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Alaska ACTE PDC Registration & Agenda

9/9/2016

 
The Agenda for the October 17-19, 2016 Annual Alaska ACTE Professional Development Conference is available on the conference website at https://alaskaacte2016.com/conferenceagenda/.

Early Bird registration is available online at https://alaskaacte2016.com/register/.
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SolidWorks Essentials Training, UAA - Aug. 18-21

6/3/2015

 
Professional Development Opportunity this summer - see UAA's announcement below.



Due to considerable demand, we are excited to announce that for the first time ever, we are bringing the SolidWorks Essentials Course to Alaska!  Ours will be the first class held in the brand new Engineering & Industry building on UAA campus.  Don’t miss out – be sure to register and join us for our four-day Essentials Training Event before all seats are filled!

Training Class Information

  • Dates: August 18-21st, 2015
  • Times: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (an hour break for lunch)
  • Location:
University of Alaska Anchorage
Engineering & Industry Building Room 401 - Computational Lab
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508
*Free Parking*
  • Prerequisites: Mechanical design experience; experience with the Windows® operating system.
  • MCAD Instructors: Alex Worsfold and Clay Mosher | Applications Engineers

Sign-up Now >>


SolidWorks Essentials Training Information
  • Click Here to view Course Description.
  • Click Here to view the Training course pricing.
  • If you have any questions about training please email training@mcad.com

AKCIS hosts Online PLCP Training Session

5/14/2015

 
From the Alaska Career Information System (AKCIS)

Happy Spring!
As summer break rapidly approaches, we would like to invite you to the last AKCIS training opportunity of the 2014-2015 school year.
  • Presentation:  AKCIS: Building Personal Learning and Career Plans (PLCP)
  • Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2015
  • Time:  Noon – 1:00pm
This free training is offered online, and is open to any AKCIS user, administrator, or staff. 


To register for this AKCIS training session, please click here.

Thank you,
Help Desk
Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education
Anchorage (907) 269-6929
Toll Free (800)441-2962 option#3

APICC Looking for Industry Hosts and Teachers for Summer Teacher Industry Externship (T.I.E.) Program

5/12/2015

 
The TIE program is gearing up for the summer! If your business wants to host a Teacher Extern, or if you are a teacher and want to participate in an Externship, please contact Martha Peck at APICC. 

Martha Peck
Outreach and Membership Coordinator

Alaska Process Industries Careers Consortium (APICC)
907-770-5250 or  martha@apicc.org


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For more information on the TIE program, please click on the graphic at left to view or download the flyer as a PDF document.

Alaska ACTE Announces Dates for 2015 Professional Development Conference

5/8/2015

 
The Alaska Association for Career and Technical Education (Alaska ACTE) will host its annual Professional Development Conference (PDC) October 19-21, 2015, at the Anchorage Marriott Hotel.

The conference theme is "Alaska ACTE: Building a State of Collaboration," and strands include:
  • Innovative Partnerships
  • Crosswalks and Curriculum Integration
  • Instructional Strategies
  • Rural Showcase

** Download the Call for Presentations here (Microsoft Word document).**
2015 Save The Date Graphic
Click on the graphic to download a PDF "Save the Date" flyer.

For more information, visit the Alaska ACTE website at http://www.actealaska.org/. 

Career Development Webinar from ACRP

4/30/2015

 
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Alliance of Career Resource Professionals (ACRP) Webinar - June 16, 2015.  
"Career Development inside the Beltway: What Policy Makers Know, Don’t Know, and Need to Know". 

The webinar will examine workforce policies affecting career development and career resources.

Free Member Registration

Non-member Registration Form ($20)


EED Recruiting for CTE Educator to participate in Standards Setting Work

4/28/2015

 

Application Due Date: April 29, 2015
Notification to Panelists: May 1, 2015
To Apply: http://bit.ly/AMP_StandardSetting


Dear Alaska Educator,

The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development (EED) is recruiting educators from across the state to participate in Standards Setting to establish the achievement levels of the Alaska Measures of Progress (AMP) assessment in grades 3 - 10 for English language arts and mathematics. The Standards Setting sessions will be held in Anchorage on July 7-10, 2015. Panelists must participate in person. Panelists’ travel to and from Anchorage will be covered in addition to lodging, $60/day per diem, and, a stipend of $100 per day if the educator is not on contract during that time. Expenses, stipends, and per diem will be paid by the Achievement and Assessment Institute (AAI).

