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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/.  Professional Development Opportunity this summer - see UAA's announcement below.
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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.
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 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  For more information on the TIE program, please click on the graphic at left to view or download the flyer as a PDF document.
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:
** Download the Call for Presentations here (Microsoft Word document).**  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/.  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) 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 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.  "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. 
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/. 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. 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. 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.  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.
 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.
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:
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