Unlike other professionals, and despite near-universal agreement on the importance of teaming, teachers do not typically work in teams. In the case of Information Technology (IT) subjects, many CTE teachers are isolated and lack a Professional Learning Community to collaborate with and to make adjustments to instruction and assessments. Please meet John Rosendahl, from the
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Student-centered learning and differentiated instruction that lead to subject mastery of identified knowledge and skills is a recurring vision for the future High School.  A policy recommendation outlined in the Multiple Pathways to Student Success report released by the California Department of Education in 2010 calls for transforming California’s system to “… fundamentally change the
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The U.S. Cyber Challenge (USCC) Cybersecurity Workforce Development Division recently announced pre-registration is now open for schools and individuals who wish to compete in the next round of cyber security competition. The USCC is a national coalition of public-private sector entities collaborating to enhance the workforce with the next generation of cyber security professionals through
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I recently received a copy of a Power Point presentation (attached) prepared by staff from the University of California Office of the President that gives a good overview on the process for developing high quality Career Technical Education course submissions. To be eligible for admissions to University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU)
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