In this workshop Steve Sassaman will discuss how to teach career exploration and “soft skills” to students.

A working lunch will be provided.

This session was recorded. See videos below.

Your Students Will Learn About Exciting Opportunities Offered Through Apprenticeship

Learn about high-wage, high-skill careers from professionals.

11th and 12th grade Students Registered with Their Teacher Only

• How to get the most out of the multitude of tools packed into this awesome application.
• Tips on cutting your production time significantly with the help of Photoshop gurus’ tips and shortcuts … no more deadline panic!
• Ways you can avoid the techno-glitches that can destroy hours of your hard work.
• How to produce out-of-this-world special effects that will leave other designers scratching their heads.
• And much more!

In this workshop Penny Jadwin will discuss how to work with under resourced, under prepared students as well as students with disabilities.

Each participant is asked to bring either a course textbook or supplemental reading materials they may use with students as part of their job assignment.

A working lunch will be provided, and parking is relaxed.

Online registration closes 1/20/12 for the Exemplary Practices Educational Leadership Conference "Focusing on our Valley Students" featuring Dr. Anthony Muhammad, Dr. Eugene Garcia, and presenters from numerous exemplary schools, districts and programs. Please go to www.csufresno.edu/cveli to register now at the regular rate of $150. If you miss online registration, you will need to register on-site at the event, with your check for $200 for late registration. No credit cards accepted.

CASD presents a professional development opportunity in partnership with CART and Dublin Unified School District:

Leading, Learning and Producing - Tools and Knowledge in the Digital Age

In this workshop Career Ladders Trainer Devon Werble, as well as Ron Yung and Donna Cooper, will discuss Academic Integration Into CTE Course Work.

A working lunch will be provided, and parking is relaxed.

Topics will include:

• 20 Stages of Contextualized Teaching and Learning
• Needs Analysis Activity
• Academic Integration: Strategies to Use
• Contextualization and Integration in Practice
• Integrating Workplace Skills into the Classroom

CASD presents a professional development opportunity in partnership with CART and Dublin Unified School District: Leading, Learning and Producing - Tools and Knowledge in the Digital Age

This hands-on workshop for CTE educators explores the ways in which Google tools can empower your teaching, as well as increase opportunities for collaboration and communication. Activities include search techniques, collaborative applications, mobile applications, Google Docs, Google Maps and Earth, as well as Google SketchUp.

Working lunch will be provided.

In this workshop Penny Jadwin will discuss how to assess and deal with students’ different learning styles.

Image courtesy of Clayton Brown, Yosemite High School

Please note change in time!

Fresno State has announced they will be offering a Construction Management Awareness day on November 18, 2011. Come learn about the fast paced and exciting field of Construction Management.

Please complete the online form below to find out more information:

http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/660527/CM-Day-Interest-Form

Full Conference Registration: $325 members, $375 non-members
Includes: Presidents' Reception, Thursday Continental Breakfast and Lunch, Friday Breakfast Buffet and Social

Confirmed Speaker: Bill Daggett

Special conference hotel rate: $189 + taxes
Call Loews Coronado Bay Resort at (800) 815-6397
(ask for CALCP/CAROCP 2011 Fall Conference, or Code CALN17)

Hotel reservation deadline: Friday, October 14, 2011
Discounted self-parking rate of $10 per day.

Make your hotel reservations now!

This in-service is for CTE construction instructors who wish to become a Certified Craft Instructor under National Center for Construction Education and Research Training (NCCER).

Teachers will be given manuals ahead of time at, no charge to participants, so that they may become familiar with materials. Certification exams will be administered at the end of the training.

State Center Consortium and Fresno ROP are co-sponsoring this event.

This hands-on workshop for CTE educators explores the ways in which technology can empower your teaching, as well as increase opportunities for collaboration and communication.

Working lunch will be provided.

From the grain grinders of ancient Holland to the wind farms being constructed all around the US, wind power has captured the public imagination with its simplicity and elegance. Dig deeper into the wind and introduce your students to the science and technology behind the fastest growing energy resource in the world.

In this workshop Career Ladders Trainers Devon Werble and Peter Simon will discuss Academic Integration Into CTE Course Work.

