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Conference at a Glance Special Greetings ............................................................ 2 Conference Schedule ......................................................... 3 Thursday, March 3 Pre-Conference.............................................................. 4 Tech Prep Demonstration Site Directors’ Meeting Convention Center 308, 2:30 – 5:00 pm Intensive Seminars ..........................................................10 Intensive Seminars are open to all conference attendees 2:30-5:00 pm Workshop Session Icon Key ...................................................16 Friday, March 4 Continental Breakfast – Exhibitors’ Marketplace – Convention Center Exhibit Hall C, 7:15-8:15 am Friday Overview & Plan Your Day ............................................ 17-19 Opening Session with Chef Jeff Henderson** ......................................20 Exhibitors’ Marketplace 7:15-11:45 am.........................................21 Friday – Session I ........................................................ 23-33 Lunch General Session** .....................................................35 Friday – Session II ....................................................... 36-47 Exhibitors’ Marketplace 1:15-6:15 pm...........................................49 Friday – Session III....................................................... 50-59 Social Hour/Appreciation Reception – Exhibitors’ Marketplace – Convention Center Exhibit Hall C, 4:30-6:15 pm ..............................................................60 Saturday, March 5 Exhibitors’ Marketplace – Convention Center Exhibit Hall C, 8:30 -11:30 am .........61 Saturday Overview & Plan Your Day .......................................... 62-63 General Session with Michele Borba, Ed.D. – includes plated breakfast ................65 Saturday – Session I ...................................................... 66-76 Saturday – Session II ..................................................... 78-86 Sheraton Grand, Hyatt Regency, and Sacramento Convention Center Maps ........... 88-91 End of Conference – Have a safe trip home! **All tables will be numbered to make it easier for teams to find each other during the crowded general session times. These tables are not pre-assigned, just numbered for your benefit. Please take advantage of this system with your team. January 21, 2011 Dear Educating for Careers Conference Attendees: Welcome to the Educating for Careers Conference: Focusing Education on the Future. This three-day professional development forum once again melds annual conferences of the California Career Pathways Consortia and the California Partnership Academies (CPA), to bring you the best in Career Technical Education (CTE). Now more than ever, we need to ensure that our students receive a quality education that fully integrates rigorous curriculum with 21st century career options. Only then will they have the best opportunity for academic and real-world success. Given our current state economy, it is also critical that we prepare all students to master the technical requirements needed in a modernized society so they can help our state and their own families prosper once again. The CPA concept remains a vital link to help teachers achieve this critical mission, and assist those students who may be disillusioned by the lack of a clear connection between school work and the future. The reform model is structured as a school-within-a-school: small learning communities focused on a particular career theme. Teachers collaborate with business and post-secondary partners to ensure continuity between school and work. CTE engages all students in a dynamic and comprehensive blending of career and academic knowledge and skills necessary to compete in the marketplace, and helps them develop a deep interest and passion for a subject area that may have been invisible to them before. CTE produces responsible and employable individuals who can make invaluable contributions to our shared future. At school, students also will remain engaged and focused. With this newfound awareness about what lies beyond the gates of school, they take more interest in their studies because they know where the path will lead, and ultimately will begin to get better grades. This is especially important for those students who have wandered off that path and may be headed in the wrong direction. You are the educators who can help them stay the course, and expose them to the wonders of CTE and the bountiful opportunities that lie ahead in their journey to success. I value your wonderful contributions to this important mission, and hope you find extreme value and inspiration in the sessions ahead. Sincerely, Tom Torlakson 1 Special Greetings From Your Conference Committee Welcome to the California Career Pathways Consortia and California Partnership Academies