Colorado Creative Careers Festival Recap

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Volume 9, Issue 9, December 14, 2010

Welcome to the ninth issue of CTE Trends for 2010-11!
Bulletins

Second Annual Colorado Creative Careers Festival
Coming to Auraria
Film/video production is one of the careers the festival will focus upon.
The second annual Colorado Creative
Careers Festival is slated for February 25.
The day-long festival, sponsored by the
Colorado Community College System,
features hands-on workshops taught
by working professionals, informational
sessions about careers in the arts fields,
and an interactive critique of submitted
projects.
In addition, teachers will receive
professional development to
WHAT:
The Colorado Creative
Careers Festival,
Sponsored by the Colorado
Community College System.
This day-long conference will
feature hands-on workshops
taught by working professionals,
informational sessions about
careers in the arts fields,
and an interactive critique of
submitted projects.

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help them build CTE programs
and assist students in exploring
careers within the technical
arts.
INTERACTIVE SESSIONS
The Festival will include
hands-on workshops in:
- Technical Theater and Design
Sets, Lights, Costumes and
Stagecraft;
- Film/Video, Audio Technology;
- Graphic Design, Computer Animation;
- Web Design and Photography
taught by working professionals.
There will be portfolio critique sessions
for student submissions and mock
interview sessions.
On Thursday, February 24th,
all registrants are invited to
attend an evening performance
at the Auraria Campus’ King Center.
Details are forthcoming.
THEME
As originated by Jock Bartley of the band
FIREFALL, the theme of
“Walk More Softly” will provide a
common idea for students to create
and submit projects in several
festival content areas.
The “best of show” from the festival
will then have the opportunity to
be “showcased” at future venues
in Colorado. The themed areas
will be:
Web Design;
Film/Video Production;
WHERE:
The Auraria
Campus in the King Center,
855 Lawrence Way,
Denver, CO 80217
WHEN:
February 25, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
An optional evening performance will be
the night before on February 24.
WHY:
To progress on the development of a
strong student leadership organization
within the arts open to ALL arts
students; to develop an
awareness and knowledge of
career and technical opportunities
available within the arts;
and to create and foster
linkages between arts students
and arts professionals.
COST:
The festival is FREE to all
registrants!
Lunch will be provided!
How do I sign up?
It’s easy! To register for the
conference as a participant,
please visit our site at:
http://www.rsvpbook.com/event.php?421306
DEADLINE:
February 18, 2011

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Graphic Design;
Computer Animation;
Photography.
Please click this link for
more information and the
Guidelines for each area
in the contest.
http://www.coloradostateplan.com/artsAV.htm
Teacher/Administrator
Professional Development
For teachers and administrators,
sessions on CTE program
requirements and building a
student umbrella organization
for the Arts within the Career
Technical Education areas will
be offered.
For more information
For more information, please
contact: Jennifer Jirous,
Program Director, at 720.858.2811,
or via email at:
jennifer.jirous@cccs.edu; or
Michael Bautista, Planner,
at 303.548.8773, or via
email at: mpb477@aol.com
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CACTE President’s Corner:
National Conference Recap and Plea for Survey Participation

CACTE PRESIDENT’S CORNER

December 14, 2010

Welcome Everyone:

