Inside this issue:

Got to Be NC! 2

BFITConference Highlights 2

Sky’s the Limit for FACS 2

Career Development Corner 3

Save the Date! 3

Good to Great in HSE 3

Feature School: Uwharrie

Middle School

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The Mission of Career and Technical Education is to empower students to be successful citizens, workers and leaders in a global economy.

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need to need to need to

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Good to GreatGood to GreatGood to Great

Welcome to 2014-15 school year! We are so excited that you are joining us on this exciting journey from a

good CTE program to a GREAT one! We know that because you chose to be on the bus with us this year that

we have to right people to do just that! This year we will be using two books to promote literacy in our CTE

classrooms both daily and weekly! The book we will use in our PLC groups this year is “Good to Great” by

Jim Collins. It details how great institutions made the leap from good to great. We will use these concepts to

consider how we can make that same leap in the classroom, in our CTSOs, in our schools, in our communi-

ties, and in our county. Great schools make great communities, and great communities make the Randolph

County School System GREAT! The next book we will use is “Good to Great Teaching: Focusing on Litera-

cy Work That Matters,” by Mary Howard. This book will provide strategies to support both our district and

CTE literacy goals. This summer, a district literacy framework was developed for all disciplines that aligns

nicely with the CTE Literacy goals we started last year and wrote into our LPS. Please be on the look-out for

more information about this from your Lead Teacher.

CTE Hot Topic!

ATTENTION ALL TEACHERS!

Please remember to visit our CTE website under Departments on the RCSS homepage for

current events, upcoming dates, access to the CTE Wiki, and career development infor-

mation. Our CTE homepage can also link you to the Career Development page at the high

school in your zone. CTE information pertinent to your zone can be found there. The Ran-

dolph County Schools CTE WIKI is the best place to locate CTE manuals, forms, and cur-

riculum pacing guides. Please visit wikispaces.com to find the RCSCTE wiki. If you have

trouble gaining access to the Wiki please contact mwolfe@randolph.k12..nc.us

For our new teachers, the State Moodle for CTE at moodle.learnnc.org is an excellent re-

source for all CTE information pertaining to your program area. You are encouraged to

participate in professional dialogue with your colleagues around the state as you utilize the

plethora of information available. You must have an NCLEARN account to access the

Moodle. The local planning system for CTEwhich houses the strategic plan written by us,

for us can be located by typing CTELPS into your search bar. You may login to the guest

site by using the word “guest” as both the login and password. Our local plan contains the

strategies we are implementing to improve data outcomes for our students. It is also our

assurance for the Federal funding we receive. Finally, please always contact your CTE

Leadership Team when you have a question.

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Agriculture Education

Industry certifications and credentials are a growing and important part of the

Agricultural Education curriculum in North Carolina. Agriculture students in the

Randolph County School System have the opportunity to earn many of the North

Carolina Agriculture Education Certifications. At this year’s CTE summer confer-

ence thirteen of North Carolina’s Agriculture certifications were discussed. De-

pending on the agriculture classes offered at each high school agriculture students

can earn one or more of the certifications listed below. Certification tests range

anywhere from free to $150.00 in cost.

The certifications are: Animal Waster Operator Certification, Beef Quality Assur-

ance Student Certification, Briggs and Stratton Master Service Technician, Certi-

fied Veterinary Assistant, Certified Welder for Welding Code AWS D1.1-2010,

Certified Young Plant Professional (new this year), Hunter Education Certifica-

tion, Meat Evaluation Certification, National Safe Tractor and Machinery Opera-

tion Program (new this year), NC Certified Plant Professional Certification and

Energy Saving Landscape, OSHA 10-Hour Industry Certification, Pork Quality

Assurance Youth Plus Certification, and Private Pesticide Applicators License.

The Sky's the Limit for Family and Consumer Sciences!

FACS Education can change lives, by empowering families and

communities.

FACS education is up... up... up and away with newly revised cur-

riculum that meets industry standards, and are revised so that we

can take our students to higher levels of thinking and prepare them

for the 21st century, while still focusing on our core values of keep-

ing the family as the central focus!

In an effort to market the Foods II- Technology course better to

stakeholders and position students who take this course, NCDPI is

considering a request that the State Board of Education approve a

Business, Finance, and Information Technology

CTE Business Summer Conference Highlights

Business teachers came away from the summer conference with some great tips and ideas for the upcoming school year.

Shelly Clemons, RHS, sat in on a workshop regarding Innovative Entrepreneurship—working with FACS—and ideas on

how to get our students to turn their dreams of owning businesses into reality. Elaine Witkowski, ATMS, attended a session

on how to make your classes and assignments friendly to both genders. Amy Ward, PGHS, came away with some great

information regarding financial literacy and free resources that are available to enhance POB, BFM, and BL. Thomas Wil-

liamson, ERHS, attended several sessions regarding the move to Office 2013. He said there will be differences in the pro-

gram and the way it is taught. There is also a completely new layout for the new certification testing program with other

skills that are needed to succeed. Certiprep is being replaced with GMetrix and seems to be much better. getkahoot.com is

a great resource that came up in 3 different sessions. It is a resource to use as game based learning/review. Much like the

clicker response system, teachers make questions and students can respond to them using their computers or phones. It

tracks each student's responses and even provides grades with other metrics for each student and question and best of all it's

free! Last, but certainly not least, our very own Nathan Walker, UMS, presented again this year for the second time. His

session, titled “Immersive Learning using 3D Virtual Worlds in the CTE Classroom”, was about helping make your class-

room come alive as students become actively engaged with lessons that are conducted in 3D virtual worlds. Talk to your

co-workers for more information on these and other awesome ideas!!!

