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ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
[Welcome/Call to Order]
TRISH? YEP.GO AHEAD. SO, EVERYONE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
GLAD TO SEE ALL OF YOUR FACES EVEN OVER ZOOM.
HOPE EVERYONE'S DOING WELL. AND IF YOU'RE KIND OF AROUND ENJOYING THE EARLY DAYS OF SPRING AND THE EARLY DAYS OF OUR ALLERGY SEASON, THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS LOOK GOOD, BUT I AM FEELING THEM PRETTY HARD THIS WEEK.
UM, SO TONIGHT'S MEETING, WE'VE GOT KIND OF A FULL AGENDA TO COVER.
BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT MATERIAL, I JUST WANT TO DO A QUICK KIND OF CALL TO ORDER NOTE THAT WE'RE GETTING OUR MEETING STARTED AT FIVE MINUTES AFTER FOUR AND THEN CHECK AND SEE.
D DO YOU MIND SERVING AS THE SECRETARY FOR OUR MEETING THIS EVENING? YES, THAT'S FINE.
[Adoption of Meeting Agenda/Approval of December Meeting Minutes]
THOSE WERE SENT TO YOU EARLIER BY DR.JACOBS, AND SO YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THOSE ALONG WITH THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO PULL THAT DOCUMENT UP, TAKE A LOOK AT THE MATERIAL THAT WE SHARED WITH YOU, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY CLARIFYING COMMENTS OR ADJUSTMENTS THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO MAKE TO THE RECORD THERE, LET US KNOW.
I'LL JUST THROW OUT A MOTION TO APPROVE AND THEN THAT WAY WE'RE HALFWAY THERE.
PERFECT. LOVE THAT. DAVID THANK YOU.
SO THEN THOSE DECEMBER MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
WE'LL MAKE THE NOTE ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.
OH, JAMES, I THINK I SEE YOUR HAND UP.
SO WE'RE THE FIRST FROM DAVID AND THE SECOND FROM ALAN AND ALAN.
OKAY. IT WAS IT MY IMPRESSION OR DID WE FAIL TO HAVE A VOTE? WE JUST HAD A FIRST AND SECOND.
SO WHAT WE'LL DO, I THINK, BECAUSE WE'RE ALL ON ZOOM, IS LET'S DO RATHER THAN KIND OF LIKE THE YEAS AND NAYS, LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WERE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THE DECEMBER MINUTES.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THE VOTES HAVE COME THROUGH.
[Special Presentation]
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL PASS IT OVER TO DOCTOR JACOBS TO JUMP INTO THIS EVENING'S SPECIAL PRESENTATION, SO SHE'LL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE TWO YEAR COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT.THAT'S A WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT.
WE ARE MOVING INTO YEAR TWO FOR THIS ASSESSMENT.
AND THEN SHE WILL PROVIDE THE OVERVIEW OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR PERKINS PLAN.
WE'LL DISCUSS THE PERKINS PLAN AND THEN GO INTO DISCUSSION.
APPROVAL. OKAY, BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS JUST HAVE, UH, A SORT OF ATTENDANCE SORT OF THING HERE.
SO WE. WE HAVE A RECORD OF THAT.
I CAN'T MOVE HER OVER AS A PANELIST, BUT I CAN ALLOW HER TO TALK.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW SHE'S THERE.
THANK YOU. AND HAVE YOU DID YOU RESEND IT TO SEAN? I DID, YEAH.
HERE. LAKISHA CARR IS NOT HERE FROM WASHINGTON GAS.
WHERE DID HE GO? DID WE LOSE HIM? HIS HANDS UP. HE'S HERE. OKAY.
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JEN FORTNEY HERE.LAKISHA ISN'T HERE, AND MR. HARRIS ISN'T HERE.
THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE ON THE CTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE REMEMBER THIS FROM LAST YEAR WHERE WE HAD TO SEND OUT A SURVEY AND WE SURVEYED PARENTS, STUDENTS, ADULTS, BUSINESS INDUSTRY PEOPLE.
AND WHAT WE DID FROM THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED IS WE PRIORITIZED WHAT THEY CALL SECTION ELEMENTS, AND THEY NEEDED TO HAVE A LOWEST LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH OR HIGHEST TYPE RANKING TO IT.
AND SO THE DOCUMENT YOU SEE HERE IS WHAT GETS SENT INTO THE STATE.
LAST YEAR WE HAD $309,145.86 FROM PERKINS.
THIS YEAR, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE HAD.
AND THE REASON FOR THIS DECLINE IN THE AMOUNT IS DUE LARGELY ON THE CENSUS THAT WAS CONDUCTED DURING COVID.
AND SOME OF OUR POPULATION WITHIN OUR CITY DID NOT REPLY AND WE LOST SOME FUNDING WITHIN THE MIX OF THAT FORMULA. BUT WHAT WE DID FIND OUT IS THAT THE STUDENT PERFORMANCE AND THE CTE PROGRAM, SIZE, SCOPE AND QUALITY WERE THE HIGHEST IN NEEDS OR THE HIGHEST NEEDED SECTION ELEMENT.
AND SO WE PRIORITIZED OUR PERKINS GRANT TO.
BE IN LINE WITH WHAT WE SURVEYED AND FOUND OUT.
SO OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT THE BEST TEACHERS, WE WANT TO EXPAND CERTIFICATIONS AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE CTSO STUDENT LEADERSHIP. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM PERKINS, FROM OUR STATE INDUSTRY CREDENTIAL EXAM MONEY AND FROM OUR LOCAL FUNDING.
VERY, VERY HIGH ON THE LIST WAS CTE, PROGRAM, SIZE, SCOPE AND QUALITY.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS 127,000 AND EQUIPMENT COSTS AND LOCAL, UM, UH, FUNDING ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROMOTING THE HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS THAT THE SURVEY SAID THAT WE NEED TO DO.