                I would like to take a few minutes of your time
this week to pass along what I heard and saw at the
national Association of Career and Technical Education
conference earlier this month in Las Vegas.  I know
everyone is busy this time of year so I’ll do my best to
keep things brief and hopefully valuable.
                The conference proper lasted three days with
some pre‐conference meetings, tours and workshops
thrown in at the beginning.  I personally had the
opportunity to participate in a tour of a high tech data
storage facility, Switch/Nap, on Tuesday and left
extremely impressed with what they had designed, built
and marketed.  The tour guide made some interesting
comments as well.  She told us how the facility incorporated a cooling system that allowed the users to
concentrate 4 times the number of drives that most data storage businesses use.  She was convinced that the
talent pool available to tackle the challenging Switch/Nap project, and create this system, were clustered in Las
Vegas due to the creative and non‐standard nature of the work occurring in the city.  She was quite the CTE
supporter and was adamant in her conviction that training for emerging technology is a wiser investment than
pursuing static degrees.
The rest of the day Wednesday was devoted to networking with state and national level leaders.  I
had the time to speak with a number of association presidents from around the country.  We had a lot in
common, budget and membership issues as well as the ever present challenge of communicating with a
diverse membership spread out over large areas.
Thursday was the first official day of the conference and the keynote led off with a message that
challenged all attendees to “treat the people we work with well” and to make a point of improving the
professional lives of everyone we interacted with, whether students or peers.  I also attended the first of two
assemblies of delegates meetings.  Colorado was represented by five of the nearly 200 delegates at this
meeting.  We were given information about trends in membership, conference attendance, the new officer
candidates as well as the demographic make up of the membership and a financial report.  The national and
regional leadership also issued a challenge to increase the membership nationally by 15%.  There has been a
slow downward trend in the ACTE membership for the last several years and it is important to stabilize and
reverse this trend.   The good news is that four of the national divisions are seeing growth; it is my challenge
and that of the Colorado leadership to figure out what these divisions are doing differently.
                 I also had the opportunity to take part in one of three “community conversations” that took place
between a group of CTE educators and the assistant secretary of the office of Vocational and Adult
Education, Dr. Brenda Dann‐Messier.  The meeting was an informal chance to have our voice heard.  Many of
those present expressed the issues we all face in CTE education.  I heard members describe their efforts to
implement Plans of Study, teacher recruitment and retention along with concurrent enrollment.  I was pleased
to mention our state’s work with the Ascent legislature and it indeed caught the attention of the secretary.

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                Our day ended with a packed meeting of the Region V leadership.  The vice president, Doug Meyer,
conducted our business meeting and representatives from South Dakota gave everyone the scoop on the
region V conference coming this spring in Rapid City, SD.  It looks like the state leadership in South Dakota has
an excellent conference planned, filled with exciting tours and sessions aligned with CTE.
Friday’s session included a student panel that included a plea from students to allow them the access
needed to fully utilize the Internet as a learning tool.  They implored the audience to trust them to be
professional.  I had to think about the comments that I had heard from several colleagues about a conference
in “Vegas”, I suppose some things don’t change regardless of our age.
                The rest of the day included leadership training for state leaders, a town hall meeting to gather input
from the membership and a state association luncheon during which Colorado received a third Quality
Association Standard award.  Another assembly of delegate meeting and an informative session on return on
investment, ROI, finished the day.
On Saturday we had a couple of speakers, John Hofmeister, the author of Why We Hate the Oil
Companies, was quite dynamic and fired up the audience, telling us to push our elected officials to create a
plan to guarantee the availability of renewable and diverse energy sources for this century and the next. Mr.
Hofmeister had some good data about the current and projected trends in the country’s energy portfolio.  I am
hoping to pick up this book and read it during the coming break.  The second speaker was Matthew Crawford.
He has written a good read, Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work, about his journey
through academia, working at a think tank, and his eventual destination of becoming a motorcycle mechanic
(which finally gave him happiness and purpose). His message was diminished by his dry delivery.  I would
recommend his book, just don’t rush out to hear him speak.
Returning closer to home, in closing, I would like to report that I received some great input from the
survey that was attached to last week’s CTE Trends column; unfortunately the opposite is true.  I had a total of
7 people respond.  As I said earlier, I realize that everyone is busy this time of the year.  I truly want to improve
the professional lives of everyone with whom I interact. However, I need to know how to best serve your needs
to do that.  I plan on leaving the survey open for the time being. If you can make time for it please complete it
by visiting http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RKQKGPZ. My goal is to identify some regional concentrations
of CTE teachers and surface their specific needs.

Sincerely,
Mark
MARK BELL
PRESIDENT, COLORADO ASSOCIATION FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION


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CCCS-CTE Congratulates Our Monthly
BEST PRACTICES with PLANS OF STUDY WINNER:
Brighton 27j School District; Adams County

CTE Trends congratulates CCCS-CTE’s December Best Practices with Plans of Study (POS)
Winner: Brighton 27j School District; Adams County. To get “the scoop” on what they’re
doing right, we interviewed Director of CTE, Joan Root.

