4th Annual Career Clusters Institute

June 12th to 14th, 2006 Phoenix, Arizona

Final Agenda and Speakers List :

• Final Agenda
• Speakers List

Career Clusters Implementation Across the Nation:

• Career Clusters Update

Pre-Institute Sessions:

• Career Clusters 101

  by Lena Trujillo-Chavez

• Repositioning the High School Business/Marketing Program

  by James Gleason

• Assessing Creativity & Innovation within Career Clusters

  by Linda Scott

• A New Approach to Health Science Career and academic Development

  by Barbra Orwig

• Career Clusters 201

  by Pam Kirk

Keynote Address

• “What Does Research Say About the Role of Career Clusters in Improving Achievement and Transition for American Adolescents?”

  by Dr. James R. Stone

  Opening General Session Career Clusters Handouts
  Opening General Session Technical Assistance Handouts

Concurrent Breakout Session A:
Monday, June 12, 2006, 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM

• ABC’s of Career Clusters

  by Pam Kirk

• National Standards of Practice for Career Academies and How to Use Them with Career Clusters

  by Angela Grasberger

• National Career Academy Coalition Self Assessment Rubric for Career Academies©
• Abbreviated National Standards of Practice
• Building a Statewide Collaboration to Provide Career Clusters Education

  by Richard Katt and JoAnn Harris-Bowlsbey

• Building Math Skills in the Context of Your Career Clusters

  by Mary Kisner, Jim Stone and Mary Fudge

• Connecting Career Clusters with Communities, Careers, and College

  by Chester Crandell, Matt Weber and Lisa Aragon

• Career Fast Track (Manufacturing)

  by Gary Lee, Mike Bledsoe, Dean Blevins, and Parker Smith

• What’s Up in Rural States?

  by George Burns and Bill Pannell

• Bridging Related Clusters and Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS): Unlimited Careers

  by Sally Combs

• LPSCS Strand: Program of Studies in Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness

  by Frank Mezzanotte, David Volrath, Michael Mazza and Ruth Hoskins

Concurrent Breakout Session B:
Monday, June 12, 2006, 4:05 PM – 5:05 PM

• Minding Your P’s and Q’s: Preparation and Process for Cluster Implementation (Health)

  by Carole Stacy and Beverly Campbell

• Career Clusters: Mega Clustering for Career Academies

  by Mike Gross

• Using Career Clusters to Facilitate Middle School Career Exploration

  by Joan Fossum

• Integrating a National Leadership Initiative with Career Cluster Knowledge and Skills (Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources)

  by Jack Elliot and Quint Molina

• Connecting with the Arts, Audio-Video Technology and Communications Cluster: Transforming Graphics and Printing Programs Through PrintED Accreditation

  by Rosemary Bitzel, Eileen Cassidy and Rhonda Hoyman

• Building a Manufacturing Career Pathway in Nebraska

  by Tony Glenn and Craig Frederick

• What’s Up in Rural States?

  by Cindy Morgan, Stephanie King, Chris Wall, Mike Mulvihill, Michael Wright and Ben Yates

• Developing Scenarios - Do Your Scenarios Need a Bit of Caffeine?

  by Brenda Hattaway

• LPSCS Strand: Public Safety…Connections for the Future – Aligning Curriculum – Partnering with the Community

  by Katrina Myers, Susan Lynn-Roebuck and Belinda Coats

Concurrent Breakout Sessions C:
Tuesday, June 13, 2006, 9:20 AM – 10:20 AM

• Strengthening Ties Between Secondary and Postsecondary Health Sciences Programs in Northern Virginia

  by Charles Whitehead

• A Healthy Outlook for the Future: New Strategies for Teaching Health

  by Helen Winter and Barbara Orwig

• Oracle Academy and the IT Career Cluster

  by Lena Trujillo-Chavez

• The Skilled Workforce Crisis

  by Ed Prevatt

• Connecting Students to Their Career, Their Community, and Their Future

  by Marsha Daves

• Career Cluster PDP CSEP crosswalk
• Using a Rubric to Evaluate Effective STEM Career Clusters

  by Richard Grimsley and Pam Newberry

• What’s Up with Career Clusters, State Legislation, and Economic Development?

