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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

Technology 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 Focus

Tuesday

• Opening Techonology Education Session
  • NCTEA Awards sessions
  • Technology Education Teachers will be recognized for years of services, ITEEA Awards nominees will be recognized.

Wednesday

• All day training
  • Technology Engineering and Design curriculum
  • Technology Design and Innovation curriculum
  • Sci Vis and Game Art and Design curriculum

Thursday

• All day training
  • Technology Engineering and Design curriculum
  • Technology Design and Innovation curriculum
  • Vex Robotics
• Technology Engineering and Design Online curriculum training

Preconference

• New Teacher Training: 40-Hour Induction, Module 4, $150
  Sunday, 3-7 p.m., and Monday, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
  Module 4 of the 40-hour new teacher training will be offered as a pre-conference 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.
  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.
• 2011 NC Project Lead the Way Conference and Workshop, $50
  Monday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., and Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
  This event is for teachers, counselors and school administrators wanting to learn more about the challenging activities in the project-based (APPB) STEM curriculum. Come experience the Project Lead the Way classroom and see how students learn by doing. Register at http://ncpltw.pratt.duke.edu/2011TCCregistration. Payment should be mailed directly to
  
  Duke University Pratt School of Engineering
  ATTENTION: Nancy Shaw, Director of NC PLTW
  423 Teer Building, Box 90271
  Durham, NC 27708

Registration

Register for the conference online.

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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 Technology Education activities at the 2011 Summer Conference, contact Brian Moye (919-807-3886 or bmoye@dpi.state.nc.us). For general conference information, call or email (not both) Helaina Hinson (919-807-3878 or hburton@dpi.state.nc.us).