THE INTERVIEW
What has been the BIG picture of POS utilization throughout your school/district?
The district would like every high school student – especially every Junior and Senior to have a
POS that is developed through CollegeinColorado.org (CiC). They must have a POS designed
before they can receive PSEO dollars (next year Concurrent Enrollment funds) from the district.
Our hope is that all students 7th
– 12th
grade look at POS while planning their school classes.
Who do you, outside the norm, involve in the process?
Counselors are the key but we also work with some teachers, especially CTE, Science, Social
Studies, and English.
What have you done that has had the most success?
Counselors taking the lead and also having Counselor Corp grant funds to hire part-time ICAP
Specialist.
What has been the most challenging?
Getting all students in a computer lab to work on ICAPs and POS
Anything else you’d like to add?
This is a work in progress. I believe 2-3 years from now ICAP & POS will be in everyone’s
vocabulary just like CSAP is now.
Click these links to visit their websites:
http://www.sd27j.org, Student Achievement: http://brighton.sa.schoolfusion.us,

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www.collegeincolorado.org ,www.cde.state.co.us/secondaryinitiatives (Counselor Corps Grant)
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Why You Need to Join CACTA and
Announcing the CACTA Mid-winter Conference
The Antlers Hilton is the site of the 2011 CACTA Mid-winter Conference
The following communication to CTE Trends readers is from CACTA Membership Chairperson Janet Renden:

ARE YOU A CACTA MEMBER???
If not, you're missing out on important professional
development, benchmarking and networking opportunities!
CACTA is the Colorado Association of Career & Technical
Administrators (a division of CACTE). CACTA's vision is to energize
& communicate the passion and value of Career and Technical
Education (CTE) throughout our communities.
Did you know that CACTA's Annual Mid-Winter
Conference is scheduled for February 1st – 4th in
nearby Colorado Springs?
The conference registration form can be accessed at:
https://sites.google.com/a/cacte.org/cacta/
As a CACTA member you can attend the mid-winter conference at
a discounted registration rate! If you are not a member, the
registration cost includes one year of membership in ACTE/CACTA.
Want to know more?
Go to www.cacte.org and click
on the "CACTA/Administration" link!
Other Benefits of Being a CACTA Member:
CACTA members can participate in CACTA Task Force meetings

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every other month throughout the school year. The CACTA Task
Force is an important part of CACTA. The CACTA Task Force exists
to ensure a strong voice for CTE in all forums and levels of education
in Colorado, and provides a forum for communication and networking
regarding key issues and best practices for secondary & postsecondary
CTE throughout Colorado.
Membership in CACTA is an affordable and
important career investment!
We would welcome your participation in this statewide network of CTE
Administrators!
To join the CACTA Division, you must also be an ACTE (Association for
Career & Technical Education) member.
Directions for joining ACTE or to simply add the
CACTA Division to your already existing ACTE
membership are below:
Frequently Asked Question:
Being an "ACTE Administration Division" member DOES NOT mean
that you are automatically part of the COLORADO Administration
Division. You must select "Administration" as part of the Colorado
Division to be a CACTA member!
To become an ACTE member AND/OR join the CACTA Division:
1. Go to http://www.acteonline.org/
2. Click on the "Join/Renew" link in the upper right hand corner of the
homepage
3. Click on the "state associations" link under the Professional Membership
category
4. Click on the "Colorado" link--this will take you to the CACTE (Colorado
Association for Career & Technical Educators) homepage
5. Click on the "Join" link at the top of the page
6. Click on the "CACTE Membership Brochure" link
7. This will take you to a printable ACTE Membership Application on which you
can choose the division(s) that you want included in your ACTE membership
8. Complete the form as directed--New Members: Under section 4
("Colorado Division Dues"), mark "Administration"
***If you are already an ACTE Member, you can add the CACTA
Division by choosing the "Administration" box only under Section #4 of
the form
9. Mail your form in with payment to the address provided~
Please contact me with any questions you have about being or
becoming a CACTA member. Thank you!
Janet Renden
Guidance Counselor & CACTA Membership Chairperson
Adams 12 Five Star Schools
Bollman Technical Education Center

