Western NC
Career and Technical Education
Keep up to date on regional events in Career and Technical Education
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Meeting Dates
January 20, 2011 (CTE Instructional Management Coordinators) CANCELED
February 10, 2011 (CTE Administrators) February 17, 2011 (CTE Instructional Management Coordinators) March 17, 2011 (CTE Instructional Management Coordinators) March 22, 2011 (CTE Career Development Coordinators and Special Populations Coordinators) April 21, 2011 (CTE Administrators) April 28, 2011 (CTE Instructional Management Coordinators) Have you heard?
Jackson Access the link below to see what Smoky Mountain High School's Agriculture program is undertaking regarding growing hydroponic lettuce for their food service program. http://www.thesylvaherald.com/html/smhs_to_begin_growing_own_lett.html
Rutherford
Pictured above is Cecelia Higgins, daughter of Brandon and Lisa Higgins who are both agriculture teachers at RS Central High School in Rutherford County. Her goat, Annabelle, is a 1 year old Registered Nubian Dairy Goat. They competed at the North Carolina Mountain State Fair on September 11 & 12 in the PeeWee Showmanship Competition and the Costume Contest. Henderson
Amy Singletary, Marketing teacher at North Henderson High School, was recently chosen as North Carolina's Marketing Teacher of the Year. Congratulations, Amy!
Rutherford Please CLICK HERE to learn about a unique scholarship awards program in the Career and Technical Drafting program at RS Central. As the director for Career and Technical Education in RCS, Robin Davis is pleased to see this type of local school/business partnership develop into a win/win situation for both partners. This is a rigorous assignment with relevance to the real world. It develops relationships between the school and the community. Also, CLICK HERE to learn about state conference successes from RS Central!
McDowell CLICK HERE to read the recent article from McDowell County titled "MHS Career Tech Program Reports Success."
Jackson
Pictured above is Smoky Mountain High School agriculture education instructor Jeremy Jones (on the left) and Harry White, President of Jackson County Farm Bureau. Farm Bureau recently donated$5,000.00 to build a 20 foot by 24 foot building that will be a post and beam structure, covered with blue roofing metal The building will house the tractor, dump trailer, scrape blade, cooker, and log splitter. It will be built by the Agriculture Mechanics II students along with the Construction Technology classes at SMHS.
Farm Bureau has as its mission to support agriculture and its future. They gave this donation to the Smoky Mountain High School Agriculture and FFA student organization because they believe these students are the future of agriculture in Jackson County. Rutherford
Students and faculty in the Career and Technical programs at East Rutherford High School are celebrating February as National Career and Technical Education Month with an open house Monday, Feb. 9 at the school Across the county at Chase High School, the school is also hosting an open house on Monday, Feb. 16 beginning at 7 p.m. Parents and students will receive information regarding the new Future Ready Core class requirements. At East Rutherford, each CTE program will showcase its goals and accomplishments through exhibits and displays from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Among those are: Early Childhood classes will provide free childcare services with planned activities for younger children to allow parents visitation time with teachers; The Parenting class will demonstrate how Home Economics have evolved over the years; Foods II will highlight student accomplishments through a display of work; Allied Health II students will demonstrate the proper way to check a person’s blood pressure and will offer blood pressure checks; Automotive Technology students will provide belt and hose inspections. Isothermal Community College will provide information on numerous courses including concurrent enrollment and Career Readiness Certification. The Employment Security Commission will discuss employment issues and representatives from the US Marine Corps and Army will be available to answer questions about military service. Transylvania Congratulations to two Transylvania County students for their recent presentations! Nicole McGaha, student at Rosman High and the state FCCLA President, addressed the State BOE and spoke about the benefits of CTE and FACS. Patrick O'Rourke, student at Brevard High, and a state FBLA Officer, presented at the ACTE in Charlotte. He presented on his success and winning placement in last year's Business Plan competition. Ashe
Click here to learn more about Ashe County's recent donation. http://www.jeffersonpost.com/articles/2008/12/16/news/local04.txt
Buncombe According to The North Carolina Council on Economic Education (NCCEE), a team of four students taught by Nancy Herzog, Keyboarding Teacher at ValleySprings Middle School, placed first in the western region out of 97 teams, and 6th in the state out of 762 teams participating in the North Carolina Stock Market Game™. Yancey See the WLOS Never Stop Learning segment that features Yancey County's construction program in cooperation with Habitat! Click here! Rutherford Check this out for a great way to communicate with parents! Haywood
Congratulations to Pisgah High School for receiving the Goldenleaf Grant in the amount of $250,000. They are using this grant money to fund their metals manufacturing program. The instructor is Chip Singleton and CTE director is Aleasa Glance. Caldwell Click here to check out their great article regarding Project Lead the Way! Rutherford
High school and community college educators from across Rutherford County spent last week learning what universities and employers look for from students during a week-long Career Development and Occupational Information workshop.
Swain County
Anna Hair, CTE Director in Swain County, was recently selected as Western Region CTE Director of the Year. Anna shared the following quote with the interview committee: "I believe in Career and Technical Education. Not only have I seen the impact that it can have on students’ lives, I have experienced firsthand the positive, lifelong influence that CTE and CTE teachers can have on students. Even before it was called CTE, I knew that I wanted to be a part of it. As a high school student, I took many Vocational courses and was influenced by my Vocational Education teachers. They encouraged me to join FBLA; the first time that I had traveled away from home was for an FBLA competitive event, at which I won a third place medal. When I was granted the NC Teaching Fellow Scholarship, I knew that my dream to become a CTE teacher would become reality. In the past 16 years, my love of CTE and passion for seeing students succeed has only grown." Congratulations, Anna!
Wilkes County: Todd Williams has a new strategy to market CTE in Wilkes County!
Madison County: Congratulations to Madison High School who had 2 students place 1st place in national HOSA competition!
Rutherford County:
The Chase High School FFA Chapter attended camp at White Lake, NC on July 7-11. While there, the 32 FFA members participated in activities that developed teamwork, leadership, and cooperation. Chase FFA placed 1st overall and was declared the Weekly Banner Winner. Congratulations, Chase FFA!
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