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Program Area

• Agricultural Education
• Business and Information Technology Education
• Career Development Education
• Family and Consumer Sciences Education
• Health Occupations Education
• Marketing Education
• Technology Education
• Trade and Industrial Education

Feature Areas

• CTE Local Administrators
• Special Populations
• Teacher Education
• Instructional Management Coordinators

Career and Technical Education Summer Conference 2011

Career Development Coordinators

Date: July 26-28, 2011 (Preconferences available July 25-26)

Location: Sheraton Greensboro Hotel at Four Seasons/Joseph S. Koury Convention Center

Cost: $165. Online registration will close July 8. Payment must be mailed by July 9 in order to be processed. Some sessions require additional payment. No credit card payments can be accepted.

Program Focus

Tuesday

• Opening General session featuring keynote speaker Paul Gorski, Pathways to Equity

Wednesday

• DPI Initiatives
• Career Clusters
• 2012 Essential Standards
• Microsoft Academy
• Career Forward
• Students@Work

Thursday

• CDC/SPC Best Practices roundtables
• The New CTE Special Populations Guide (Challenge Handbook)
• Marketing CTE
• Elements®

Preconferences

• Developing and Teaching CTE Honors Courses, $100
  Monday, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
  Preregistration and payment required for this session. The Honors Course Policy requires teachers interested in offering honors CTE courses to develop and submit for approval to local administrators a portfolio of curriculum materials for each honors course. This portfolio is called the Honors Teaching Preparation Portfolio. The purpose of this workshop is to provide participants with the requirements and procedures for preparing the Honors Teaching Preparation Portfolio for any CTE Honors class. Join in the networking and get ready for teaching an honors course in the fall. This session is presented by Cynthia Rossi Sovich, M. Ed., CFCS, NBCT Family & Consumer Sciences/Early Childhood Education. Register through the summer conference registration system for this preconference opportunity.
• New CDC/SPC Workshop, No fee
  Tuesday, 9 a.m.-12 noon
  This workshop is presented by veteran CDCs & SPCs and is open for anyone with 0-3 years’ experience as a CDC/SPC. No registration fee required but participants must register through the summer conference registration system.
• Civil Rights Training Workshop, No fee
  Tuesday, 9 a.m.-12 noon
  For anyone interested in learning about CTE Civil Rights Onsite visit process, particularly for LEA staff whose system is scheduled to have review during the 2011-12 school year. No registration fee required but participants must register through the summer conference registration system.

Registration

Register for the conference online.

Access hotel information.

Become an exhibitor at this conference.

To register onsite or pick up preregistration materials

Monday
5:30-8:30 p.m. Exhibit area

Tuesday
8 a.m.-1 p.m. Exhibit area
5-8 p.m. Third floor prefunction area

Wednesday
7:15 a.m.-4 p.m. Third floor prefunction area

For more information

For more information about Career Development Coordinators activities at the 2011 Summer Conference, contact Marchelle Horner (919-807-3937 or mhorner@dpi.state.nc.us). For general conference information, call or email (not both) Helaina Hinson (919-807-3878 or hburton@dpi.state.nc.us).