6th Annual Career Clusters Institute

June 16-18, 2008 Atlanta, Georgia

• A1 - Putting the Faces of Students in Front of LIKELY Employers Based on Clusters

  John Bell and Jennifer Wolf

• A2 - Career Clusters/Programs of Study from a Teacher's Perspective

  Becky Nelson

• A4 - Regional Career Cluster Based Academies in Rural Schools

  Randy Nelson

• A5 - Come to School Each Day to Learn, Grow, and Achieve

  Lena Trujillo-Chavez and Michael Grossman

• A6 - ABC's of Clusters

  Ann and Gene Benson

• B2 - Speaking the Language of Business Through Industry Competency Models

  Terri Lonowski and Sunny Morris

• B5 - Fields of Study: A Coherent Approach Toward Integrating Career Clusters, Programs of Study, TechPrep, Culminating Project, and Career Planning

  Mark Madison and Karen Traversie
  Files:

  Mark Madison-B5.ppt
  Mark Madison-Handout 1.pdf
  Mark Madison-Handout 2.pdf

• C1 - The Career Cluster Connection: Education, Business, and Community

  Patrice Camp

• C2 - Model Partnerships in Education: STEM and Government/Industry Working Together

  Shelli Meade

• C3 - Georgia Career Development Through Peach State Pathways

  Gary Mealer, Jenny Williams, Vivian Snyder

• C5 - Spanning the Career Cluster Horizon in a Rural State with Coordinated Resources

  Annette Schmid and Claire Fitzgerald
  Files:

  Annette Schmid Part 2-C5.ppt
  Annette Schmid Part 1-C5.ppt

• C6 - OVAE's Technical Assistance Opportunities for Program of Study Implementation

  Scott Hess and Steve Frank

• C7 - New Horizons, Newly Revised Standards = New Links to the Future

  Sally Combs

• C8 - Agricultural Education Content Standards

  David Hall

• Closing General Session - Competing in Innovation: The Critical Role of Career & Technical Education

  Robert Sheets

• D1 - The "Top Ten" for CTE

  Kimberly Green

• D2 - The Community Partnerships that Could: How High Schools, Chamber/Business and the Community College Did It!

  DeAnn Thomas, Joe Unterreiner, Dan Zorn, and Ivan Lorenzen

• D5 - Using Career Clusters/Pathways to Join Career Academic Studies to Achieve Powerful Learning

  Gene Bottoms

• D6 - Building a Better [#X%*&!] Test

  Brenda Hattaway

• D8 - STEM Transitions: Enhancing Mathematics and Science Rigor through Evidence-Based Curriculum Projects

  Richard Hinckley, Jean Petty, Steve Frank

• E1 - So You Think It's Easy to Create an Assessment System?

  Milt Ericksen, Margaret Mangini, Barbara Border, Ron McCage

• E2 - Fast Track to Careers Streamlines the Transition from High School to Work

  William Flanary

• E3 - Florida's Answer to Successful Career Academies

  Constance Scotchel-Gross

• E5 - Structuring Effective Career Guidance and Counseling to Deliver Career Clusters to All Students

  Gisela Harkin and Ray Davis

• E6 - Beyond Resumes and Cover Letters, Creating Rigorous and Relevant Technical Writing in the Technical Curriculum

  Carol Larkin

• E8 - Beyond Curricula: How to Build a Comprehensive Program that Includes the T and E of STEM

  Shelli Meade

• E9 - Construction Industry Workforce Needs

  Jamie Van Voorhis

• F1 - The Energy Career Cluster Map

  Valerie Taylor

• F2 - It's a New Day in Alabama: New Clusters and a New Course of Study

  Margaret Smith and Paggie McSpadden

• F3 - Employer View and Value of Careers and Clusters

  Angela Elder, Michael Romesburg, Robert Diee

• F5 - Inaccessible Terminology? A Little Knowledge Can Be Dangerous

  Brenda Hattaway

• F7 - Eight Steps for Embedding College and Career Readiness Mathematics Standards into Career/Technical Courses

  Kathleen McNally
  Files:

  Mathleen McNally-F7.ppt
  Kathleen McNally-F7 Handout.doc

• F8 - Not Your Grandfather's Drafting Class: Transforming Architectural Education

  Yamani Hernandez, Krisann Rehbein, Jennifer Masengarb

• G2 - School Counseling and Career Technical Education: A Partnership for School Improvement

  Donna Vrbka

• G4 - Revised K&S Statements and How They are Used to Develop POS

  Seth Derner and Ann Benson

• G5 - Eight Steps for Embedding Literacy Standards and Strategies into Career/Technical Courses in Ways That Advance Both Reading Achievement and the Mastery of Technical Knowledge and Skills

  Renee Murray

• G6 - Using Career Clusters to Develop Innovative Curriculum for the Classroom

  Fran Beauman

• G7 - Developing Innovation Talent: Making Innovation the Major Focus in Career Clusters Implementataion

  Robert Sheets

• H3 - Career Programs, Academies, and Clusters in Hillsborough County Impact Student Achievement and Postsecondary Connections

  Carla Sparks and Lizanne Ippolito

• H5 - Developing Careers in the Biofuel Industry

  David Hall

• H6 - Preparing Course Syllabi for Career/Technical Courses that are Aligned to College-and-Career-Readiness Standards

  Kathleen McNally
  Files:

  Kathleen McNally-H6.ppt
  Kathleen McNally-H6 Handout.doc

• Opening General Session - Education for Tomorrow: Connecting Instruction Our Children's Future

  Mark Elgart