ONE OF THE LOWER ONES IS AND IT'S NOT THAT IT'S NOT IMPORTANT, BUT BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN DOING SO WELL WITH WORK BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES, WE ARE WELL ABOVE THE STATE STANDARD PERCENTAGE WITH WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO OUR STUDENTS.
SO IT DIDN'T GET AS MUCH FUNDING FROM PERKINS LAST YEAR.
UM, WE ALSO NEED TO CONTINUE TO ALIGN TO THE LOCAL LABOR MARKET AND THROUGH THE HELP OF OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS, THIS IS, THIS IS MAKING OUR JOB A LOT EASIER BECAUSE THEY'RE ASSISTING US SO WELL.
WE'VE ALSO WANTED TO INCREASE THE STUDENT AWARENESS AND LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING THE BEST EXPERIENCES AND HOW ARE WE PROVIDING THAT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR TEACHERS? AND LASTLY, THE ACCESS AND EQUITY OBVIOUSLY IS WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST ONES BECAUSE IT'S IN LINE WITH OUR SCHOOL DIVISION STRATEGIC PLAN.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO TARGET THAT PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS, WHICH I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE LATER TODAY IN THE AGENDA AND SOME OF THE WORK BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE AND THAT ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NOT ONLY FOR OUR TEACHERS BUT FOR OUR SPECIAL
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EDUCATION STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS AND COUNSELORS.SO BASICALLY THIS IS THE BASIS OF WHICH I USE TO CREATE THE SPENDING FOR THE PERKINS GRANT.
SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE PERKINS GRANT IS.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NEW, UM, WHAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND IS THIS IS THE FUNDING THAT COMES FROM THE STATE, WHICH THEN COMES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO IN ORDER FOR US TO GET ANY FUNDING, WE HAVE TO CREATE THIS LOCAL PLAN APPLICATION.
AND IT INCLUDES INFORMATION BASED ON THAT COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
AND UM, KNOWING THAT LAST YEAR WE GOT $309,145.86. WHICH WAS LESS.
WE HAD TO REALLY STRETCH IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE STUDENTS TAKING CTE COURSES THAN PRETTY MUCH WELL FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. WE'RE DOWN A LITTLE BIT FROM LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE EPF COURSES WE HAD, BUT WE ARE STILL SHOWING STEADY PROGRESS WITH THE INCREASE OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
SO WE USE WHAT OUR ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT DATA SHOWS.
WE LOOK AT OUR SCHEDULES FOR MANAGEMENT AND WE LOOK AT THE NEW PATHWAY FINANCIAL DATA FROM THE LOCAL, STATE ANY OF EXTRA GRANTS WE GET, AND THEN WE PROPOSE THE BUDGET FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
SO BASED ON THAT 309,145 AND $0.86.
DESCRIPTION HERE SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT IN RED IS WHERE THOSE OTHER CATEGORIES WHERE I DECREASED IT AND SO ON. THE FIRST ONE, I WANT TO JUST EXPLAIN THAT TEACHERS GOING TO CONFERENCES, WE HAD 36,000.
WHAT WE FOUND THIS YEAR IS THAT THE TEACHERS WERE GOING TO CONFERENCES WITH STUDENTS, WHICH IS KZZO, WHICH I'LL GET TO IN A LITTLE BIT. ALSO OUR STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THEREFORE WE NEEDED TO MOVE THE MONEY DOWN TO WHERE WE'RE ASSISTING STUDENTS TO GO TO THE KZZO REGIONAL, STATE AND NATIONAL COMPETITIONS.
SO DOWN HERE YOU CAN SEE HOW WE INCREASED FROM 19,000 TO 26,000.
SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS OUR TEACHERS ARE STILL GOING TO SEE THE MONEY, BUT WE'RE PUTTING IT MORE INTO OUR SPECIAL POPS AND NONTRADITIONAL STUDENT AREA, AND OUR TEACHERS WILL BE GOING AS ADVISORS.
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR THREE TEACHER STIPENDS.
THIS IS FOR OUR THREE LEADERS WHERE IT'S $5,000 STIPEND EACH.
THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD DEE HARRIS, LAURA EVANS, AND BEN MATTHEWS.
UM, PURCHASE HARDWARE FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
WE HAVE DECREASED A LITTLE BIT WITH EQUIPMENT, AND THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO MOVE IT SO THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFERENCES AND.
10,000 TO INITIATE THE CONSTRUCTION PATHWAY LAB.
14,000 TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT FOR TV PRODUCTION, PHOTOGRAPHY OR THE TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL PROGRAMS, WHICH INCLUDES AUTOMOTIVE, COSMETOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ALSO.
14,000, WHICH IS THE SAME FOR THE STEM ACADEMY OR TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING.
13,000 FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCE ACADEMY.
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AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE GOVERNOR'S HEALTH SCIENCE ACADEMY IS GETTING $1,000 LESS, BUT THEY ALSO GET SOME OTHER GRANT MONEY.AND THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE STEM ACADEMY IS COMPARABLE UNTIL THEY GET TO HIGH SCHOOL.
UM. THIS $6,147.50 IS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.
IT IS TO PAY SOMEONE TO DO OUR OUR REQUIRED SURVEY REPORTING OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE GRADUATED FROM OUR PROGRAMS. MANY OF THE OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS HAVE.
AND I HAVE FOUND THAT TEACHERS DON'T NEED ONE MORE THING.
AND IT'S EASIER TO PAY SOMEONE TO DO THAT.