A working lunch will be provided, and parking is relaxed.

In this workshop Jorge Aguilar will discuss how Equity and Access work is interfacing with higher education admissions-related matters. This is mostly related to increasing chances for students to make a seamless transition to higher education, but not about assessments once students are enrolled in higher education.

This workshop is available to schools who will be working with the student portfolio software called Career Cruising. Both beginning and advanced levels will be covered. State Center Consortium recommends that all SCC-sponsored career cruising sites send a representative for training for the school year 2011-2012.

School Districts are required by Education Code Section 51934 to provide “HIV/AIDS prevention education from instructors trained in the appropriate courses” for “all pupils in grades 7 to 12”. Andrés E. Alba, the Program Manager from the UCSF Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center will prepare your instructors to meet this requirement.

• Teacher Coaching
• Consultations
• Workshops
• Modeling
• Observations
• Resource Provision

Bring contextual teaching to life by infusing math into your Career Technical Education programs

Workshop Goals:

• Present data showing improved test scores in high schools when using project based learning
• Teams of high school math and CTE teachers will develop contextual lessons in their respective content areas
• Core & CTE curriculum alignment
• Demonstration of exemplary contextual lessons from geometry in construction and algebra 2 in auto class
• Find a practical way to fulfill STEM initiatives for all students

Bring contextual teaching to life by infusing math into your Career Technical Education programs

Workshop Goals:

• Present data showing improved test scores in high schools when using project based learning
• Teams of high school math and CTE teachers will develop contextual lessons in their respective content areas
• Core & CTE curriculum alignment
• Demonstration of exemplary contextual lessons from geometry in construction and algebra 2 in auto class
• Find a practical way to fulfill STEM initiatives for all students

Bring contextual teaching to life by infusing math into your Career Technical Education programs

Workshop Goals:

• Present data showing improved test scores in high schools when using project based learning
• Teams of high school math and CTE teachers will develop contextual lessons in their respective content areas
• Core & CTE curriculum alignment
• Demonstration of exemplary contextual lessons from geometry in construction and algebra 2 in auto class
• Find a practical way to fulfill STEM initiatives for all students

Training for Architectural Teachers

State Center Consortium will be sponsoring an instructor from the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to conduct this day long training.

Teachers will design a "Dream Space". Using an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to architecture, teachers develop a design for a personal living space. An architecturally detailed floor plan is drawn to scale. Models are constructed using a variety of mostly recycled materials.

The purpose of this job fair is to create opportunities for youth ages 16-24 to network with local employers as they search for employment. The goal is to keep youth engaged and actively participating in their community to help make Fresno a stronger, safer community.

Events include Fleeing Felon DASH, Crime Scene Investigation, Police Obstacle Course, Shooting/Combat Course, and Interviews.

Career Booths include Kerman Police, Fresno Sheriff, California Highway Patrol, Military booths, and California Department of Corrections.

For more information, please contact Phil Suson at (559) 846-2500 Ext. 2590.

State Center Consortium is partnering with Reedley College and Valley Regional Occupational Program to provide a Career Pathways Summit and Joint Advisory Meeting for their instructors and business advisory committee members like you. We encourage you to attend this meeting as part of your continued support of these programs.

For more information please contact the Reedley College or Valley ROP instructor for whom you serve as Advisory Committee Member. Formal Invitations will be sent to your address.

For more information go to http://fresnocitycollege.edu/index.aspx?page=1725

The Career Skills Challenge is an action oriented event open to Fresno, Madera, and Mariposa county high school students, grade 9-12. The purpose of the challenge is to provide recognition and encouragement to high school students for their accomplishments in career skills, improve participation in educational programs, and encourage support of career technical education. Please visit http://www.fresnorop.org/Pages/# for more information.

Site-Designed Pathway Planning (example: Duncan IT Pathway) - Tuesday, March 29, Room 308

Targeting youth ages 16-25.
Learn how to become a better job seeker and improve your employment opportunities!

Join us at this year's New Beginnings job preparation event and be prepared for the Mayor's Youth Job Fair.

