May 2008 Volume 1, Issue 1

CTE Teacher Pipeline

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Paid Student Internships

CTE Teacher Pipeline The CTE Teacher Pipeline is offering paid internships for El Camino College students in our program. We are matching student interns with 16007 Crenshaw Blvd CT E tea chers in local high schools and SoCal ROC. Student Torrance, CA 90506 interns will be paid $10.50 an hour for five hours per week during their respective school’s semesters. Phone: 310.660.3589 If you are interested in becoming a student intern teamed up with either an industrial arts teacher or a family and consumer Fax: sciences teacher, please call or stop by our office for an 310-660-6085 application and to set up an interview.

E-Mail: [email protected] Industrial Technology Education at CSULA CSULA has one of only two degree and credentialing programs in the state for Industrial Technology Education. They recently have revised their program to make it easier for community college transfer students. To transfer into this program, an El Camino College student needs to successfully complete general transfer requirements and complete a technology program of at least 23 semester units. Once this is complete the ECC student can transfer to CSULA as a junior! For more information on this fantastic program visit: Build the future http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/ecst/tech/teched/index.htm T E A C H !

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ECC Connected Robotics Teams Sweep Regional Competition

The Los Angeles FIRST Robotics Competition Regional were held this past March and El Camino College can claim connections with seven different teams – all of whom made the playoffs!

The following high school teams were connected to ECC in many ways. Some had students concurrently enrolled in ECC Machine Tool Technology courses, others m ade p arts in the ECC machine shop, and still others received financial support from ECC.

• Team 207 Metal Crafters, Hawthorne High School finished #8 in the

seeding round • Team 294 Beach Cities Robotics, Mira Costa & Redondo Union High School Finalist - finished #24 in the seeding round • Team 330 Beach Bots, Hope Chapel Academy - Regional Winner - finished Teach future #1 in the seeding round engineers to do the • Team 687 The Nerd Herd, Calif. Academy of Math and Science (CAMS) robot. finished #3 in the seeding round • Team 702 Bagel Bytes, Culver City High School finished #17 in the seeding round • Team 1702 Los Platanos Fritos, City Honors High School finished #36 in the seeding round • Team 2637 SMERT PANZARS, PV Peninsula High School finished #5 in the seeding round “I’ve been a long- ECC connected teams won the following distinctions: ti me supporter of • Team 207 Metal Crafters won the Motorola Quality Award, career technical • Team 687 The Nerd Herd won the Judges Award, education because • Team 2637 SMERT PANZARS won Highest Rookie Seed Award, • Team 294 Beach Cities Robotics were finalist, and it’s the best • Team 330 Beach Bots was the Regional Winner. opportunity to give our students a Information submitted by Harold E. Hofmann Jr., Instructor, Machine Tool first-class ticket to T echn ology and Karen Hess, Community Advancement Outreach Coordinator. quality jobs.” For more information on FIRST please visit: http://www.usfirst.org/

About the CTE Teacher Pipeline… Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger The CTE Teacher Pipeline is dedicated to creating the career pipelines and supporting future CTE teachers with our partner institutions. For the 2008-09 year our partners are Torrance Unified School District, SoCal ROC, CSULA and CSULB. The El Camino Community College District is committed to providing equal opportunity in which no person is subjected to discrimination on the basis of ethnic group identification, national origin, religion, age, sex, race, color, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability or retaliation. Publication funded by the Chancellor’s Office, California Community Colleges Teacher Preparation Pipeline grant.