AND SHE GETS THE JOB DONE AND SHE GETS US TO AT LEAST 75% CALL BACK INFORMATION FROM STUDENTS THAT HAVE GRADUATED FROM OUR PROGRAMS. AGAIN, HERE'S THE INCREASE FROM 19,000 TO 26,000 FOR CTSOS.
AND I JUST WANT TO JUST PUT OUT A FIGURE FOR YOU.
IT COSTS $21,000 TO SEND THEM.
AND YOU COULD SEE RIGHT THERE WE WERE OVER THE 19,000.
THAT DOESN'T EVEN COVER HOW MUCH WE NEED FOR NATIONALS, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME OPERATING MONEY OR LOCAL MONEY THAT WE CAN PUT IN WITH THIS CATEGORY.
SO WE NEED TO SUPPORT SUMMER INSTRUCTION FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCE AND STEM ACADEMIES SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAMS. SO WE'VE INCREASED IT A LITTLE BIT, ABOUT 700 BUCKS.
THE STEM ACADEMY AND THE GOVERNOR'S HEALTH SCIENCE ACADEMY.
ONLINE SOFTWARE USED TO BE A 20,000.
I AM DECREASING IT BY 5000 BECAUSE I'M FINDING THE USAGE OF THE SOFTWARE IS NOT AS GREAT AS IT WAS DURING COVID, AND I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.
BUT THERE IS SOFTWARE THAT NOW SOME TEACHERS ARE VERY DEPENDENT ON BECAUSE WE ARE DOING E-BOOK SUBSCRIPTIONS INSTEAD OF BUYING TEXTBOOKS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN SOME OF OUR FIELDS BECOME OBSOLETE WITHIN A YEAR.
SO THERE STILL IS SOME GOOD ONLINE SOFTWARE AND E-BOOK SUBSCRIPTIONS THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO EXPAND THE INDUSTRY CREDENTIAL TESTING FROM 10,000 TO 14,000.
PLUS WE HAVE LOCAL MONEY AS WELL AS SOME OTHER GRANTS.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT JUST THE WORKPLACE READINESS SKILLS TEST AND A SHOUT OUT TO MISS DAVIS, WHO'S ON WE HAVE TESTED CLOSE TO PROBABLY 1400 KIDS WITH WORKPLACE READINESS SKILLS ALREADY. AND THAT RIGHT THERE IS THE COST OF OR THE AMOUNT OF THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET.
THE. THE INDIRECT COSTS HAVE GONE UP ALSO AND IT'S 4%.
SO YOU CAN SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE THERE.
THAT ALL ADDS UP TO $309,145.86.
SO THE MAIN PARTS ARE THE DECREASE WITH THE TEACHER CONFERENCES, BUT THAT MONEY WAS PUT INTO HELPING STUDENTS GO.
A LITTLE DECREASE IN EQUIPMENT.
BUT THE INCREASE WITH SUPPORTING TEACHER CURRICULUM AND SUMMER BRIDGE WORK.
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AND EXPANDING INDUSTRY CREDENTIALS ARE THE BIG TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS.SO AT THIS POINT, I'M WONDERING WHAT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU MIGHT HAVE BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS BREAKDOWN OF THE BUDGET FOR 20 2324.
DR. JACOBS, I HAD A QUESTION IN TERMS OF IF YOU SCROLL DOWN, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ONLINE SOFTWARE, SO IT DECREASED BY 5000.
ARE YOU LOOKING AT A TREND OF IS THAT NUMBER GOING TO GO BACK UP IN THE FUTURE OR IS IT ARE YOU SWITCHING DIFFERENT PROGRAMS LIKE THAT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WE INCREASED THAT AMOUNT BACK IN COVID WHEN WE HAD TO GO TO SOME ONLINE SIMULATIONS AS WELL AS MODULES FOR TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND THE 5000 THAT I'M DECREASING.
IT IS REALLY FOR THAT TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING SOFTWARE THAT THE TEACHERS ARE NOW BACK TO USING HANDS ON ACTIVITIES AND ACTUALLY IT WORKS BETTER.
THE HANDS ON ACTIVITIES ARE BETTER FOR OUR ELL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS.
OKAY. THANK YOU. I MEAN, I'LL JUST TOSS THAT OUT THERE. MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? IF WE'RE READY.
THIS IS JIM EGAN, RIDER SECOND.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DAVID AND A SECOND FROM JIM.
WE WE ALL HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE OF GOING THROUGH AND SAYING YES OR NO, THOUGH.
SO LET ME LET ME GO THROUGH THE ROLL CALL.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF SEAN IS ON YET.
SEAN, WAS THAT A YES OR A NAY FOR THE BUDGET? IT'S A YAY FOR THE BUDGET.
DID SHE GET ON HERE YET? NO. OKAY.
YAY. DID MR. HARRIS COME ON YET? OKAY. THEN I DON'T VOTE ON IT AND MISS DAVIS DOESN'T VOTE ON IT.
COREY, YOU CAN GO TO THE ACTUAL MOTION AND THEN FIRST.
SO THEN CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET? MOTION TO GO AHEAD.
AGUILAR. AND SECOND IS KEISHA.
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KEISHA, SHIRLEY.WELL, THAT WAS PAINLESS. FOLKS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT'S ONE OF THE YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE AS A TEAM HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STEWARDSHIP OF THESE FUNDS ARE BEING USED APPROPRIATELY AND TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
JIM, YOU HAD YOUR HAND RAISED.
SO NEXT UP, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO NEW BUSINESS.
[New Business]
AND THANK YOU, TRISH, FOR SHARING THE SCREEN.UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS AT A TOWN AT A CONFERENCE AND SO HAD TO MISS THE EVENT.
