Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENDA

1. Welcome and Opening Remarks:
   • Michael Quinn, Interim Vice Chancellor, Educational Services & Grants
   • Marcy Masumoto, Project Director, Central Valley Educational Leadership Institute
   • Dave Childers, Principal, Fresno Academy for Civic and Entrepreneurial Leadership
2. Approval of 11/18/2008 Meeting Minutes
3. Old Business:
   • Evaluations of workshops
   • List of scholarships for the Jan. 13 Exemplary Practice conference (Appendix A)
   • Job Shadowing up date
   • CCPC Conference
   • Report on Career Cruising (Next training March 31, 2009)- John Romano
   • Programs of Study Update-Jerry Sall
4. New Business:
   • MIG Welding training, March 6, 2009
   • Mixed Media training
   • Alternative Fuel workshop, March 10, 2009
   • Apprentice workshop, March 11,2 009
   • Green Construction, March 26, 2009
   • Buchanan Career Day, March 30, 2009   * Grant money available to put on Career Day
   • Recruiting 10 college students to mentor middle school classes (Appendix B)
   • Information on spring open houses for local high schools (Appendix C)
   • Surveys on what districts are doing to prevent student drop outs and how they are addressing the special needs students in CTE classes (Appendix D)
   • Grant submission new projects
   • Discipline Work Group Training - Forms (Appendix E)
5. Michael Caress (Career Advancement Academy)
6. Ken Olson (Career Applied Competitive Technology)
   • Maker Faire Field Trip (Appendix F)
   • Equipment available for schools
7. Open discussion on what’s happening in the field
8. New products available:
   • Poster
   • Occu-track brochures
   • Revised 15 industry sector brochures
9. Questions/Comments