A New Teacher's First Year
A new CTE teacher shares the story of her first year of teaching
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A Role to Play in School Reform
CTE is playing a role in helping students meet the state standards for achievement in Chesapeake, VA.
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A State of Growth
In Georgia, there are some schools in the technical college system that have experienced a lot of growth, and others that appear ready to follow.
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Adult Workforce Education is Reaching out to Displaced Workers (All Access)
In Lima, Ohio, the Apollo Career Center meets the retraining needs of the community’s displaced workers.
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Amazed and Renewed (All Access)
Professional development is a great way to keep learning and growing, but it can also mean a renewal of energy and enthusiasm for teaching.
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An Education in Diversity (All Access)
but they all share the need for an education that will prepare them for the future workplace., The changing face of the American classroom reflects many races and cultures
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An IT Mentoring Program
In Washington, D.C., a career center is pairing students with mentors to help those students succeed in today’s information technology workplace.
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Are the Stakes Too High?
There has to be a way to measure student success, but are high-stakes tests the best way?
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Body Language in the Classroom
Nonverbal communication is a powerful tool, so it is important for teachers and administrators to understand the messages they are sending and receiving.
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Bright Ideas for Dark Days
With winter on the doorstep, Dauna Easley shares some tips on brightening those dark days.
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Camels and Camshafts
How the University of Georgia is helping to improve career and technical education in a Persian Gulf neighbor of Iraq, the United Arab Emirates.
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Career Academies: Cutting-Edge Reform or Passing Fad?
An innovative approach to education reform begun more than 30 years ago, the career academy concept has continued to grow.
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Career and Technical Education at Tribal Colleges
Native American students are benefiting from career and technical education, but at tribal colleges, there are some unique aspects to the programs.
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Career and Technical Education is Real. And Real Important.
The fact that school leaders promulgate the myth and tell parents that all students will complete a college education is wrong, and it is a lie.
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Career and Technical Education Works for Rural Communities
A strong career and technical education system, such as the one in Oklahoma, may be key to preserving our rural communities.
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Career and Technical Student Organizations Building Our Future
CTSO students today are preparing to become outstanding citizens of tomorrow.
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Career Clusters…At Home in State and Schools
Work on development of career clusters continues under the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium.
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Career Focus: Dental Assisstants, technicians and Hygienists
CTE students are learning how to lend a hand for good dental health.
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Career Focus: HVACR - A Field Where the Job Climate is Good
It’s a cool field where the job prospects are hot. That’s the message that a lot of trade associations and education organizations are trying to get out about heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR), and they have the statistics to back them up.
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Celebrating 100 Years of Flight
In recognition of the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brother's historic achievement, we look at some of the aviation and aerospace technology education programs that will keep us flying high.
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Centered on Teacher Training
A wide array of services and resources make up the formula for successful teacher training at the University of Massachusetts Boston’s Center for Technical Education.
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Crafting Hope
The Artisans Program at Covenant House Washington is offering young people hope and a chance for a successful future.
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Elements of an Effective Mentoring Program
Building an effective mentoring program begins with a good design.
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Helping Your Students Manage Their Time
It is one of the most important soft skills you can teach your students.
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Hidden Gems
Many valuable internship and experiential learning programs go undocumented. Here are some excellent examples from Pennsylvania.
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Improving reading proficiency through CTE
Reading skills may be improved by incorporating content literacy into the CTE classroom.
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Is Smaller Better?
Many educators today support the idea that a smaller learning environment is better for students.
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Is That Clock Broken?
Making the most of an uninspiring professional development activity takes a little effort, but it can be done.
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Keeping Kids in School: The Power of CTE
A report from the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education on the growing body of research that links high school CTE to reducing the likelihood of youth leaving school prematurely.
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Knowing Our Place in the Community
Career and technical education programs often have special connections with the places where they are based.
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Making the Case for Tech Prep
The evidence is starting to come in, and it makes a strong case for tech prep.
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Mentoring New Teachers
An Ohio career center built its teacher mentoring program from the inside out.
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Motorcycle Diaries
An instructor at Minnesota's South Central College turned his love of motorcycles into a way to save the school's Computer Integrated Machining program.
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Moving on Up
There are a number of technical schools and community colleges across the country that are reporting tremendous growth.