BUT WERE THERE OTHER FOLKS ON THE CALL WHO WERE WERE IN ATTENDANCE AND WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE, WHAT THAT EVENT WAS LIKE? PATRICK I WAS THERE AND IT WAS WELL ATTENDED BY PARTNERS AND ALSO OUR TEACHERS.
I THINK IT WAS A GREAT TIME TO CELEBRATE OUR TEACHERS AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF STUDENTS.
SO I THINK IT WAS REALLY NICE.
AND AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, THE STUDENTS WERE GIVEN A PROMPT TO DISCUSS THE LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT CTSOS PROVIDE FOR THEM.
AND THEY GOT UP AND THERE WERE LEADERS FROM EACH OF THE CTSOS AS WELL AS JROTC, AND THEY DISCUSSED THE LEADERSHIP ROLES THAT THEY'RE PLAYING.
I'LL TELL YOU, THE HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS WAS THERE AND THEY ARE DOING WOMEN IN HISTORY SPOTS WITH OUR STUDENTS THIS MONTH.
AND JEN, YOU WOULD YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROBABLY KNOW THAT SOME OF THE KIDS ARE TALKING ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH THE STEM FOR HER COMPETITIONS AND HIGHLIGHTING THAT IN SOME OF THEIR ESSAYS FOR SOME SCHOLARSHIPS THAT THEY'RE GOING FOR.
I JUST DID AN INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF OUR JUNIORS IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY.
AND THE STUDENT I SPOKE WITH THIS YEAR.
I INITIALLY APPROACHED HER BECAUSE SHE KIND OF SPEARHEADED THIS BLOOD DRIVE THAT WE DID AT HHS, AND I WAS TALKING TO HER ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE AT THE ACADEMY AND KIND OF SOME OF THESE REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES SHE'S HAD OVER THE FOUR OR THE THREE YEARS THAT SHE'S BEEN ENROLLED.
AND SHE SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT STEM FOR HER AS LIKE THE COOLEST EXPERIENCE SHE'S HAD SO FAR, GETTING TO MEET WITH OTHER STUDENTS, GETTING TO GO TO THIS BIG EVENT, GETTING TO MEET, YOU KNOW, WITH OTHER YOUNG WOMEN LIKE HER WITH THIS INTEREST.
AND THAT REALLY STOOD OUT AS KIND OF A STELLAR OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU. MY HEART BLEEDS VERY WELL FOR THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT WAS A FANTASTIC DAY.
AND THEY JUST I THINK EVERYONE HAD A GREAT DAY THAT DAY.
GLAD TO HEAR WOMEN IN HISTORY.
WE LOVE THAT. IT'S GOOD STUFF.
AND I'LL BE MEETING WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT NEXT MONTH TO DISCUSS PROMOTION OF CTE.
SHE HAD A VERY BRIGHT LIGHT ON WHAT OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING.
SHOUT OUT TO MISS MISS DAVIS OUT THERE.
I'D WANT TO PASS THE MIC OVER TO YOU, SARAH, TO TALK ABOUT THE HHS CAREER FAIR.
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SO I ATTENDED THE CAREER FAIR LAST WEDNESDAY, AND SO THE STUDENTS SIGNED UP THROUGH THE NAVIANCE TO ATTEND THE FAIR. AND SO THEY WERE RELEASED A LITTLE BIT EARLY OUT OF CLASS, AND THEN IT WENT ON TILL THE AFTERNOON ABOUT 4:00.SO IT WASN'T TOO LATE OR ANYTHING.
AND SOME SOME BUSINESS PARTNERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR.
WE'RE LOOKING TO HIRE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE YMCA FOR SUMMER JOBS FOR STUDENTS.
BUT MANY OF THEM WERE LOOKING FOR STUDENTS FOR WORK FOR THE SUMMER.
AND I REALLY LIKED THAT THE OPPORTUNITY WAS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE TEACHERS.
AND I KNOW I SAW AIDEN'S SOME OF AIDEN'S KIDS THERE.
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THEM AND I SAW LOTS OF OTHER STUDENTS THERE WITH THEIR CLASSES.
SO IF THEY WERE SHY, THEY IT WAS NICE FOR THEIR TEACHER TO COME WITH THEM.
LIKE I SAW MISS FARMER THERE WITH HER CLASS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THE KIDS HAD A CONNECTION.
YOU KNOW, KIDS ARE KIND OF SHY AND SO ARE QUIET AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT DO I DO? AND I'M LIKE, OH, JUST COME RIGHT OVER HERE.
HERE'S BUILDING BETTER FUTURES.
AND MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TODAY, BUT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE THEY MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING.
SO IT'D BE IMPORTANT TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION.
AND SO I HELPED QUITE A FEW STUDENTS JUST KIND OF DOING THAT KIND OF THING.
AND I THINK THAT WAS NICE WHEN I SAW THE TEACHERS WITH THEIR STUDENTS WHO NEEDED THAT EXTRA, YOU KNOW, HAND BECAUSE IT WAS A LOT OF KIDS AND LOTS OF KIDS LIKE, I JUST WANT A JOB.
SO IT'S BEST TO PUT YOUR NAME OUT THERE AND TO SAY, HEY, I WOULD LIKE TO WORK OVER THE SUMMER.
AND I, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY CALENDAR, ETCETERA, AND THESE ARE MY INTERESTS.
A LOT OF THE KIDS WERE LIKE, I'M LOOKING FOR THIS.
AND I SAID, WELL, THAT'S GREAT.
OH, YOU CAN GO RIGHT OVER HERE.
AND THIS COULD BE SOMETHING, A POSSIBILITY FOR YOU.
SO I REALLY LIKE THAT PIECE FOR STUDENTS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THOSE THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE HIRING IN ONE PLACE.