  by Bob Couch

• Building Integrated Systems: Career Clusters Program Pathways (CCTI)

  by Kathleen Beauman and Lise Middleton Foran

  Handout Ann Arundel - Career Pathways
  Handout EMIT Pathways

• LPSCS Strand: Program Design Variations to Accommodate Individual Schools CTE and Academy Formats

  by Nora Fennesy,Shelly Bliss, Barb O’Donnell and Carol Jean Miceli

Concurrent Breakout Sessions D:
Tuesday, June 13, 2006, 10:40 AM – 11:40 AM

• Perkins Update and Alignment to Career Clusters

  by Kimberly Green

• Engineering byDesign™ - Seven Secretes to Implementing a Standards-Based Model Program that Supports the STEM and IT Clusters

  by Barry Burke

• The Architecture and Construction Career Cluster – Do You REALLY Know Us?

  by Deanna Lewis, Lynne Cagle, Steven Mickley and John Gaal

• CTSO and Career Clusters Panel

  by Ed Davis, Margaret Link, Debbie Moore, Patti Beltran, Tony Glenn and Kent Schescke

• Competing on Innovation: Linking Career Clusters and Economic Development

  by Bob Sheets and Mark Williams

• How to Implement a STEM Career Cluster in a Small Learning Community

  by Richard Grimsley and Pam Newberry

• What’s Up in States that are Beginning Their Career Cluster Implementation?

  by Diane Salazar and Bernard H. McInerney

• Implementing Benchmark Business Administration Standards for Finance, Marketing, and Business Operations

  by James Gleason

• LPSCS Strand: Bridging Physical and Cyber Realms in LPSCS and Information Technology Education and Careers

  by Samuel C. McQuade

Concurrent Breakout Sessions E:
Tuesday, June 13, 2006 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

• There is More Than One Way to Implement a Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics (TDL) Career Cluster

  by Fran Beauman, Jerry O’Hare and Vinay Mullick

• DECA Realigns Competitive Events Using Career Clusters

  by Ed Davis and James Gleason

• National Biomedical and Health Science Curriculum Initiative

  by Beverly Campbell and Paula Hudis

• After Implementation, What’s next?

  by Sam Porter, Vera Miller, Earlene Werner, Betty Beck, Pricilla Washington and Mary Parrish

• What’s Up in States that are Mid-Course in Their Career Cluster Implementation?

  By Jim Schoelkopf, Mimi Maduro, Sally Harris and Kristi Enger

  Oregon Pathways Initiative Overview
  Pathways Diagram

• Aligning Career Clusters Education through Summer Career Camps

  by Curtis Schumaker

• Providing Students with a “Skill Set” for Success…Workplace Readiness

  by John Foster

• Strengthening Transitions by Encouraging Career Program Pathways: A Look at State Policies and Practices

  by Larry Warford and Kathy Hughes

• LPSCS Strand: Aligning Curriculum in Law, Public Safety, and Security Pathways to Create Career Pathways for High School Students Through Business and College Partnerships

  by Jim Salyer

Concurrent Breakout Sessions F:
Tuesday, June 13, 2006, 2:20 PM – 3:20 PM

• The National Education and Training Career Cluster – A Collaborative Vision for Today and the Future

  by Carol Clark, Barbara Orwig and Mike Burley

• Building a Benchmark Business Program for College–Bound Students

  by James Gleason

• The Three C’s: Career Clusters, Career Plans of Study, and Career Counseling

  by Patrice Camp

• Secondary School Success: Designing for the Future

  by Shelley Johnson, Diane Wilder, Donna McDowell, and Mark Drury

• Repeat of Session D5
• VirtualJobShawdow.com – A Showcase for Careers

  by Tom Barton

• Discover VTECS DIRECT 5™ - Count on VTECS Connect 2™: Software Systems that Put You in Control

  by Brenda Hattaway and Ron McCage

• Ninth-Grade Career Exploration Guarantee

  by Ron Kindell

• LPSCS Strand: Chicago Police and Firefighter Training Academy and the Law and Public Safety Academies

  by Cherie N. Russ

Concurrent Breakout Sessions G:
Wednesday, June 14, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