In addition, EED will be selecting a portion of the Standard Setting group to participate in an additional Alignment activity tentatively scheduled for one day during the first week of June in Anchorage. If you are unable to attend this additional activity it will not affect your eligibility to participate in the Standard Setting group.

AMP are the new, computer-based assessments for grades 3-10 that align with the Alaska English Language Arts and Mathematics Standards. AMP is a custom, Alaska assessment developed by the Achievement & Assessment Institute (AAI) and administered to Alaska students in grades 3-10 for the first time in spring 2015.  The Standards Setting panels will make considered judgments about achievement levels based on assessment responses. To be effective as a Standards Setting panelist, educators must have the ability to work as part of a team and understand consensus development processes. Panelists must have 1) experience teaching in mathematics and/or English language arts at the specified grade levels, and 2) be knowledgeable in the Alaska Standards.

Standard setting panel diversity is essential and EED will select panelists, to the best extent possible, based on the tested student population of Alaska in terms of ethnicity, gender, and regional representation. All grade level panels will include educators with special education and/or LEP experience. Grade level 9 and 10 panels will include post-secondary educators.

Please select the following link and complete the online application: http://bit.ly/AMP_StandardSetting

Participants will be notified via email if they are selected in order to confirm their availability. Additionally, those not chosen for a panel will receive notification by May 1. Participants will further receive details upon their invitation to serve on a panel and will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement prior to participation. Panelists will receive further details about compensation via e-mail upon selection.

For more information about reviews, please email amp_info@ku.edu.

For more information on AMP and the Alaska Comprehensive System of Student Assessment, please visit http://www.education.alaska.gov/akassessments  or email Elizabeth Davis, EED’s Assessments Administrator, elizabeth.davis@alaska.gov, or by phone at (907) 465-8431.

Thank you,

Margaret MacKinnon
Director, Assessment and Accountability
Alaska Department of Education & Early Development Juneau AK 99811-0500
(907) 465-2970
margaret.mackinnon@alaska.gov

Grant Writing Workshop

1/23/2015

 
UAA Community and Technical College is offering a grant writing workshop specifically designed for CTE educators. Register by February 9 for this 2-credit professional development opportunity! For more information, contact Kelly Donnelly, 907-786-6364.

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Alaska Postsecondary Access & Completion Network Conference - March 17-18

1/21/2015

 
"65 by 2025 – Alaska Can!"
The Alaska Postsecondary Access and Completion Network announces our upcoming Spring 2015 Conference scheduled for March 17-18, in Anchorage, Alaska at the Marriott Downtown.  We encourage you and your colleagues to attend the conference and to consider submitting a presentation proposal.
For more information about the conference, including registration, hotel, travel scholarships, and presenter infor, visit the conference website at 
https://www.signup4.net/Public/ap.aspx?EID=20151288E.

Download the presenter application form here.
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ACTE & Career Clusters Merge for National Conference

1/9/2015

 
  • ACTE  & National Career Clusters Institute Joint Conference
  • November 19-22, 2015
  • New Orleans, LA
  • http://www.careertechvision.com/

The National Career Clusters Institute and ACTE's CareerTech Vision Conference are merging, starting with this fall's conference. According to the National Association of State CTE Directors, "for the first time ever, CareerTech VISION will offer a Career Cluster-focused conference track with 10 concurrent sessions featuring this critical framework for organizing CTE programs of study. CareerTech VISION is the largest annual gathering of over 3,000 CTE educators and administrators from across the country, and this partnership will allow participants to access an even more powerful professional development experience."

Registration opens March 2, 2015.  For more information, check the conference website at http://www.careertechvision.com/.

CTE Teacher Coaching Project Seeks Proposals

12/9/2014

 
According to UAA's Request for Letters of Intent, "The CTE Teacher Coaching Project is intended to support new Career & Technical Education (CTE) teachers, Type M teachers who are bringing their industry experience to the classroom and those teachers whose experience and preparation are in more traditional academic areas, but who are now responsible for delivering instruction in one or more CTE fields.  The project will pair experienced CTE teacher coaches with selected educators in a peer support model.  Coaching will be supplemented with three one-credit academic courses offered through the UAA Community & Technical College.  For FY 15 this is a pilot project, with results intended to inform future coaching approaches."