AND I, YOU KNOW, AND KIND OF MAKING A CONNECTION TO THE INSTRUCTION TO INDUSTRY CAREER FAIR THAT WAS IN MIDDLE FEBRUARY, THE WEEK OF VALENTINE'S, WHERE STUDENTS COULD BE ONLINE HEARING PANELISTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF JOBS.
SO IT WAS NICE FOR KIDS. THEY COULD GO HOME, THEY COULD BE WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND BE LISTENING TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF JOBS SO THEY COULD BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY WANTED TO BE DOING. THEN THEY'RE DOING THEIR SCHEDULING.
WHAT KIND OF CLASSES SHOULD I BE TAKING AND THEN CONNECTING IT HERE, HEY, THERE MIGHT BE A JOB HERE.
IF IT'S NOT NOW, IT COULD BE LATER AND JUST SEEING THE POSSIBILITIES OPEN TO THEM.
SO I APPRECIATED ALL THE EFFORTS THAT WENT INTO THAT AND I THINK IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL.
BUT OR IF YOUR STUDENTS HAD ANY, YOU KNOW, FEEDBACK.
YES, I HAD A FEW STUDENTS ATTEND.
BUT THEY DID SAY THAT IT WAS A GOOD EVENT AND THAT THEY'RE HOPING TO GET SOME CALLBACKS AND IT WAS GOOD FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW, JUST EXPERIENCE THAT AND BE ABLE TO GET THEIR FEET WET WITH THE INTERVIEWING SKILLS AND JUST ASKING QUESTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
YEAH, I THINK THOSE CONNECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT AND IT IS IT IS KIND OF LIKE OVERWHELMING TO BE THERE.
I'M LIKE, YEAH, THEY'RE REALLY NICE.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ABOUT THE CAREER FAIR? BUT THANKS SO MUCH.
I REALLY I REALLY DID LIKE IT.
AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, LOOK AT THIS JOB.
CHECK IT OUT, YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S WHAT I REALLY APPRECIATED.
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THAT'S A REALLY GOOD EVENT. SO I'M GLAD THAT HAPPENED.I'M GLAD IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS A GOOD SUCCESS FOR FOLKS.
UM, YEAH. THE MORE OF THAT KIND OF WORK WE CAN BE DOING, I THINK THE BETTER.
JACOBS, I KNOW YOU HAD SOME CTSO SUCCESSES THAT YOU WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP AS WELL.
SO I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT OUR CTSO STUDENTS DID VERY WELL AT REGIONALS.
REMEMBER, CTSOS IS CAREER TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE HAVE ONE FOR EVERY PROGRAM AREA.
AND SO DECA AT STATES, THEY TOOK 43 WITH THREE ADVISORS.
THAT'S THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT.
FCCLA FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES.
YOU WERE ONE OF THEM? YEAH, WE'RE STILL WE STILL NEED TO GO.
WE GO THE WEEK AFTER SPRING BREAK.
THEY HAVE 21 AND THREE ADVISORS.
HOSA ALREADY ATTENDED THEIR STATE WITH 13 AND THREE ADVISORS AND SKILLS.
USA IS GOING IN ANOTHER MONTH TO VIRGINIA BEACH.
WE HAVE A TEAM OF THREE WITH AN ADVISOR IN THE PRODUCTION AREA, SO THAT'S ABOUT 95 STUDENTS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN STATE COMPETITIONS. WE ALREADY HAVE TWO CTSO NATIONAL COMPETITIONS SCHEDULED WITH EIGHT STUDENTS GOING FOR DECA AND TWO ADVISORS AND EIGHT STUDENTS GOING FOR HOSA WITH TWO ADVISORS.
WE BELIEVE THEY'LL PROBABLY BE SOMEONE IN FBLA AND PROBABLY FCCLA, AND THERE'S A POSSIBILITY FOR SKILLS USA ALSO, ONE OF THE REASONS FOR INCREASING THAT AMOUNT IN THE PERKINS GRANT IS BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED COSTS FOR TRAVEL AS WELL AS HOTELS.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE OPERATING MONEY, LOCAL MONEY, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE CAN SEND STUDENTS.
THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA REGIONAL COMMISSION WROTE A GRANT TO WITH DOMINION ENERGY TO PROVIDE AN EXPERIENCE FOR ONE ADMINISTRATOR AND ONE TEACHER FROM ALEXANDRIA CITY. AND ARLINGTON.
SO FOUR PEOPLE ALONG WITH THE COMMISSION WILL BE TRAVELING TO GERMANY IN NOVEMBER. TO EXPERIENCE HOW THE GERMAN EDUCATION SYSTEM TEACHES STUDENTS ABOUT ELECTRIC VEHICLE CURRICULA AND CONCEPTS.
AND FROM THAT, WHEN WE COME BACK, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE TEACHERS TO CREATE WHAT WE'RE CALLING IMMERSION UNITS.
NOT A SEPARATE CURRICULUM YET BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE STATE WRITES THE CURRICULA, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MODULE OR A TYPE OF UNIT THAT WOULD GO INTO EITHER TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING COURSES OR AUTO TECH AT THIS POINT OR MAYBE EVEN OUR ENERGY COURSES DOWN THE ROAD. THE SECOND PHASE OF THIS PROGRAM IS ANOTHER GRANT BEING WRITTEN SO THAT STUDENTS CAN THEN ACCOMPANY THEIR TEACHER IN JUNE OF 2024 AND JUNE OF 2025 SO THAT THERE WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 12 STUDENTS FROM BOTH CPS AND ARLINGTON SCHOOLS TO GO WITH TWO TEACHERS AND THE COMMISSION OVER THERE SO THAT THE STUDENTS WOULD HAVE A PROGRAM EXCHANGE PROGRAM OVER TO GERMANY. THE HOPE IS THAT OUR GERMAN PARTNERS WOULD BE THEN ABLE TO COME TO NORTHERN VIRGINIA TO HELP ASSIST US WITH THE
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IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PROGRAM.WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE WERE DISCUSSING THAT WE DON'T THINK THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED FOR CTE PROGRAM AREAS.
SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF PICKING A TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING OR AUTO TECH TEACHER SO THAT WE CAN START MAKING THOSE PLANS FOR IT'S A WEEK LONG TRIP IN NOVEMBER.
TWO. I THINK IT'S THREE CITIES AND THREE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. THAT'S VERY EXCITING.
RIGHT. GERMANY IS BEAUTIFUL. SO THAT'S.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT TOO.
DOCTOR JACOBS, I'VE GOT ONE THING THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU FOLKS, AND I WON'T GO DEEP INTO THE DETAILS, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE THE INFORMATION ON THE ROTARY CLUB SCHOLARSHIP IS SHARED WITH YOU AGAIN.
BUT THE ROTARY CLUB CLUB SCHOLARSHIP IS OPEN FOR STUDENTS.
IT OPENED ON MARCH 1ST AND WILL CLOSE ON APRIL 26TH OF THIS YEAR.
WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF FOLKS APPLY FOR IT SO FAR, BUT IT'S A IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR ELIGIBLE GRADUATING SENIORS, STUDENTS IN ALEXANDRIA, ARLINGTON AND FAIRFAX.
I THINK THOSE ARE THE THREE COUNTIES THAT THAT FALL UNDER THIS PARTICULAR AWARD.
BUT THOSE STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP.
THE ORGANIZATION WILL DISSEMINATE THREE SCHOLARSHIPS AT $2,500 EACH TO STUDENTS.
THE APPLICATION THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
THEY JUST NEED PERSONAL STATEMENT STATEMENT FOR FINANCIAL NEED, LIKE HOW THAT SCHOLARSHIP MONIES MIGHT BE APPLIED, WHETHER IT'S TO TUITION, BOOKS, LIVING EXPENSES, YOU KNOW, ANY TO ENSURE THAT IT IS RELATED TO EDUCATION.
SO DOCTOR JACOBS SENT THAT OUT TO OUR WHOLE GROUP ON FEBRUARY 26TH.
BUT I'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FORWARDED AGAIN TO YOU FOLKS THIS EVENING TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
UM, WHAT WAS THE DATE AGAIN THAT YOU SAID THE APPLICATION CLOSES? YES. SO IT CLOSES ON APRIL 26TH.
AND SO IT'S A PRETTY, PRETTY SIMPLE PROCESS.
[Old Business]
WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO NOW MOVE INTO SOME OLD BUSINESS UPDATES BEFORE WE OPEN THE FLOOR UP FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM OUR MEMBERS.SO FIRST THING, TRISH, YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR AC ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH AC STEM.
THANK YOU. WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS SHOW YOU THE PLAN OF STUDY FOR THE FIVE YEAR.
ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY AS THERE IS AN ARTS, ARCHITECTURE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY.
THIS ONE ACTUALLY MOVES INTO THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO. NELSON THIS THIS ONE IS A FIVE YEAR APPLIED ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE.
STUDENTS CAN ALSO HAVE A PATHWAY IF THEY DON'T WANT TO BE IN THIS DUAL ENROLLMENT TYPE SETUP.
WE WILL BE HAVING A, UM, A PATHWAY WHERE STUDENTS CAN TAKE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND PROCESSES AND MANUFACTURING. SO THERE'LL BE A WAY TO, IF THEY WANT TO SLIDE INTO A TRADE PROGRAM AFTERWARDS, WE'LL HAVE THAT TRACK TOO. BUT BASICALLY THIS, THIS IS WHERE THEY DO HALF OF THE CREDITS WHILE THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE AN INTERNSHIP AND AN EXTERNSHIP PARTICIPATE IN TSA TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION.
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SEMESTER. AND AFTER ONE YEAR, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR AHS.SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP FROM OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ADDRESS THIS, IS THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A PATHWAY SPLIT SO THAT KIDS THAT DO WANT THE TRADES BUT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE RIGOR OF A DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM, WOULD BE ABLE TO STILL PARTICIPATE IN THESE TRADE OR OR HANDS ON TYPE COURSES THROUGH OUR TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
SO I WANT TO ASSURE YOU AND THEM THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT CHOOSE AC TECH OR AC STEM IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT NOW, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE COURSES THAT COULD LEAD TO A YOUTH REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP OR AN INTERNSHIP OR A A HALF A DAY OR EVERY OTHER DAY, PERHAPS, WHERE THEY HAVE EARLY RELEASE, WHERE THEY COULD BE WORKING AND MAKING MONEY.
SO I WANT TO ASSURE YOU, NELSON, THAT.
THIS WAS A WAY TO GET CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURING MATERIALS AND PROCESSES IN, BUT ALSO PROVIDE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. OKAY.
THANK YOU. THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS SHARE THE AC STEM, WHAT WE CALL FLIP BOOK THAT IS ON OUR WEBSITE.
IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN ON OUR SCHOOL DIVISION, CTE WEBSITE, I REALLY ASK YOU TO TAKE SOME TIME TO GO AND LOOK AT THE LINKS THAT WE NOW HAVE AND VIDEOS WE HAVE.
IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER, BUT WE HAVE CONNECTED TO THE GOVERNOR'S HEALTH SCIENCE ACADEMY WEBSITE AS WELL AS THE STEM ACADEMY. SO I WANT TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT AC TECH, WHICH YOU REMEMBER WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME OF THIS PROGRAM, WAS THOUGHT OF AS POSSIBLY BEING TOO TECHNICAL CENTER.
IDEA AND IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FOR EVERYONE.