(www.ncagr.gov)

July was “Got to Be NC Agriculture Month.”

Randolph County celebrated by supporting local

agriculture at pick-your-own farms or farmers’

markets. Local restaurants that buy from local

farmers and ranchers were also supported.

Family and Consumer Science

name change for FN43 from Foods II- Technology to Food

Science. This vernacular will be recognized by school ad-

ministrators, guidance counselors, business and industry,

and post-secondary institutions.

FN43 is well-written, aligns with career pathways, brands

FACS as a 21st century discipline, and aligns with STEM

initiatives. 2014-15 school year RCSS is incorporating

this course in our FACS program.

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Do Your Students ExC-ELL?

Reading comprehension reaches across all disci-

plines. The Expediting Comprehension for English

Language Learners (ExC-ELL) professional devel-

opment program for teachers was developed by

Margarita Calderon and funded by the NY Carne-

gie Corporation. The program boasts more than

five years of empirical testing with great results.

The Randolph County School System has an ExC-

ELL team that has received extensive training in

expediting reading comprehension across all disci-

plines. The ExC-ELL training team offers free pro-

fessional development to teachers, administrators,

support staff, and other professionals who impact

student learning. One of our Career Development

Coordinators is attending a training session this

summer and is excited to share with the Career

Technical Education team many of the concepts

and strategies that promise to improve students'

reading comprehension. Incorporating the ExC-

ELL concepts in all areas of Career Technical Edu-

cation has potential to be a game changer in our

local planning system (LPS). Stay tuned for ad-

ditional information on incorporating ExC-ELL

into CTE as we lead our students on our voyage

from good to great!

Trade and Industrial Education

Career Development Corner EVAAS: Learn how to get the most out of your Value-

Added report

We have all heard the acronym EVAAS men-

tioned hundreds of times over the past couple of

years. Besides roster verification on EVAAS,

many teachers do not choose to access the re-

ports which can be very valuable, effective

classroom tools. Curt Miller and Ricky Hardy

from SAS institute shared some valuable infor-

mation with educators at Summer Conference

about EVAAS data. Teachers can use this data

to examine past test scores and identify students’

strengths and abilities in skills such as reading

and math. This can aid teachers in differentiated

instruction and also identify performance levels

along with projections for each student enrolled

in the class. This can be a very valuable tool as

teachers are planning projects and determining

assignment rigor. Once the students have com-

pleted a class and taken the exam, data will be

provided the following year showing the growth

the students made based on the projections pro-

vided earlier in the year. Teachers can use this

data to see what their own strengths and weak-

nesses are (for example, if a teacher teaches

more effectively to higher or lower level stu-

dents). After listening to this presentation it is

easy to see that EVAAS can be a valuable tool

for students as well as educators.

Health Science

Our Health Science program has made a huge leap toward

greatness this year! Every school site will be offering the Certi-

fied Nurse Credential and four sites will also be offering the

Pharmacy Technician Certification. Additionally, Honors level

curriculum has been designed for all of our Health Science

courses! Way to go HSE!

2222-C South Fayetteville Street

Asheboro, NC 27205

Phone: 336-318-6100

Fax: 336-318-6166

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O r g a n i z a t i o n

The Randolph County School System Career and Technical Education programs do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or

ethnic origin, gender, age, or disability in its programs or activities. For inquiries contact Marty Trotter, Title IX Coordinator, or Rick Dawes,

Section 504 Coordinator, 2222-C South Fayetteville St. Asheboro, NC 27205 Phone: 318-6100/Fax: 318-6155.

Preparing the 21st century workforce

What’s Up Wednesday is a combined effort of Asheboro City Schools and

Randolph County Schools to promote greater awareness of business and

industry in Randolph County. Tours are open to all RCSS staff members.

Please join us for one of our 6 industry tours.

Wednesdays 4-5pm on the following dates:

September 17-Sentry Fire Protection

October 15-Randolph Hospital

November 19-Vesture

February 18-Courier-Tribune

March 18-Thomas Tire

April 15-Special Tour “TBA”

Uwharrie Middle School CTE is moving

from Good to Great in their business de-

partment this school year! Nathan Walker

will be the second middle school pilot site

for the Microsoft IT Academy. He will be

working with his students to earn creden-

tials in Microsoft 2013 Word and Power-

Point. A special thank you to Mr. Walker

who gave a repeat presentation at the

2014 CTE Summer Conference this year

titled, “Immersive Learning Using 3-D

Virtual Worlds in the CTE Classroom.”

Teachers were taught how to utilize 3-D

virtual world features including interactive

white boards, sticky notes, voice and text

chats, and document collaboration. Four

students from UMS joined Mr. Walker at

the conference to demonstrate live use of

3-D virtual worlds. Way to Go UMS!

Shannon Edwards 8/2 Kelly Biggs 9/1

Caroline Sheffield 8/3 Jarret Elliott 9/9

Dave Webster 8/5 Kim Banker 9/11

Jeff Flecken 8/7 Jessica Cutler 9/17

Eva Lamb 8/9 Ken Vaughn 9/20

Sandy Hardin 8/25 Wes Corder 9/20

Donna Mason 9/23

Nathan Beasley 9/27

Melissa Coble 9/28

Jason Overman 9/29

Jennifer Lambeth 9/30

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