CTE News in WA State | November 2017

Career and Technical Education: Learning that works for Washington

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A Note from Rebecca Wallace, CTE Executive Director

Program Re-Approval Schedule Update

For the program re-approval application to maximize efficiency, it is imperative that districts are able to correct all courses, in the course approval system, prior to the program re-approval launch. In reflection of the previously published timelines, OSPI will be amending process to the following dates. The program re-approval district view-only access will open from January 1-January 31. During this time, districts will be able to view all courses by program area, and still be able to make necessary corrections, in the course approval system, which will update to program re-approval prior to the live launch. All districts must have courses approved correctly to pull into the re-approval system by January 31. The program re-approval will launch on February 1, and close on March 31. It is during this time that districts will be able to upload required documentation, and submit each program area for approval. These amended dates reflect a shift, of an additional 30 days, for districts to make any necessary corrections.

Previous Dates:

  • December 1: View Only
  • January 1-February 28: Program Re-Approval Open for Submission

Amended Dates:

  • January 1-31: View Only
  • February 1-March 31: Program Re-Approval Open for Submission

If you have questions, please contact Rebecca Wallace.


Advisory Time

Regarding: Advisory time- Advisory time can be claimed as passing time provided that all of the following requirements are met:

  • All students at school during the advisory time are required to attend.
  • The time is supervised by a certified instructional staff.
  • Attendance is taken.
  • When combined with class change passing time, the total passing time does not exceed 20% of the daily instructional time.

If all these requirements are met, the advisory time can be applied proportionally as passing time to the other periods of the day. CTE courses’ FTE can include the advisory time – provided that the advisory time is consistently applied to all courses of the day.


GAMA Annual Competition

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) hosts an annual competition, the Aviation Design Challenge, to promote STEM skills in U.S. high school students through aviation. GAMA recently opened registration for the 2018 competition. The competition is open to the first 110 high schools who enter, or until January 13, 2018. The competition is free and GAMA provides a curriculum and software through a partnership with Fly to Learn and X-Plane. The winning team receives an all-expenses-paid, two-week trip to experience general aviation manufacturing firsthand.

You can learn more about the Aviation Design Challenge, and register, on GAMA's websiteIf you need additional information, please contact GAMA directly at 202-393-1500 or via email


Boeing Application Events

Boeing is hosting several hiring events across the state of Washington. There is a huge need to fill these jobs for Boeing. You will also find a number of Boeing job postings here.  

What is this event?

Boeing is actively seeking applicants for open positions in non-management manufacturing fields and is hosting application events in various locations across Washington State. At these events attendees can create online profiles, apply for open positions, and speak with HR personnel. Current open examples of positions are assembler, hand finisher, functional test, painter, and many more. Boeing is looking for applicants who have recently graduated from academic manufacturing programs, to include high school and community college programs. Programs such as construction, automotive mechanic/collision, electrical, precision machining, welding, aircraft mechanic, and other like manufacturing programs.

Hiring event information:

November 20th: Pierce County Worksource, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, 1305 Tacoma Ave. S., Tacoma

November 26th: Olympic College, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm, 1600 Chester Ave., Bremerton

November 27th: Snohomish County Worksource, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, 3201 Smith Ave., Everett

Please contact Boeing with any questions. 


ABBIE D NASAE

WA State FFA Executive Director Named NASAE Outstanding Young Member of the Year

Abbie DeMeerleer, Washington State FFA Executive Director, has been named the National Association of State Agricultural Educators (NASAE) Outstanding Young Member of the Year. This October, Abbie, and Dennis Wallace (Agricultural Education Program Supervisor) traveled to Indianapolis for the National FFA Convention and NASAE National Conference. 

 The NASAE Conference included updates, policy changes, and implementation of programs with respect to laws and regulations from the USOE and National FFA. The National FFA Convention is the student leadership conference for all FFA members.

The FFA COnvention included opportunities to be aware of, and gain, implementation strategies for changes in operation of Agriculture Education and the National FFA Organization as well as spend time with Washington's FFA students and leaders. 


