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FINAL BLOG POST - OUR "DAILY TRIPLE" (DUE 12/1).
This week I would like you to use your imagination. You have just won the lottery and will leave your teaching post immediately to travel around the world. As you leave your keys you meet your replacement. You are asked to give this new teacher just ONE piece of advice. What would that be, and why? Enjoy your world expedition!

Blog Post - Week 7
This past week in my own teaching I felt a little disconnected which prompts my question to you, "What was the moment (or moments) when I felt most disconnected or disengaged as a teacher - the moment(s) I said to myself, I'm just going through the motions here?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 6
For the past couple of weeks you have experienced asynchronous online learning (doing modules by yourself). Previously this semester you have experienced synchronous online learning (all together in the Collaborate room). Which do you think is more effective and why do you think that? Which do you like better, and why?

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 5
This week we have what we call "open mic." You can write a post about anything related to your teaching that you would like responses from your classmates.

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 4
Here is this week's question: "What was the event that most took me surprise this week - and event that shook me up, caught me off guard, gave me a jolt, or made me unexpectedly happy?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 3
Please write a post about the following question, "In thinking about my past week teaching what is one thing I would do differently, and why?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 2
Please write a post about the following question, " In thinking about my teaching activities this past week, of what do I feel most proud? Why?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 1
Describe something you used in your program in the first weeks of school that you learned in the summer NTI program. How did it work? Did it get you off to a stronger start than last year?

Sunday, February 3, 2013

This day as history...



The truth of the matter is that CTE is needed. The jobs/careers that result is how many people provide for their families.  The skills and services taught are those that are needed throughout society. We have grown up to be dependent on cars (automotive). We cannot live without comfort or we think we are not able to (HVAC). We spend a lot of time making sure we look good (cosmetology). Just taking a look around, most of us haven’t missed any meals and we are known to make up for it if we do (culinary)! As a result of our eating among many other factors, healthcare becomes a requirement. Some of our fields assist other fields. Look at how healthcare benefits: Automotive – through accidents; Cosmetology – plastic surgery; HVAC – lack of heating and air (heatstroke and freezing); Culinary – lack of education and will power in regard to special diet; or development of ailments due to bad habits  which could still point back to education.
What I would like to see written in history is that having CTE is a necessity. That it was widely decided and accepted that this is an area of education that cuts would not be allowed but heavily invested in. I’d like to see that CTE is valued so much that post secondary schools require it as an alternative for students who otherwise have no experience in their field of interest.
I was also one who did not have plans for college while in high school. I believe it was due to the fact that the family around me had never attended college. Becoming a teenage mother quickly put things into perspective. My scenario is still all too common among students today. My vocational high school did not offer culinary.  Today, CTE is growing and giving students the head start they need to compete. As I began to figure things out, I refused to get stuck in something and waste find going to school doing something…I did not enjoy. Students today have the chance to begin gaining the skills of a career or use it to support them while they pursue another career.
People in general seem to have no idea about CTE or understand its value but I think it’s coming. I think at the end of the day everyone will know how important CTE is. However, we have gotten away from why it is important. We (in politics) keep talking around the subject and have the opportunity right now to make history again. Here are a few current articles I ran across today and it made me think of our topic this week.

2 comments:

huffypicks said...

I agree with you that we need CTE and it is becoming more of a way of life. History repeats it self and we are starting to see that the work ready model is come back around. We as CTE teacher will start to get our respect that has been due to us all along. We will be become just as important to the education world as academic teachers.

huffypicks said...

I agree with you that we need CTE and it is becoming more of a way of life. History repeats it self and we are starting to see that the work ready model is come back around. We as CTE teacher will start to get our respect that has been due to us all along. We will become just as important to the education world as academic teachers.