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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

Health Occupations Education

Date: July 26-28, 2011 (Preconferences available July 24-26)

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 Highlights

NEW CURRICULUM! Summer Conference for Health Occupations Education (HOE) teachers is a time of renewal, updates, and networking. An exciting agenda has been planned for you with emphasis on improving outcomes for students and addressing low technical attainment on postassessments. This conference will give you an opportunity to update your skills and network with other HOE teachers across the state.

Program Focus

Tuesday

• HOE Program Area Opening Session
  • HOE Update
  • Essential Standards

Wednesday and Thursday

• Best practices round tables
• New curriculum products
• Health Science II
• Nursing Fundamentals
• New pilots
  • Fundamentals of Gerontology
  • Public Health Fundamentals
• New Heights with HOSA!
• PALC meetings
• Pharmacy Technician
• Strategies for Teaching Health Team Relations
• Opportunities to network with other educators and your professional association

Preconferences

• New Teacher Training: 40-Hour Induction, Module 4, $150
  Sunday, 3 - 7 p.m., and Monday July 25, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
  Module 4 of the 40-hour new teacher training will be offered as a preconference session at summer conference. Fee includes training materials, lunch, and breaks. You must register for this session through the conference registration site.
• Developing and Teaching CTE Honors Courses, $100
  Monday, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
  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.
• Nurse Aide Best Practices, No Cost
  Tuesday, 8 - 9:30 a.m.
  Preregistration is not required.
• Nurse Aide Update, No Cost
  Tuesday, 10 a.m. - 12 noon
  Preregistration is not required.

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 Health Occupations Education activities at the 2011 Summer Conference, contact Joan Thompson (919-807-3908 or jthompson@dpi.state.nc.us). For general conference information, call or email (not both) Helaina Hinson (919-807-3878 or hburton@dpi.state.nc.us).