Saturday, March 26, 2011
2 sessions being held.
9:00am and 1:30pm

Learn the following skills to attract employers:
* How to strike up a friendly conversation.
* Strategies to best present your skills in an interview.
* Things you should never do when face to face with an employer at an event.
* Key steps to draw an employer's interest.
* Interviewing tips.

Child Development/Intro to Teaching/Careers in Education - Thursday, March 24, Room 309

Your Students Will Learn About Exciting Opportunities Offered Through Apprenticeship

Learn about high-Wage, high-skill careers from professionals

Students will have the opportunity to see skill demonstrations involving several apprentice trades followed by hands-on experience in three areas. They will also be able to speak with other apprentices and employers.

Please have your students wear closed-toe shoes and dress appropriately for hands-on activities.

Working lunch will be provided

Counselors of all grade levels are invited to this educational workshop dealing with drop out prevention and careers readiness skills. Breakout session will focus on :

• 9th grade transition
• Adult school and alternative education counseling module practices
• CTE - what counselors need to know

Working Breakfast and Lunch will be provided.

If you want to start your own business, you must attend the Central California Entrepreneurship Conference. State Center Consortium is proud to be sponsoring this event.

FREE for current High School Students

Keynote Speakers, Entrepreneurship Seminars and more.

Morning Keynote Speaker

Arel Moodie

Clothing and Fashion - Tuesday, March 15, Room 308

Multimedia/Radio/TV Broadcasting/Videography - Monday, March 14, Room 308

Virtual Enterprise and Small Business Management - Friday, March 11, Room 309

Sacramento Convention Center

More Information

Who should attend

Topics Discussed

• Story Telling
• Art/Character Design
• Modeling
• Surfacing
• Layout
• An

This hands-on workshop for educators explores the ways in which Google tools can empower your teaching, as well as increase opportunities for collaboration and communication. Activities include search techniques, collaborative applications, mobile applications, Google Docs, Google Maps and Earth, as well as Google SketchUp.

This workshop is being presented for you in partnership with Instructional Technology Services.

Leadership in Today's Schools - A Blue Print for Learning Organizations

Join your fellow Central Valley educators for an engaging conference focusing on leadership strategies that address the complex challenges facing today’s educational organizations at the district, school, and classroom level. Afternoon breakout sessions will augment Dr. Reeves morning presentation and will feature successful leaders whose programs are enhancing student outcomes.

a symposium on educating future web designers

What is it?

A day-long symposium for educators and web designers to come together for talks about design principals, industry skills and standards as it applies to preparing students for careers in design.

Who should attend?

Meet at Children's Hospital Central California in Madera, CA at 9 am. We will enjoy speakers in the morning and take a tour of the hospital in the afternoon. A working lunch will be provided.

Save the Date

21st Annual CALCP/CAROCP Joint Fall Conference November 17-19, 2010

Registration packets will be mailed in September

Full Conference Registration: $300 members and $350 non-members

(includes: Presidents’ Reception, Thursday Continental Breakfast and Lunch, Friday Breakfast Buffet and social)

Special conference hotel rate: $175 + taxes ($7.50 daily resort charge) Call Rancho Las Palmas at (760) 568-2727 or (866) 423-1195 (ask for CALCP/CAROCP 2010 Fall Conference)

Creating your own classroom website could not be easier. Come and learn this easy drag and drop interface for creating meaningful website content for your classroom. With the free account, you will also be able to manage up to 40 student websites. Participants will walk away with a website.

Weebly.com

This workshop is being presented for you in partnership with Instructional Technology Services.

A Career Technical Education Regional Distribution Points Event

Workshop Overview

Reinvigorating Business/Industry Advisory Committees

The need for effective partnerships between educational institutions and employers has long been recognized as a pillar in effective career and technical programs. The workplace knowledge and resources provided by committee members help to ensure all aspects of career pathways reflect the needs and current conditions of the workplace.

A Career Technical Education Regional Distribution Points Event

Workshop Overview

Reinvigorating Business/Industry Advisory Committees

The need for effective partnerships between educational institutions and employers has long been recognized as a pillar in effective career and technical programs. The workplace knowledge and resources provided by committee members help to ensure all aspects of career pathways reflect the needs and current conditions of the workplace.