Deadline for submission of proposals is January 15, 2015.

You may download the entire Request here.
Contact Kelly Donnelly, kadonnelly@uaa.alaska.edu, or 907-786-6364
with any questions.

Careersafe Online Safety Training for CTE Instructors and Students

11/6/2014

 
The goal of the CareerSafe Professional Development Program (CPDP) is to enhance all educators’ knowledge of workplace and classroom safety. It achieves this not only by providing youth-focused, interactive training to students, but also by providing teachers with the resources and tools they need to facilitate effective integration of the training resources into the secondary and post secondary curricula. Completing the CPDP will also provide teachers with individual school sponsored professional development credits which can be applied to their annual State requirements.  Please review your state approved hours.

The CPDP is designed for teachers, administrators and others within the educational community responsible for creating a safety mindset. Printable Course Description (pdf)

Course Prerequisite: Must complete either the CareerSafe OSHA 10-Hour General Industry Training or the CareerSafe OSHA 10-Hour Construction Industry Training prior to purchasing the CareerSafe Professional Development Program.

More at http://www.careersafeonline.com/index.php/professional-development-plan.

Careersafe online safety training for cte instructors and students

5/8/2014

 
The goal of the CareerSafe Professional Development Program (CPDP) is to enhance all educators’ knowledge of workplace and classroom safety. It achieves this not only by providing youth-focused, interactive training to students, but also by providing teachers with the resources and tools they need to facilitate effective integration of the training resources into the secondary and post secondary curricula. Completing the CPDP will also provide teachers with individual school sponsored professional development credits which can be applied to their annual State requirements.  Please review your state approved hours.

The CPDP is designed for teachers, administrators and others within the educational community responsible for creating a safety mindset. Printable Course Description (pdf)

Course Prerequisite: Must complete either the CareerSafe OSHA 10-Hour General Industry Training or the CareerSafe OSHA 10-Hour Construction Industry Training prior to purchasing the CareerSafe Professional Development Program.

More at http://www.careersafeonline.com/index.php/professional-development-plan. 

Where no shop class has gone before

4/11/2014

 
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Story from KCAW about the Design and Fabrication program started at Sitka High School in 2012, which is now being replicated by other secondary and postsecondary programs in the state. The original Sitka program and the current Bristol Bay Campus program are partially supported by funding from state CTE Plan grants.


Save the date for 2014 pdc

4/3/2014

 
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Alaska ACTE will host its annual CTE Professional Development Conference October 20-22, 2014, at the Anchorage Downtown Marriott Hotel. For more details, consult the Alaska ACTE conference website.

UAS Offers Course in Coaching Online Students 

3/7/2014

 
From EED's Information Exchange, Friday, March 7, 2014

UAS Offers Course in Coaching Online Students

The University of Alaska Southeast is offering a one-credit course for paraprofessionals, parents, and substitute teachers, about coaching students who are taking courses online. The course is intended to help build a culture and environment of support and achievement for high school students taking online courses (Alaska’s Learning Network and other) statewide. The course centers on the online student and instructional and behavioral supports they need to complete their online courses.

The course ($90) is a three-part course delivered via Blackboard including:
  • Community, Communication, and Trouble Shooting.  Students (paraprofessionals) will learn how to build and support a community of learners through technology, as well as troubleshooting technology issues.
  • Skills and Best Practices for Asynchronous and Synchronous Tools. Students (paraprofessionals) will learn technology skills and classroom websites (LMS) and live interactions using video conference and audio conferences.
  • Elements of Successful Student and Coaching. Students (paraprofessionals) will learn skills to support and build successful distance learning students, as well as being a positive and supportive coach for online learning
  • Conclusion: students (paraprofessionals) will complete a portfolio demonstrating their skills as demonstrated through a series of their work and scenarios online.
Course dates: March 25 to May 9. First synchronous class (via Blackboard and audio bridge): March 25, 4-6 p.m. Please contact Cathy Thomas to register, at 907-796-6045 or cvthomas@uas.alaska.edu. Online registration:  https://uaonline.alaska.edu. Course: 40908 ED S193P Coaching Online Students.
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