funding, SPONSORships, Summer camp!
- Consortia schools allocated $1000. Funding utilized by the local secondary schools for curriculum enhance-ment, books, software, equipment and/or activities related to career pathways within the grant.
- Underwrote the Career Fair @ Central Academy to present career pathways and educational information to middle school students.
- Purchased software related to the AST and IST Career Pathways which included AssessPrep CIW v5 Foundations, MS Office 2003 Pro, and Corel Draw for Craig County High School.
- Sponsorship of CTE In-Service, the Virginia Workplace Readiness Skills Curriculum Development Workshop.
- Underwrote the Salem High School and Culinary Arts Field trip to Washington, DC.
- Professional Development Seminars.
- “Developing Tech Prep Career Pathways” for approximately 25 Roanoke City Public School CTE teachers and 15 VWCC Professors and Administrators.
- "Secondary Educators Professional Development Kuder Training" for approximately 25 Roanoke City Public School teachers and guidance counselors.
- Professional Presentations.
- Local seminar - “ABCs of Tech Prep" to various high school students during Future Business Leaders Association (FBLA) Regional Competition.
- State seminar - "Tech Prep Career Pathways and Career Coaching Programs" at the 2006 Virginia Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Annual Convention.
- National seminar - "Tech Prep Career Pathways and Career Coaching Programs" at the 2007 National Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Conference in Las Vegas, NV.
- Tech Prep Career Pathways Summer Camp. This FREE two-day camp gives rising 8th grade middle school students the chance to experience hands-on technology and explore a variety of career opportunities in a college setting.
- Students rotate through various sessions, including Robotics, economic success, budgeting and personal finance, career assessment and development activities, and use Global Positioning System (GPS) units for scavenger hunts.
- 3rd Annual Summer Camp is scheduled for July 10 & 11, 2008!
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