a rain-slick rooftop, Emmie was meeting with residence hall dean of students Ben Blasco. “We saw him fall,” she said. After calling 911, she and Mr. Blasco ran outside. “He looked like he had partially fallen onto the concrete.” Emmie’s emergency medical training kicked in. “He was obviously distraught,” Emmie said. The 17-year-old from Delta Junction told the construction worker she was an emergency medical technician, and she asked several questions to check his coherence. Download the entire story here in PDF - or read it online at http://hawkhighlights.com/news/2014/201409-news/student_medical_aid.html. Is there a CTE program, student, teacher or instructor, administrator, or supporter you want us to highlight? Please download and complete the form below - or ask the appropriate person to do that, then email it to [email protected], and we'll add it to our Celebrate Success page (http://www.alaskacteplan.com/celebrate-success.html).
Celebrating CTE Success - Share Your Story - Information Form (fillable PDF) At its annual business meeting on October 22, 2014, the Alaska Association for Career and Technical Education (Alaska ACTE) adopted the following resolutions:
The resolutions may be downloaded at the following links. Each is a 1-page PDF document. 14-1: Honoring Dale Staley 14-2: CTE Plan 14-3: WFD Plans 14-4: APS For more information about Alaska ACTE, please visit their website at http://www.actealaska.org/. These requirements apply to all Limited Type M CTE Certificates first issued after January 1, 2014 (For full text of the Regulations, see 4 AAC 12.372) For New Applications for a One-Year Limited Type M CTE Certificates
For Extension of an Initial 1-Year Limited Type M CTE Certificates for Four Additional Years
For Renewal of a 5-year Limited Type M CTE Certificate
For more information, please visit the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development Teacher Certification website - http://education.alaska.gov/TeacherCertification/ -- OR -- Contact the Teacher Certification office – by phone (907) 465-283 or by email to Sondra Meredith, Teacher Certification Administrator, at [email protected] ![]() The Daily Sitka Sentinel reports on the expansion of Sitka High School's CTE facilities - a new building, funded by a $2.9 million legislative appropriation, which covers 10,000 square feet and has 24-foot- high ceilings. Read the entire article here. The Alaska CTE Plan state agency partners have published a brief status update of the Plan, along with a letter of recommitment from the agency heads - EED Commissioner Mike Hanley, DOLWD Commissioner Dianne Blumer, and UA President Patrick Gamble. The documents are posted on the CTE Plan website at http://www.alaskacteplan.com.
The Alaska Association for Career and Technical Education (Alaska ACTE) named the following CTE award winners at its annual awards luncheon on October 22, 2014. Congratulations to our outstanding CTE colleagues!
This site provides a treasure-trove of information and resources about establishing high-quality work-based learning programs, including a complete toolkit with all the forms, manuals, training, etc. you would need. Download everything at no charge!
The State Board of Education and Early Development is proposing to adopt regulation changes in Title 4 of the Alaska Administrative Code by amending 4 AAC 06.075 to revise the units of credit required for high school graduation as follows:
You may submit public comment on this proposed regulation by November 3, 2014 at the EED public notice website (https://education.alaska.gov/regs/comment.cfm ). The comment form is at the very bottom of the page. Cite 4 AAC 06.075 as the regulation you are commenting on. The Alaska Association for Career and Technical Education's 27th annual Professional Development Conference begins its three-day run on Monday October 20, 2014 at the Downtown Marriott in Anchorage. Over 200 participants are expected, including secondary and postsecondary educators as well as business and industry representatives. View the conference program here. Walk-in registration is available on all days of the conference. For more information, see the registration website at http://www.pdc-ak.com/ or contact Kelly Donnelly at [email protected].
Webmaster's note: The hydroponic greenhouse and the horticulture curriculum were supported by CTE Plan Implementation grants awarded to Southeast Island School District in FY13 and FY14.
