On Monday, February 14th Southern Alamance High School sponsored SHS Has Heart Day in celebration of the Character Education and Career & Technical Education programs. The CARE and CTE Coordinators worked together to plan activities that connect “school, work and life”. Emphasizing the importance of positive character traits with workforce preparedness, supports the National Career & Technical Education theme – Training Tomorrow’s Workforce along with the CARE project motto of achieving future goals through good character education.
This event began with a breakfast for the staff that was prepared by parent volunteers and all staff members wore T-shirts with the SHS Character Education logo: SHS Character Education…. Building Blocks for Lifelong Success. Classroom motivational posters were given to teachers as well as student made posters supporting the theme for the week lined the SHS hallways. Many CTE classes planned special events with guest speakers such as Mr. Danny Isley, who has demonstrated his “craft into cash” candy-making hobby to FACS classes for 24 years, a representative from Bobby Isaacs Motor Sports spoke with Auto Tech students and the HOSA students supported the St Jude’s Cancer campaign.
Fun was added to the day by a visit from BINGO the Burlington Indians mascot and door prizes for faculty and staff. These activities along with others created the foundation for SHS Has Heart Day which may become an annual event, not only because it was fun, but because it proved to be a great way to support the Southern High School CTE and CARE program goals… to prepare our students for life-long success.
Submitted by Judy Harrington, Career Development Coordinator
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At the City Commissioners meeting on February 1, 2005, Mayor Bob Dunn proclaimed “February 13-19, 2005 as Career and Technical Education Week in Nacogdoches,” Texas. This proclamation was presented to two students; one student represented the Agricultural Science and Technology Program Area and another represented FCCLA and the Family Consumer Science Technology (FCST) Program Area. (see slides 2 & 3).
In preparation for CTE Week, the CTE Teachers gathered photographs of students performing various tasks during classes and service projects outside of class. These were compiled into a PowerPoint slide show and also printed. The printed version was presented to each NISD School Board member during the February 17, 2005, meeting. Also during that meeting a student representative and teacher from each of the 10 Program Areas at the high school, plus 2 from the middle school, spoke to the board, thanking them for their support and telling what they plan to do after high school. The student then shook hands with the board member and presented them with a framed Certificate of Appreciation.
In addition to the parade of appreciation during the board meeting, CTE Teachers prepared a hamburger lunch and served all the CTE Team with the assistance of Culinary Arts students.
Submitted by Donna Brown, Director of Career and Technology Education
EOC Tech and Oklahoma’s Department of Career and Technology Education recently celebrated Career and Technology Education Week. It has been exactly 100 years since the first vocational class was held in a classroom in Oklahoma. To commemorate EOC Tech’s service to the local communities and to the state, several events were hosted by EOC Tech which was open to Eastern Oklahoma County residents and to its current students and business and industry partners.
Monday, February 14, CareerTech Week commenced with a Business and Industry Customer Service class. Attendees learned important information on how to offer the best customer service. This free course is just one example of the many valuable classes EOC Tech has to offer the residents of Eastern Oklahoma County.
Students, faculty and the staff enjoyed free popcorn and lemonade during regularly scheduled break periods on Tuesday, February 15. These break periods allowed the students, faculty and the staff some time to get acquainted with the administrators of the tech center. Also on Tuesday, the National Technical Honor Society at EOC Tech inducted its newest members.
Short-term adult evening students were given the opportunity to bring a friend to one of their classes Wednesday, February 16. This special occasion allowed the ‘friends’ to see first-hand the variety of classes that are offered at EOC Tech. In addition to attending class with a friend, a free hot-dog dinner complete with chips, a candy bar and lemonade was served to all of the participants.
Motivational speaker and artist, Richard Hight, entertained students, faculty and staff, during both the morning and afternoon classes on Thursday, February 17. Hight painted eight feet canvases and choreographed his whole show to specially selected pieces of music. Students and faculty were amazed by Hight’s talent and his ability to relate his love of art with following a dream and never letting go. Hight’s two art pieces will be permanently on display at EOC Tech.
