’s 10th Georgia Board of Education Member:

Congressional Dr. Stanley W. DeJarnett

District

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Golden Key Award Recipients Golden Key Awardee Organization Golden Key Award of Quality Christa Steinkamp Georgia FFA Ben Lastly, Hannah Elrick, Golden Key Team Award Georgia FFA & Andy Paul

Georgia Association for Career and Technical Education Excellence Awards Award Division Awardee Organization/School Administrator of the Year TIEGA Sandra Martin Georgia Department of Education Administrator of the Year GA e-TED Tim Schmitt Newton County Schools Carl D. Perkins Community Service Award GA e-TED Kimberly Garren Winder-Barrow High School Teacher of the Year TIEGA Benjamin Lowe Jackson High School J. Alvin Wilbanks Lifetime Achievement Retired Superintendent from Morgan GACTE Dr. James Woodard Award County and former CTAE Educator

LEAD CTAE (Leadership Exploration Advocacy Development) Click here to see what the program is all about! Graduate School Tasia Ellis Newton County Schools Joseph Nesbit Greene County High School

GVATA Awards (Georgia Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association) Award Awardee School System Georgia Green Industry Association Rebecca Glennie Clarke County Georgia Green Industry Association Casey Elias Jasper County Georgia Green Industry Association Melanie Dorminey Walton County Georgia Green Industry Association Justin Youngblood Walton County

Work-Based Learning/Youth Apprenticeship Awards Award Awardee Organization/School Distinguished WBL Coordinator of the Year Jennifer Turner Loganville High School Work-Based Learning Business Partner of the Year Kubota Manufacturing of America

Atlanta Electrical Contractors’ Employability Skills Award Division Place Awardee School System CTAE Teacher Finalist Christina Pollard Newton County

Being Recognized for Achievement in Georgia’s CTAE Spring 2021 FY22 Georgia Economic Development Partnership Cohort School System Barrow County Schools

FY21 Industry Certified Programs (Click here to see the full list of Industry Certified Programs) Program Certification Area School Ag Mechanics Oconee County Animal Science Oconee County Architecture/Construction Jackson High School Engineering/Technology North Oconee High School Nutrition and Food Science Apalachee High School Nutrition and Food Science Winder-Barrow High School Ag Mechanics Oconee County Animal Science Oconee County

In the News! (Click to see Article/Pictures) Annual Camp T&I Builds Tiny Homes for Veterans Morgan County Teacher Selected for New York Times Learning Teaching Project Internships – Super Lawn Trucks Georgia's Future Educator Signing Day Trade and Industrial Instructors Learn from Industry Experts

CTI State Leadership Conference Competitive Events Competitions Place Student School Agricultural Science, Lvl 1 1st Breyer Walnut Grove High School Agricultural Science, Lvl 2 1st Garmon Loganville High School Clinical Skills, Lvl 1 1st John Baldwin High School Computer Applications, Lvl 2 1st Santiago Loganville High School Hair Design, Lvl 2 1st Roberson Baldwin High School Horticulture/Floriculture, Lvl 2 1st Rutledge Loganville High School Nutrition and Food Science, Lvl 1 1st Breyer Walnut Grove High School Advertising Campaign, Lvl 2 2nd Baynes Monroe Area High School Career Exploration, Lvl 1 2nd Cannon Walnut Grove High School Computer Applications, Lvl 1 2nd Dyer Baldwin High School Drafting and Design, Lvl 2 2nd Gray Monroe Area High School Early Childhood Education, Lvl 1 2nd Howard Baldwin High School Early Childhood Education, Lvl 2 3rd Dorfman Monroe Area High School Early Childhood Education, Lvl 2 3rd Dorfman Monroe Area High School Occupational Creative Thinking 3rd Hudgins and Powar-Britten Alcovy High School Public Speaking, Lvl 1 3rd Brodnax Walnut Grove High School

DECA State Career Development Conference Competitive Events Competitions Place Student School Georgia DECA Foundation $1,500 Shin Mill Creek High School Scholarship Apparel & Accessories Marketing 1st Ferreira Mill Creek High School Community Giving Project 1st Shin Mill Creek High School Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling 1st Park Mill Creek High School Human Resources Management 1st Kim Mill Creek High School Principles of Business Management & 1st Keller Morgan County High School Administration Principles of Finance 1st Whittaker Mill Creek High School Restaurant & Food Service Management 2nd Eberhart Oconee County High School Being Recognized for Achievement in Georgia’s CTAE Spring 2021 Sports & Entertainment Marketing 2nd Shin Mill Creek High School Business Services Marketing 3rd Santos-McLeod Mill Creek High School Innovation Plan 3rd McFarland and Parris Mill Creek High School Principles of Hospitality & Tourism 3rd Chavous Ola High School Automotive Services Marketing 4th Wood Morgan County High School Retail Merchandising 4th Jones Mill Creek High School Accounting Applications 5th Jung Mill Creek High School Principles of Business Management & 6th Jackson Ola High School Administration Principles of Marketing 6th Jones Mill Creek High School Automotive Services Marketing 7th Patterson Mill Creek High School Business Finance 7th Owens Ola High School Hospitality Services 7th Jackson and Neither Mill Creek High School Principles of Marketing 7th Safrit Ola High School Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling 8th Orellana Morgan County High School Sports & Entertainment Marketing 9th Balicki Morgan County High School

