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- The Tucson Business Community & Voters wanted:
- More variety in Career and Technical Education
- Technology based educational opportunities for students
- Address the needs of all students, not just college bound
- Meet the needs of Business and Industry by providing a highly skilled
workforce
- Preparation for high-wage careers
- Relevant education to reduce drop out rates
- Develop interpersonal, leadership & workplace skills
- No more “business as usual” – radically improved programs
- Combination of “Satellite” and “Central” sites.
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- Governing Board took office
- Interim Superintendent selected
- Structure and groundwork laid
- Intergovernmental agreements drafted
- by attorneys and approved by
JTED, 11
member districts, and Pima Community College
- Superintendent appointed
- Office space and assistance with financial set-up provided by the Pima
County School Superintendent
- Business & Industry advisory committee established
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- Current Governing Board
- Mary Jondrow, Ph.D.
- Wayne Peate, M.D.
- Stacey Rich
- Alex Jŕcome
- Stuart Katz
- Romalda Miguel
- Christopher Weiss
- Harry Muir, Ph.D.
- Ruth Solomon
- Robert DeBerry
- John Hayes
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- August 15, 2007—ten charter students were enrolled in CTE courses at
Pima College, paid for by JTED
- CTE class enrollments increased from 12,000 students in Fall, 2006 to
17,000 in Fall, 2007
- $12 million made available to 11 Pima County school districts to provide
new CTE programs and to enhance existing CTE programs
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- WATER –JET WELDING
- 4-WHEEL ALIGNMENT RACKS-Computerized
- SMARTBOARDS
- COMPUTERS – LAPTOPS - HANDHELDS
- DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT
- ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT
- BIOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
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- July 1, 2007, Pima County JTED becomes an official governmental entity
- July 10, 2007—4 staff members and 1˝ support staff hired
- July 10, 2007 –Governing Board adopts official Board Policies and
Procedures 541pages.
- JTED Staff develops internal
procedures ranging from
purchasing, amending
budgets, and approving
travel to teacher and student
recognition programs.
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- A two-day Strategic Planning Retreat brought together 30 representatives
of the community to outline our beliefs, values, mission statement and 7
goals.
- Seven “Action Teams” are finalizing their “Action Plans”.
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- GOAL #1: OPERATIONAL PLAN
- By July 1, 2009 we will develop and begin implementation of an
operational plan that will equitably address the following for all JTED
students:
- Programs and program locations
- Central & satellite facilities
- Scheduling
- Transportation
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- GOAL #2: POLICIES, PROCEDURES & GUIDELINES
- By July 1, 2008 we will develop and distribute a district-wide
operational manual that includes a comprehensive list of policies,
procedures and guidelines.
- This manual will be revised & reissued by July 1st of
each year.
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- GOAL #3 :PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- By July 1, 2008 we will develop and implement a plan for teacher
recruitment, support & retention to ensure the delivery of rigorous
and relevant CTE programs.
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- GOAL #4: PUBLIC RELATIONS/COMMUNICATION
- By July 1, 2008 we will establish quarterly reports to update the
community regarding the status of the JTED organization.
- We will establish a marketing plan to publicize achievement, address
recruitment needs & provide program information.
- We will develop a comprehensive recognition program by July 1, 2008
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- GOAL #5: LOBBYING / ADVOCACY
- By July 1, 2009 we will develop a plan to establish relationships with
local, state & national organizations to advocate for the needs
of
our CTE programs &
resource development.
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- GOAL #6: SYSTEMS/INFRASTRUCTURE
- By August 1, 2008 we will have a
needs analysis plan and an RFP for the development and delivery of
distance learning/e-learning
infrastructure and
technologies to
serve all JTED
students.
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- GOAL #7: FUNDING
- By October 15, 2009 we will have procedures and guidelines for the distribution of
funding that align
with the JTED
vision, mission
and operational
plan.
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- Second semester, JTED enrolled 30 students at Pima College: 26 from
charter schools, 4 from member districts
- Fifteen JTED Career Counselors were hired for TUSD, Sunnyside, and
Sahuarita districts to provide classroom lessons, career pathways, and
personal plans for students, and increasing CTE enrollments
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- Several automotive programs are working toward NATEF certification with
assistance from JTED staff
- 79 CTE teachers have received professional development through JTED
staff, helping them move toward the necessary certification
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- JTED’s first “central campus” program offers cosmetology, currently
serving Marana and Flowing Wells students – CTE Directors Brenda
Marietti &Cathie Raymond
paved the way!