Legislators took their Friday off to attend school with EOC Tech students. Senators Cliff Aldridge and Charlie Laster along with Representative Gary Banz rolled up their sleeves and took a student guided tour and saw first hand what happens in the classrooms of EOC Tech. Rep. Banz commented, “I could see the passion these students have for what they are learning in their programs. It shows through.”
“This was a great week at EOC Tech, we have a lot to be proud of here and it is a great opportunity to showcase to the community and to our own students what takes place on campus. We are definitely pointing people in the right direction,” said Dr. Terry Underwood, EOC Tech Superintendent.
Submitted by Kathleen Kennedy, Public Relations Coordinator
Atlanta Technical College celebrated National Career and Technical Education Week by hosting two panel discussions with leaders from business and industry. The panelists included: (1) Mr. Elvin Johnson, Division Manager-Advance Auto Parts,(2) Mr. Anthony Drummer-Owner Drummer Imports Service and Sales, (3) Mr. Steve Waldrip, Transmission Manager-Georgia Power Company, (4) Ms. Lakeisha Finney, Recruiter-United Parcel Service, (5) Mr. Sedric Lanard, Owner Traxx International Salon and Spa (an Atlanta Tech graduate), (6) Mr. Scott Reid, Recruiter-FedEx Ground, (7) Sergeant First Class Tuesdae Campos-United States Army Reserve.
Mr. Johnson and Mr. Drummer are graduates of Automotive Technology programs. Mr. Drummer also completed an Auto Collision training program. Advance Auto Parts is the number two auto parts company in the US. Mr. Drummer services "high-line automobiles", BMW, LEXUS, MERCEDES-BENZ and VOLVO. He spent twenty-two plus years learning the business, working on the front end as a service advisor before purchasing land and building his business.
Each panelists spoke on the theme from their workforce experience, covering how they started, characteristics required to perform the jobs within their company, etc.
Submitted by Sandra Bush, Atlanta Technical College Placement Coordinator
Attached is a picture of Utah ACTE members with Utah Governor, Jon Huntsman, Jr. taken on 2-17-05 during national CTE Week (Governor signed proclamation declaring Utah CTE Week.)
From left to right:
Rod Crockett, Legislative Chair UACTE
Mike Gowens, President-Elect UACTE
Becky Cox, Membership Chair UACTE
Kris Hammond, Special Needs UACTE
Curtis Youngman, (back row) former President UACTE
Mary Shumway, Utah State Office of Education, CTE Director
Utah Governor, Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Ann Decker (back row), Conference Chair UACTE
Judy Whitaker, Executive Secretary/Director UACTE
Doug Golding, Treasurer UACTE
Tom Sachse, Guidance State Office of Education
Murray Meszaros, OCR State Office of Education
Melvin Robinson, Technology Engineering State Office of Education
Submitted by Rod Crockett, Legislative Chair UACTE
Perry, GA. The Perry High School Career and Technical Education Department celebrated its Career and Technical Education Week on February 13-19, 2005. One of the activities for the week included the Career Tech: “Training Tomorrow’s Workforce Breakfast” where Perry’s Mayor Worrall attended and signed the Proclamations. The student organizations FBLA, FFA, FCCLA, and SkillsUSA hosted the breakfast.
Submitted by Sherry W. Johnson, Business Education Instructor
The Acorn FCCLA officers have been very busy planning for and celebrating National FCCLA Week. Last week, they went to KENA, our local radio station to pre-record five different public service announcements to be run in four news spots every day this week. They pulled information from the national website for the PSA's, which they edited and rewrote to fit our needs. It has been a highlight of the lunch hour to listen to themselves each day. Yesterday, my local president, Jessica Munger, and vice president of programs, Mary Needham, helped to man the FCCLA CTSO booth in the rotunda of the state capitol in Little Rock. They demonstrated the use of technology to compute body mass index. This is part of the vast array of technology I have collected over the years, funded by Perkins. I can't even begin to imagine what my program would be like without access to Perkins funds!
