CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION . . .
Director Jennifer L. Harrison reports:
MOCC Staff Update
July and August have been a wonderful months to wrap up and plan for the coming year. While there have been no construction updates, the CTE Director and Assistant Superintendent have been working with Instructor Linda Ward to hire a new MOCC Principal. We had a wealth of qualified candidates and offered the position to Steven Locke. Recently, Mr. Locke has been employed at Crossroads Charter Academy as both an Assistant Principal and then as the Principal. He is enthusiastic about career and technical education and can offer many insights as an instructional leader. The Career Center is ready for dynamic changes and we feel that Mr. Locke is up to the task.
Additionally, MOCC has hired three parapros, and two instructors. Kurt Goodman has accepted the position as the Welding Parapro. Kurt is working towards a Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology in Welding at FSU. He is a certified welder and has had several years of experience in this field.
James Chapman has accepted the position as Public Safety Parapro. He has had decades of experience in all facets of public safety. His strengths include: Curriculum development, classroom management, and a strong desire to give back to the community. |
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Sandra Kauffman is our most recent employee who has accepted the position as the new Allied Health Technologies Parapro. Sandra has had extensive experience as an RN in critical care and burn units.
Shannon Behling will be teaching the Nursing Services sections of our Allied Health Technologies program. She has had extensive expereince as an RN and as a Traveling RN where she is certified in several states.
John Fox has joined the Career Center as a part of the Special Education staff. He will be working with students in the Building and Grounds Maintenance program. John has degrees in Special Education as well as work experience in vocational areas. He was a former Special Education Teacher/Coordinator for the MOISD Transitions Center in Downtown Big Rapids.
MOCC is utilizing the services of the MOISD MOP-CO-OP to expand our Student Services department. Sherry Franklin will be our social worker on site one day a week (Tuesdays) in order to provide more comprehensive options for our students. Referals will go through the Student Advocate, Wendy Iltis, and these students will be scheduled to work with Ms. Franklin as needed.
Please welcome these seven dynamic individuals to our MOISD family.
Curriculum Update
Academic Integration – Mathematics and Visual Applied and Performing Arts Alignment
Meetings have been conducted with Curriculum Coordinators at Career Line (Holland) and Newaygo (Freemont) Career Centers this summer. More work has been done on the Mathematics Curriculum to insure uniformity within Region 7. Additionally the VAPA credit process is underway. It is anticipated that all, if not most, of the MOCC programs will be able to offer credit options for students in the Visual Applied and Performing Arts.
CTE Segments
Segments are now the official curriculum for all CTE programs. This is a State mandate that has filtered down from the Federal level. Michigan is not the only state to adopt standards. When I went to the National Skills USA Conference, with Linda Ward, I spoke with several educators and administrators throughout the country. They are all reconfiguring their CTE programs to adopt a uniform curriculum in all areas.
Segments are here to stay and as of this fall we will be reporting our students and the segments they have completed. We will only receive funding for our concentrators. These are students who have completed 50% of the segments and are enrolled in the next level. Dorothy Jones and Jodie Nunn will be attending training sessions in the new CTEIS protocols.
More discussion will follow in this area when we meet in the fall. I will also be addressing the standards at our CTE Advisory dinner. I would like to thank all our staff who actively participated in the segmenting process at the state level.
Nicki Cassidy has been working with the State to create lesson plans and assessments for Early Childhood Careers. Teachers were divided up in teams. Each team is in charge of one segment. Nicki is in a team of three educators who are developing the segment for Safety Training in Early Childhood.
Patty Hawley has also been working collaboratively with OCTE to align the Allied Health curriculum to state standards and segments. Congratulations to Patty for being elected as the HOSA State Advisor for Michigan. Upon MOISD Board approval, she will be traveling to Washington D.C. this September. The trip will assist MOCC in better connecting our students to current political and legal trends in the Allied Health industry. All expenses will be paid by HOSA.
Dan Estes will be presenting, with Jennifer Harrison, at the National ACTE Conference in December. He will discuss how CAD/Drafting curriculum needs to have more of a focus on geometric construction. His presentation will also include preparing students for a global economy by utilizing 3-D software.
20 Hour On-Line Component CareerForward About the Course:
Technology, along with many other factors, has leveled job prospects for people all over the world.
Career Opportunities are more diverse than they used to be, and students today need to be introduced to the growing global competition that they will face. Most important, they need motivation to plan and see the education that is crucial for their futures.
This website is designed to provide a framework for students and teachers to use as they explore possibilities and learn how to prepare for the future.
The program contains a 20-hour long on-line sessions using personal reflection and activities and gives each student an independent exploration of the possibilities for their future that will allow them to move on and create an Education Development Plan (EDP).
To preview the program go to:
http://course.careerforward.org/mvu/default.htm
CareerForward MOCC Implementation Plan
Spring 2008 Pilot with Cosmetology & Allied Health students.
2008 – 09 CareerForward will be incorporate with employability skills workshops.
All 1st year students will begin by registering in CareerForward. (Internet access will be required) The 20hr. On-line class would be available also. Using Moodle is a component of this form of instruction. Training to assist students with this process will be available to staff.
CTSO Update
Linda Ward and Jennifer Harrison took 8 students to National Skills USA competition in June. Three students brought home Gold Medals in Cosmetology (Brittney Lewis) and Nail Care (Pam Henry & Kristyn). All students either placed in the top ten or received National Certifications in their areas. Rickelle represented MOCC as a SkillsUSA Officer for the Michigan Division. Linda has also received an honorable mention in the new Cosmetology text book that was released this summer.
Doug Ward has been spending large blocks of time each Wednesday to insure students are ready for the Convergence Car Conference in Cobo Hall this fall. A great deal of progress has been made and students have been enthusiastic about working on the project over summer vacation. The project will also include an Ambassadorship and Marketing component. We are looking forward to meeting the new instructors at the Math Science and Technology Center as they will become an integral component of the IVD initiative.
Enrollment
Career Center preliminary numbers for the 2008/09 School Year is currently at 578. We anticipate changes in these numbers during the drop and add period.
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