FFA Nationals

National FFA Convention

The state of Washington was represented, at the 2017 90th National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, by 450 students and teachers. To view a full list of the National winners, click here

Pictured left to right: L to R: Matt Rounsley - State Sentinel (Tenino), Kelci Scharff - State Reporter (Cheney), Ali Hennigar (Colton), Sydney Klaveano - State Treasurer (Pullman), Sadie Aronson (White River), Taylor Enns - State Secretary (White River), Mollee Gray - State Vice President (Medical Lake), Seth Smith - State President (Tonasket).



Fall WA-ACTE

Fall WA-ACTE

The CTE team, and OSPI staff, attended the Fall Washington Association for Career and Technical Education conference in Grand Mound on November 2nd and 3rd. The team discussed equivalency, re-approvals, and many other topics. Please email us if you are interested in receiving the powerpoints presentations shown during the conference. 

Pictured from left to right: Dan Tedor, STEM Program Supervisor, Santa!, Lance Wrzesinski, Business and Marketing Program Supervisor, Ellen Ebert, Science and Environmental Education Program Supervisor, and Marianna Goheen, Health Sciences Program Supervisor. 


Washington Technology Student Association Fall Leadership 

WTSA, Middle School, Fall Leadership took place at the University of Washington, on November 7th. Middle School TSA members worked in teams to design, evaluate, and build their very own cardboard boats! Students tested their boats in the pool, and several teams were successful in their voyage across the pool. What a great application of STEM methods! Way to go TSA!

WTSA

West Sound Tech

OSPI Team Visits West Sound Tech Skill Center

On November 7th, Michaela Miller, Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction, Kathe Taylor, Assistant Superintendent of Leanring and Teaching, and Rebecca Wallace, Executive Director of Career and Technical Education, spent the morning with students and teachers at the West Sound Tech Skill Center in Bremerton. The OSPI team had a great time learning from the students and teachers and touring the beautiful facility. 

Pictured from left to front: Kathe Taylor, Assistant Superintendent Learning and Teaching, Michaela Miller, Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction, Adam Brockman, 11th grade West Sound Tech Skill Center Student, Rebecca Wallace, Executive Director of Career and Technical Education, and Bela Kivacs, West Sound Tech Skill Center Welding Teacher. 


Learning and Teaching Update

To read more about Learning and Teaching and to read monthly Learning and Teaching updates, visit their newsletter webpage.


Upcoming Learning Opportunities


Free Online STARS Training Course

Nurturing Young Eaters is a new training course for early learning professionals from the University of Washington Center for Public Health Nutrition. The goal of this training is to empower early learning professionals to provide engaging and healthy mealtime environments and take advantage of mealtime opportunities to promote learning and child development. This training also highlights how providing engaging mealtime environments can help earn points for Early Achievers, Washington's quality rating and improvement system. Participants who complete the training will earn 1 STARS continuing education credit in Health, Safety & Nutrition. This online training is made freely available to early learning professionals thanks to support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Washington State Department of Health.

More Information


Teacher Trainings for the Mental Health & High School Curriculum Resource

Two teacher trainings, for the Mental Health & High School Curriculum Resource, are being held on December 6, in Tacoma.  

OSPI has identified the Mental Health & High School Curriculum Resource for use in high schools. These teacher trainings will prepare classroom teachers, in the use of the Mental Health & High School Curriculum Resource in their classroom, providing a basic overview of mental health, and illness, and orientation, to the teaching materials. The resource improves mental health literacy, and it is widely taught in schools across Canada, and internationally. The material is medically accurate, designed for classroom settings, and all teaching materials can be downloaded at no cost. 

OSPI has mapped the Mental Health & High School Curriculum Resource to the Health Education K-12 Learning Standards (revised 2016), and it aligns with all eight learning standards (H1-8) when the full curriculum resource is implemented with fidelity.  

