OK. ALL RIGHT, SO YEAH, WE ARE RECORDING, SO I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT. [Welcome/Call to Order] [00:00:11] FOR 16 PM. AND ON THE AGENDA HERE, JUST FIRST NOTE IS THAT JESSICA WILL BE OUR SECRETARY RECORDER FOR THIS MEETING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, JESSICA. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT IS THE INTRODUCTION TO OUR NEW SCHOOL BOARD LIAISON, AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO DR. RHEE TO INTRODUCE MR. CHRISTOPHER HARRIS TO US. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANKS. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU. SORRY, WE CAN'T BE IN PERSON. BUT YOU ALL MAY RECALL IN NOVEMBER WE HAD A SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION, SO WE HAVE SIX NEW MEMBERS TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD OF NINE PEOPLE. AND WE RECENTLY LIKE OUR SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR KIND OF DID HAD TO REDO THE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE BOARD LIAISONS. AND SO ALL OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEES HAVE A SCHOOL BOARD LIAISON, AND I'M GOING TO BE MOVING OFF OF THIS COMMITTEE. AND MR. CHRISTOPHER HARRIS, WHO'S A NEW MEMBER OF THE BOARD, IS GOING TO BE JOINING AND I THINK HE'LL BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THIS COMMITTEE. HE IS A T.C, YOU KNOW, NOW HHS GRADUATE, HE'S ALSO AN ENGINEER BY TRAINING. AND SO I'D LOVE TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM. JUST TO CHRIS. YOU CAN JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND MAYBE TELL PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND COMING INTO THIS COMMITTEE. SURE. WELL, WELCOME. I APPRECIATE THE THE ENVIRONMENT TO BE A PART OF IT ONCE AGAIN. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER HARRIS. I'M A TECH GRAD. BUT A.C.H. S ALUMNUS, MY PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND. I'M AN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY ENGINEER AND I HAVE MY OWN BUSINESS IN THE CITY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY. I HAVE. I'M A BIG FAN OF CTE. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A BELIEVER THAT THERE'S OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAN COLLEGE, AND IT'S DEFINITELY HELPED PROPEL ME IN MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER. I ALSO COACHED FOOTBALL AT T.C. FOR SEVEN YEARS, WHICH YOU ALL NOW NOW KNOW, AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING AN IMPACT AND HAVING SOME INPUT AND BEING A PART OF THAT COMMITTEE. I LOOK FORWARD TO HELP IN ANY WAY I CAN. I PLAN TO BE NOT JUST SHOWING UP ONCE A WEEK OR WHENEVER WE MEET, BUT ALSO BEING ENGAGED AND HELPS TO SOLVE SOME PROBLEMS AND MOVE THIS FORWARD. SO I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR HARRIS. AND AGAIN, WELCOME TO CTE. GLAD TO HAVE YOU, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND DR. REEF. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING US AS OUR LIAISON AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAD AND ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT WE ALL DID TOGETHER. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO. ESTABLISHING A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH MR HARRIS AS WELL. YEAH, IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE MORE THING. THANKS FOR THAT, MELISSA AND I WANTED TO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OK? OK. I JUST. WE ALSO HAD A WE HAVE THIS AD HOC SCHOOL BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT'S BEEN LOOKING AT HOW TO STRENGTHEN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES. AND SO I KNOW THAT SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, MELISSA HAD COME AND SPOKEN TO THE SCHOOL BOARD ABOUT THE WORK OF THE CTA COMMITTEE. AND ONE OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD IS TO ADD AN ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, LIKE WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, WHICH IS KIND OF UPDATES FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO I'M SURE YOU'LL BE GETTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. MELISSA AND DR. JACOBS BUT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE. MAYBE WHEN YOU'RE PRESENTING THE THE SCOPE OF WORK, IF YOU WANT TO COME AND MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE IT ACTUALLY IS VOTED ON ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, THAT'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE. SO JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HEADS UP ABOUT THAT BECAUSE REALLY WE WANT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE BOARD INTERACTION WITH OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S GREAT TO KNOW. AND WE WANT WE ALSO WANTED TO PUT IN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AS WELL FOR THE REST OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO DO A QUICK INTRODUCTION. I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE AT EVERY MEETING NOW, BUT WITH HAVING MR. HARE'S HERE AS OUR NEW SCHOOL BOARD LIAISON, AS WELL AS HAVING SOME OTHER MEMBERS THAT I BELIEVE ALL OF US HAVEN'T MET YET, WE JUST WANTED TO GO AROUND THE VIRTUAL ROOM, IF YOU WILL. SO I'LL START. [00:05:03] MY NAME IS MELISSA REEVES I. MY BACKGROUND IS I HAVE A B.S. IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING MASTER'S IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING. I CURRENTLY WORK FOR A COMPANY CALLED GRIFFIN TECHNOLOGIES, WHICH IS A SUBSIDIARY OF MANNATECH. AND THAT'S FAIRLY NEW, ACTUALLY. JUST OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, WE WERE ACQUIRED BY SYMANTEC, AND MY FUNCTION AT THE COMPANY IS I'M A TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER, BUT I ALSO SUPPORT THE NAVY AIRCRAFT CARRIER P O AIRCRAFT CARRIERS PROGRAM AS WELL. SO RUN THE GAMUT OF ANYTHING TECHNICAL ISSUES, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AS IT PERTAINS TO PROGRAMMATIC IMPACTS, COST SCHEDULE, ALL THAT STUFF. I DO THAT FOR THE NAVY, AS WELL AS SUPPORT OTHER CONTRACTS THAT WE, THE COMPANY HAVE FOR PTO CARRIERS. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW I STUMBLED UPON CTE. I JOINED THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I APPLIED AND JOINED THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ABOUT, I BELIEVE, THREE, THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO NOW, AND I WAS AN ADVISORY GENERAL COMMITTEE MEMBER AND THEN EVENTUALLY. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY WHEN DAVE REMICK WAS CHAIR, AND EVENTUALLY I STEPPED UP AS CO-CHAIR AND HAVE BEEN CHAIR FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK WITH PEOPLE AND ALSO TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN ACP AS AS IT PERTAINS TO CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND HOW I COULD USE SOME OF MY NETWORK AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE TO HELP CURRICULUM. ALL RIGHT. UH, NEXT, I GUESS WE'LL JUST HAVE PEOPLE JUMP IN BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO KIND OF GO THROUGH, BUT I THINK MAYBE JIM, I SEE YOUR FACE UP HERE FIRST. DO YOU WANT TO GO NEXT? I THINK I'M THE ONLY JIM. I'M JIM EGAN, WRITER. I'M A LONGTIME CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHER FROM BACK IN THE 1990S AND MUCH LATER SERVED AS A CTE AND STEM EDUCATION SPECIALIST. AND I'M A PROFESSOR IN THE CENTER FOR ENHANCEMENT OF ENGINEERING DIVERSITY AT VIRGINIA TECH HERE IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C., AREA, WHERE I WORK ON STEM EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES. THANKS. MELISSA, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO CALL ON SOMEBODY? ARE YOU DOING IT STRATEGICALLY HERE? YEAH. I THINK THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE BEST. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SEE EVERYONE WHO'S HERE NEXT ON MY SCREEN IS JESSICA. HI, EVERYONE, I'M JESSICA WOLINSKY, I WORK IN OUR OFFICE FOR ENGLISH LEARNER SERVICES, AND I AM A SECONDARY ENGLISH LEARNER INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST, SO I SUPPORT TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WITH INSTRUCTION RELATED. ANYTHING RELATED TO ENGLISH LEARNERS. AMY, I WILL CALL ON YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANKS, JESSICA. HI, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS AMY CREED, I AM THE CAREER AND TRANSITION SERVICES COORDINATOR FOR OUR OFFICE OF SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION IN THE CPS. SO NICE TO MEET YOU ALL AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BE A PART OF THIS COMMITTEE. AND NEXT ON MY SCREEN IS ALAN. I THANK YOU, I'M ALAN LOMAX, COMMUNITY MEMBER, I'M RETIRED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT I WORKED FOR BASICALLY FOR THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE, WHICH IS A CONGRESSIONAL AGENCY OFFICE. I DID STUDIES AND EVALUATIONS FOR THE CONGRESS WITH A WHOLE HOST OF VARIETY OF ISSUES. I HAVE AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND A MASTER'S IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. I HAVE A DEGREE FROM NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY IN BOSTON AND A MASTER'S FROM GEORGE MASON. ONE OF THE KEY THINGS ABOUT THIS IS AS AS ACTUALLY MELISSA AND DAVE, WE FOUND OUT WE'RE ALL ALUMS OF NORTHEASTERN THAT OUR PROGRAM WAS WAS CENTERED AROUND COOPERATIVE EDUCATION. SO YOU ACTUALLY WORKED IN YOUR FIELD FOR X NUMBER OF MONTHS THROUGHOUT YOUR SCHOOL YEAR AND THROUGHOUT YOUR TERM IN ORDER TO KNOW WHETHER YOU WERE IN THE RIGHT FIELD OR NOT IN THE RIGHT FIELD IN WHICH YOU WANTED TO DO. ALSO, I'M VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, IN VARIOUS AREAS THROUGH HUMAN SERVICES AND IN PUBLIC HEALTH. I ACTUALLY CHAIRED THE PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY. I'M SORRY, I CHAIRED THE PARTNERSHIP FOR HEALTH AND HEALTHY ALEXANDRIA, AS WELL AS THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION COALITION OF ALEXANDRIA. AND ONE OF THE KEY THINGS LINKAGE TO THIS GROUP IS THAT THERE'S THE ALEXANDRIA COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WHICH A LOT OF THE FACTORS, INCLUDING IN PRIORITY AREAS SUCH AS POVERTY, RELATES TO THE WORK OF WHAT CTE DOES AND SHOULD BE DOING IN THE FUTURE. [00:10:05] SO. AND ACTUALLY, I DON'T HAVE I DON'T SEE OTHER PEOPLE ON MY SCREEN, SO ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO DAVE, I DON'T THINK YOU SPOKE, SO I'LL CALL ON YOU. RIGHT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU AND I BOTH GOT OUR MASTERS FROM GEORGE MASON. SO WHAT'S NEXT? DR. PICK A SCHOOL. WELL, MY NAME'S DAVE REMICK, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ALEXANDER ISLANDS AND REGIONAL WORKFORCE COUNCIL. IT'S THE LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARD SERVING ALEXANDER CITY AND ARLINGTON COUNTY UNDER THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION OPPORTUNITY ACT, WHICH IS KIND OF ONE. I AM FORMER CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE. I WAS. I'M ALSO THE FORMER CHAIR OF THE ARLINGTON CORRECTIONAL EDUCATION. I THINK MELISSA'S DOING AN AWESOME JOB AND I THINK YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT LONGER THAN I DID. SO KUDOS TO YOU. AT THE END OF THE DAY, MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUSINESSES HAVE THE WORKFORCE, THAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT CTE, IT'S SO IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE GREAT PROGRAMS THAT ARE PART OF CTE, LIKE THE HEALTH SCIENCES SCHOOL. THESE THINGS NEED TO BE ELEVATED BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ENOUGH STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROGRAMS, BE ABLE TO ACTIVELY JUMP INTO THE WORKFORCE AND MAKE A VERY GOOD LIVING WITHOUT HAVING THE BURDEN OF SCHOOL LOANS AND STILL GO AND GET THEIR BACHELOR'S AT A LATER TIME. AND SO I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF THESE PROGRAMS, AND I THINK I THINK EVERYTHING THAT THE ALEXANDER CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL IS DOING IS GREAT. LET ME PASS IT ON TO SEAN. AND GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, I'M SEAN ADDISON, I WORK WITH NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, I AM THE CREDIT FOR PRIOR LEARNING COORDINATOR FOR THE COLLEGE. AND BASICALLY, THAT JUST TAKES A LOOK AT INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS OR ANY KIND OF LEARNING. THAT'S NOT THAT HASN'T ORIGINATED AT NOVA AND TURN IT INTO COLLEGE CREDIT. SO IT'S BEEN GREAT TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE AND I AGREE WITH DAVE. MELISSA, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE COMMITTEE. SO I'M NOT SURE WHO ELSE HAVEN'T. I'M. SO LET'S SEE THE NEXT PERSON I SEE ON MY SCREEN, I SEE I SEE PATRICK, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'VE WENT ALREADY OR NOT. IF YOU HAVE, PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR CALLING ON YOU AGAIN. THAT'S ALL. I CAN'T SEE A LIST, SO WE'RE GOOD. OK. BUT ANYWAYS, I WORK WITH THE BAR ORGANIZATION. I'M HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THIS TOO. I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH A LOT OF THESE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND APPRENTICE PROGRAMS FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS NOW, SO IT'S BEEN A WAY TO GET PEOPLE INTO INTO THE INTO THE AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS. AND WE'VE WE'VE BOUGHT PROBABLY TWENTY FIVE PEOPLE INTO IT LAST YEAR, A LOAN FROM OUT OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND ALSO SOME OF THE OTHER VOCATIONAL THINGS FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. SO I'M HAPPY TO BE A PART OF IT ALSO. SO THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE I AM, SO I CAN'T SEE ANYBODY'S NAME. SO SOMEBODY ELSE WILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO. MY COMPUTER WENT DOWN, SO I'M ON MY PHONE, SO I CAN'T SEE IT. I CAN JUMP IN FOR YOU. PATRICK COR. HEY, EVERYBODY. YEAH, SAME ISSUE. I CAN'T SEE THE PARTICIPANT LIST, SO I'LL I'LL GIVE MY THING. AND THEN IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND INTRODUCING SOMEBODY ELSE? MY NAME IS ALSO PATRICK. I'M AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, HEALTH SCIENCES, BACKGROUND IN ADULT EDUCATION AND LEARNING AND NUTRITION. AND THE REASON I'M HERE RELEVANT TO THIS GROUP IS I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR THE GOVERNOR'S HEALTH SCIENCE ACADEMY DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM FROM THE GW SIDE OF THE SHOW. SO THRILLED TO BE HERE. THIS IS A GREAT GROUP. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PATRICK. MONICA WEST. HELLO, ALL MY NAME IS MONICA WEST., I AM THE ONE OF THE MANY MANAGERS AT WASHINGTON GAS. I'M AN EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER PARTNER FOR THIS GROUP. AND TRICIA AND I MET ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO NOW AND I'VE BEEN A PART OF IT AND HAPPY TO BE HERE. I WILL PASS IT TO. LET'S SEE, I SEE MICHAEL BIRCH. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, I AM MICHAEL BIRCH. I AM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF LEARNING ACADEMY THREE AT THE ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL OF KING STREET CAMPUS. I OVERSEE BUSINESS MARKETING, SPORTS, DUAL ENROLLMENT SPORTS MED IN THE CTE DEPARTMENT, AND MY COUNTERPART, WHO IS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY IS KELLY DAVIS. [00:15:04] IS THIS JUST A PRINCIPAL AND LEARNING ACADEMY ONE? AND SHE OVERSEES THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT. SO WHERE WERE THE TWO ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS THAT SUPERVISE THE CPE DEPARTMENT UNDER DR.? WELL. AWESOME, THANK YOU. MICHAEL, I THINK I CAN JUMP IN FOR, I THINK THE NEXT IS WE HAVE AMY, CREED, AMY. I INTRODUCED MYSELF ALREADY. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, THEN I THINK THAT'S EVERYONE, EXCEPT FOR LAST BUT NOT LEAST, DR. JACOBS. IF LIKE, WELL, I ALREADY SORT OF INTRODUCED MYSELF, BUT I'VE BEEN THE COORDINATOR FOR ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. NOW THIS IS GOING ON MY WHAT IS A THIRD YEAR AND IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GET BACK TO MY ROOTS AS I SPENT MANY YEARS IN HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, THEN WENT BACK TO CITY AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. BUT I'LL TELL YOU, I REALLY FEEL LIKE I HAVE FOUND A HOME HERE IN ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE HOW EVERYONE BELIEVES IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SEES THE VALUE FOR PREPARING STUDENTS NOT ONLY FOR CAREERS BUT COLLEGE READINESS AND THOSE CAREERS AND THE WORKPLACE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. JACOBS. AND THANKS, EVERYONE. I JUST WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T FORGET ANYONE. I WAS GOING OFF THE CHECKLIST HERE, AND I THINK WE'RE ALL GOOD FOR EVERYONE WHO'S ON. YEP. OK, SO NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE NOVEMBER MEETING [Adoption of Meeting Agenda/Approval of November Meeting Minutes] MINUTES, SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CORRECTIONS CHANGES FOR THE MEETING MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER FOUR? THE MINUTES? