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CTE Trends Volume 7, Issue 10
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Volume 7 February 10, 2009 Number 10 Special Topics | CTE In the NEWS | CTSO Related | Updates: Credentialing, CTA, VE-135
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Special Topics
A warm WELCOME to new staff at CCCSPlease welcome our new CTA Manager, Casey Sacks, Ph.D. and Victoria Crownover, Monitoring Officer. She can be reached at 720-858-2841 or casey.sacks@cccs.edu. Victoria came to CCCS on a 6th month contract last year to help out with the backlog of OCR monitoring visits and was hired full-time as of December as Monitoring Officer. She can be reached at 720-858-2775 or victoria.crownover@cccs.edu. CTE Day at the Capitol will be February 19th!RSVP required. Please join your CACTE colleagues for Colorado CTE Day at the Capitol. On this day, the Colorado State Legislature will introduce a resolution celebrating February as CTE Month. Everyone will meet in the basement cafeteria of the Capitol promptly at 8:45 a.m. and then walk to the Senate floor (or the gallery, 3rd floor) to hear the resolution introduction sometime during the morning. Senator Rollie Heath will introduce the resolution. At 1:30 p.m., the House and Senate Education Committees are meeting. This may be an interesting time to observe these committees at work. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Dr. Dan R. Lucero, Executive Director of Colorado ACTE at coloradoacte@juno.com by Monday, February 16.
2009 Regional Monitoring WorkshopsThe Colorado Community College System (CCCS) will host Regional CTE Monitoring Workshops this spring at Trinidad State Junior College, Morgan Community College and the Community College of Aurora. The purpose of the workshops is to provide an opportunity for secondary and post-secondary CTE administrators, school administrators and school fiscal and procurement management staff to learn about the monitoring process, procedures, guidelines and expectations for federal compliance with the Carl D. Perkins Act and Title VI, IX and Section 504 (MOA) – Civil Rights. Preliminary agendas for the workshops can be found at http://www.coloradostateplan.com/. If you’d like to attend, please register online at http://www.rsvpbook.com/event.php?492796.
Workshop Schedule: (10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.)
Questions can be referred to the CTE Monitoring Manager at 720-858-2736, christopher.lee@cccs.edu or Pat Sagrillo at 303-595-1568, pat.sagrillo@cccs.edu.
**CAP4K 12-Stop Teacher Tour**The Colorado Department of Education in collaboration with the Colorado Education Association (CEA) will hold a 12-stop tour across the state to identify teacher understanding of Senate Bill 08-212, also know as the Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K). The tour stops will allow for discussion about the law’s relevance to practice, its impact on teaching and learning and the kind of help that teachers would find useful for classroom implementation. The meetings will be led by CAP4K Project Manager, Samantha Long, CDE Deputy Commissioner, Ken Turner and CEA Director of Teaching and Learning, Linda Barker. Feedback from the tour will help CDE organize professional development and other support for teachers related to CAP4K. Additional Tours will be held on the following dates: S.B. 08-212 seeks to establish a seamless pathway from preschool into college or the workplace. Essential to that pathway is an understanding of what it means to be ready for education or the workforce after high school and a plan to ensure that students take the necessary courses and master the content to do so. These descriptions of school readiness and postsecondary and workforce readiness will guide the final selection of new statewide model content standards, which are being revised for the first time since they were adopted 13 years ago.
Free Facilitating AvailableAre you starting to think about what to do with next year’s Perkins funds? Not sure where to start the planning? Looking for a fair way to address everyone’s needs? Want to get the planning done early? Need help? Our online Administrators’ Handbook may be a place to start! Go to http://www.coloradostateplan.com/admin_handbook.htm and click open the PDF for Section V, Part C, Perkins. Click on the binoculars icon and where it asks what word or phrase would you like to search for, type “strategic planning.” Then click the SEARCH button. The first page that has that phrase on it will appear on the right side of your screen. Also, in the Search area, below the Results, there will be options to select other pages that include that phrase. Hold your mouse over each of those options until you see the one that says “Page 16,” then click on that choice. The next six pages that appear on the right side of your screen provide a guide, resources, and formats that can be used for strategically planning the use of your Perkins funds. If you would like Lorrie Toni, Perkins Director, to come to your site to help facilitate this process, please feel free to contact her to schedule a date. Lorrie will try to keep most Fridays open for this purpose but other days may also be available. Lorrie can be reached at 303-595-1565 or lorrie.toni@cccs.edu.
Colorado Symposium on Emergency CareDATE: May 26th – May 31st, 2009
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CTE in the News
Expansion of CCCOnlineColorado Community College Online has expanded to a 24/7 online Paralegal Degree and Certificate program. CCCOnline’s program offers the same level of courses as those taught at most paralegal schools except the student can now do the whole program online. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that employment of paralegals is growing much faster than the average, as employers try to reduce costs by hiring paralegals instead of lawyers. The BLS predicts that the profession will grow 22% between 2006-2016. Most paralegals entering the field have an associate’s degree in paralegal studies or a bachelor’s degree coupled with a certificate in paralegal studies. The CCConline Paralegal associates degree is only 30 credits; the certificate is 21 credits. Students can register online at http://www.ccconline.org/courses/programs/Paralegal.