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Required Credentialing Class:
Building Student Organizations/Partnerships
Offered in February
EDCT 400, Building Student Organizations/Partnerships is a 2-credit CSU course designed
to allow new Career and Technical Education (CTE) teachers to access this required credentialing
class in a face-to-face format.
Teachers new to CTE classrooms with BS degrees need this course in-order to gain the
Professional Credential status. If you have an “Initial” CTE program credential (not the applied
one), check your document/letter to verify the need to enroll in this class.
EDCT 400, Building Student Organizations/Partnerships is the new course that replaces the
old requirements of VE 402 or VE 403. Other CTE teachers are welcome to participate as a
refresher to content but must also enroll through CSU.
Course Description:
Half of the course covers development of business partnerships/linkages, advisory committees,
and cooperative education.
The other half is on development of student leadership skills through Career and Technical Student
Organizations (CTSO) which also covers competitive events.
Course speakers will include staff from Colorado Community College System (CCCS), state
CTSO officers and business leaders. An interactive format will be provided so participants can
learn as much from each other as from facilitators.
Instructors will be Karen Ellis and Mary Stecklein; both former CTE Directors. Contact Karen at
karenann.ellis@comcast.net if you have questions on format or
dawn.mallette@colostate.edu on general credentialing course questions and enrollment with
CSU.
This course, in CSU’s system as EDCT 400 (section 700), will be held at Prairie View High
School, 12909 E. 120th
Ave. in Henderson near Brighton on Fridays, Feb 4 and 25 from 5 to 8
p.m. and Saturdays, Feb 5 and 26 from 8 to 4p.m.
Enroll today through CSU by clicking this link:
http://www.learn.colostate.edu/courses/credit/undergraduate‐courses.dot?subject_cat=39723#courselistings


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CTE NEWS

Meet CACTE-ACE/Special Populations Division’s
Teacher of the Year

Shawn Fitzgerald, supervisor for Career and Technical Education at Cañon City’s Southern Peaks Regional Treatment
Center, works with a student in the woodshop on campus in late November.
Galileo said you cannot teach a person anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
That is precisely what Shawn Fitzgerald strives for with each of his students at Cañon City’s Southern
Peaks Regional Treatment Center by helping them gain self-confidence and encouraging their
success in all areas of life.
For his efforts, Fitzgerald, a supervisor for Career and Technical Education, was recently selected as
Teacher of the Year for the Alternative Cooperative Education (ACE)/Special Populations Division of
the Colorado Association of Career and Technical Education.
“It was pretty exciting,” Fitzgerald told the Cañon City Daily Record. Oftentimes faced with roadblocks
and time constraints, Fitzgerald said it is easy to feel like progress is hindered within the program. But
the award proved otherwise.
“It just opened my eyes up to the things that really were happening and occurring,” he said. “It is neat
to be able to recognize that we are doing some pretty good things here.”
Fitzgerald has been a part of the facility’s education team for four years, initially as a Language Arts
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He implemented the Alternative Cooperative Education program at the campus this year, which is
designed to provide hands-on and experiential learning.
ACE is the only CTE program designed especially for at-risk and special population students.
“These kids were failing in traditional schools with traditional methods, so we do more hands-on with
them,” Fitzgerald said. “We get them out in the community and match them with professionals and
basically give them a responsibility that they normally wouldn’t get in a classroom.” In the ACE
program, students engage in one-on-one or small group settings.
“And letting them get in there and figure it out themselves by doing things wrong,” Fitzgerald said. “It
really focuses on building self-esteem as much as anything.”
Students approved for off-grounds — those that are not on close observation or pose a danger to
themselves or others — may request to be part of the program.
“They have to achieve a certain level of trust and safety to be able to participate with us,” Fitzgerald
said. Students in the program must be 15 and over, and they also attend other academic classes.
Some already have earned their general education diploma, but most have never had a job before,
Fitzgerald said. Local businesses and individuals assist the treatment center by providing
opportunities for the youth to learn personal and career skills in a variety of settings from work
experience crew, job shadowing and internships to paid employment.
“We try to pair the kids up with a business they’re interested in for their careers,” Fitzgerald said.
photography, cabinetry and non-traditional jobs such as blacksmithing are some of the skills students
have engaged in through ACE.
Before students are approved for off-grounds, they do woodworking projects on campus that they
can send home or assist in maintenance projects around the facility.
Fitzgerald encourages students to help their peers and take as much responsibility as possible. They
run an on-grounds business and plan to cook and bake food items to sell at the facility, and hopefully,
expand into the community next year.
“Most of the kids, they would have never had the confidence to even try,” Fitzgerald said. But they
soon realize they can do something productive and be good at it, as well. That is what Fitzgerald
loves about his job.
“It’s been really good for both the businesses and the kids,” he said. Courtesy of the Cañon City
Daily Record and reporter Carie Canterbury.