Teacher Training Info:

  • Participants should be teachers who plan to teach the curriculum resource, and who have support to attend from building or district administrators 
  • Clock hours provided through OSPI and Project AWARE.  Sign-in and course evaluation required.
  • Offered at no cost, with lunch provided
  • Training hours are 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
  • Tacoma location will be provided when registration has been confirmed
  • We request teachers share implementation information after teaching

Registration: 

December 6: https://www.pdenroller.org/Catalog/Event/48548

Additional teacher trainings are planned in early 2018 – please email Rachael Wagoner to be added to the interest/notification list.

We appreciate your help letting high school teachers and administrators know about these Teacher Training opportunities!

Mental Health & High School Curriculum Resource Training Coordination Team:

  • Deb Binion
  • Mandy Paradise
  • Rachael Wagoner
  • Monet Craton

Bringing the Mental Health & High School Curriculum Resource to Washington students is a partnership between the WA Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction’s Project AWARE, the Jordan Binion Project, and CHI Franciscan Health’s Prevent-Avert-Respond (PAR) Initiative. We thank Comprehensive Life Resources for their collaboration in providing these Teacher Trainings.

Rachael Wagoner

Phone: 360-725-6247 Email


Introduction to Teaching Health Science as a Career Pathway Online Course

The Eastern Washington Area Health Education Center (EWAHEC) is offering an online course, “Introduction to Teaching Health Science as a Career Pathway”. The course was offered as a pilot in the summer of 2017, and has been adjusted and improved.

The course takes approximately one hour, per day, across two weeks, for a total of ten hours. The EWAHEC is working with OSPI to provide clock hours to teachers for taking the course.

Spring 2018 Session: 4/9-4/20/2018

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn about the range of health care careers available.
  • Learn to effectively advise students in healthcare career options.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the National Consortium of Health Science Standards and Accountability Criteria including areas of heath careers, communication, legal and medical ethics, wellness, teamwork, human growth and development, mental health, nutrition, infection control, and vital signs.
  • Participate in various learning activities using Common Core Standards.
  • Describe, analyze, and evaluate various teaching methods/techniques and curricula for health science education.  Register here.

Cancer Happens Teen Education

Cancer Happens is a cancer education, and risk reduction, program offered, free of charge, to middle, and high school, classrooms, nationwide. The Cancer Happens curriculum provides important cancer education for teens.The program includes standards-based lesson plans, as well as a teacher guide, designed to help navigate the online program, and provide more information on ways to support your students. Some of the topics include: understanding what cancer is and who gets it, cancers that impact teenagers, risk factors for cancer, healthy living and risk reduction, the importance of nutrition and exercise, and how to more effectively communicate with those you care about.

Click here to book a presentation or register for  e-learning modules. For more information, you can also contact Jana Mastrogiovanni at jana@cancerpathways.org or 1-866-200-2383.


November 2017

Next Generation Science and Engineering for Equity

November 29 | Microsoft Conference Center | Redmond WA  | More Information 

The Family Dinner Project: Overcoming Barriers to Improve Family Meals

November 29 | Webinar |  Registration (Please register by November 28th)


December 2017

Mental Health & High School Curriculum Resource

December 6 | Comprehensive Life Resources (CLR) |Tacoma WA  | More Information 

ACTE CareerTech Vision Conference

December 6-9 | Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center | Nashville, TN | More Information


January 2018

Mental Health & High School Curriculum Resource Teacher Training

January 19 | North Central ESD Cottonwood Retreat Center | Wenatchee, WA | Registration


CTE Program Area Updates


Agriculture Education Sciences

Questions regarding Agriculture Education? Contact Denny Wallace, Agriculture Sciences Education Program Supervisor, via email or call 360-725-6241.


AP/CTE

Questions regarding Advanced Placement? Contact Barbara Dittrich, Advanced Placement Program Supervisor, via email or call 360-725-6097.


