Tri-Tech Students Win National Innovative App Development Challenge
Five students from Tri-Tech Skills Center won a national app development competition sponsored by Verizon Wireless. The students each received a tablet computer and the Tri-Tech Skills Center received a check for $20,000. The students will work with an app design expert from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to make their idea, called Safe&Sound, a reality. The students will be flown to Dallas in June to present it during the National Technology Student Association Conference.
The Safe&Sound team were very excited. Genesis Saucedo, a 17 year-old student from Hanford High School, said "This is my first time ever winning something!"
For complete details, check out the Tri-City Herald article by Ty Beaver.
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students by using technology to personalize training. These educators champion high-quality
digital learning opportunities in their schools and communities.
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Friendly Reminder Corner
The Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE)
has been issuing findings during multiple monitoring visits to other states
regarding student dues and affiliation fees. This is a reminder that federal
Perkins funds cannot pay for student dues as well as affiliation fees for
CTSOs. OCTAE questions whether this is an allowable use of Perkins funds for
the following reasons:
1) Supplanting-Section 311 (a) of Perkins – If these
affiliation fees were paid for with non-Federal resources in previous years,
Perkins funds could then not be used in subsequent years to incur these costs.
2) Perkins II regulations 403.71 (c)(2) (i-iv) – These
regulations contain more specific language about allowable and non-allowable
costs uses the verbiage " but is not limited to" if you look at the 4
examples of allowable costs, they really do not tie into paying for fees and dues
and are more related to salaries of staff and curriculum design.
3) Perkins II regulations 403.71 (c)(3)(vI) – contains
more explicit language that Perkins funds were not to be used to pay for
membership dues.
Upcoming Leadership Opportunities
FACSE Science Take Out Training Session
March 5, 2015 | Vancouver | 8 a.m.–3 p.m. | ESD 112
2015 DECA State Career Development Conference
March 5-7, 2015 | Bellevue | Maydenbauer Center and Hyatt Regency
2015 WITEA Spring Conference
March 12-14, 2015 | Wenatchee | Coast Wenatchee Center Hotel
Washington State FCCLA Leadership Conference
March 25-27, 2015 | Wenatchee | Wenatchee Coast Convention Center
2015 WTSA State Conference
March 26-28, 2015 | Bellevue | Bellevue Hilton & Red Lion
FACSE Science Take Out Training Session
April 13, 2015 | Mount Vernon | 8 a.m.–3 p.m. | NW Career & Technical Academy
WA FBLA State Business Leadership Conference
April 15-17, 2015 |Spokane | Red Lion River Inn, Red Lion Hotel at the Park, The DoubleTree
2015 Fashion Industry Conference
April 25, 2015 | Seattle | 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. | The International Academy of Design & Technology
FACSE Science Take Out Training Session
April 30, 2015 | Spokane | 8 a.m.–3 p.m. | The Water Center
Pacific Northwest Advanced Placement Institute for Teachers
June 29-July 2, 2015 | Bellevue School District| 26 Free Clock Hours
2015 WA-ACTE Summer Conference
August 9-12, 2015 | Yakima | Convention Center
Did You Know?
The
Washington Association for Career and Technical Education 2015 Excellence
Awards deadline is May 1, 2015. There are seven member awards. The nominees
will be evaluated on the accomplishments and innovations that exhibit the
quality of the candidate for the award and on the contributions to the CTE
community. Click here for complete
details.
CTE Program Areas
Agriculture Education Sciences
For the latest information in Agriculture Education Sciences, please contact Rebecca Wallace, Agriculture Education Sciences Program Supervisor, with questions at 360-725-6241 or rebecca.wallace@k12.wa.us.
AP/CTE
The AP test fees have been reduced to $12 for qualified low-income students. This is a $6 decrease from last year's reduced rate of $18 per exam. Check out the details.
For the latest information in AP/CTE, please contact Barbara Dittrich, AP Program Supervisor, with questions at 360-725-6097 or barbara.dittrich@k12.wa.us.
Business and Marketing
Check out the latest information on CCI Learning and Microsoft IT Academy 2014-15.
Find out more about the Olympia High School opening of Pepper Design and Print.
Please contact Lance Wrzesinski, Business and Marketing Program Supervisor, with questions at 360-725-6258 or lance.wrzesinski@k12.wa.us.
Family and Consumer Sciences Education
Wasington Action for Healthy Kids has a Building Your School Health Teams From A-Z hands-on workshop being held on March 11 from 1-5 p.m. in Vancouver.
Starting Strong Institute for Early Learning Professionals and K-12 educators is being held August 3-5, 2015. Interested? Find out more!
See what happened during National FCCLA week!
Please contact Mary Nagel, Family and Consumer Sciences Education Program Supervisor, with questions at 360-725-6242 or mary.nagel@k12.wa.us.
Foster Care Youth
Check out the website for foster youth between the ages of
13 and 21 to help them successfully transition into adulthood and postsecondary
education.
Are you working with a student in foster care and don't know who to contact? There are seven regional contacts.
Please contact Dr. Ken Emmil, Foster Care Special Assistant, with questions at 360-725-6031 or ken.emmil@k12.wa.us.
Graduation, Reality, and Dual-role Skills (GRADS)
Check out the newly organized, simple and easy to use GRADS lesson plans submitted by GRADS teachers across the state on the OSPI GRADS Moodle site. Another was to access the website is to type in Moodle OSPI in your search brower, then click on CTE, then GRADS. Please keep in mind, this Moodle website is a continuous work in progres and will continue to be updated as GRADS teadhers submit new lessons.
Please contact Denise Mileson, GRADS Program Specialist, with questions at 360-725-0417 or denise.mileson@k12.wa.us.
Health Sciences Education
Check out the Health Science Master Teacher Institute that will be held on November 12-14, 2015 in Chicago, IL. If you are interested, the application deadline is May 1, 2015.
See the Learning Games in Heath Sciences. The Health Science classroom is a great place for high school students to explore the opportunities available in the health professions. Make it fun and rewarding!
Please contact Marianna Goheen, Health Sciences Education Program Supervisor, with questions at 360-725-6257 or marianna.goheen@k12.wa.us.
Jobs for Washington's Graduates (JWG)
The JWG Career and Development Conference will be held on March 18 at the Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound, WA.
For the latest information on what is happing in JWG, please contact Mary Kanikeberg, JWG Program Supervisor, 360-725-6249 or JWG@k12.wa.us.
Skilled and Technical Sciences
The 2015 March Skilled and Technical Sciences newsletter is filled with lots of great information.
Please contact Denny Wallace, Program Supervisor, with questions at 360-725-6241 or dennis.wallace@k12.wa.us.
STEM
See what is happing in the 2015 March STEM newsletter.
For the latest information on what is happing in STEM, please contact C.J. Dancer, STEM Program Supervisor, with questions at 360-725-4467 or clarence.dancer@k12.wa.us.
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