Spring Meeting 2006

Highlights from NASDCTEc's 2006 Awards Ceremonies

2006 Award Winners -- An important part of the NASDCTEc Spring conference is the Awards Ceremony, which highlights educators, students, businesses, etc. who have demonstrated leadership and commitment to quality career technical education.

All-Star Sponsors (MSWord,200Kb)-- This year we continue to recognize those partners who have generously contributed to the success of the meeting, especially the All-Stars sponsors who have demonstrated longstanding and/or substantial support for NASDCTEc. This year, they include: Career Communications, Inc./American Careers Education Program, Cisco Systems, National Career Assessment Services Inc./The Kuder People, National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI), National Restaurant Association Education Foundation, Oracle Academy, and VTECS.

Resources and Presentations

Below are the available presentations from speakers, as well as additional resources distributed at the NASDCTEc Spring Meeting held April 8 – April 12, 2006 in Washington, D.C.

Resources

• Meeting Evaluation Form(MSWord,37Kb): If you haven't done so already, please complete the spring meeting evaluation form. Thank you!
• NASDCTEc Research Brief: Career Clusters: A Plan of Education for a Global Economy(PDF,259Kb)
• 2006 Spring 2-Minute Roundups(PDF,242Kb): a brief summary of the status of CTE within each state.

Presentations

• Mrs. Elin Miller(PowerPoint,1.80Mb), President & CEO, Arysta LifeScience North America. Additional material - text for Mrs. Miller's speech(MSWord,89Kb)
• Mrs. Kimberly Green (PowerPoint,24.21Mb), Executive Director, National Association of Career Technical Education Consortium
• Mr. Michael Cohen(PowerPoint,2.22Mb), President, Achieve
• Dr. Joanna Kister(PowerPoint,175Kb), Educational Consultant
• Dr. Terese Rainwater(PowerPoint,6.00Mb), Program Director, State Scholars Initiative, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
• Dr. Ann Benson, Educational Consultant: Handout #1(MSWord,81Kb) and Handout #2 (MSWord,79Kb)
• Mr. Richard Blais(PowerPoint,296Kb), Executive Director, Project Lead the Way
• Dr. Larry Case(PowerPoint,1.68Mb), CEO, National FFA Organization
• Mr. Charles Toulmin (web site), Senior Policy Analyst, Education Division, National Governors Association
• Mr. David Shreve (PowerPoint,360Kb), Senior Committee Director, National Conference of State Legislatures
• Ms. Jan Bray(PowerPoint,179Kb), Executive Director, Association for Career Technical Education
• Dr. Margaret Ellibee(PowerPoint,123Kb), Director, Secondary Career and Technical Education, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
• Ms. Jean Stevens(PowerPoint,241Kb), Interim Deputy Commissioner, Office of Curriculum & Instructional Support, New York State Education Department
• Dr. Melinda Merchur Karp(PowerPoint,574Kb), Senior Research Associate, Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University
• Ms. Gisela Harkin,(PowerPoint,41Kb), Career Development Program Officer, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education. Additional material - America's Career Resource Network, (web site).
• Mr. Jayson Chung(PDF,3.78Mb), Associate Vice President, Wisconsin Technical College System
• Mrs. Patricia Merrick(PowerPoint,8.05Mb), Section Administrator, Secondary Career and Technical Education, Louisiana Department of Education
• Mr. Jay Savage(PowerPoint,74Kb), Regional Accountability Specialist, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education
• Dr. James R. Stone, III(PowerPoint,606Kb), Director, National Research Center for Career and Technical Education
• Dr. Cynthia Pellock (PowerPoint,537Kb), Assistant Professor, Workforce Education & Development Program, Pennsylvania State University. Additional materials - Career and Technical Education Occupational Skill Assessment Practices and Support for a National Skills Assessment System: A Survey of the States, 2005 Executive Summary (MSWord,37Kb)