Congratulations to NCSD #1 Pathways Innovation Center (PIC)! The PIC welcomed students,mentors,community partners,and trustees in September 2016. Four academies offer multiple pathways that allow students to develop career and college skills through personalized learning. Pathways Innovation Center in Casper is a superb example of innovation, collaboration and out of the box thinking.
CTE CARL D. PERKINS DATA
The 2015-16 CTE Fact sheet consists of data collected for Carl D. Perkins Fund.
Training to be offered on Perkins, SCED Codes, WyCTE Collection, NOCTi
The WDE will be hosting training summits for Perkins and CTE in Cheyenne and Riverton Wednesday, Jan. 11 and Friday, Jan. 13, 2017.
For more information or to register for either training session, go here.
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K-12 students encouraged to participate in The Hour of Code
All Wyoming schools are encouraged to participate in Hour of Code during Computer Science Education Week December 5-11, 2016. All participating schools will receive a participation certificate signed by the Governor and State Superintendent.
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Wyoming Citizen Science Conference, December 1-2, 2016 in Lander
The 2016 Wyoming Citizen Science Conference is the first of its kind in Wyoming, and will focus on the problems and solutions that citizen science program managers and volunteers face when implementing and participating in programs.
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS NEEDED
The Wyoming Department of Education is seeking subject matter experts to form five to seven teams for Career and Technical Education (CTE) assessment reviews in order to measure technical skill attainment in the following CTE program areas:
- Manufacturing Welding
- Technical Drafting
- Commercial-Residential Carpentry
- Cabinetmaking & Woodworking
- Architectural Drafting
- Agricultural Mechanics
- Agricultural General.
Each subject matter expert will receive a $500.00 stipend for his/her participation.
To participate, complete the doodle poll found here to can determine best dates.
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Career Development Facilitator Course Registration Opens
This is a 120-hour blended format training, running from June 11, 2017 - August 11, 2017, is geared for school staff, counselors, administrators and teachers whose roles will be to coordinate career guidance and exploration programming in their respective schools.
Registration deadline is June 9, 2017. More information and course registration can be found here.
For questions, please contact Tonya Gerharter, at 307-777-6808 or tonya.gerharter@wyo.gov.
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ECHO in Career Development starts January, 2017
The UW ECHO in Career Development will target career development professionals working in P-16 local education agencies and other community partners working to support and assist students in making informed career and academic decisions.
For more information on topics and dates, click on the link below.
Participants can earn PTSB and UW Outreach credits as well as be a part of an innovative learning community.
The 2017 Roadmap to STEM Conference will be held at Gillette College on August 2-4, 2017.
We appreciate your passion and dedication to STEM education and invite you to share your knowledge and expertise again and pass on this information to others who you feel would like to participate as well.
Help up prepare for the 2017 conference:
Request for Presentation Proposals - DUE MARCH 17, 2017
Request for Exhibitor Proposals - DUE MARCH 17, 2017
STEM Educators of the Year Nominations - DUE APRIL 14, 2017
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Hathaway Scholarship Day
We invite everyone to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Hathaway Scholarship on November 16, 2016. This date was proclaimed as "Hathaway Day" by Governor Mead. Please refer to the memo and attachments for activities and fun posters for all students.
Global Education Allies Trip to Finland
Oksana Wasilik, faculty member at UW Casper, is planning to explore the education system in Finland in 2017 and is building a team of other Wyoming educators (preservice, inservice, administrators, etc.) to join her.
The information about this program managed through Global Education Allies is detailed here. The application deadline is December 1
If you or anyone you know is interested in this opportunity, please call or email Oksana at 307-268-3090 or oksana@uwyo.edu.
COOL STUFF IN CTE:
Check out this cookbook created and published by the Culinary Arts students at Wheatland High School. The pictures, student review and the over 160 recipes were all student created.
Purchase your copy here.
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Winner announced for Reach Higher App Challenge
The First Lady Michelle Obama's Reach Higher Initiative and the U.S. Department of Education today announced ThinkZone Games as the grand prize winner in the Reach Higher Career App Challenge.
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