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Trinidad State Junior College Students Get Hands-on
Experience Intubating and Bagging Cow Lungs
TSJC’s Director/Instructor for Medical Assisting Yvette O’Brien is shown with her students.
ALAMOSA —Trinidad State Junior College Valley Campus Medical Assisting students studied
cardiovascular and urinary systems by dissecting a cow heart and kidney. This allowed them
to study the whole structure of the organs and to understand how the parts relate to the whole.
To help them understand what lungs look like and how they function, they imitated the process of
breathing by intubating and bagging cow lungs. This gave them a better understanding of the
respiratory system.
The class would like to thank Mel’s Custom Meat Processing LLC in Romeo for donating the
organs used for this study.

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CTSO Related
Skills USA Clothing Drive to Help Many
Enjoy a Warm Holiday
Many kudos go out to Sheridan High School's Automotive Technology Program!
This year, they held their first ever clothing drive to benefit Sheridan’s clothing bank. The
bank was running a bit low this season, but thanks to the efforts of the SkillsUSA chapter there,
they are now able to meet all of the needs of our local community!
Last year, Shawn Moore and his clothing bank gave out 8,500 clothing items.
In the past week, the Sheridan High School Auto program's drive has generated more than
5,303 items! Advisor Bob Parmley's secondary automotive students collected 3,950 items of
clothing and the Arapahoe Community College faculty brought another 1,353 items. Through
this joint effort many will now enjoy a very warm holiday!
The above picture is of Mr. Parmley's students from first period that brought in a ton of clothing
items!
Thanks to everyone who supported this important clothing drive!
If you are interested in making clothing donations in the future, please contact Shawn Moore
at 720.833.6647.
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FFA South Platte District Conference Has Students
Looking to the Future
Conference took place at Northeastern Junior College on December 1
STERLING -- Blue and gold jackets filled Northeastern
Junior College on Wednesday, as students from all over
northeastern Colorado attended the FFA South Platte
District Leadership Conference. This year's theme was
"Back to the Future."
The conference started with an opening session featuring
keynote speaker Scott Stump, dean of Colorado Career &
Technical Education (CTE) with the Colorado Community
College System.
Stump talked about the importance of CTE programs such as
FFA and their connection to a post-secondary experience. He
noted that over 80 percent of the jobs coming about in the
next 10 years are going to require some form of post-
secondary education.
"Don't think you're done after high school, make plans now to
go beyond that," Stump told the students.
He also talked about agriculture education being important
for the future because the population will increase by one
seventh, or one billion people, by the time the FFA students
are out of high school and college and into their careers. He
noted there isn't enough food currently being produced in the
world to feed one billion more people, or enough products
being produced to clothe them, and there's not enough
agriculture to maintain a quality of life for one billion more
people.
"We need you to continue your path in agriculture
education, in the science, business and knowledge of
agriculture," Stump said. "So that we can feed that one
billion people, so that we can clothe that one billion people
and we can make sure that, that quality of life continues for all
those individuals across the globe."
He also talked about the importance of looking for
opportunities and taking advantage of them.
"Opportunity finds those who seek it," Stump said.
"Opportunity ignores those who sit on their hands.
"Every time you say no, or ignore an opportunity, it's not
going to find you."
He encouraged the students to say yes to the opportunities
they are presented with.
"If you keep saying no and you keeping sitting on your hands, you will never have some of the
most wonderful experiences in your life," Stump said.
He also talked about how sometimes when you do say yes, things don't turn out like you planned.
Stump pointed out that you may not win when you say yes but you might learn something about
yourself in the process.
Scott Stump, dean of Colorado Career & Technical
Education with Colorado Community College System, talks
about looking for and taking advantage of opportunities
during the South Platte FFA District Leadership Conference
District FFA officers welcome FFA members to the
South Platte FFA District Leadership Conference
at NJC on December 1.
FFA students try to build an object from the future during
one of the workshops that was part of the
District Leadership Conference.
Former state FFA officer Josh Sonnenberg talks
to FFA members about the different levels of the
organization, national, state and local chapters
and how the members are the most important
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"Whenever your instructor comes to you with an opportunity get in the habit of saying yes and I
promise you it will make all the difference in your future," he told the students.
After the open session students attended three different workshops led by state officers and past
officers.
During a team building workshop students did several team activities including planning an
object from the future to build and then building the object using various materials.
The second workshop was on "knowing your role," and students talked about their own different
roles and the roles a leader has.
In the third workshop students talked about the different levels of FFA, national, state and local
chapters and how all parts are important, but the members are most important. They also talked
about the importance of time management, communication, relationships, strengths and attitude
to team building.
While other students were in the workshops, junior and senior students attended a career fair.
Some students also competed in contests including creed speaking, prepared speaking and
extemporaneous speaking.
The conference ended with a closing session and awards ceremony. Courtesy of the Sterling
Journal Advocate and reporter/photographer Callie Jones.