A Career Technical Education Regional Distribution Points Event

Workshop Overview

Reinvigorating Business/Industry Advisory Committees

The need for effective partnerships between educational institutions and employers has long been recognized as a pillar in effective career and technical programs. The workplace knowledge and resources provided by committee members help to ensure all aspects of career pathways reflect the needs and current conditions of the workplace.

A Career Technical Education Regional Distribution Points Event

Workshop Overview

Reinvigorating Business/Industry Advisory Committees

The need for effective partnerships between educational institutions and employers has long been recognized as a pillar in effective career and technical programs. The workplace knowledge and resources provided by committee members help to ensure all aspects of career pathways reflect the needs and current conditions of the workplace.

Job Shadowing for HS Seniors

with the Joint Taskforce

9 businesses will be hosting over 200 students from Central, Clovis, and Fresno Unified School Districts for the Job Shadowing event. The goal is for the students to be exposed to as many types of employment opportunities in a particular industry as possible. Many high school students have a very narrow view of the employment options available to them. We want to broaden their view.

View photos from this event

A Career Technical Education Regional Distribution Points Event

Workshop Overview

Reinvigorating Business/Industry Advisory Committees

The need for effective partnerships between educational institutions and employers has long been recognized as a pillar in effective career and technical programs. The workplace knowledge and resources provided by committee members help to ensure all aspects of career pathways reflect the needs and current conditions of the workplace.

A Career Technical Education Regional Distribution Points Event

Workshop Overview

Reinvigorating Business/Industry Advisory Committees

The need for effective partnerships between educational institutions and employers has long been recognized as a pillar in effective career and technical programs. The workplace knowledge and resources provided by committee members help to ensure all aspects of career pathways reflect the needs and current conditions of the workplace.

This hands-on workshop for educators explores the ways in which Google tools can empower your teaching, as well as increase opportunities for collaboration and communication. Activities include search techniques, collaborative applications, mobile applications, Google Docs, Google Maps and Earth, as well as Google SketchUp.

This workshop is being presented for you in partnership with Instructional Technology Services.

Bring contextual teaching to life by infusing math into your Career Technical Education programs

Workshop Goals:

• Present data showing improved test scores in high schools when using project based learning
• Teams of high school math and CTE teachers will develop contextual lessons in their respective content areas
• Core & CTE curriculum alignment
• Demonstration of exemplary contextual lessons from geometry in construction and algebra 2 in auto class
• Find a practical way to fulfill STEM initiatives for all students

Bring contextual teaching to life by infusing math into your Career Technical Education programs

Workshop Goals:

• Present data showing improved test scores in high schools when using project based learning
• Teams of high school math and CTE teachers will develop contextual lessons in their respective content areas
• Core & CTE curriculum alignment
• Demonstration of exemplary contextual lessons from geometry in construction and algebra 2 in auto class
• Find a practical way to fulfill STEM initiatives for all students

This training will provide an overview of Career Cruising and the Career Advisor Management System (CAMS). This session is intended for staff who will be using our online career guidance resources with students.

For more information about Career Cruising go to their web site at www.careercruising.com

Event Will be Rescheduled

If you registered for this event you will be notified once we have a new date.

This workshop is geared at teaching instructors, administrators, and counselors how to get their CTE classes A-G approved for the University of California System. We suggest participants bring course outlines, descriptions and objectives, textbook information, a list of key assignment, and assessment methods.

A Partnership for Success

One Day Culinary Training Clinic for Educators

We will cover topics that pertain to:

Curriculum Development

free training for

High School Business Teachers

Virtual Enterprise, Accounting, Computer Apps, Repair, Networking, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Business, Management, Web Development, & others.

Online tools, Curriculum Organizer, Curriculum Integration Report, Lesson Plan Builder, Standards Database, and Web based resources provide an effective way for teachers to locate, create, organize & share standards-based classroom resources.

Are you looking for summer employment? If you are and you are between the ages of 16-24 please come out to the Central Valley Summer Youth Fair at Fresno City College.

No fees or registrations!