Special Populations Program of the Year WinnerThe Valley High School ACE program in Gilcrest, CO was nominated and selected to receive the Piney Mountain Press Award for Special Populations Program of the Year. Debra Hodson accepted the award at the 2008 National ACTE Convention in Charlotte NC in December. The Valley High School ACE program focuses on job readiness skills via a student run business. The students have spent the last three years running the Valley Perk, a very successful coffee shop at the high school, gaining valuable job skills by the hands on experience. The job training available to students at the Valley Perk includes management, customer service, inventory specialist, marketing and baristas. Due to the success of the coffee shop, the students have also learned the benefit of philanthropy. All of the upper level ACE students are unified partners with the Valley HS Special Olympics Team. This stellar civics program has created a wonderful and meaningful relationship between at-risk students and those students with severe disabilities. A round of applause for Deb Hodson and her ACE students.
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CTSO RelatedCTSO involvement reaps many benefitsLiberty School has two finalists for the prestigious Wendy’s High School Heisman Award. To be eligible for this award, students must display academic aptitude, athletic talent and community leadership. Tyson Mann is actively involved in extra-curricular clubs including FFA, FCCLA, FBLA, 4-H, and Knowledge Bowl, and also participates in Football, Basketball, and Track and Field. Tyson serves as the current FFA President and has received All-Conference Honors in football twice throughout his high school career. Tyson plans to continue his education in the engineering field. Jordan Jackson is currently serving as the Colorado FBLA State President where she is actively involved in a number of community service projects. She is also an active member and officer in FFA, FCCLA, Student Council, drama, and high school choir. Jordan plans to study journalism and communications this coming fall in the hope of becoming a news anchor. The Wendy’s High School Heisman program, awarded in conjunction with the collegiate Heisman, celebrates the achievements of the nation’s top high school seniors both in and out of the classroom. Just as the collegiate Heisman is known for being the top award in college football, the WHSH award is known for being the most prestigious award at the high school level. The award encourages future leadership by recognizing well-balanced lifestyles at an early age.
JUDGES NEEDED for upcoming State Conferences2009 DECA State Leadership ConferenceOver the past years you have given of your time to make our CTSO’s successful. Once again this year we are asking you for the gift of time. Colorado DECA will be holding its annual State Leadership Conference at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs on February 22-24, 2009. We are in need of judges on February 23 from 7:00 am to approximately 3:30 pm in the afternoon. Colorado DECA will cover your parking and provide you with a wonderful Broadmoor continental breakfast and lunch. To join us, we ask you to register at our new website www.decajudge.org If you have judged for DECA in the past, you will still need to register. The judges registration website has changed. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Everett Vaughan, 303-595-1576. Thank you in advance. 2009 FCCLA State Leadership Conference and Food Events CompetitionWant a positive shot in the arm? Be our hero and be a competitive event judge on April 3, 2009. FCCLA State Conference competitive events will be held at the Denver Tech Marriott and the Food Events Competition is hosted at Johnson & Wales, both on Friday, April 3, 2009. Students from chapters across Colorado will compete in 30 different events, ranging from Job Interview and Career Investigation to Culinary Arts and Interior Design. To take a look at the list of events and to sign up, go to the Colorado Family, Career and Community Leaders of America website: 2009 SkillsUSA State Leadership ConferenceJudges are needed to select the best SkillsUSA students to represent Colorado at the National SkillsUSA Leadership competitions in Kansas City in June. If you would like to volunteer as a judge for the Colorado Skills USA Leadership Competition on April 16, 2009 at the Warren Tech Campus in Lakewood, Colorado, please contact Bob Jager at 719-634-1805 or drj736@msn.com.
Colorado FCCLA State Leadership Conference and Food Events CompetitionYou are invited to join Colorado FCCLA members, advisers, and guests at State Conference where “Heroes Happen” Thursday, April 2, through Saturday, April 4, 2009, at the Denver Marriott Tech Center. Occupational students will perform Heroic fetes at their Food Events Competition in the Culinary Arts Building on the Johnson & Wales University campus, Friday, April 3, 2009. Websites for getting advisers, students, and guests registered are: Note the following deadlines:
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Valuable CTE Websites
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This is issue #710 of CTE Trends. The next issue will be released February 24, 2009.Scheduled publication dates: Feb. 24; Mar. 10, 24; Apr. 7, 21; May 5, 19 Distributed to more than a 1,000 CTE educators and administrators throughout Colorado, CTE Trends is made possible through The Carl D. Perkins Vocational-Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 federal funding as administered by the Colorado Community College System. Editor: Victoria Ekelund |
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