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU SAY THAT I BELIEVE IT WAS, DAVID, WHERE ARE YOU SPEAKING? WAS THAT? I SAID I HAD MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. AND I SECOND. ALL RIGHT. OK, THAT WAS QUICK. ALL RIGHT, SO THEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. TWO MINUTES, FOUR NOVEMBER HAVE BEEN APPROVED, THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT, SO THE NEXT ITEM IS TO IS OUR OLD BUSINESS, AND IT'S TO GO OVER OUR ADVISORY [Old Business and Action Items] COMMITTEE SCOPE OF WORK. AGAIN, WE LIKE TO DO THIS AT EVERY MEETING JUST SO THAT WE CAN TOUCH BASED ON ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ITEMS AND WHAT WE THINK WE CAN ADD TO OUR END OF THE YEAR REPORT. SO IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS US KEEPING KEEPING NOTES AND KEEPING UP WITH PROGRESS ON HOW WE'RE DOING WITH OUR SCOPE OF WORK. SO FOR JANUARY, AND THANK YOU, DR. JACOBS, FOR FOR PRINTING THIS ALL OUT AND PUTTING IN SOME NOTES AHEAD OF TIME AS WELL. SO FOR OUR FIRST ONE HERE, WE HAVE INCREASING THE MEMBERSHIP TO INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES. AND DR. JACOBS NOTED THIS. I THINK MAYBE BEFORE WE GOT STARTED, BUT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING TO HAVE A PARENT AND A STUDENT ADDED TO OUR COMMITTEE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A PARENT IN DR. JACOBS. I KNOW HER FIRST NAME IS TIFFANY, BUT I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT HER LAST NAME IS, BUT I KNOW SHE DOES HAVE EXPERIENCE IN ACP AS SHE HAS TWO, MAYBE TWO OR THREE CHILDREN THAT ARE IN AKP'S. SO WE HAVE ONE ONE OF HER KIDS MAYBE JOINING AS OUR STUDENT. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. SHE SHE HAS BEEN AN EMPLOYEE, SHE DOES WORK PART TIME FOR AKP'S, BUT SHE'S VERY INVOLVED WITH THE STEM ACADEMY AND HER TWO CHILDREN ARE A PART OF THE STEM ACADEMY. PERFECT. AND YOU SAID SHE IS SHOULD BE SENDING IN HER APPLICATION ANY DAY NOW IF SHE HASN'T ALREADY CORRECT. RIGHT, DR. JACOBS, SO YOU SAID SHE HAS SENT IN HER APPLICATION OR SHE WILL BE SENDING IT IN. SHE DID COMPLETE IT, AND SUSAN IS AWARE OF IT AND WILL UPLOAD IT TO SCHOOL BOARD APPROVAL. OK, THANK YOU. [00:20:02] SO THE NEXT ONE IS FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. THIS IS PROBABLY MORE SORT OF ANNOUNCEMENT. WE TALK ABOUT IT EVERY YEAR AGAIN, IF IF ANYONE HAS ANY IDEAS OR IF THEY COME ACROSS ANY SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY THINK THAT OUR STUDENTS WOULD BE INTERESTED OR COULD APPLY FOR, PLEASE SEND THEM OVER TO DR. JACOBS. ALL RIGHT, SO FOR THE NEXT ONE, WE HAVE THE EFFORT TO CONTINUE TO REVIEW AND MONITOR THE CTE COURSE OFFERINGS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION FOR EXPANDING, CHANGING, ELIMINATING CTE COURSES. AND DR. JACOB, DO YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS ONE? THE MEETING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? YES, THANK YOU. IN THE PAST, WE'VE HAD A FIREFIGHTING PROGRAM, AND IT DID GO AWAY BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH PARTICIPATION OR ENROLLMENT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF DOES SIT ON OUR INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD AND HE HAS BEEN TALKING WITH AKP'S ABOUT BRINGING THIS FIREFIGHTING ONE AND TWO BACK. I'VE RUN SOME NUMBERS AND THERE IS A NEED FOR IT. AND SO WE WE CAN BRING IT BACK. WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A NEW COURSE APPLICATION BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY HAD IT. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO INFORM THE STATE THAT WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK. THE PROBLEM IS WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO HOUSE IT. AND BUT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. AND I'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT TO YOU WHAT THAT PLAN COULD BE TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO USE THEIR TRAINING FACILITIES, AS WELL AS SOME, MAYBE SOME NEW SPACE IN THE THE NEW BUILDING. HOWEVER, WHAT FIREFIGHTING ONE AND TWO WOULD DO WOULD BE TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO BE CANDIDATES FOR THE CITY FIREFIGHTING CADET PROGRAM. AND THERE IS A LOT OF MATH AND SCIENCE THAT STUDENTS MUST HAVE, AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE. SO IT IS A PLANNING PHASE THAT WE'RE IN FOR PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF. BUT THESE THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE VERY POSITIVE AND THE NUMBERS ARE LOOKING GOOD FOR STUDENTS BEING GAINFULLY EMPLOYED THROUGH THE CITY. SO THANK YOU. DID ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? OKAY, SO NUMBER FOUR, REVIEW THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND REPORT INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION, TEST RESULTS AND STUDENTS ENROLLMENT DATE TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CTE PROGRAMS. ALL RIGHT, SO. AND DR. JACOBS, IN THIS NOTE, YOU HAVE TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE WHOLE DATES AND TIMES INVITES FOR PARTICIPATING ON THE CLAY TEAM. BUT YES, I'LL SPEAK TO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THE THE END PART OF THIS. OK. OK. AND THEN NUMBER FIVE IS ABOUT INCREASING AWARENESS OF CTE PROGRAMS THROUGH EXPANDING OUTREACH FOR WORK BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAM FOR THE PUBLICITY TO STAKEHOLDERS. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE A FEW TIMES IN THE PAST, AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE ABOUT CTE VIA OUR NETWORKS AND ALSO JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER PEOPLE AROUND ACP SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE CTE PROGRAM DOES. I SPOKE ABOUT TRYING, SENDING OUT SOME MESSAGES TO ALEXANDRIA CITY NEWSPAPERS, AND I'M STILL WORKING ON THAT. AND ACTUALLY, ALAN, I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES, ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAD SUGGESTED AND WAS WONDERING IF MAYBE YOU COULD HELP OUT A LITTLE BIT WITH THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC CONTACTS AT ANY OF THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU COULD. YEAH, I KNOW THE EDITOR OF THE ALEXANDRIA TIMES. SO I CAN I CAN CONTACT HIM. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. LIKE I SENT OUT, I SENT AND HADN'T GOTTEN ANYTHING BACK AND DID THAT AGAIN AFTER OUR PREVIOUS MEETING. OKAY. AND AGAIN, JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, ALSO TO KEEP THAT NORTHEASTERN CONNECTION GOING. HE'S ALSO A NORTHEASTERN ALUM. SO BUT I'LL CONTACT CODY. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYWHERE. CAN I MAKE A COMMITMENT? ALSO, MELISSA? THIS IS MICHELLE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. YES. OH, I JUST WANTED TO SUGGEST. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TO REACH OUT TO THE LOCAL PAPERS. I WANTED TO SUGGEST MAYBE CONTACTING THE AKP'S COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. [00:25:04] YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ALSO HAVE ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE LOCAL MEDIA, SO THEY COULD PROBABLY REALLY BE HELPFUL IN THAT PROCESS. SO I CAN EMAIL YOU A POINT OF CONTACT. I'LL SEND IT TO MELISSA AND YOU CAN CONNECT. AND HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO THAT, RIGHT? PERFECT. THANK YOU. YEAH, MELISSA, THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN ALSO HELP WITH BECAUSE I WORK A LOT WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT FOR THE UNIFIED IMPLEMENTATION TEAM FOR THE THREE STRATEGIC PLANS FOR CPS. THE PARTNERSHIP FOR HEALTH, ALEXANDRIA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES. SO I'M ALREADY TIED INTO THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM THERE AT CPS SO I CAN HELP. YEAH. PERFECT. SO THAT'LL BE I'LL HAVE THAT AS ANOTHER ACTION FOR ME TO FOLLOW UP WITH BOTH OF YOU ON ALL THOSE THINGS, AND MAYBE WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING OUT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. OK. SO A NUMBER FOUR, NUMBER SIX, WE HAVE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE IAB. AND AGAIN, DR. JACOBS, I KNOW YOU ARE ON THE ADVISORY BOARD. AND GET TO TALK TO THEM QUITE OFTEN. DO YOU KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY UPDATES ON THAT FRONT? YES, A MATTER OF FACT. WE JUST HAD ANOTHER MEETING TODAY AND THE INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARDS ARE WORKING ON TWO GOALS, ONE OF THEM PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TOURS FOR TEACHERS FOR FEBRUARY AND MARCH. PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAYS. AND WE ARE MEETING NEXT WEEK TO FINALIZE DESCRIPTIONS THAT WILL BE PLACED INTO THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT FOR TEACHERS TO SIGN UP FOR THESE TOURS. WE ARE HOPING FOR BUS TRANSPORTATION, SO TEACHERS WOULD JUST BE IN ONE SPOT AND THEN BE TRANSPORTED TO THE TOUR. AND THEY'RE RIGHT NOW. THERE IS AT LEAST ONE TOUR, PER THE FOUR INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARDS, AND THEY'LL LAST A HALF A DAY. AND THE THE MAIN PART OF IT IS THAT THE SKILLS, THE MATH AND LITERACY SKILLS AND WORKPLACE READINESS SKILLS WILL BE DISCUSSED AS WHAT THE HOW THOSE SKILLS ARE UTILIZED IN THAT PLACE OF BUSINESS AND HOW IT CAN TRANSFER AND BE TAUGHT TO STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM AFTER THESE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TOURS. THE TEAMS ARE TASKED WITH COMING UP WITH TEACHER INTERNSHIPS AND POSSIBLE SENIOR EXPERIENCES, SO ALL OF THE TEAMS ARE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS ON THIS, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT ABOUT THESE TOURS. OK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE LAST ITEM IS JUST ON OUR END OF THE YEAR TYPE EVENT, AND THAT'S REALLY JUST THE APPROVAL OF CLINTON'S PLAN FOR TWENTY TWO TWENTY THREE. AND I THINK, AS NOTED FOR LAST MEETING, IT'LL BE THE SEA ON THE SEA LNA UPDATE IS SOMETHING YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. YES. OK. ALL RIGHT. SO I GUESS LET'S JUST WE CAN ROLL RIGHT INTO OUR SPECIAL PRESENTATION TO TALK [Special Presentation] ABOUT THE SERBS ENGLISH LEARNER PIECE THAT YOU WROTE. DR. JACOBS, THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THIS THIS HANDOUT THAT WAS PART OF THE NEWSLETTER THAT DR. MOZINGO, OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, HAS PUT OUT TO TEACHERS ABOUT SERVING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I SHARED WITH TEACHERS ALSO. AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN SEE THE ACRONYM WITH SERVE AND AND HOW THIS TRANSLATES TO WORKING WITH EELS. AND THAT CITY IS A PERFECT PLACE WITH HANDS ON LEARNING AND REINFORCING LANGUAGE THROUGH HANDS-ON LEARNING. I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENTIATION AND AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE NEED TO STOP AND REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AS EDUCATORS. AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE CHALLENGED OUR TEACHERS WITH IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BACK NOW FROM BEING VIRTUAL. STUDENTS WANT TO LEARN BY DOING. AND WE REALLY NEED TO GET BACK TO THAT. AND I'VE EVEN TALKED ABOUT FLIP CLASSROOM, WHERE SOME OF THAT LEARNING IS DONE OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM. SO WHEN THEY'RE IN