FBLA State Leadership Conference Competitive Events Competitions Place Student School 3-D Animation 1st Abiodun Union Grove High School Client Service 1st Vaughn Jasper County High School Business Calculations 2nd Huang Oconee County High School Employability Skills - ML 2nd Mepani Malcom Bridge Middle School Business Calculations 3rd Stevens North Oconee High School Critical Thinking - ML 3rd Shen, Pearson, & Mepani Malcom Bridge Middle School Thomson-McDuffie Middle Elevator Speech - ML 3rd Wyatt School Business Concepts - ML 4th Iyamu Dacula Middle School Thomson-McDuffie Middle Creed - ML 4th Jackson School Personal Finance 4th Huang Oconee County High School Cyber Security 5th Wingrove Oconee County High School FBLA Concepts - ML 5th Visitacion Malcom Bridge Middle School Intro to Computer Science & Coding - ML 5th Seward Malcom Bridge Middle School Public Speaking - ML 5th Alexander Jasper County Middle School Computer Applications 6th Woolsey Loganville High School Economics 6th Stevens North Oconee High School Intro to Business Communication - ML 6th Silock Dacula Middle School Intro to Computer Science & Coding - ML 6th Pearson Malcom Bridge Middle School Business Ethics 7th Li North Oconee High School Career Exploration - ML 7th Yancey Oconee County Middle School Sports & Entertainment Management 7th Munneke, Nelson, & Morneault Oconee County High School Economics 8th Das Oconee County High School Business Concepts - ML 9th Im Malcom Bridge Middle School Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure 9th Sharma Alcovy High School Public Speaking - ML 9th Murray Oconee County Middle School Social Media Concepts - ML 9th Kalec Dacula Middle School Shan, Visitacion, & Social Media Strategies 9th North Oconee High School Bustamante Business Concepts - ML 10th Zhou Malcom Bridge Middle School Business Math & Financial Literacy - ML 10th Kalec Dacula Middle School Employability Skills - ML 10th Murray Oconee County Middle School FBLA Concepts - ML 10th Akindairo Dacula Middle School Marketing Concepts - ML 10th Im Malcom Bridge Middle School

Being Recognized for Achievement in Georgia’s CTAE Spring 2021 FCCLA State Leadership Conference Competitive Events Competition Place Student School Honor Roll Chapter North Oconee High School Honor Roll Chapter Oconee County High School Honor Roll with Distinction Chapter Loganville High School Largest Membership Increase, Region 6 Morgan County High School Power of One St. John Baldwin High School Career Investigation, Lvl 3 1st Wiernicki Union Grove High School Digital Delish Dish 1st Yarden and Ilwor Oconee County High School Early Childhood Education, Lvl 3 1st Ennis Loganville High School Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation, Lvl 3 1st Hale and McConnell Oconee County High School Promote and Publicize FCCLA, Lvl 3 1st Graham, Hayunga, & Langford Oconee County High School Event Management, Lvl 2 2nd Gaines and Woods Oglethorpe County High School Anderson, Robinson, & Event Management, Lvl 3 2nd Union Grove High School Thomas Oglethrope County Middle Food Innovations, Lvl 1 2nd Hernandez and Hueso School Proficiency Testing - Fashion Design 2nd Peel Greenbrier High School Proficiency Testing - Nutrition & Food 2nd Scott Johnson County High School Science Sports Nutrition, Lvl 3 2nd Bell and Sekandi Oconee County High School Teach and Train, Lvl 1 2nd Kennedy Russell Middle School Creed Speaking and Interpretation 3rd Furlow Monroe Area High School Early Childhood Education, Lvl 3 3rd Smith Jackson High School Proficiency Testing - Teaching as a 3rd Lillie Greenbrier High School Profession Sports Nutrition, Lvl 2 3rd Tucker Union Grove High School Chapter Service Project Portfolio, Lvl 3 4th Abu-Salim Union Grove High School Entrepreneurship, Lvl 2 4th Dickson and Slamkova Apalachee High School Food Innovations, Lvl 2 4th Fernandez Apalachee High School Interpersonal Communications, Lvl 3 4th Zills Greenbrier High School Teach and Train, Lvl 3 4th Gammon Washington-Wilkes High School Entrepreneurship, Lvl 3 5th Donovan and Donovan Winder-Barrow High School

