Career Tech Talk

Interview with Duane Ross, manager for NASA astronaut candidate selection and training. NASA recently began accepting applications for new astronaut candidates, including candidates with teaching experience. Ross addresses the qualifications astronaut candidates need and the intensive training they undertake. He also discusses what educator mission specialists do while on a mission, and he gives a surprising description of the perfect astronaut.

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Interview with James McLurkin, a roboticist recognized by TIME Magazine and a teacher at MIT’s Saturday enrichment program for high school students and Project Interphase for transitioning freshmen. Topics include developing hands-on lesson plans and students’ lack of preparation for postsecondary ed.

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Interview with Bob Vila, host of the shows “Bob Vila” and “This Old House” and a leading figure in home improvement. Bob talks about the training needs of the construction industry, innovations in construction, the impact his father had on his desire to explore and learn, and his favorite tool.

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Interview about the Broward County Urban Teacher Academy Program with Dr. Robert Parks, director of the Teaching and Leadership Center, Florida Atlantic University, and Broward County school board member, and Sara Rogers, coordinator of the program. They explain the academy, which prepares students to become teachers and to return to teach in Broward County. Included are details on the scholarship program that allows students a debt-free college education.

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Interview with Alex Harris and David Wakelyn, senior analysts from the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices. They address the role of career and technical education in high school redesign, discuss how career and technical education can impact America’s competitiveness and explain how Netflix is a model for innovation in education.

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Interview with Troy Justesen, assistant secretary of education for vocational and adult education in the U.S. Department of Education. Justesen shares his priorities for career and technical education (CTE) and his concerns about the implementation of the reauthorized Perkins Act. In addition, he discusses the integration of No Child Left Behind into CTE as well as initiatives for workforce development and postsecondary preparation and transition.

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Interview with Charlotte Mohling, 2007 South Dakota Teacher of the Year. Charlotte describes the Dakota Interactive Academic Link (DIAL) and her experiences with distance learning courses, shares trends she has observed as students choose career paths and makes predications about the future of career and technical education.

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Interview with John Heemstra, director of the DIAL School in South Dakota. John discusses the opportunities and challenges of distance learning through technology. He highlights using video and Internet services to facilitate learning and expand course offerings.

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Edward Gordon, author of The 2010 Meltdown: Solving the Impending Jobs Crisis, speaks about career and technical education in the 21st century and argues that all students should have a post-high school education as well as career and technical training.  His Web site is www.imperialcorp.com. The 2010 Meltdown: Solving the Impending Jobs Crisis can be purchased through the ACTE bookstore. The book store can be access through the ACTE Web site at www.acteonline.org, or you can call us at 1-800-826-9972. 

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Interview with Leslie Watkins, ACTE’s Teacher of the Year for 2006-2007. Leslie discusses what brought her to career and technical education, programs she initiated, challenges she met and recommendations for fellow educators.  

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