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National Academy Foundation at the forefront of high school reform
The National Academy Foundation under its president, John Ferrandino, is a leader in the career academy approach to smaller learning communities.
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National Careers in Construction Week (All Access)
NCCER is dedicating the week of October 17-21 as the first annual National Careers in Construction Week.
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Never Stop Growing
Career and technical educators participate in professional development activities that help them continue to grow and ensure the best education for their students.
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Not Just for CTE Teachers
At the Upper Rio Grande College Tech-Prep Youth Consortium, academic teachers are connecting education and careers through professional development.
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Not Just New–Newly Reborn
A new school can mean more than simply a newer facility; it can mean a rebirth into an even better program, such as the one at the Clyde C. Miller Career Academy in St. Louis.
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Nursing Students Benefit from Video Technology
Recording live images in the Renton Technical College Nurses Learning Resource Center is enhancing the educational experience for students.
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Organize for More Time
A business education teacher offers some organizational solutions to help teachers better manage their classrooms and their time.
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Perkins Funding Again Threatened in Bush Budget
Overview of February 2004 Bush Administration's FY 2005 budget proposal for career tech.
Summary of ACTE's Perkins reauthorization recommendations.
Proposed Funding Cuts for CTE- The Potential Impact on Your State.
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Race Issues in Career and Technical Education: A Snapshot in Black and White
Commentary and recommendations on the issue of low participation of African Americans in career tech education.
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Redefining CTE: Seizing a Unique Opportunity to Help the "Neglected Majority" Become World-Class Students, Workers and Citizens
U.S. public education is caught up in a tug of war between the need for globally competitive workers and the demand for higher academic achievement.
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Retraining Displaced Workers (All Access)
Miami Valley Career Technology Center in Clayton, Ohio, provides a source of hope and opportunity for the area’s
displaced workers.
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Standing Still in a Time of Change
Getting career and technical education started on the path toward beneficial changes.
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Student Career Planning Conferences in Tulsa Middle and High Schools Help Students and Parents
Individualized Career Planning conferences at both the middle and high school levels are a catalyst for students to consider how academic interests and their other special talents can be directed into career choices.
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Supervising Sparkling Students
By building relationships with the college students she supervises in a cooperative education teaching program, a career and technical educator is learning to see her students' gifts and the gifts they will be able to bring to their own students in the future.
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Sustaining a School-to-Career Initiative
School-to-career programs offer benefits for the entire community, so community involvement can play an important role in keeping them going.
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The CORE Connection
CTE and the academic subjects that make up the core curriculum can work together to improve student learning.
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The Fiber Optics Connection
As the use of fiber optics grows, career and technical education programs are preparing technicians to meet workforce demand.
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The Great Oaks Institute of Technology and Fluor Fernald Partnership
In Greater Cincinnati, a company’s partnership with career and technical education helps prepare its workers for new careers as their current jobs are phased out.
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The New, the Newly Reborn and the Growing (All Access)
Career and technical education has a role to play in meeting the needs of our growing school population.
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The Presentation After the Presentation
Many speaking situations really involve two presentations: the formal presentation and the question-and-answer period. You can ensure success with both presentations by using these techniques for the question- and-answer period.
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The Secret of Classroom Management
Two experienced career tech educators share advice on creating a well-managed classroom.
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Tips for Taming Time (All Access)
Author and former teacher Sandy LaBelle returns this month with ideas to help teachers tame their time-management problems.
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Unions, Contractors and CTE (All Access)
The Illinois Employer Advocacy Initiative has been successful in its efforts to promote positive relationships between career and technical education and unions and contractors.
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Using Contextual Instruction to make Abstract Learning Concrete
The value of contextual instruction has been demonstrated in career and technical education classrooms where it is used.
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Using Humor in the Classroom
Teachers use many tools in the classroom to ensure their students are learning and remembering what they learn. Humor is sometimes one of those tools.
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Water, Water, Everywhere yet Do I Dare Drink?
A career academy in Florida presents an example of excellence in interdisciplinary education.
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Working Models: Why Mentoring Programs May be the Key to Teacher Retention
By now, most everyone in education has heard the staggering statistic from the U.S. Department of Education: An estimated two million new teachers will need to be hired over the next 10 years.
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Working Smarter, Not Harder, Part IV
Tips for teachers. |
