California Department of Education Offers
Speaker Series on Career Technical Education
Career Technical Education Month in California will kick off February 4 with a speaker series at the California Department of Education (CDE) in Sacramento that will address education's role in areas ranging from green technology training to meeting future workforce needs.
Career technical education has changed drastically in the past few decades, expanding in both enrollment and subject matter. Students can explore 21st century industry pathways such as game design, mental and behavioral health studies, green energy, and international business. This year, more than 850,000 students—more than four of every 10 high school students—are enrolled in the 42,610 career technical education classes offered in the state.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson's Career Readiness Initiative aims to support rigorous career technical education that brings relevance to academic courses and helps ensure all students have opportunities to become career and college ready.
The CDE is offering seven sessions highlighting career technical education and its positive impact on student achievement. All events are free, open to the public, and will be available via Webcasting. To access Webcasting, please check back frequently to this Web page for updates, or contact Mikki Parham at mparham@cde.ca.gov. If a news organization would like to cover any part of the speaker series, please contact the Communications Division.
Connecting Education Experience to Life and Career Goals: Learn how the California Career Resource Network provides counselors, educators, and administrators the tools to help students make the connection between their school experience and pursuit of their own life/career goals.
Date |
Monday, February 4, 2013 |
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Time |
10 a.m. to 11 a.m. P.S.T. |
Place |
CDE, 1430 N St., Room 1101, Sacramento |
Speaker |
John Merris-Coots, Education Programs Consultant, CDE's High School Innovations and Initiatives Office |
The Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards: Learn how guidelines established by the Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards help ensure California's students are career and college ready.
Date |
Monday, February 11, 2013 |
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Time |
10 a.m. to 11 a.m. P.S.T. |
Place |
CDE, 1430 N St., Room 1101, Sacramento |
Speaker |
Dr. Carolyn Zachry, Education Programs Consultant, CDE's Career Technical Education Administration and Management Office |
California Partnership with P-21 for 21st Century Skills: Hear how California is leveraging the Partnership for 21st Century Skills to help implement Torlakson's A Blueprint for Great Schools Initiative and improve the state's ability to educate all students for 21st century life.
Date |
Monday, February 25, 2013 |
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Time |
2 p.m. to 3 p.m. P.S.T. |
Place |
CDE, 1430 N St., Room 1101, Sacramento |
Speaker |
David Militzer, Education Programs Consultant, CDE's High School Innovations and Initiatives Office |
Linked Learning Pilots: Pathways to Success: Discover how district applicants across the state are developing various pilots that integrate academic and technical study along with work-based learning opportunities and comprehensive student support services.
Date |
Wednesday, March 18, 2013 |
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Time |
10 a.m. to 11 a.m. P.S.T. |
Place |
CDE, 1430 N St., Room 1101, Sacramento |
Speaker |
Darrell Parsons, Education Programs Consultant, CDE's High School Innovations and Initiatives Office |
Doing What Matters for Jobs and the Economy: Learn how California's community colleges are closing the gap between what skills employers need and what skills workers possess.
Date |
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 |
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Time |
2 p.m. to 3 p.m. P.S.T. |
Place |
CDE, 1430 N St., Room 1101, Sacramento |
Speaker |
Dr. Debra Jones, Dean, Workforce and Economic Development Division, California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office |
| Webcast | Event number: 664 698 145 Event password: 68014 Event registration/address for attendees: https://cdeevents.webex.com/cdeevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=664698145 |
Blending Real-World Career Technical Education with Rigorous Core Academics: Learn how the University of California Curriculum Integration Institute's focus on creating community among California teachers has helped foster course design that integrates Career Technical Education with "a-g" subject areas.
Date |
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 |
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Time |
2 p.m. to 3 p.m. P.S.T. |
Place |
CDE, 1430 N St., Room 1101, Sacramento |
Speaker |
Sarah Fidelibus, Program Manager, UCCI, University of California Office of the President |
| Webcast | Event number: 662 404 257 Event password: 68020 Event registration/address for attendees: https://cdeevents.webex.com/cdeevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=662404257 |
Green-Themed Academies: Preparing At-Risk Students to Meet Workforce Demands: Hear how "green"-themed California Partnership Academies blend academic and Career Technical Education to prepare at-risk students to meet the projected workforce needs of our state.
Date |
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 |
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Time |
10 a.m. to 11 a.m. P.S.T. |
Place |
CDE, 1430 N St., Room 1101, Sacramento |
Speaker |
Jerry Winthrop, Education Programs Consultant, CDE's High School Innovations and Initiatives Office |
| Webcast | Event number: 664 008 546 Event password: 68018 Event registration/address for attendees: https://cdeevents.webex.com/cdeevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=664008546 |
If schools would like to develop their own activities, please visit CDE's Career Technical Education Month Web page for ideas and information.
