November 2022
November 3rd 2022
We wanted to thank Executive Director of Unicon Joe Morelle Jr. for taking time to visit Edison Career & Technology High School and its Construction Program. Our entire staff is excited to work with you and Unicon to help enrich our students' educational experience in CTE. Edison Tech continues to strive for excellence in the classroom and on the construction site. This pursuit will be bolstered by the support of Unicon. We sincerely appreciate your visit and we look forward to working with you as an invaluable member of Edison Tech High School and The Edison Tech Advisory Board.
November 14th NYSED CTE Visit
Edison CTE staff and administration had a great visit from NYSED & CTETAC during the school day to visit with teachers and students. They were able to see Edison for the first time and were thourghly impressed with the programs, teachers and students. They were able to meet with teachers and students indvidually to discuss CTE at Edison. We look forward to future visits and their continued support to Edison and its CTE programs.
November 15th College & Career Fair At Edison
College & Career Fair: Thank you to Ms. Gartrell and Mrs. Sacchitella for their work in putting together the 2nd annual College & Career Fair (11/15). This event allowed students, families, and community members to speak with employers and area colleges. During this event, we also hosted a press conference that highlighted National Apprenticeship week. The press conference was sponsored by Joseph Morelle, the Executive Director of UNiCON Rochester, and many of our elected officials, including our Interim Superintendent, provided remarks on the ET Campus's positive work within CTE.
November 16th CTE Integration PD For Teachers & Staff
The CTE department worked to provide an engaging and informative professional developemnt oppurtunity for our campus. This oppurutunity centered around using CTE verbiage and scenarios in your assessment questions. We have found students to be more successful/engaged when describing and answering scenarios based on their CTE programs of study. Additionally students will begin to see the connection between core content classes and their CTE programs of study. Teachers and staff used the work time to create, modify, and adapt their assement questions to include CTE verbiage and scenarios. All of the particpants were provided with charts highlighting each CTE program, vocbaulary, tools, descripption, and contact information. This will be the first in a series of PD oppurutnities that involve the intergration of CTE into core content classes.
November 18th Educators Day At Bricklayers Union
Each year during National Apprenticeship Week, Rochester Careers in Construction, Inc. teams up with regional building trades unions to invite educators and counselors to explore career pathways in construction. The goal is for educators to be able to better guide students down career pathways in construction through panel discussions, hands-on demonstrations, and opportunities to speak with current apprentices.
November 22nd Kodak Visit To Edison
Edison Tech and Kodak are reinforcing our partnership to help increase the number of students involved in apprenticeships, co-op, and shadowing opportunities. The representatives from Kodak were able to tour the robust CTE programs at Edison while also meeting with our Manufacturing Pathway teachers. The team discussed the needs of Kodak, and possible future Work Based Learning opportunities including the upcoming summer of 2023. We look forward to future meetings with Kodak, and working with them to help create exciting work base learning opportunities.
Additionally we would like to thank Kodak for its generous donation of safety glasses for our CTE students. These glasses will be used with in the CTE classrooms and outside the classroom as students embark on their future careers.