• There is More Than One Way to Implement a Health Science Career Cluster

  by Lynn Johnston, Rhonda Patterson and Daniel Stauffer

• Implementing the Nebraska Career Fields/Career Clusters Model: Challenges, Victories, and Envisioning the Future:

  Richard Katt and Carol Jurgens

• Globalization 3.0 – Why Career Clusters Matter More Than Ever

  by Hans Meeder

• The Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Pre-Engineering Program of Study

  by Richard Grimsley and Pam Newberry

• Recognizing Learners Empowered with Technology in ALL Career Clusters and How to Support Their Learning

  by Julia Fallon, Joyce Malyn-Smith and Linda Scott

• LPSCS Strand: Curriculum for the Law Enforcement and Public Safety Academies

  by Mike Santucci and Mary Cosgrove

Concurrent Breakout Sessions H:
Wednesday, June 14, 2006, 9:20AM – 10:20 AM

• Repeat of Session D1
• Personal Learning Plans and School Counseling as a Key Component of Essential Education and the Nebraska Career Fields/career Clusters Model

  by Carol Jurgens

• Repeat of Session G3
• What’s Up in States That Are Advanced in Their Career Clusters Implementation?

  by Pat Mikos, John Wyvill and John Davidson

• LPSCS Strand: EMT/Firefighting Career Program

  by Nancy Howell and Jared Williams

Closing General Session

• “Helping More Succeed: How Brain Research Supports Career Clusters”

  by Elaine Johnson

Exhibitors

Thank you to all of the exhibitors that participated in our 4th Annual Career Clusters Institute. Below is some information highlighting our two Platinum Level exhibitors: ACT,Inc and the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI).

ACT, Inc.

WorkKeys is a job skills assessment system measuring “real world” skills that employers believe are critical to job success. These skills are valuable for any occupation – skilled or professional – and at any level of education. WorkKeys assessments measure abilities in three key areas: communications, problem solving, and interpersonal skills. The WorkKeys system also includes a job profiling component, which offers a concrete way to analyze the skills needed for specific jobs and to describe those skills to educators, students, and job applicants. Job profiling meets the validity and fairness requirements of EEOC guidelines. WorkKeys enables educators, individuals, and employers to identify skill gaps and guide training decisions to improve WorkKeys scores when necessary. Training resources are available online and through ACT Centers and WorkKeys partner sites, as well as one-stop career centers, Workforce Investment Act Centers, and school-to-work consortia. Please visit www.act.org for more information.

National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI)

NOCTI is a not-for-profit organization with a primary mission to serve all levels of the career technical education field and to assist in developing a world-class workforce. The organization is governed by a consortium of all 50 states and U.S. territories and has over four decades of experience in designing, developing, and delivering occupational competency assessments. We deliver assessments meeting psychometrics standards that utilize the psychomotor, cognitive, and affective domains of learning to assess competence. NOCTI can facilitate reporting for accountability purposes, but improvement in learning and competence is the ultimate goal. Data driven decision making is enhanced through the detailed analysis provided for administrator, educators, students, and parents; and this is critical in making meaningful instructional improvement. NOCTI’s standardized assessments are based on nationally validated, workplace based standards and include written and performance components. Assessments may also be customized to reflect local or regional industry-based standards. Visit our Website for more information www.nocti.org.

Gold Level
Applied Technologies
Bridges Transitions, Inc.
Career Communications, Inc.
COIN Educational Products
National Center for Construction Education & Research (NCCER)
PCS Edventures
SAVE Corporation
Talent Assessment, Inc.

Silver Level
CareerXplorer International, LLC
National Career Assessment Services, Inc. (NCASI)