Over 30 employers will be there!

Dress to impress and bring your resumes!

For 16 years old to 24 years old

Please visit www.fresnorop.org for more information.

Please RSVP by April 16th to Ofelia Pettross
opettross [at] fcoe [dot] org or 497-3827

The Fresno City College Theatre Arts Department is holding their 31st Annual High School Drama Festival. Don't miss it.

Visit the Conference Site at ols2010.statecenter.com

Join us for the 2nd Annual Online Learning Symposium, sponsored by the Fresno County Office of Education & State Center Consortium. This year’s focus is on the National, State & Local perspectives of online learning. Participants will have an opportunity to immediately ask questions after each keynote presenter. Interested administrators, educators and technical support staff are invited to attend.

Working breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Sponsorships

The Career Skills Challenge is an action oriented event open to Fresno, Madera, and Mariposa county high school students, grade 9-12. The purpose of the challenge is to provide recognition and encouragement to high school students for their accomplishments in career skills, improve participation in educational programs, and encourage support of career technical education. Applications will only be accepted online beginning February 16, 2010 until March 25, 2010 at 5pm. Please visit www.fresnorop.org/events for more information.

State Center Consortium is partnering with Reedley College and Valley Regional Occupational Program to provide a Career Pathways Summit and Joint Advisory Meeting for their instructors and business advisory committee members like you. We encourage you to attend this meeting as part of your continued support of these programs.

For more information please contact the Reedley College or Valley ROP instructor for whom you serve as Advisory Committee Member. Formal Invitations will be sent to your address.

State Center Consortium is providing a seminar for Home Economics and Culinary Arts Teachers. The 1-day workshop will include extensive nationally accredited training on food safety education. Sample tests will be given to participants in preparation for the Certified Protection Food Manager (CPFM) to be administered at the end of the day.

A working breakfast and lunch will be provided.

For more information view the class outline.

Students will have the opportunity to see skill demonstrations involving sixteen (16) apprentice trades followed by hands on experience in several areas. They will also be able to speak with other apprentices and employers.

11th and 12th Grade Students Only.

Space is limited to the first 100 students. Please wear closed-toe shoes and dress appropriately for hands-on activities. Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Join State Center Consortium for Diesel Diagnostic Training and learn how diesel diagnostics is expanding into new territory. This hands-on workshop will include:

• DC Electrical Troubleshooting
• Heavy Equipment Operation and Troubleshooting
• Diesel Engine Tuning and Diagnostics
• Precision Measurement

Participants will be provided with materials and curriculum they can use in their classrooms. Strategies for presenting information to students and obtaining resources will be discussed.

Please join us for the Sixteenth Annual Educating for Careers Conference, the premier Statewide Conference for CTE educators.

For more information go to the conference site

Discover Google's powerful website creation tool. Google Sites makes it easy for you to create a website for a personal, school, or classroom projects.

Working breakfast and lunch will be provided. There is no cost for CTE educators.

View the workshop's web site.

Registration opens January 1, 2010

Contact Karen Dalton-Wemp kdaltonwemp [at] gmail [dot] com or Brain Ausland bausland [at] bcoe [dot] org for more information.

You and your students are doing great things in the classroom. Learn to use the tools that will allow you to share your classroom's work with your community and the rest of the world.

Working breakfast and lunch will be provided. There is no cost for CTE educators.

View the workshop's web site.

Registration opens December 1, 2009

Engaging Students in Their Learning, Grades 6-16

Save the date for the 2010 Exemplary Practices Conference, a collaborative conference for school administrators with a keynote from Bill Daggett. An Opportunity to Hear and Interact with Founder of the International Center for Leadership and Education. This event is designed for central valley educational leaders of grades 6-16.

We have no scholarships available at this time

See Betsy Pavich at BetsyPavich [at] clovisusd [dot] k12 [dot] ca [dot] us for more information.

Learn the tools and tips on how to edit video using some of the popular applications being used by teachers. You will practice the skills necessary to make successful videos in the classroom.

Working breakfast and lunch will be provided. There is no cost for CTE educators.

View the workshop's web site.

