• Vision - "ACTEA…Changing the Way We Educate"
• Mission - To ensure students are career and college ready, the Association
  of Career and Technical Education Administrators (ACTEA) will provide
  unified leadership and support for administrators and educators.
• There are three Areas of Focus:
  Guidance to the Field – Provide immediate awareness and timely response
  of CTE issues and challenges.
  Policy Influence – Affect the implementation of 21st century skills in NYS.
  Advocacy – Create a Public Relations Package that will be disseminated to
  all CTE stakeholders to promote a unified message.

Releasing teachers to work with ACTEA on program curriculum updates has
become more and more of a challenge. The Executive Committee is
considering a proposal that would involve online, paid curriculum review by a
team of teachers, post secondary and industry representatives to update
curriculum.

The Atlas curriculum mapping component provides an effective way for teachers
to use the curriculum on a regular basis to improve instruction and acheivement.
This year we expect approximately 350 users of this feature.

• A statewide wiki is being developed to share information between ACTEA
  Zones and the Executive Committee on a regular basis.
• The address is www.acteawiki.pbworks.com

Trade and Technical Education

• Esthetics curriculum updated in draft by DOS, Cosmetology will be the next to
  be updated, Barber exam updated
• Youth Worker Safety Passport to Safety, pilot program Spring 2011
• Collaboration Days encouraged to continue regionally in the state
• CJS-TECI conference January 26-28, 2011. Commissioner Steiner speaking
  to the group on January 27, 9:00 - 9:50 am
• Work Based Learning handbook updates
• CTSO support

Health Occupations

• CTE Program Approval vs. approved programs

Agriculture Education

• Program approval – consortium assessment available on website Family And
  Consumer Sciences
• Curricular updates at http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/cte/facse
• Latest NOCTI assessment for Technical Theater programs. Components are
  costume, make-up and hair, construction, electrical, sound, and stage.
  Schools may choose one or more components to align with curriculum.

Technology Education

• Clark Greene President NYSTEA
• SUNY Oswego Fall Conference October 28-29, 2010

Business Education

• Jon Greenwalt retired from SED

Other

• Piloting of a youth oriented "Passport to Safety" workplace safety credentialing
  process will require the support of the BOCES and the LEAs across the State. It
  is a non-content specific process that is not attended to replace OSHA 10 or
  Career Safe which is already in place with many construction programs at the
  BOCES level. It is geared more towards students in districts in general to help
  with workplace safety across the board.
• The Commissioner will be speaking to the annual conference this year for the
  Criminal Justice Instructors on January 27th here in Albany.

• The Skills USA State conference will be held at the State Fairgrounds this year,
  requiring some additional modifications to the conference details.
• NY City is back with representation on the Skills Board.
• The ACTEA representative will be recommended for re-instatement at the fall
  meeting.

• It will take place at the Desmond, Albany, NY from March 23 – 25, 2011
• "ACTEA…Changing the Way We Educate" is the focus.
• Dr. Bill Daggett, International Center for Education Leadership will be the
  keynote speaker on Thursday morning, March 2
• Breakout Session Topics - APPR, 21st Century skills, Statewide Wiki, Media
  Package, Middle Level CTE, Online Coursework, RTTT and its impact on CTE,
  Workforce Credential, Data Measuring Student Outcomes, SED input on APPR,
  Common Core Standards, Adult CTE, revised Graduation Requirements.
• We will ask SED to present at the Town Hall meeting to share information about
  Virtual Schools, RTTT, Data collection and use, Common Core Standards,
  revised Graduation requirements and any other current issues.

• Southern Westchester BOCES CTE on the “Today” Show:
  http://www.swboces.org/news.cfm?story=266