Career Tech Talk

Interview with Sir Ken Robinson, 2011 ACTE Convention keynote speaker and international expert on education and creativity. Sir Ken Robinson was interviewed on site at the event by Samantha Shanker of Ladue High School. Samantha and her fellow Ladue students worked with SchoolTube.com and Dave Cornelius of the Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication to capture multimedia coverage of the Convention.

ACTE members can also watch part of Sir Ken's keynote.

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Back-to-back interviews with 2011 ACTE Convention and Career Tech Expo speakers Ray McNulty (r) and Eric Chester (l). We begin with Saturday General Session Speaker Eric Chester, expert on post-Generation Xer's and a former CTE teacher, who gives us a preview of his presentation focusing on youth and work ethic. Then Friday General Session Speaker Ray McNulty, president of the International Center for Leadership in Education, previews his address on educators leading innovation through next practices (listen at 6:40).

You can also get a taste of the Opening General Session with Sir Ken Robinson by watching an animated version of a presentation he gave on education reform.

After each General Session, the speakers will be signing books, including a special Convention release of Chester's new title Reviving Work Ethic, ahead of the general release.

October 17 is the deadline to register at discounted rates for the ACTE Annual Convention and Career Tech Expo in St. Louis, November 17-19. This professional development event will be filled with resources and takeaways to help you develop yourself as an educator and positively impact your students!

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Interview with Louise Stymeist, recent appointee to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing and president of California ACTE. Stymeist gives realistic and humorous insight into the state of CTE in California and describes how the state's CTE advocates are rising to the challenge.

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There's still time to register at discounted rates for the ACTE Annual Convention and Career Tech Expo in St. Louis, November 17-19. This professional development event will be filled with resources and takeaways to help you develop yourself as an educator and positively impact your students.

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Interview with Leo Reddy, CEO and chairman of the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council. We discuss pathways to certification in manufacturing and logistics, the White House’s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership and what all this means to the educator in the field and the worker in manufacturing.

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Interview with ACTE Practitioners-in-Residence Linda Moyer (r) and Coleen Keffeler. The Practitioners-in-Residence program brings CTE educators to National ACTE headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, to work on projects that benefit both their own development and the CTE community as a whole. Linda and Coleen talk about being ACTE's first Practitioners-in-Residence, the projects they are working on and how they hope to help CTE.

Applications for Practitioner-in-Residence are accepted on a rolling basis and include a form as well as a letter of interest, a resume and 3 letters of support. Learn more at www.acteonline.org/employment.aspx.

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Interview with Nick Pinchuk (r), CEO of Snap-on and winner of the CTE Foundation's Business Leader of the Year award. Bryan Albrecht, president of Gateway Technical College and past-president of ACTE, talks to Pinchuk about business-education partnerships, the most effective ways for education to reach out to business and the evolution of the American workforce

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Interview with William Symonds, director of the Pathways to Prosperity Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, about the recently released "Pathways to Prosperity" report, the charges of tracking leveled against the pathways system, and what building more robust pathways would look like.

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Interview with Gary Weese, ACTE Teacher of the Year and an automotive technology instructor at Caddo Career and Technology Center. Gary talks about being an ACTE award winner, the innovations he's made in his auto tech program and the lessons he'd impart to new educators.

The ACTE National Policy Seminar is coming up March 7-9 in Washington, D.C. Career and technical education is facing a daunting battle, with a new Congress, budget pressures and a still shaky economy. It’s time for career and technical educators to step up and speak out! This event will give you tools to effectively share with your legislators the value and importance of CTE and will prepare you for upcoming policy issues. Register now!

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Interview with Nai Wang, president of KP Education Systems, which develops curriculum-based career cluster educational products. Nai and I spoke at the 2010 ACTE Convention in Las Vegas in December about the KP product suite, the challenges of entrepreneurship and technology integration in the classroom.

The ACTE National Policy Seminar is coming up March 7-9 in Washington, D.C. Career and technical education is facing a daunting battle, with a new Congress, budget pressures and a still shaky economy. It’s time for career and technical educators to step up and speak out! This event will give you tools to effectively share with your legislators the value and importance of CTE and will prepare you for upcoming policy issues. Register now!

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Interview with John Barnes, CEO and co-owner of Panther Racing. Barnes talks about career opportunities in the motorsports industry and education initiatives at Panther Racing that can prepare students for careers and foster their learning in fields such as STEM.

You can still register for the 2010 ACTE Convention in Las Vegas, December 2-4, with its 200+ sessions, a full expo hall, special events like our Auction and Networking Reception with Chef Jeff of the Food Network, Energy Sustainability Day, tours, pre-Convention workshops and more.

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