WE DECIDED TO TURN THE NAME OVER INTO AN AC STEM.
AND SO AT OUR NEXT MEETING IN MAY, YOU ARE EACH GOING TO BE GIVEN ONE OF THESE HARD COPIES OF THIS BEAUTIFUL PUBLICATION.
THAT WILL SHOW THE TWO PATHWAYS FOR THE APPLIED ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AND THE BENEFITS FOR STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THESE.
ONE COULD BE THIS ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY.
S DEGREE IN ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY.
THE TECHNICAL DRAWING PRE-CONSTRUCTION PATHWAY.
AND SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THE AC STEM WILL BECOME TWO OTHER PATHWAYS FOR THEM.
OR IF THEY DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE ARES, THEY CAN GO.
NELSON INTO A MORE OF A TRADES PATHWAY.
PATHWAY THEY'RE GOING TO DECLARE, JUST LIKE THE GOVERNOR'S HEALTH SCIENCE ACADEMY.
THEY START WITH INTRO TO HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE.
AM I CORRECT, DR. EVANS? THE NEXT COURSE? YES, YOU ARE. AND THEN AFTER THAT, 10TH OR 11TH AND 12TH GRADE, THEY ARE IN THEIR CHOSEN PATHWAY, WHETHER IT'S NURSING, SPORTS, MED SURGE SERVICES AND SO ON.
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BUT WHAT WE DID WITH THIS PUBLICATION IS WE SET UP THE CAREER CLUSTERS, THE NATIONAL CAREER CLUSTERS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH AND SHOWED LABOR MARKET DATA OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF JOBS.THESE CREDITS, THOUGH, ARE NOT.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO INTO THE WORLD OF WORK AFTER THEY GET THEIR ASSOCIATES.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDED A MENTOR.
AFTER 11TH GRADE, THERE WILL BE AN EXTERNSHIP.
12TH GRADE, THERE'LL BE AN INTERNSHIP.
AND THEN WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS THROUGH THAT INTERNSHIP, IF THEY DO PLAN TO GO ON WITH THAT FIRST AND SECOND SEMESTER OR ONE YEAR AT NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, PERHAPS, MAYBE THE EMPLOYER OF THEIR INTERNSHIP MIGHT HELP ASSIST WITH THAT OR WITH A PAID INTERNSHIP WILL HELP LESSEN THE BURDEN OF MAYBE THE COST OF THAT.
AND SO THIS PUBLICATION IS IN A FLIP MAGAZINE ON OUR WEBSITE.
IT TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT DUAL ENROLLMENT IS.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, WE FIELDED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DUAL ENROLLMENT AND AP CREDITS AND WHICH ONE SHOULD MY CHILD.
HAVE. AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF EXPLANATION OF THAT WITH PARENTS, WHICH I FOUND VERY INTERESTING.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW WORK BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES CAN REALLY PREPARE STUDENTS TO MAKE GOOD CHOICES AS WELL AS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY NOT BE AFFORDED TO THEM IF THEY WEREN'T IN THE PROGRAM.
SO IN MAY YOU'LL EACH BE GETTING A COPY OF THAT AND THEY WILL BE GOING OUT TO STUDENTS AS THEY START TO PICK WHICH TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING PATHWAY THEY WANT TO BE ON WITHIN THE.
THAT'S GREAT. AND VISUALLY, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT TOOL.
SO THAT'S AWESOME. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD DELIVERABLE THING.
I ALSO LIKE IT ON THE WEBSITE. I MEAN, VISUALLY KIND OF AS AN INTERACTIVE TOOL.
I THINK IT WAS REALLY WELL DESIGNED.
SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
IT GIVES ME AN IDEA OF WHAT I WANT TO COPY FROM YOU, FROM MY OWN PROGRAMS AT GW AND HOW WE CAN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF MISINFORMATION AROUND LIKE INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE, WHICH IS THE PROGRAM I TEACH IN.
UM, DR. I WANTED TO JUST ADD THAT ALL OF THIS IS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THAT VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GRANT THAT WE GOT, AND WE ARE JUST FINISHING UP THAT GRANT.
THAT GRANT HAS TO BE PAID DOWN BY APRIL 7TH.
AND IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS OF A LOT OF HARD WORK BY A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SOME ARE ON THIS CALL, ON THIS ZOOM.
AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANT TO THANK PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF THAT VISION FOR AZTEC, WHICH IS NOW A SYSTEM. OKAY.
I'VE GOT ONE THING. I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN FOR JUST A MINUTE.
IN TERMS OF OLD BUSINESS THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, IT'S REALLY JUST KIND OF REAFFIRMING WHAT THE SCOPE OF WORK IS FOR OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THE ONE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. MICROSOFT WORD. HERE WE GO.
ALL RIGHT. FOLKS CAN SEE OUR SCOPE OF WORK, OKAY.
GREAT. SO KIND OF AS WE MET AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE DISCUSSED THE SCOPE OF WORK, REVIEWED THIS DOCUMENT AND DECIDED THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
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I THINK WE'RE MAKING, FOR THE MOST PART, PRETTY GOOD PROGRESS.BUT I'LL ASK YOU ALL TO SPEAK TO ANY OF THESE POINTS HERE OR TO RAISE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
IT GIVES US SOME ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE THINGS IN ADVANCE OF OUR NEXT MEETING.
THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN MAY.
I THINK WE'RE WORKING ON DOING THAT QUITE NICELY.
IDENTIFYING JUNIORS AND PULLING THEM IN.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, CONTINUING TO IDENTIFY SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS ACROSS OUR CTE PROGRAMS. SO TODAY I SPOKE A BIT ABOUT THE ROTARY SCHOLARSHIP, BUT KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER THEY'RE ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS OR SCHOLARSHIPS THAT MIGHT SUPPORT STUDENTS IN TRAVELING OR ENGAGEMENT AND CONFERENCES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THOSE ARE ALL REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE WANT TO TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO OUR STUDENTS.
