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Start with the syllabus
Although remote learning is starting to wind down and educators across the country are once again joyously welcoming the start of summer, there remains a very real undercurrent of anxiety. No one knows what school will look like in the fall. Will schools return to normal with physical classes and tr...
E-Learning Technical Vocabulary (Part 6): Linear Flow Chart
Linear Flow Chart is part six in an eight-part series on e-learning technical vocabulary systems. Read part one, part two, part three, part four and part five.
Ever played an anagram? Someone gives you a set of letters and you race to make as many words as possible. Scramble and unscramble. Focus...
Preparing CTE Teachers for Re-Engaging with Students in the Fall
The 2019/20 school year is coming to an unusual end. After spring break, our students never returned to their classrooms. While core academic teachers were required to provide review materials online for their students, CTE instructors were asked to do the same being cognizant of the overall time st...
E-learning Technical Vocabulary (Part 5): Connected Cards
Connected Cards is part five in an eight-part series on e-learning technical vocabulary systems. Read part one, part two, part three and part four.
Metacognition is an amazing force in classroom instruction. When we compel students to think about their own thinking, they learn to reflect more dee...
A Culinary Journey
Over the last few years a lot of people have been asking me what I would attribute my success in the culinary field to. That has been a very humbling and thought-provoking question. To think that people think that I am a success at such a young age is more than I could ever ask for. I have gained so...
COVID-19 Brought My Job to a Standstill
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has changed a lot in our world. Education has flipped on its head. We’re learning online, working from home, teaching remotely and, for many support staff, we’re left to question the validity of our jobs.
What can an outreach coordinator do if there are no ...
Supporting CTE Students During School Closures due to COVID-19
With the coronavirus spreading across the nation, this time is challenging for education in general but specifically for CTE with all its hands-on courses. My district’s schools started to be out one day before Spring Break, which was during the week of March 16. We are going to be out for a total...
Interview with my Mentor
Christi is an administrator in a rural school district in Kentucky and previously taught Agriculture for 13 years. She was impacted by CTE early on in life and went into Ag Education right after finishing high school. She transitioned into administration after the birth of her children in order to r...
My Mentor
As a 2020 New Professionals Fellow, I’ve been eager to grow and step outside my comfort zone, while under the guidance of new colleagues, mentors, and leaders. Prior to my current role as CTE Coordinator for Baltimore County Public Schools, I was Supervisor for Technology and Engineering Education...
E-learning Technical Vocabulary (Part 4): Refine and Define
Refine and Define is part four in an eight-part series on e-learning technical vocabulary systems. Read part one, part two and part three.
Embrace complexity.
Contemporary students need is critical literacy. Critical literacy empowers the reader to question the author’s perspective and motives (...