Educating for Careers Conference. We look forward to an exciting event with the continued merger of the 17th annual Educating for Careers and 23rd annual California Partnership Academies Conferences. In addition, the CDE Perkins Unit, the Middle Schools Unit and the Tech Prep Demonstration Site projects are also strong groups working together to bring attendees the most efficient professional development activity possible surrounding career technical education (CTE). Breakout sessions are open to all conference attendees even though they are identified by a specific icon in the description. Our hope is that you have a rewarding conference as we begin “Focusing Education on the Future.” Don Borges Kay Orrell Project Director Project Manager Agricultural Education Tech Business Education Resource Consortium Prep Consortium, Modesto Junior College Allan Hancock Community College, Carla Cherry Valerie Vuicich Project Director Administrator Kern Resource Center Fresno ROP, Fresno County Office of Education Kern High School District From Your State Leadership Patrick Ainsworth, Ed.D. Jose Millan Director Vice Chancellor Secondary, Career, & Adult Learning Division, Economic Development & Workforce Preparation Division, California Department of Education California Community Colleges Lloyd McCabe, Ph.D. Karen Shores Administrator for The Career & Workforce Education Programs Consultant Projects Innovation Unit High School Transformation Unit California Department of Education California Department of Education Russ Weikle Machelle Martin Administrator, Perkins Unit AGPA California Department of Education High School Transformation Unit California Department of Education California Association of Career Technical Education (CACTE) Susie Johnson President San Diego County ROP 2 Focusing Education on the Future Conference Schedule Thursday, March 3, 2011 7:00 am – 12:30 pm Pre-Conference Registration Convention Center East Lobby – 3rd Floor 7:30 am – 8:45 am Pre-Conference Participants’ Convention Center East Lobby – 3rd Floor Continental Breakfast 9:00 am – 11:00 am Pre-Conference Session 1 Convention Center – 3rd Floor 11:00 am – 11:45 am Pre-Conference Lunch Convention Center East Lobby area – 3rd Floor 11:45 am– 1:45 pm Pre-Conference Session 2 Convention Center – 3rd Floor 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm Tech Prep Demonstration Convention Center 308 Site Directors’ Meeting 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm California Partnership Academies Convention Center – 3rd Floor Intensive Seminars 12:30 pm – 7:00 pm Conference Registration Convention Center East Lobby – 3rd Floor Friday, March 4, 2011 7:15 am – 5:00 pm Conference Registration Convention Center East Lobby – 3rd Floor 7:15 am – 11:45 am Exhibitors’ Marketplace Open Convention Center Exhibit Hall C 7:15 am – 8:15 am Continental Breakfast Exhibitors’ Convention Center Exhibit Hall C Marketplace 8:15 am – 9:30 am Opening General Session Convention Center Exhibit Hall A/B 9:45 am – 10:15 am Break – 1st Drawing Exhibitors’ Marketplace 10:15 am – 11:30 am Breakout Sessions Convention Center, Hyatt Regency, and Sheraton Grand 11:45 am – 1:00 pm Luncheon / General Session Convention Center Exhibit Hall A/B 11:45 am – 1:00 pm Exhibitors’ Marketplace Closed 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm Breakout Sessions Convention Center, Hyatt Regency, and Sheraton Grand 1:15 pm – 6:15 pm Exhibitors’ Marketplace Open Exhibitors’ Marketplace 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Break – 2nd Drawing Exhibitor’s Marketplace 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm Breakout Sessions Convention Center, Hyatt Regency, and Sheraton Grand 4:30 pm – 6:15 pm Social Hour/Appreciation Reception Exhibitors’ Marketplace, Exhibit Hall C Saturday, March 5, 2011 7:30 am – 9:00 am Plated Breakfast/General Session Convention Center Exhibit Hall A/B 8:30 am – 11:30 am Exhibitors’ Marketplace Convention Center Exhibit Hall C 9:00 am – 9:30 am Break – 3rd Drawing Exhibitor’s Marketplace 9:30 am – 10:45 am Breakout Sessions Convention Center, Hyatt Regency, and Sheraton Grand 9:30 am – 11:00 am California Partnership Academies Convention Center Exhibit Hall A/B Coordinator/Director Meeting 10:45 am – 11:15 am Final Break 11:15 am – 12:30 pm Closing Breakout Sessions Convention Center, Hyatt Regency, and Sheraton Grand Thank you - See you next year! 3 Pre-Conference Session 1 Thursday, March 3, 9:00am - 11:00am Convention Center 302/303 Student Engagement in Learning: I'll Attend School and Work Hard When I Understand the Two Hour Session Benefits of my Effort This highly interactive program will provide an introduction to The Freshman Transition Initiative. Best practices will be highlighted by experienced practitioners. Materials and resources that facilitate implementation will be shared. The value and importance of working