41st NAWI Annual Conference

Curriculum Innovations in Career and Technical Education

April 26–28, 2006

Conference Announcement, including Agenda

Registered Participants of the 2006 Conference

Some Presentations from this Year's Conference

Wednesday, April 26: General Session

CTE in SC and the SC Education and Economic Development Act (ppt, 2.6 MB)
Dr. Bob Couch, Ed.D., Director, Office of Career and Technology Education, South Carolina Department of Education, Columbia, SC

Wednesday, April 26: Breakout Sessions

Be a Leader: Design Your Own Health Science Career Cluster Implementation Strategy (ppt, 240 KB)
Frances Beauman, Ph.D, Illinois Office of Educational Services
Linda Mitchelle, Springfield (Illinois) Public School District 186

CTE Online: California’s Electronic Data System
Brian Ausland, Curriculum Specialist, Center for Distributed Learning, Chico, CA
Paul Watters, Director, Butte County Office of Education, Chico, CA

Engineering by Design™: 7 Secrets to Implementing a Standards-Based Model Program That Supports the STEM and IT Clusters (ppt, 5.4 MB)
Barry N. Burke, Director, Center to Advance the Teaching of Technology and Science International Technology Education Association, Gaithersburg, MD

Verso: Virginia's Electronic Data System (ppt, 473 KB)
Darren Morris and Peggy Watson, Virginia's CTE Resource Center

Thursday, April 27: General Session

Federal Legislative Update (ppt, 3.4 MB)
Kimberly A. Green, Executive Director National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc)

Thursday, April 27: Breakout Sessions

A BAT That Always Hits a Homerun: Bringing Innovative Interdisciplinary Activities Into Your Classroom (ppt, 122 KB)
Janice Stoettner, Assistant Director
Debbie Canna, Executive Director, Career Development System, Oak Forest, IL
George Barta, District CTE Director, Thornton Township High School District 205, Harvey, IL

Renewable Energy…Benefits the Environment, the Workforce, and the Curriculum (ppt, 45.6 MB)
Leo Bedard, Lead Instructor, Building Occupations, Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School, Bourne, MA

Friday, April 28: General Session

Reconceptualizing Education to Ensure 21st Century Workforce Development
Mark Whitlock, CEO, Central Educational Center (CEC), Newnan, GA

 

 
 
   
   
   
  2006 Annual Conference (Myrtle Beach)
 

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  2005 Annual Conference (San Diego)
 

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  2004 Annual Conference (Williamsburg)
 

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  2003 Annual Conference (Oklahoma City)
 

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  2002 Annual Conference (Boston)
 

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  2001 Annual Conference (Chicago)
 

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