Oregon Association for Career and Technical Education

Next OACTE Board Meeting Date: Monday, November 21, 2011 Time: 1 pm - 3 pm Place: Room 9, Lane ESD

The OACTE 2011 Conference is HISTORY! Make plans now to attend in 2012 April 11-13 Sunriver Resort Sunriver, Oregon   Presenter materials from the 2011 conference OACTE CTE AWARDS FOR 2011 Administrator of the Year was Sal Cassaro from High Desert ESD - Sal has great vision and purpose for the CTE programs as a whole, and works hard to ensure the success and longevity of the programs.  He is readily available and knowledgeable on all topics regarding CTE, and he is creative in thinking of ways to work with what we have as teachers in sometimes-limited programs or budgets.  Sal is also adept at working will with both administrators and teachers of the programs, and he is skilled at building understanding of the importance of CTE among building administrators. ***************************** Teachers of the year were Clara Cook and Tim Biamont CTE Business teachers from BizTech High School on the Marshall Campus in Portland Fist and foremost, Clara and Tim are student-centered and instill a culture in their classes to help their students succeed.  Their programs promote robust career and technical education concepts, always support core academics, and ensure that students gain the skills and experiences they need to successfully transition to their next steps. Previous Award Winners

 

Math in CTE

Lane ESD is in its third year of a nationwide Math-In-CTE Technical Assistance Program, an innovative project developed by the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education (NRCCTE) at the University of Minnesota, in consultation with the United States Department of Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education.

Math-in-CTE utilizes a new professional development and teacher leadership model that pairs a career and technical education (CTE) teacher with a high school math teacher to explicitly teach and reinforce math concepts in the given career field. Nationally, the initiative has involved over 200 teachers and 4,000 students in 12 states. Results demonstrated students raised achievement scores by 28% and 14% on two national standardized tests of math.

For access to the lessons:  http://www.lanecareerfocus.org/mathincte/index.html

FMI contact Mark Wreath

CTE Coordinator

Lane Education Service District

1200 Hwy, 99 N.

Eugene, OR 97402

(541) 461-8253

Fax (503) 461-8297

mwreath@lesd.k12.or.us

www.lanecareerfocus.org