From KRBD - Ketchikan FM Community Radio, by Emily Files, September 18, 2014 There are no restaurants in the approximately 500-person town of Thorne Bay on Prince of Wales Island. But that looks like it’s going to change. Southeast Island School District, which serves Thorne Bay and several other rural schools, is buying a vacant restaurant from the city. They’re going to use food from school greenhouses and a bakery to provide fresh meals for residents and business experience for students. It will be called the Thorne Bay Café. The Southeast Island School District hired Susan Powell, a restaurant manager from Oregon, to take charge of the café. She listed some of the entree possibilities: “Carnitas tacos, ‘cause we have the great tortillas from Coffman Cove. Maybe a taco salad, you know, some Mexican things. A barbeque pork sandwich. A Philly cheese steak or chicken cheese steak. A couple different kinds of soup every day ‘cause we’re going into winter.” She’s still working on the menu. But she plans to use produce from four school greenhouses. And she’ll get bread and tortillas from a small bakery run by the Coffman Cove school. “I think the main goal is to support the schools and promote their products and to have student involvement,” Powell said. Megan Fitzpatrick is Thorne Bay’s 7th through 12th grade teacher. She said this restaurant is one more fruit to spring from the labor and success of the student-run greenhouse. The school district starting operating the hydroponic greenhouse in Thorne Bay in February. To read the entire story, visit this link. From the ACTE Online CTE Policy Watch Blog, September 19, 2014
Yesterday, Congress passed a stopgap continuing resolution (CR) to provide temporary funding for the federal government through December 11. The House passed the bill (319-108) on Wednesday, with the Senate following suit (78-22) a day later. This CR will continue current funding levels for Perkins and other education programs until a long-term agreement for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 can be reached. In July, the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations subcommittee released an FY 2015 funding bill that would increase the Perkins Basic State Grant to $1.123 billion (up from $1.118 billion in FY 2014)! However, neither the Senate nor the House of Representatives will be able to pass a Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill before the end of the fiscal year, so the short-term CR is necessary to keep the federal government running past September 30. Following the passage of the CR, Congress adjourned until November for the midterm elections. ACTE has called on Congress to complete its work on a full-year appropriations bill that includes an increase in Perkins funding. With so much uncertainty about the future of funding for CTE, this is an important time to reach out to your Members of Congress and let them know that investing in CTE can’t wait! http://ctepolicywatch.typepad.com/blog/2014/09/congress-passes-short-term-funding-bill-for-perkins.html By Scarlett Wilson, Published September 21, 2014
So you’ve just finished year 11 and you’ve been thrown into the big wide world – which can be a pretty scary time to say the least. It can be difficult to decide what to do after you finish your GCSEs and it doesn’t help that there are some many options to choose from. But a pretty common question is; “Do I go to college or do an apprenticeship?” This can be a stressful time, because you’ve got to try and make your mind up about what you actually want to do in life. It’s important to think carefully about your decision – you don’t want to be back to square one in six months because you’ve decided you don’t want to be an apprentice anymore. Remember that this this is your life so you’ve got to think carefully about what suits you! We’ve come up with some pros and cons of choosing an apprenticeship over college. Hopefully this will help you make the right decision. Read the entire article here. From the EED CTE Coordinators' Listserve, September 15, 2014
EED is pleased to announce Curtis Clough has been hired as the new EED CTE Administrator. Mr. Clough's educational background is exceptionally broad and eclectic, including Middle School/High School Teacher, Athletic Coach, Assistant Principal/Athletic Director, High School Principal, Rural School District Superintendent, and Online Student Instructor/Academic Chair at a Community College. The combination of Curtis's classroom, school, district, and post-secondary CTE experiences have provided him with a truly holistic understanding of Career and Technical Education and make him a valuable addition to the EED CTE unit. A passion for and direct involvement in Career and Technical Education has been a constant across Curtis's varied educational positions. A few highlights of his CTE efforts include: overseeing alignment of career and technical programs in higher education to national accreditation with the Practical Nursing and Welding programs receiving approval by national accrediting bodies, and Co-Chairing an initiative to partner K-12 and Higher Education with local business and industry to align educational expectations and career exploration with local workforce and economic development needs, including job shadowing and mentoring programs for high school juniors and seniors with various employers. Curtis is in the process of moving with his wife from Ohio to Juneau and is anticipated to formally begin work October 1st. EED is pleased to also welcome Sheila Box as an Education Specialist II to the CTE unit. Sheila has been with the Department of Education & Early Development for 15 years, and has coordinated the Even Start, Comprehensive School Reform, and Supplemental Educational Services programs for the Department in the past, as well as working continuously with districts on their ESEA (Titles I, Migrant, IIA, and III) grants; providing technical assistance, approving, and monitoring expertise for these grants. Sheila was instrumental in completing development of and providing training to districts for the GMS online protocol for ESEA grants that will be used more extensively for CTE grants in the future. In addition, Sheila has been involved in school improvement processes with the department for many years, developing early forms of the school improvement plan, initiating the placement of coaches in schools and districts, and most recently providing technical assistance and guidance in the use of the STEPP continuous improvement platform. She has served as liaison for up to 38 schools and 10 districts as they developed and institutionalized the continuous improvement process in their own sites, and looks forward to developing relationships with the professionals in the CTE community. Vocational education was once a staple of American schooling, preparing some kids for blue-collar futures while others were put on a path to college. Today the new mantra is “college for all.” But not everyone wants to go to college, and more than half of jobs don’t require a bachelor’s degree. Many experts say it’s time to bring back career and technical education.
This American RadioWorks documentary explores how vocational education is being reimagined. http://www.americanradioworks.org/documentaries/ready-to-work/ (American RadioWorks® is the national documentary unit of American Public Media. ARW creates documentaries, series projects, podcasts and online content for the public radio system and the Internet.)
From the Association for Career and Technical Education
As the new school year begins, several major corporate foundations are offering grant opportunities that could bring additional resources to your CTE classroom. Read the entire article. WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, co-chair of the Senate Career and Technical Education (CTE) Caucus, today introduced the Middle School Technical Education Program (Middle STEP) Act that would expose middle school students to CTE programs focused on career exploration.
Read the entire article. Please consider recognizing your colleagues through the annual Alaska ACTE awards.
Awards will be recognized at the Alaska ACTE Professional Development Conference, October 20-22 in Anchorage. https://www.pdc-ak.com Information on the Awards nomination process is detailed in this PDF document. Please share this information with other CTE colleagues! Submit by email - nominations on or before September 30, 2014 to Awards Chair: Carin Smolin, 523-1877; email: [email protected] From the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, September 9, 2014
By Caitlin Skvorc WASILLA — Students from Mat-Su Career and Technical High School have put Alaska on the global map with scientific research beyond their years. Career and Tech students Lucas Arthur, Kailey Carlson, Joshua Hartman and Ariel Hasse were selected with four other teams from across the United States for the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Learning Expedition, a “worldwide hands-on primary and secondary school-based science and education program,” according to the organization’s website. Read the entire article. |
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