UPDATES
VE-135/VE-130 Reporting Update

CCCS is required by law to collect the VE-135 follow-up and enrollment data each year
in order to comply with the accountability requirements set forth by both the state funded
Colorado Technical Act CTA and the federally funded Carl D. Perkins Act.
You must report the VE-135 data even if you do NOT receive state or federal funding for your
approved CTE programs because the data is used in the program renewal process
and civil rights monitoring visits.
Contact Julie Eddy, CTE Accountability Director, by email at julie.eddy@cccs.edu or by

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phone at 303.595.1527 with any CTE data reporting questions or comments. You may also
contact Tim Cousineau, CTE Programmer Analyst, by email at tim.cousineau@cccs.edu or by
phone at 720.858.2843 with CTE data reporting questions or VE-135 website technical assistance.


CCCS CTE Leadership

Position E-mail Phone
Vice President, Academic
& Student Affairs
Geri.Anderson@cccs.edu 720.858.2759
Curriculum Director Angela.Williams@cccs.edu 720.858.2747
Curriculum Director Lauren.Kordupleski@cccs.edu 720-858-2786
Dean, CTE Scott.Stump@cccs.edu 303.595.1578
CTE Services Manager Jennifer.Jasinowski@cccs.edu 720.858.2773
CTE Web Designer Victoria.Ekelund@cccs.edu 303.595.1613
CTA Manager Casey.Sacks@cccs.edu 720.858.2841
CTE Career Guidance
Trainer and Specialist
Lauren.Jones@cccs.edu 720.858.2825
Perkins Director Lorrie.Toni@cccs.edu 303.595.1565
Coordinator CTA & Perkins,
Fiscal General Accountant
Jennifer.Austin@cccs.edu 720.858.2760
CTE Accountability Director
VE 130, VE 135
Julie.Eddy@cccs.edu 303.595.1527
CTE Programmer Analyst Shuxin.Yin@cccs.edu 303.595.1644
CTE Programmer Analyst Tim.Cousineau@cccs.edu 720.858.2843
CTE Program Assistance
Agriculture Education
Program Director Michael.Womochil@cccs.edu 720.858.2808
Asst. Program Director,
FFA State Advisor
Kenton.Ochsner@cccs.edu 720.858.2765
Administrative Assistant Miki.Gann@cccs.edu 720.858.2741
Business and Marketing
Program Director Laurie.Urich@cccs.edu 720.858.2746
DECA State Advisor
Everett.Vaughan@cccs.edu 303.595.1576
FBLA/ PBL State Advisor
Deborah.Ramirez@cccs.edu 303.595.1583
Administrative Assistant Linda.Bigley@cccs.edu 303.595.1617
Family and Consumer Sciences