Business and Marketing

Get involved on the Business Leadership Council

Interested in getting involved in the Washington DECA Business Leadership Council? Email  

Questions regarding Business and Marketing, Microsoft Imagine Academy, Work-Based Learning, DECA and FBLA? Contact Lance Wrzesinski, Business and Marketing Program Supervisor, via email or call 360-725-6258.


CTE Certification

Questions regarding CTE Certification? Contact Kelli Bennett, CTE Certification Specialist, via email or call 360-725-6400.


Graduation, Reality, and Dual-role Skills (GRADS)

Questions regarding the GRADS Program? Contact Denise Mileson, GRADS Program Specialist, via email or call 360-725-0417.


Grants and Special Programs

Questions regarding Perkins, grants and special programs? Contact Debra Durupt, Grants and Innovative Programs Program Supervisor, via email or call 360-725-6253.


Family and Consumer Science Education

Free Nutrition Education Resources

Every teacher in Washington State can receive $25 of free nutrition education resources from EatSmart.org! Use your Council Cash and get great materials for your class! Learn how by clicking hereDo your students have questions about sugar sweetened beverages? Are you looking for ways to explain the new nutrition labels? Help your students “Think Your Drink” with Beverage Cards, Posters, Worksheets and Lesson Plans here

Engaging Your Infants and Toddlers Through Cognitive Science and the CDA

Engage and apply cognitive practices in your early childhood setting today with this article which include helpful tips and advice from experts: Cognitive Learning Begins at Birth: Take Part in Infants and Toddlers’ Brain Development

The infant/toddler credential allows opportunity for advancing your professional development opportunities, learning about the latest scientific findings in cognitive/brain development, and working with developmentally appropriate practices with infants, toddlers, and their families through training, learning materials (e.g. Essentials and the CDA Competency Standards), and experience. Share the articles with the families you work with – start a conversation!

FCCLA ADVISER MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

Are you a new adviser, here, in Washington FCCLA, and feel overwhelmed at times? Have no fear, everyone has been there before, and our goal is to relieve you of that stress. Sign-up at the here for the FCCLA Adviser Mentorship Program. 

Relationships are Key to Brain Development Success

As a CDA, PDS, early educator or parent, you know how important every moment of a young child’s life is when it comes to acquiring new learning experiences. This applies to the infant and toddler years, when daily connections have the ability to influence and help create brain development with every word, emotion, and interaction. Here’s how to harness this magnificent world of opportunity for children! Ari Wubbold, early education expert for Brain Building Oregon, shares easy ways and useful resources to integrate introductory brain development knowledge while interacting with young children: Practical Ways Parents and Educators Can Encourage Brain Development in Young ChildrenPrint or share this article with friends and family who can benefit from these tips – it’s easy! 

WA-CTE-CTSO ASL Regional and State Competition 2018

West Side Regional Competition March 10, 2018 

Burlington-Edison High School- Burlington, WA

Contact: Liza Bancroft

Email: lbancroft@ be.wednet.edu Phone: (360) 757-4074 Ext 3551

East Side Regional Competition  March 24, 2018

Moses Lake High School- Moses Lake, WA

Contact: Kristi Couch 

Email: kcouch@mlsd.wednet.edu Phone: (509)766-2666 Ext 40810

Questions regarding Family and Consumer Sciences? Contact Mary Nagel, Family and Consumer Sciences Program Supervisor, via email or call 360-725-6242.


Health Sciences Education

Questions regarding Health Sciences Education? Contact Marianna Goheen, Health Sciences Education Program Supervisor, via email or call 360-725-6257.


Methods of Administration Civil Rights Onsite Reviews

Questions regarding Methods of Administration Civil Rights Onsite Reviews? Contact Deifi Stolz, Methods of Administration Program Supervisor, via email or call 360-725-6254.


Skilled and Technical Sciences

Questions regarding Skilled and Technical Sciences? Contact Doug Meyer, Interim Skilled and Technical Sciences Program Supervisor, via email or call 360-725-6244.


STEM         

Questions regarding Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)? Contact Dan Tedor, STEM Program Supervisor, via email or call 360-725-4467.


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