Connecting Education and Careers 2004 will help you…

• Strengthen assessment and accountability systems to comply with Perkins, No Child Left Behind and other mandates;
  
  
• Improve organizational efficiency and leadership while inspiring innovation and change;
  
  
• Accomplish more with smaller budgets;
  
  
• Transform traditional programs with new and innovative strategies;
  
  
• Identify the best equipment, products and services for your classrooms and labs;
  
  
• Improve core teaching skills and develop new and innovative techniques;
  
  
• Use new approaches to help under-prepared students succeed;
  
  
• Implement innovative guidance and career exploration strategies;
  
  
• Implement partnerships with local businesses and employers;
  
  
• Implement employer-supported articulation programs;
  
  
• Document institutional and student outcomes;
  
  
• Market quality programs to attract and serve adult students;
  
  
• Implement classroom technology to enhance total student development;
  
  
• Refresh your knowledge of popular computing programs;
  
  
• Implement proven technology and avoid costly missteps;
  
  
• Make computer technology a vital part of your instruction and curriculum;
  
  
• Improve recruitment and retention;
  
  
• Prepare technologically literate students;
  
  
• Develop effective distance learning strategies.