FFA State Career Development Events Competition Place Student School Lawnmower Operations, Jr. 1st Vinson Wilbanks Middle School Nursery Landscape, Sr. - Individual 1st Pan Clarke Central High School Poultry Evaluation, Jr. 1st Ransom, Patel, Hu, & Linder Oconee County Middle School Pritchard, Champer, Pursley, Poultry Evaluation, Sr. 1st Oconee County High School & McCarley Poultry Evaluation, Sr. - Individual 1st Pritchard Oconee County High School Prepared Public Speaking, Sr. 1st Peters Walnut Grove High School Cummings, Grant, Schulz, Agricultural Communications 2nd Clarke Central High School & Ochieng Farmer, Fielder, McGowan, Floriculture, Jr. 2nd Loganville Middle School & Logan Lawnmower Operations, Sr. 2nd Dickens Oconee County High School Poultry Evaluation, Jr. - Individual 2nd Hu Oconee County Middle School Agricultural Electrification 3rd Cronic Oglethorpe County High School Nursery Landscape, Sr. 3rd Pan, Clarke, Schulz, & Veeder Clarke Central High School Poultry Evaluation, Sr. - Individual 3rd Champer Oconee County High School Durham, Thornton, Durham, Wildlife Management, Sr. 3rd Washington-Wilkes High School & Hefner

Being Recognized for Achievement in Georgia’s CTAE Spring 2021 HOSA State Leadership Conference Competitive Events Competition Place Student School Behavioral Health 2nd Lee Mill Creek High School Personal Care - Skill Only 2nd Victrum Jasper County High School Home Health Aide 3rd Strength Jasper County High School Veterinary Science 3rd Colquitt Oconee County High School Washington-Wilkes High Health Career Photography 4th Verm School White, Sanadiki, Smith, & HOSA Bowl 4th Greenbrier High School Thomas Medical Law and Ethics 4th Damoni Mill Creek High School Freeman, Talkington, Lowe, Public Service Announcement 4th Oconee County High School Hammond, & Parrish Biomedical Debate 5th Waskiewicz, Cai, & David North Oconee High School Medical Reading 5th Burns Winder-Barrow High School Dental Terminology 6th Leng Union Grove High School Extemporaneous Writing - Online Test 6th Zaldana-Lopez Winder-Barrow High School Research Poster 8th Bui North Oconee High School Health Career Display 9th Lunt and Brookes Winder-Barrow High School Cultural Diversities & Disparities in 10th Gray Greenbrier High School Healthcare Healthcare Issues Exam National Qualifier Tyner Oconee County High School

SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference Competition Events Competition Place Student School Architectural Drafting Gold Abiodun Union Grove High School High Risk Vehicle Stop Gold Schanck, McCune, & Oglesby Greenbrier High School Legal Service Knowledge- Test (9-10) Gold Donosky Greenbrier High School Mathematical Applications-Test (11-12) Gold Wallace Putnam County High School Metal Working Display Gold Gergen, Edwards, & Taylor Thomson High School Sharma, Patel, Troy, Cook, Quiz Bowl Gold Union Grove High School Sethna, Groover, & Troy Related Technical Math - Test Gold Jung Mill Creek High School Action Skills Silver Lewis Apalachee High School Applied Communications -Test (11-12) Silver Jongebreur Union Grove High School Extemporaneous Speaking Silver Pena Greenbrier High School Mathematical Applications-Test (11-12) Silver McCarthy Union Grove High School Mathematical Concepts-Test (9-10) Silver Jourdan Union Grove High School Criswell, Martinez, Promotional Bulletin Board Silver Apalachee High School & Contreras Related Technical Math - Test Silver Lampkins Union Grove High School Automotive Service Technology Bronze Montgomery Career Profile Portfolio (11-12) Bronze Anderson Union Grove High School Costain, Augenstein, Criminal Justice Quiz Bowl Bronze Greenbrier High School & Douglas Job Skill Demonstration A Bronze Minchey Putnam County High School Legal Service Knowledge-Test (11-12) Bronze Rhodes Greenbrier High School Welding Sculpture Bronze Corbitt Thomson High School

