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Important Dates
Upcoming Deadlines
Feb. 9: Deadline to submit a proposal for the 2018 Institute for CTE Educators
Feb. 15: Deadline to submit AP Summer Institute scholarship application
Feb. 22 (midnight): Open enrollment ends
March 2: ACT Appeals due for 2018 accountability data
May 4: Deadline to submit special course application
May 4: Deadline to submit special program of study application
Upcoming Events
Jan. 29-Feb. 2: TCAT Week
Feb. 1: CTE Month begins
Feb. 1-2: WBL Training (East)
Feb. 5-9: National School Counseling Week
Feb. 6-8: PIE Conference
Feb. 8-9: WBL Training (West)
Feb. 12: Winter CTE Director Meeting
April 26-27: Spring CTE Director Meeting
July 9-13: 2018 Institute for CTE Educators
July 9: Summer CTE Director Meeting
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It's CTE Month!
The department invites you to join us in celebrating Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month on Twitter throughout February. CTE teachers, directors, and associations throughout the state work passionately to prepare students for success in postsecondary and career through our 16 nationally recognized career clusters. We encourage you to identify an inspiring individual and/or CTE program that has impacted students and their communities using the hashtags #TNCTEInspires and #CTEinTN.
Please share our logo, and participate in our CTE Month Twitter campaign to help highlight the incredible work happening in Tennessee.
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Deadline Extended! Call for Proposals for 2018 Institute for CTE Educators
The deadline to submit a proposal for the 2018 Institute for CTE Educators has been extended to Feb. 9. The Institute will be held July 9–13 at the Music City Center in Nashville. Educators, administrators, postsecondary partners, and industry leaders can submit proposals for 75-minute sessions, 25-minute Promising Practices Roundtable sessions, and workshops. A description of each option and specific proposal questions are available on the proposal website.
Focus Areas:
- Sharing best practices within programs of study
- Using technology to enhance student learning
- Developing a strong CTE culture by marketing your programs with students, school staff, parents, and the community
- Creating instructional activities/lessons aligned to course standards
- Providing career exploration (job shadowing, guest speakers, tours, etc.) activities for students.
Have another engaging session idea? We want to hear about it! Select "other" as your focus area on the application.
For more information, visit our website. If you have questions regarding the 2018 Institute for CTE Educators, please email cteinstitute@utk.edu.
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CTE Educator Spotlight: Greg Lemmons, Knox County Schools
Each week in February, the department will highlight one outstanding CTE educator. This week, we celebrate Greg Lemmons, Criminal Justice teacher in Knox County Schools. Greg explains, "The greatest thing I can do for my students is to prepare them for their future postsecondary or career success. I believe CTE teachers have an advantage in this because we came from industry to the classroom. We can create lessons that are rooted from relevant, real-world experience." To read more about Greg, visit the department's blog, Classroom Chronicles.
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Pathways Tennessee Receives National Attention for Collaborative Approach to College and Career Readiness
As we kick off CTE Month, national audiences are looking to Tennessee as a model for collaboration and innovation in preparing students for college and career. Jobs for the Future and the Pathways to Prosperity Network highlighted Pathways Tennessee in a national case study released this week, sharing Tennessee’s journey toward providing all students with the education and training needed for in-demand careers in their communities. Through the collaboration of multiple state agency leaders, regional intermediaries, industry partners, postsecondary institutions, and local school districts, more students across Tennessee are now engaged in aligned work-based learning experiences and early postsecondary opportunities that allow them to seamlessly transition to college and career.
This report includes tactics all educators, regions, and states can use to create partnerships with industry leaders to align course offerings and student experiences with local/regional labor market needs. Please join us in celebrating this case study of Pathways Tennessee and the strong work in each of our Pathways Tennessee regions! For additional information about Pathways Tennessee, please contact Jerre.Maynor@tn.gov.
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National School Counseling Week begins Feb. 5
The division of college, career and technical education is excited to celebrate National School Counseling Week, beginning Feb. 5. This week is designed to celebrate the vital role school counselors play in all schools. This year’s theme, “School Counselors: Helping Students Reach for the Stars,” provides us with an opportunity to highlight the work of our state’s school counselors, and each day throughout the week has a unique topic on which we will focus. Click here for information to help you celebrate this week on social media.
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Join the CCTE Team
The division of college, career & technical education is looking for qualified candidates to fill the position of EPIC TN grant manager. This position will support a federal grant award designed to increase the recruitment and retention of career and technical educators in Tennessee. For full information on the position and how to apply, please visit our Career Opportunities website. The deadline to apply is 4 p.m. on Feb. 12.
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Last week's College & Career Readiness Update included the following highlights:
- National School Counseling Week begins Feb. 5
- New Ready Graduate Criteria
- Save the Date: Regional EPSO Strategic Planning Sessions
- Winter CTE Director Meeting Registration
- 2018-19 Open Enrollment Has Begun
- 2017 ACT Retake Results Announced
- 2018-19 Special Program of Study Application
- 2018-19 Special Course Application
This week's Commissioner's Update for Directors contains the following headlines:
- Governor Haslam's State of the State Address: Our Continued Focus on Education
- Reminder About ACT and SAT Options
- RTI2 Report Release Event Registration
- Online Opt-In and Special Forms Deadline Extended
- Student Pre-ID Labels for Spring Assessments
- Summer Training Host Site Application Open
- Reminder: School Climate Surveys
- PIRS-TNCompass Migration
Archives of each department newsletter are available in the web browser view under “Past Issues.” For quick reference of the College & Career Readiness Update and the Commissioner’s Update for Directors, the most recent newsletters are linked below:
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College & Career Readiness Update |
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In addition to these archives, the department publishes nearly forty newsletters geared toward the interests and work responsibilities of various district and school stakeholder groups. All department newsletters are opt-in, so any interested individual can sign up to receive any of our newsletters. Please click here for a comprehensive list of newsletter sign-up links, and feel free to share these links with your district and school teams.
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