DISCUSSING THE EXPANSION OF CTE SERVICES IN ALEXANDRIA.
JUST JUST GIVE YOU KIND OF A GOOD OVERVIEW OF WHAT THAT CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE.
BUT THE BREADTH AND SCOPE OF OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO THEM IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
WHAT WE WILL PROBABLY DO AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE END OF THE YEAR, WHICH IS REVIEWING INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION RESULTS, I KNOW A LOT OF OUR HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCE STUDENTS DON'T DO THEIR CERTIFICATION EXAMS UNTIL APRIL, MAY, JUNE, BUT THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE REPORT OUT ON ANNUAL PERFORMANCE ENROLLMENT DATA. ALL OF THAT.
THOSE METRICS OF SUCCESS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE STATE LIKES TO SEE US REPORT OUT ON.
SO AS WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THOSE THINGS, THEY'LL BE PREPARED AND PRESENTED TO YOU.
TYPICALLY, WE DO A LOT OF KIND OF THE ENROLLMENT UPDATES TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
YOU REMEMBER LAURA AND I DID OUR OVERVIEW OF THE ACADEMY AND WHAT ENROLLMENT LOOKS LIKE ACROSS OUR KIND OF FUNCTIONAL SCHOLARLY AREAS OR CAREER AREAS BACK IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER.
UH, EXPANDING AWARENESS OF CTE PROGRAMS, PARTNERING WITH LOCAL INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARDS.
SO. WE'RE CHARGED WITH A LOT OF WORK.
WE COULDN'T DO ANY OF THIS WORK WITHOUT YOUR VOICES AT THE TABLE AND YOUR SUPPORT.
AND WE REALLY DO KIND OF APPRECIATE YOU THERE.
BUT I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU OR ENCOURAGE YOU KIND OF AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT REALLY WRAPPING UP THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO IT ALREADY, IDENTIFY MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDITIONAL WAYS THAT WE CAN KIND OF KEEP SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND AND SPEAK TO THIS CHARGE THAT WE'VE GOT HERE.
AND I'LL ALSO I'M GOING TO PUT THIS DOCUMENT IN THE CHAT JUST AS AN ATTACHMENT.
WE HAVE A WORD VERSION THAT IF FOLKS WANT TO LOOK AT IT, REFLECT ON IT.
YOU'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT YOURSELF.
[Announcements by Members]
SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ANYTHING EXCITING THAT YOU'VE GOT WITH US.NEWS YOU WANT US TO CONSIDER OR THINGS YOU JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT OR DISCUSS? YEAH, JENNIFER. ALL RIGHT.
JUST QUICKLY, I'LL BE REALLY QUICK.
SO FOR HER IS ACTUALLY IN THE MIDST OF ITS SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW.
SO WE ARE OFFERING $75,000 IN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS, WHICH RANGE FROM $5,000 SCHOLARSHIPS TO FOUR YEAR INSTITUTIONS, 2500 TO 2 YEAR INSTITUTION AND 1250 TO CAREER AND TECHNICAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS. SO THAT IS OPEN THROUGH THE END OF MARCH, I BELIEVE.
SO GO TO OUR WEBSITE, GO TO SCHOLARSHIPS AND HAVE YOUR STUDENTS APPLY TODAY.
IT ALWAYS HELPS WHEN THEY MIGHT SAY THEY PARTICIPATED IN STEM FOR HER DAY.
YEAH. UM, THE OTHER THING IS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS APPLIED FOR IT OR NOT.
WE DO HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL GRANT OPPORTUNITY, STEM ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITY OPEN WHERE THE THE SCHOOL CAN RECEIVE UP TO $1,000 IN GRANT MONEY AND THEN ADDITIONAL MONEY TO THE TO THE TEACHER THAT WOULD PUT ON SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS.
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SO THAT'S IT.AND ALSO, WE'RE HAVING OUR GALA ON APRIL 27TH OF WHAT YOU ALL GET INVITED TO.
THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
SO WE'RE BEING REALLY EFFICIENT WITH OUR ZOOM MEETING THIS EVENING.
THAT ISN'T A BAD THING, RIGHT? UH, SO BEFORE WE KIND OF MOVE INTO DISCUSSING A GERMAN, I JUST WANT TO THROW OUT PLANS FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, MAY 15TH.
LOCATION IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED, SO WE'LL BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU ONCE ALL THAT'S FLESHED OUT.
WE'RE THINKING RIGHT NOW POTENTIALLY HAMMOND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY UPON US IS GOING TO BE MONDAY, JUNE 5TH.
SO AGAIN, WE'LL BE IN TOUCH ABOUT WHAT DOES WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND AM I ONE OF THOSE FOLKS IN THE COMING WEEKS YOU'LL GET COMMUNICATIONS FROM US ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO BEFORE I ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN, I'LL JUST OPEN IT UP ONE MORE TIME.
ANY LAST MINUTE THINGS FOLKS WANT TO THROW OUT? THERE ARE TOPICS OF DISCUSSION.
WE NEED TO WE NEED TO GET TO THIS EVENING.
ALL RIGHT. I'LL ASK TO HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
THANK YOU, DAVID. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. PERFECT.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, HAPPY TO ADJOURN.
JUST SAY I THINK WE'RE ALL HAPPY TO DO IT.
PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, SO THE MEETING'S ADJOURNED AT 5:07 P.M.
THIS EVENING. IT WAS A REALLY GOOD SEEING YOU ALL.
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN MAY.
TAKE CARE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.