Registration opens October 1, 2009

LEED AP in Homes Exam Preparation Version 3

SCC is sponsoring LEED examination trainings this year. A working breakfast and lunch will be provided by State Center Consortium.

What is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)?

LEED is an internationally recognized certification system that measures how well a building or community performs across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.

Sunnyside Country Club, Fresno

LEED AP in Building Design & Construction Exam Preparation Version 3

SCC is sponsoring LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) examination trainings this year. A working breakfast and lunch will be provided by State Center Consortium.

What is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)?

LEED Green Associate Exam Preparation Version 3

SCC is sponsoring LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) examination trainings this year. A working breakfast and lunch will be provided by State Center Consortium.

What is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)?

Join us for an all-day, hands-on workshop aimed at teaching counselors, instructors and administrators how to submit their articulated courses using the Statewide Career Pathways: Creating School to College templates! As articulation agreements are formed based on these templates, they will be collected in an online database so that they will be accessible for review by students, parents, and educators throughout California. By posting these detailed agreements, their transportability and acceptance over greater regions, and even statewide, will be advanced and encouraged.

Join us for a half day hands on workshop geared at getting your Career Technical Education classes A-G approved.

Receive review and start up training for middle schools using Career Cruising. This is a great time to gain some advanced training for Career Cruising.

Discover the tools that Google has created to help you make the web's information more accessible and useful to you and your students.. You will learn how to use these tools and make them work in your classroom.

Working breakfast and lunch will be provided. There is no cost for CTE educators.

View the workshop's web site.

SCC Sponsored Selected Middle Schools to Attend FCOE College Night on September 9, 2009.

List of selected middle schools are: Caruthers Middle School, Clark Intermediate, El Capitan Middle School, Houghton-Kearney Middle School, Jack Desmond Middle School, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, Rafer Johnson Middle School, Reyburn Intermediate, Rio Vista Middle School, and Thomas Jefferson Middle School.

For more information on college night, please visit: http://www.fcoe.org/specialprojects/collegenight/.

Art Dyson the world renowned architect from Fresno will be talking about architecture as art. Mr. Dyson designed the Woodward Park Regional Library where they will be meeting.

A working lunch will be provided.

Agenda

1.   Introductions 
    
2.   Art Dyson, Architecture as Art 
    
3.   Terry Allen, Advocating for the Arts 
    
4.   SCC calendar of events for 09‐10 
    
5.   Suggestions for workshops and meeting  
    
6.   Other 
    
7.   Evaluations  
    
8.   Questions & Comments 

Are you a new Career Pathways coordinator, Tech Prep coordinator, CTE administrator, counselor, dean, division chair, faculty member whose duties have expanded to include Career Pathways? If so, come join us!

State Center Consortium will be hosting a workshop presented by the Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD). This workshop is designed to provide tools and resources for your career pathways implementation using the National Career Pathways Network (NCPN) leadership certification model.

Topics Include

• Economic Development
• Community Teaming
• Perkins

State Center Consortium in partnership with Megatech Corporation and Fresno City College are hosting a ASE/NATEF Program Certification Workshop

What if your administration implied that your program would close next year? What if your program funding was severely cut (except for the purpose of national industry certification)? What if there was someone who was willing to assist you with this intimidating process? Come spend the day with us and discover how we may be able to help.

Topics to be addressed:

• WHY the Emphasis on Career Pathways?
• Community Teaming - Secondary/Postsecondary TEAM
• Improving Academic Achievement with Programs of Study (POS)
• Career Planning – Using POS as a Delivery System
• Adult Career Pathways
• Current issues

CTE Teacher’s Field Trip to the 4th Annual Maker Faire in San Mateo County Expo Center

Bus trip departing at 7:00 am at
State Center Consortium
390 W. Fir Ave., Bldg B, Suite 300
Clovis, CA 93611

Box brunch and lunch will be provided.
* Lunch and Dinner will not be included.
Returning to State Center Consortium at 8:00 pm

State Center is proud to sponsor this event.

State Center is proud to sponsor this event.

State Center Consortium is proud to sponsor this event.