Being Recognized for Achievement in Georgia’s CTAE Spring 2021 TSA State Leadership Conference Competitive Events Competition Place Student School On Demand Video 1st Smith and Smith Jasper County High School System Control Technology 1st Jones, Lisle, & Jones Monroe Area High School Transportation Modeling 1st Argueta Winder-Barrow High School Architectural Design 3rd Barron, Tobin, & Barron Winder-Barrow High School GaTSA Legacy Chapter 3rd Lisle and Thao Monroe Area High School Prepared Speech - MS 3rd Thomas Putnam County Middle School Computer Integrated Manufacturing 4th Bussa Winder-Barrow High School Debating Technical Issues 4th Peters and Goumas Walnut Grove High School Tech Bowl - MS 4th Yarbrough, Torok, & Butler Morgan County Middle School Vaca, Pedraza-Gomez, & Board Game Design 5th Winder-Barrow High School Jara-Hamada Community Service Video - MS 5th Neigh and Smith Morgan County Middle School Photographic Technology 5th Brown Walnut Grove High School Ozburn, Scott, Kerr, Bailey, & Video Game Design - MS 5th Morgan County Middle School Sewell Animatronics 6th Jones, Furlow, Lisle, & Thao Monroe Area High School Debating Technical Issues 6th Buck and Paschal Morgan County High School Leadership Strategies - MS 6th Torok and Butler Morgan County Middle School Villanueva, Thomas, Myers, & Board Game Design 7th Walnut Grove High School Gray Coding 7th Tharp and Caamano Loganville High School Essays on Technology 7th Hunt Walnut Grove High School Architectural Design 8th Villanueva, Miller, & Stone Walnut Grove High School Children's Stories - MS 8th Raiyani Putnam County Middle School Fashion Design and Technology 8th Lisle, Furlow, & Thao Monroe Area High School Taylor, Brown, Stone, Gray, On Demand Video 8th Walnut Grove High School Miller, Cowan, & Barker Career Prep - MS 10th Sewell Morgan County Middle School Essays on Technology 10th Zhang North Oconee High School Extemporaneous Speech 10th Polk Morgan County High School Forensic Science 10th Farese and Almand Morgan County High School Myers, Miller, Taylor, Brown, Digital Video Production 11th Walnut Grove High School Gray, & Barker Myers, Nguyen, Schrack, & Engineering Design 11th Walnut Grove High School Romero Off the Grid - MS 11th Schubert, Tanner, & Smith Morgan County Middle School Warren, Waller, Stevens, & On Demand Video 11th North Oconee High School Johnson Prepared Speech - MS 11th Ozburn Morgan County Middle School Promotional Design 11th Brown Walnut Grove High School Children's Stories 12th Oldham, Fowler, & Taylor Walnut Grove High School

Being Recognized for Achievement in Georgia’s CTAE Spring 2021

CDEs – Career Development Events

FFA Career Development Events (CDEs) are contests members compete in to test their skills learned through agricultural education instructions

CTSO – Career Technical Student Organization

CTSOs are co-curricular organizations with leadership programs and competitive events which reflect current curriculum standards and competencies for the instructional programs they serve. Co-curricular means curriculum-based competitive events which reinforce standards, Instructional time within the classroom, integrated with curriculum, incorporated into lesson plans, leadership development through real world application, as well as trips centered around career path and career exploration. The current list of approved CTSOs is: CTI, DECA, FBLA, FCCLA, FFA, First Robotics, HOSA, Skills USA, and TSA.

EOPA – End of Pathway Assessments

Georgia implemented a measurement mechanism that would ascertain the technical skill attainment level of students participating in career and technical education courses. These mechanisms are valid and reliable technical assessments aligned with industry-validated standards.

Industry Certification

When a CTAE program becomes industry certified, the program receives a "stamp of excellence," which represents the apex of program quality. Only those programs which successfully undergo rigorous reviews by leaders from business and industry are recognized with this distinction.

WBL – Work Based Learning

YAP – Youth Apprenticeship

Top Gun

Twenty teachers/WBL coordinators are invited to attend the Top Gun training, representing all regions of the state. Participants learn to use marketing and public relations toolkits to more effectively market and brand their program and increase connections with the business and industry sector. Other topics included increasing employability skills in high school students, matching education to economic development needs, and improving the quality of student placements and mentoring.

Georgia Association of Career and Technical Education (GACTE)

Georgia ACTE is a state affiliate of the national association representing thousands of career and technical education professionals, all working to make a real different in students’ lives. We provide educators with powerful resources, professional development, and information to help them achieve more.

GACTE Divisions • Career and Counseling Development (CCD) • Georgia Affiliate for Engineering and Technology Education (GAeTE) • Georgia Association of Career Educators for Special Needs Populations (GACESNP) • Georgia Association of Teachers of Family and Consumer Sciences (GATFACS) • Georgia Business Education Association (GBEA) • Georgia Council for Career and Technical Administrators (GCCTA) • Georgia Marketing Education Association (GMEA) • Healthcare Science Technology Education Association (HSTEA) • Junior Reserves Officers Trainings Corp (JROTC) • Trade and Industrial Educators of Georgia (TIEGA)

Being Recognized for Achievement in Georgia’s CTAE Spring 2021