SCHOOL, THEY'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO WORK ON THEIR [00:30:03] DIFFERENT PROJECTS OR ACTIVITIES, SIMULATIONS AND SUCH. BUT FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE, YOU CAN READ THROUGH THIS AND. I DID SEND THIS AS A AS A SEPARATE HANDOUT TO YOU. HERE'S WHAT I THINK IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF TODAY'S MEETING IS I JUST GOT THESE NUMBERS. THE CURRENT CTE ENROLLMENT FOR THIS YEAR IS WELL OVER A THOUSAND MORE STUDENTS IN CTE. AS YOU CAN SEE, COVID DIPPED JUST DOWN A LITTLE BIT. WE WERE ON AN UPWARD SWING ALMOST AT SEVEN THOUSAND AND THEN WE DIPPED DOWN DURING COVID AND WE'RE BACK UP TO SEVENTY EIGHT HUNDRED STUDENTS AND IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY SCHOOL. AND ALSO, I WANTED TO SAY CHANCE FOR CHANGE. MISS MILLS OVER AT CHANCE FOR CHANGE HAS REALLY BEEN WORKING WITH US TO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CTE COURSES PROVIDED FOR HER STUDENTS. WE'VE ALSO INCREASED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS TAKING CTE DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES BY 50, SO THAT'S ANOTHER HEALTHY INCREASE. SO CTE IS ALIVE AND WELL, AND I WANT TO THANK MR BIRCH AND MISS DAVIS FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID WITH SCHEDULING. NOW I WILL SAY THIS NUMBER OF SEVENTY EIGHT HUNDRED STUDENTS, WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE ECONOMICS AND PERSONAL FINANCE STUDENTS. THAT IS THE REQUIRED COURSE FOR STUDENTS TO GRADUATE. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO COMPLETE OR SECOND COURSE FOR IT. SO EVEN THOUGH THIS NUMBER IS HIGH, THE NUMBER OF COMPLETERS SOMEONE THAT TAKES A SECOND COURSE, WE AREN'T GOING TO NECESSARILY SEE THAT TREND FOR MAYBE TWO YEARS. BUT THAT'S A VERY EXCITING NUMBER RIGHT THERE. [New Business] I ALSO WANTED TO ANNOUNCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH DAVID REMNICK, WHO ALSO PUT THIS OUT AND THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR YOUR SUPPORT WITH THE INSTRUCTION TO INDUSTRY VIRTUAL CAREER EXPO FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, IT'S A REGIONAL VIRTUAL EXPO THAT WILL RUN FEB. 14 TO 17. SOME OF YOU THAT ARE IN THE BUSINESS WORLD, IF YOU WOULD WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS, WE CAN GET YOU SIGNED UP. AND THE WAY YOU SIGN UP. AND DAVID, IF YOU WANTED TO JUMP IN ON THIS, I'VE GOT A TENTATIVE SCHEDULE. IT'S SET UP BY. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE CAREER CLUSTERS. AND THESE CAREER CLUSTERS HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO TALK WITH STUDENTS ABOUT THOSE FIELDS THAT ARE IN THOSE CAREER CLUSTERS. DAVID, CAN YOU ADD MORE? SO THIS IS ALL WICKED EASY. IT'S REALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU DO. AND I ACTUALLY SIGNED UP FOR, I BELIEVE, GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. IN FACT, JIM AND I DID SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR ARLINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHERE WE JUST SAT THERE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT CAREERS THAT ARE IN OUR INDUSTRIES. AND SO THAT'S ALL THIS WOULD BE. I DON'T THINK IT'S ANYTHING FORMAL. YOU KNOW, AS AN EXAMPLE, MELISSA, AND YOUR AIRCRAFT CARRIER, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT OVERALL, WHAT IS SYMANTEC DO AND THEN THE TYPE OF JOB THAT YOU DO AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN IT? AND THEN HOW DID YOU GET HERE? WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU LEARN? WE'VE DONE IT AT 20 20 MINUTE CONVERSATION, AND IT JUST GIVES THESE STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO CONCEPTUALIZE HOW DO I GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B? PRETTY EASY NOT PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, MELISSA, ALTHOUGH I THINK IT'S PRETTY COOL THAT YOU DEAL WITH AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER. JIM HAS A QUESTION. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THE FORM LINK THAT TRICIA SENT MAKES THIS VERY EASY TO DO, SO IT DEMYSTIFIES THE PROCESS OF WHICH CAREER CLUSTER YOU NEED TO IDENTIFY WITH OR ALL JUST LISTED THERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SELECT MORE THAN ONE. AND IT IT TAKES ALL OF FOUR MINUTES OR SO TO REGISTER. AND YOU GET TO REGISTER ON BEHALF OF ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. [00:35:02] YEAH, THAT'S AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, JIM AND I DID IT. SOMETHING SIMILAR. IT WAS RELATIVELY EASY AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS THAT GOT SOMETHING OUT OF IT. THANK YOU. I WILL RESEND THE LINK, I KNOW I SENT IT, SENT IT TO THE INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD PEOPLE, BUT I WILL SEND IT TO THIS TEAM ALSO WHEN WE'RE DONE HERE. SO ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT TEAM AND THE ARCHITECTS ARE LOOKING AT THE LABS FOR THE NEW BUILDING, AND I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE THERE IS CTE REPRESENTATION ON ALL FIVE FLOORS OF THAT BUILDING. THE LABS HAVE SOME CTE, FLEX CLASSROOM SPACE, SOME FLEX LAB SPACE, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR BUILDING OR GROWING INTO, AS WELL AS HAVING THESE FLEX CLASSROOMS FOR INDUSTRY CREDENTIAL TESTING OR FOR SEPARATE TESTING, OR IF WE NEED TO DO SOME CREATIVE SCHEDULING WHERE WE'RE FLIPPING STUDENTS FROM INSTRUCTION. AND THEN ONE CLASS MIGHT BE IN THE LAB AND THEN WE'RE FLIPPING SO WE CAN GET MORE STUDENTS INTO THE DIFFERENT PROGRAM AREAS. BUT AS YOU CAN TELL HERE, THE GOVERNOR'S HEALTH SCIENCE ACADEMY, AS WELL AS THE ENGINEERING PATHWAYS ARE REPRESENTED HERE. SO IT IS VERY STEM ORIENTED AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THESE LABS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT EQUIPMENT RIGHT NOW. EQUIPMENT NEEDS AND WHAT NEEDS TO GO INTO THOSE. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE? OK. OK, SO ONE OF THE LAST THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS THIS COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT. THIS IS A A PACKET THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED THAT IS A A DEEP DOVE, IF YOU WILL, INTO THE PATHWAYS AND COURSES, ENROLLMENT DATA LABOR MARKET. WELL, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS FOR OUR PATHWAYS, AND WE AS A CITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IS IDENTIFIED IN THE LOCAL PERKINS PLAN AS REPRESENTING ALL THOSE STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN OUR SPECIAL POPULATIONS AND NONTRADITIONAL ROLES. SO WE ARE GOING TO USE THIS TEAM AND THERE WILL BE THE WAY THAT WE'RE TENTATIVELY LOOKING AT IT IS THERE WILL BE SOME TYPE OF GOOGLE SURVEY FOR YOU TO TO TAKE. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME. WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT ONE SESSION WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT THESE A THROUGH F THESE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME INITIAL INFORMATION FROM THE GOOGLE SURVEY, THEN BRING THE TEAM TOGETHER TO DO SOME QUESTIONS. AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT TALKING POINT QUESTIONS THAT WILL HELP US ANSWER THIS WORKBOOK, IF YOU WILL, THAT WE NEED TO COMPLETE. THAT I WILL NEED TO SEND IN WITH THE PERKINS PLAN. ESSENTIALLY, WHAT THIS WILL DO. IS IT GIVES US THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE MONEY, THE GRANT MONEY SHOULD GO, WHERE IT SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN INTO WHAT CATEGORIES, WHAT SPECIAL POPULATIONS, WHAT PROGRAM AREAS. THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT WE SEE IN THE LABOR MARKET DATA THAT SUGGESTS THAT SOME OF OUR PATHWAYS ARE DEAD ENDS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND WE NEED TO BE MAKING PERHAPS SOME VERY HARD RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE PATHWAY SHOULD STILL CONTINUE OR SHOULD IT BE PHASED OUT? OR DO WE NEED TO PIVOT TO MAKE IT MORE BENEFICIAL FOR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GET A JOB? IN OUR AREA. [00:40:01] SO THIS WILL NEED TO BE CONDUCTED IN FEBRUARY, SO I'LL BE SENDING OUT SOME HOLD DATES. I REALIZE ALL OF YOU ARE BUSY AND I'M. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HAVING ONCE WE GET THE GOOGLE SURVEY INFORMATION TO HOLD MAYBE ONE OR TWO DIFFERENT TIMES AND DAYS SO THAT YOU CAN PICK WHICH ONE YOU WOULD WANT TO BE AT. BUT YOUR INPUT IS NEEDED. IT'S REQUIRED FOR THE PERKINS GRANT FUNDING. RIGHT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? HMM. SO, DR. JACOBS, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT, I'M CLEAR HERE, SO WE'RE GOING TO THERE'S GOING TO BE INFORMATION SENT OUT TO US TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS WITH OPTIONS FOR GOOGLE SESSION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE OUR SELECTIONS TO SUPPORT. YES, THERE'LL BE A SURVEY WITH CERTAIN QUESTIONS THAT WILL GET AT SOME OF THOSE TALKING POINTS. AND THEN FROM THERE WE WILL HAVE A EITHER A GOOGLE SESSION WE'VE BEEN OR A ZOOM SESSION OR WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MAYBE COMING TOGETHER IF. WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO THAT BECAUSE I THINK WE COULD GET MORE DONE IF WE'RE IN THE SAME ROOM TOGETHER. BUT I ALSO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE FLEXIBILITY OF A ZOOM MEETING, TOO. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE MIGHT EVEN HAVE BOTH. AND YOU CAN CHOOSE WHICH ONE YOU WOULD GIVE YOUR INPUT IN. OH, OK. AND THEN WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR ALL OF THIS AGAIN? IT HAS TO BE IN BY THE END OF APRIL. HOWEVER, IT HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE I CAN REALLY DO THE BUDGET FOR THE THE THE GRANT BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE STUDY SHOWS. AS TO WHERE THE MONEY SHOULD GO. SO WE'RE GOING TO IN FEBRUARY, THIS NEEDS TO GET DONE IN FEBRUARY SO THAT IT CAN BE WRITTEN. IT'S ABOUT A 15 PAGE WORKBOOK AND THEN I CAN GET THE BUDGET DONE FROM THERE. ALAN? AND DO I UNDERSTAND THAT? SO WILL THIS ALSO NEED TO GO THROUGH THE SCHOOL BOARD BEFORE IT IS SUBMITTED OR? YES. AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IN THE LAST THREE YEARS THAT I'VE DONE THE PERKINS GRANT WE HAVE USED BECAUSE OF COVID, THEY DID NOT MAKE US DO ONE OF THESE LAST YEAR AND WE NEEDED TO. WE REALLY DO NEED TO LOOK AT THE FORMULAS, IF YOU WILL, OF WHERE WE'RE PUTTING THE MONEY BASED ON WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE TAKING THE COURSES AND WHERE THE EQUIPMENT COSTS ARE, WHERE OUR SPECIAL POPULATIONS NEED SUPPORT WITH RESOURCES. AND THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS ASKED THESE QUESTIONS. HOW DID YOU COME TO DECIDE WHERE THAT MONEY GOES? WELL, WE'RE USING THE FORMULA BASICALLY THAT WE HAD ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED. LINDA? YEAH. HI, TRICIA, I'M SO SORRY, EVERYBODY, THAT I WAS LATE, I WAS LATE GETTING OFF ANOTHER MEETING. CAN YOU JUST REMIND US HOW MANY PROGRAMS ARE THERE OR HAVE THERE BEEN AND MAYBE OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, HOW MANY YOU'VE ADDED? AND IS THAT PART OF THE EQUATION? I MEAN, IS IT GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THERE ARE MAYBE TOO MANY PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT AS WELL AS ARE THEY ARE ALL RELEVANT? IS IT A COMBINATION OF BOTH OF THOSE FACTORS? YES. HOWEVER, WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE BEEN GETTING EXTRA GRANTS TO HELP WITH EQUIPMENT COSTS, AND THAT'S WHY I MADE THE POINT