Fresno ROP's Advisory Committee Night is held annually each spring. Advisory committee meetings are held to review/update curriculum and solicit input from advisors to validate ROP courses. ROP teachers who participate with their advisors qualify for Spring advisory meeting credit.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Fresno ROP (559) 497-3860

State Center is proud to sponsor this event.

State Center is proud to sponsor Kerman High School's Career Day, Criminal Justice Competition.

State Center is proud to sponsor this event.

State Center is proud to sponsor this event.

The FCC Theatre Arts High School Drama Festival is in its 30th year. The festival was designed to introduce High Schools and students to higher education opportunities and to promote the programs at FCC. Recently, we have close to 12 schools in attendance with 100-150 students competing in the festival and taking workshops offered that day by FCC staff and students. We also work together with close to 35 volunteers, students and community members, who create a day that the high schools appreciate and plan for each year.

The Career Skills Challenge is sponsored by the Fresno County Office of Education, Fresno City College, and Fresno ROP for high school students within the Fresno, Madera, and Mariposa counties.

The Career Skills Challenge is an action-oriented event open to all students who attend a high school within the three counties. The purpose of the Challenge is to provide recognition and encouragement to high school students for their accomplishments in career skills, improve participation in educational programs, and encourage public support of career technical education.

State Center is proud to sponsor this event.

State Center is proud to sponsor this event.

 This is an all day workshop for high school students (Jr & Sen.) each school can bring 10 students. There will be hands on demonstrations so students need to dress to work. Lunch will be served and 16 of the Fresno County local apprentice programs will be represented.

Registration is Closed for this Event

WORKING BREAKFAST AND LUNCH PROVIDED

Meet with professionals in your field to explore cutting edge alternative fuel technology, including topics such as:

• An overview of the ATTE in your local area

This is a hands-on workshop so bring your welding gear.

Items to bring:

• Safety Glasses
• Helmet
• Gloves
• Leathers

Reedley College Campus Map

CLOVIS EAST HIGH SCHOOL CAREER EXPO '09 is a Career Fair on the Clovis East High School campus for the entire CEHS student body.The event will take place on Thursday, March 5, 2009.

Schools, college, representatives, etc. wishing to participate in this worthwhile event need to contact: Steve Rachelt (teacher in charge of the Career Fair) by emailing him at: SteveRachelt [at] Clovisusd [dot] k12 [dot] ca [dot] us

The 15th Annual California Career Pathways Consortia’s Educating for Careers Conference at the Hyatt Regency Orange County in Garden Grove (just down the street from Disneyland), February 22 – 24, 2009 is rapidly approaching. Join us as we celebrate the 15th anniversary of this event!

For more information and registration for this event please contact:

Holly Newlon @ (209) 381-6740
Merced ROP

Friday Jan 23rd 4-9pm

Saturday Jan 24th 8am-3pm

California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley

Exemplary Practices Conference

Be part of this groundbreaking opportunity for San Joaquin Valley educational, business, and community leaders. Meet practitioners who are improving student achievement in our Valley schools.

All exemplary practice sessions will be based on proven data-driven performance and provide concrete strategies for implementation.

IMPORTANT WORKSHOP FOR COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS INTERESTED IN STARTING PROGRAMS IN PHOTOVOLTAICS (SOLAR ELECTRICITY)

Fresno City College, ATTEi and State Center Consortium in collaboration with Hands On Solar, Inc. and The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC), is offering a half day workshop on December 12, 2008 for schools in the Central San Joaquin Valley that are interested in starting programs in solar electricity (photovoltaics).

State Center Consortium (SCC) will be sponsoring trainings on the software program, Career Cruising, for middle schools in Fresno, Madera, and Mariposa Counties.

SCC will be paying each participating school's site license fees and will be offering trainings for any counselors and/or teachers utilizing the program.

We are please to have Dave Hobbs as our teacher for this great training. Since 1989 Dave Hobbs has been a hotline advisor, field engineer, and technical trainer for Delphi Corp (Delco Electronics) in Kokomo Indiana where he has assisted thousands of dealer and independent techs with diagnostics problems.Two decades of training engineers and service techs around the world has given Dave the unique ability to bridge the theoretical with the practical.