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Program Director Katy.Blatnick-Gagne@cccs.edu 720.858.2713
FCCLA State Advisor
Patti.Krattenmaker@cccs.edu 303.595.1581
CTSO Conference
Membership Coordinator
Barnetta.Greenwalt@cccs.edu 303.595.1585
Administrative Assistant Brenda.Witt@cccs.edu 720.858.2833
Health/ACE/Public Safety
Program Director Cindy.LeCoq@cccs.edu 303.595.1590
HOSA State Advisor
Jennifer.Staley@cccs.edu 720.858.2752
STEM/Arts/Design/IT
Program Director Jennifer.Jirous@cccs.edu 720.858.2811
Administrative Assistant Pat.Sagrillo@cccs.edu 303.595.1568
Skilled Trades & Technical Sciences
Program Director Ben.Nesbitt@cccs.edu 303.595.1614
SkillsUSA/TSA Advisor
Tony.Raymond@cccs.edu 720.858.2794
Advanced Credit Pathways Credit Scott.Stump@cccs.edu 303.595.1578
Internal Audit and Compliance
Senior Compliance Coordinator Victoria.Crownover@cccs.edu 720.858.2775
Compliance Specialist Bill.Parsley@cccs.edu 720.858.2761

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Colorado Association for
Career and Technical Education Leadership

Position/Name E-mail Phone
Executive Director Darrell Green cacte@cacte.org 303.250.3741
President Mark Bell mark_bell@dpsk12.org 720.423.6638
President-Elect Steve Alkire salkire@greeleyschools.net 970.590.5447
Past President Katy Blatnick-Gagne katy.blatnick-gagne@cccs.edu 720.858.2713
Secretary Dawn Mallette Mallette@cahs.colostate.edu 970.218.7120
Treasurer Martha Batch mbatch@jeffco.k12.co.us 303.982.5575
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Valuable CTE Websites

CCCS CTE Perkins new State Plan: www.coloradostateplan.com/
CTE Directors Directory:
http://www.coloradostateplan.com/resources/CTE_Director_Directory.pdf
ACTE: www.acteonline.org
CACTE: www.cacte.org
Colorado Community College System: http://www.cccs.edu/
Colorado DECA: www.deca.cccs.edu/
Colorado Technology Education Association: www.cteaonline.org
Comprehensive Career Guidance: www.coloradostateplan.com/counselors.htm
Credentialing Office: http://www.coloradostateplan.com/default_cred.htm
CTE Calendar: http://www.calendarwiz.com/contact: Julie Eddy, 303.595.1527
CTE Forms and Reports from CCCS:
http://www.coloradostateplan.com/formsReports.htm
E-Colorado: http://www.e-colorado.org
FBLA-PBL: http://www.fbla-pbl.cccs.edu/
FCCLA: http://www.fccla.cccs.edu/
FFA: http://www.ffa.cccs.edu/
HOSA: http://www.hosa.cccs.edu/
SkillsUSA: http://www.skillsusa.cccs.edu/
TSA Colorado: http://www.cotsa.cccs.edu/
Secondary CTE Job Board: http://www.cccs.edu/HR/CTE-JobBoard.html

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This is issue #909 of CTE Trends. The next issue will be released January 11, 2011.
Scheduled publication dates: January 11 and 25,
February 8 and 22, March 8 and 22, April 5 and 19 and May 3 and 17.

Distributed to nearly 1,400 CTE educators and administrators throughout Colorado, CTE
Trends is made possible through The Carl D. Perkins Vocational-Technical Education
Improvement Act of 2006 federal funding as administered by the
Colorado Community College System and a partnership with
the Colorado Association for Career and Technical Education.
Editor: Joe.Marquez@cccs.edu
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