IN SAYING THAT WE MAY REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE LABOR MARKET DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT PATHWAYS WE PUT IN PLACE MAYBE EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO, 10 YEARS AGO ARE STILL WORTH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE EQUIPMENT. IS IT BASED ON STUDENT WANT OR STUDENT NEED TO GET A JOB? AND THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THERE, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT LABOR MARKET DATA WILL BE PUT TOGETHER WITH THE PATHWAYS AND ENROLLMENT. LIKE, I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT. SEE WHERE THAT SEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED STUDENTS, WHERE THEY'RE ALL FALLING IN WHAT PROGRAM AREAS. NOW REMEMBER, WE HAVE SIX AREAS. SIX OF THE SEVEN PROGRAM AREAS IN THE STATE ARE ACCOUNTED FOR IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION. [00:45:04] THE ONLY PROGRAM AREA WE DO NOT HAVE SOMETHING IN IS THE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION ONE. BUT THERE ARE MORE COSTS WITH, LET'S SAY, CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY. THERE'LL BE MORE COSTS WITH FIREFIGHTING. HOWEVER, WITH OUR INDUSTRY BOARD ADVISORY BOARD PARTNERS THERE, THEY ARE ACTUALLY PARTNERING US UP AND MATCHING US UP WITH WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN HELP FUND THAT. BUT LINDA, THAT IS A PERFECT QUESTION AND QUESTIONS LIKE THAT THAT NEED TO BE ASKED. OK. SO IT'S FIVE 01 P.M. DR. JACOBS, WAS THERE ANYTHING ANY LAST MINUTE NOTES OR COMMENTS FOR ANY OF THE NEW ITEMS THAT YOU DISCUSSED? NO, AT THIS POINT, IF WE CAN DO ANNOUNCEMENTS BY MEMBERS AND IF YOU DO NEED TO FALL OFF, WE UNDERSTAND. BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT WE WILL BE SENDING SOME HOLDS FOR DATES IN FEBRUARY. OK. AWESOME, THANK YOU. SO, YES, ANY ANNOUNCEMENT BY MEMBERS BEFORE WE CHECK OUT HERE. [Announcements by Members] ALAN, I THINK YOU HAD A QUICK NOTE. OH. YEAH, I'M SORRY, YEAH. AND I SENT IT TO DR. JACOBS, BUT THE U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT CAME OUT WITH THE TOP 100 JOBS TODAY FOR THE FUTURE. ONE WAS INFORMATION SECURITY ANALYSTS. THEN THERE WAS NURSE PRACTITIONER AS AS WELL AS PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, AND THOSE ARE THE TOP THREE AND THEN WENT ON DOWN. SO THEIR METHODOLOGY WAS ALL BASED UPON SALARY AND NUMBER OF OPENINGS AND WORK-LIFE BALANCE, ET CETERA. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS AN INTERESTING LIST TO LOOK AT. I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THE THE TWO OF THEM BECAUSE I THOUGHT THEY FELL RIGHT INTO OUR SCIENCE ACADEMY, REALLY OUR HEALTH ACADEMY REALLY WELL. AND I THOUGHT A NUMBER OF THEM AND I THINK CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, I KNOW DR. JACOBS ASKED ABOUT THAT. I THINK CONSTRUCTION MANAGER CAME AROUND NINTH OR SOMETHING ON THAT LIST, BUT I DID SEND THAT THAT ENTIRE LIST TO DR. JACOBS. BUT IT WAS THEY COME OUT TODAY AND SHOW US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT. THANK YOU, ALAN, I THINK THAT'S IN PARTICULAR THAT'S VERY RELEVANT TO WHAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, RIGHT? RIGHT. WITH ALL THE LABOR MARKET DATA AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE LOCAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT. SO I THINK ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS. ALL RIGHT, AND I THINK I DO HAVE ONE QUICK NOTE. SO THIS WILL BE MY LAST YEAR AS THE CHAIR FOR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO I WOULD JUST THROW IT OUT THERE THAT IF ANYONE IS THINKING ABOUT VOLUNTEERING FOR NEXT YEAR TO BE THE CHAIR, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO SEND OVER ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS OR CONCERNS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO DR. JACOBS AND I. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO AND I'M NOT SURE HOW I THINK IT'S INTELLECT. I THINK IT'S AN ELECTED POSITION. OR IS IT AN APPOINTED PERSON? I'M NOT. I'M NOT REALLY SURE I HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE DETAILS. BUT AGAIN, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE SEND OVER AN EMAIL TO LET US KNOW FOR. SURE, IT'S AND I'M NOT RAISING MY HAND BECAUSE I WANT IT ALREADY DID IT, BUT I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF YOUR TIME. IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP TYPE POSITION. YOU HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE THAT WILL HELP YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT WE ARE LOOKING FOR LEADERS TO STEP UP AND TO TAKE THE REINS FROM MELISSA. I WILL SAY ONE OF THE COOL THINGS THAT I GOT TO DO IS BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND CONVEY A MESSAGE THAT IS NOT ONLY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO TO ME PERSONALLY. AND THAT WAS GREAT. OTHER THAN THAT, IT TOOK MAYBE AN HOUR OR TWO OF MY TIME, YOU KNOW, PER MONTH. AND SO I WOULD RECOMMEND ANYBODY THAT IS INTERESTED IN DOING THIS TO JUST TELL THEM TRISH OR MELISSA, AND I THINK YOU'LL BE GREAT NEXT. SO MUCH FOR THAT, DAVID, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY IT IS AN ELECTED POSITION, NOT APPOINTED. OK. THANK YOU, SUSAN. ALL RIGHT, SO IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, THEN I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, ALTHOUGH, WELL, I THINK THAT'S ALL I NEED, RIGHT? I DON'T NEED ANY FAVORS. [00:50:01] SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE FOR DIALING IN AND FOR ALL OF YOUR INPUT. THANK YOU AGAIN AND WELCOME AGAIN TO MR. HARRIS, AND THANK YOU TO DR. REEF FOR BEING OUR SCHOOL BOARD LIAISONS AND UNTIL NEXT TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.