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- JTED paid for institutional membership so every student eligible to
participate in Family and Consumer Science student organization may
register without charge—Pima County this year enrolled 1,161 students in
FCCLA, with savings of $9,915 due to the JTED institutional membership
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- First “central campus” site for Certified Nurse Assistant and Fire
Science programs at new JTED building, purchased February, 2008
(transfer of assets from cash to real property)
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- Business & Industry Advisory Board from ten occupational clusters
(along with a representative from Pima College and a representative of
the CTE Directors) meets monthly and reports to the Governing Board
- JTED Business & Industry Construction Subcommittee has organized a
pilot project to provide job shadowing activities for 28 junior students
from the district construction programs with paid internships this
summer
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- Some of the new programs to be offered beginning in August, 2008 include
pre-engineering (Project Lead-The-Way), aviation technology, fire
science, law enforcement, ag-science, bioscience, biotechnology
(including forensics)
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- Completed the process of submitting request to the U.S. Department of
Justice following the statutory requirements of A.R.S. §15-393 to
re-configure the JTED Governing Board to a five-person board to be
elected in November, 2008 and to take office on January 1, 2009
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Working on pilot project to deliver Certified Nurse Assistant
training from Catalina Magnet High School via distance learning to other
sites in Pima County
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- The Pima County JTED wants to publicly recognize the hard work and
commitment of the local CTE Directors:
- Amphi- Patti Greenleaf
- Flowing Wells-Brenda Marietti
- Catalina Foothills – Dr. Jill Ranucci
- Sunnyside – Jacque Croteau
- Ajo – Lloyd Sedillo
- Tanque Verde – Greg Miller
- TUSD – Kathy Prather ( Brian, David, Debbie, Carol)
- Vail – Todd Welch
- Sahuarita – Claudette Welch
- Indian Oasis – Walter Wesch
- Marana – Cathie Raymond
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- Administration & staff
are active in the
community
- Monthly meetings with CTE Directors
- Southern Arizona Professional Developers (SAPD)
- University of Arizona Professional Preparation Board
- Monthly Superintendent’s Meeting (11 member districts)
- Monthly JTED Superintendent’s Meetings
- Arizona Dept. of Education Local Directors’ Meetings
- Arizona School Boards Association
- Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council
- ACTE Arizona Annual Conference
- Tech-Prep National Conference and Arizona Tech-Prep
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- Innovation Frontiers Arizona WIRED Grant
- TREO
- Arizona Department of Education Assessment Stakeholders Committee
- Arizona Builder’s Alliance Apprenticeship & Board Committee
- Pima County Juvenile Court
- Several Pima Community College Advisory Committees
- Southern Arizona School Business Officials
- University of Arizona P-20 Council
- University of Arizona Biotechnology Advisory Committee
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- We are meeting regularly to create “distance learning” options for Ajo
and Indian Oasis/Baboquivari school districts
- We are actively attracting, training, and placing teachers from industry
in an attempt to meet the critical shortage of teachers.
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- We are attempting to put state-of-the-art technology into “aging
infrastructure”
- We are working with a variety of Student Information Systems within the
member districts, none of which were set up to handle the data needs of
the JTED
- In some cases, teachers are being asked to take attendance twice in
every period—once for their own data system and a second time for the
JTED data system
- We have 12 different district calendars, and multiple bell schedules
even within districts
- Many of the CTE classes are full — no room for additional students
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- Some of our advisory committees have not provided substantive feedback
to the Governing Board
- We must “market” ourselves to the
community—feedback to the taxpayers
- Recruit candidates for vacant Governing Board seats in the November
elections
- Issues of territoriality
- Completing JTED Strategic Plan 2008-2013 and disseminating that
information
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- Not all schools “on board” with the purpose and need for Career and
Technical Student Organizations (CTSO’s)
- Need from business & industry for sites for job shadowing and
internship opportunities for students
- Educate CTE teachers, counselors, administrators, and the community about JTED
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Notes