The use of technology in my classroom keeps students engaged in real world activities which makes my job much more exciting.
Submitted by Annette Hays, Acorn FACS and FCCLA
Created a trivia contest titled "Who Wants to Be A Millionaire". Students received the game cards from any CATE teacher. Students were challenged to learn about FCS, ITE , ME, and BE by searching out teachers and asking questions to receive clues to help them answer the trivia questions. Competed game cards were returned to the students counselor who then rewarded them with a full size candy bar. Students with winning entries will be placed in a drawing to win a teacher parking spot for a week, gift certificates to local restaurants, gift certificates to our school store, and a yearbook.
The World of Business class created a display in the commons area. Our media center faces the commons (a large carpeted pit where students congregate), and the students each took one of the departments in our building in CTE and created a display. The goal was for the students to interact and learn as much about their assigned curricular area as possible and then create a display. The pictures and artists are attached in this mailing.
We attached "cookie bag tags" to our otis spunkmeyer cookie bags sold in the school store. The tags were produced from the ITE, BE, ME, and FCS departments and contained messages about careers, classes offered at East, and testimonials from past students.
In addition to our celebration, we included activism. We organized an effort to send letters and emails to our senators and representatives. We talked to currents students and alumni from our programs. We involved counselors and staff in our building to write as well. Over 400 contacts were sent out. We are hoping that each contact will write a letter or send an email and that they will in turn spread the word to their friends, family, and colleagues.
Submitted by Laurie Fraser, Marketing Education
A breakfast was held for the entire staff (approx. 170) at MHS in the morning before classes began. The breakfast took place in the Technical Wing of MHS. Teachers, custodians, administrators and support staff went to the Welding Classroom to get their plate to eat on…from there they went to the Machine Shop classroom to get their eating utensils, and the final stop was in the Automotive classroom for the food. Teachers also took turns sitting in the new 2005 Ford Mustang which was recently donated to the automotive program at MHS.
Teachers were encouraged to take their classes on tours of ALL CTE programs. This included child care, marketing, business, computer apps, clothing, foods, welding, machining, automotive, health occupations, construction, small engine, electronics and drafting. As an extra incentive - teachers will put their name in a drawing to receive a $50 gift certificate at a local restaurant each time they bring a class on the CTE tour.
A few students had the opportunity to be in an operating room while one of their teachers had carpal tunnel surgery. Students from the health occupations and anatomy classes took part in attending the surgery with the instructor’s orthopedic doctor explaining the procedure to them. Students also witnessed three other surgeries that day as well.
Submitted by Lori K. Kleinow, Career Development Facilitator
We celebrated CTE Week at our school (Daniel Morgan Technology Center in Spartanburg, SC) by having our local DECA Chapter Installation program on Thursday, February 17, 2005, at 630 PM in the multi-purpose room.
As an introductory part of the ceremony, all attendees were reminded that we selected this date as a part of our CTE Week Celebration.
At this time, we installed out second semester DECA officers and members. Parents, faculty, staff and friends were invited to attend the ceremony, as well as our first semester DECA members.
Our Assistant Director, Mr. Dennis Nance, attended the installation, and offered congratulations and best wishes to all chapter members.
Refreshments were served at the conclusion of the induction ceremony, and students and the advisor met after the ceremony for a Dutch treat dinner and fellowship at Applebees.
Submitted by Karen Oxley, DECA Advisor/Marketing Education Instructor/ ACTE Member
I teach FCS at Princeton High School in Cincinnati Ohio. To celebrate CTE Week, we had 2 days of career speakers. Our students could choose between the areas of Arts and Communication, Business- Financial and Business- Retail for the first day. Then Health Services, Human Resources and Industrial and Engineering for the second day. For each area we had 2-3 speakers in that room sharing about their career with our students. Both speakers and students had many positive responses to the day- so we're already planning for next year. Go CTE!!
Submitted by Susan Butts, FCS Teacher
