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President’s Message
Tammy Haile
As we approach the end of another
school year, it is hard to believe that “school’s
(almost) out for the summer.”
Our CTE State conference, the Education and
Business Summit, is only weeks away, and I am looking
forward to the week of June 24-27, 2012 at the TD
Convention Center in beautiful Greenville, SC.
Of course, our theme is "dediCATE to Leadership”
and actually the Summit ends one day earlier than in
previous years.
You do realize that
the SC
Education and Business Summit is one of a kind, and we
are indeed fortunate to have had Wofford O’Sullivan
leading us and providing one of the most multi-faceted
professional development, training, and informational
state conference supporting accountability regarding
all aspects of career and technology education:
including a focus on whole school reform, the
integration of academics and career and technical
education, transitions from secondary to postsecondary
education, and teachers’ certificate renewal. The
scope of this state-level conference (over 170 general,
concurrent, and roundtable sessions) requires that
delivery of content, training, professional development
and information be offered in multiple programming
strands and activities.
In case you haven’t heard, Mr. Rod Miller, a
former CTE instructor at Cheraw High School
(Chesterfield County School District) and just recently
resigning from his position as principal of Monroe High
School in Union County, NC, will be filling Wofford’s
shoes, and his first day on the job was May 2, 2012.
We are indeed fortunate that Rod will be
returning to his home state of South Carolina.
Everybody loves coming to the
Summit, and it shows by the number of people in
attendance each and every year, even in these bad
economic times.
The Summit also gives us a unique opportunity to
reach out to our CTE educators who are not members of
SCACTE. We
need to be able to show an increase in overall
membership, both at the state and national levels, which
allow us to present a united front with our Congressmen
and our SC Legislators, thereby communicating as a
cohesive group before the legislature with positive
outcomes for Career and Technical Education.
Since our last
SCACTE board meeting, many of us traveled to Washington,
DC to meet with our Congressmen, and we have also been
busy educating the “home front” about the value of
career and technical education in South Carolina.
We have so much to be proud of in CTE.
I recently wrote a 10 page paper on the value of
CTE in our state and how CTE can address the Nation’s
High School Graduation Crisis.
There were a lot of heads nodding in the
affirmative during the presentation because it just
makes sense for students.
CTE is about providing knowledge and skills that
allow students to be successful citizens, which is the
heart of career and technical education.
SCACTE serves as their voice as we tell others
that CTE is that connection between high school and
postsecondary and provides hands on learning; it is
project based and allows students to participate in
their learning.
The success of CTE engaging young people in their
learning cannot be overstated, and we need each other to
spread the good news.
We need YOU to join forces with us and become a
member of SCACTE.
For more information, please email our Executive
Director, Mr. Ray Boland, at
boland@scacte.info.
Tammy M. Haile, Your SCACTE President
Upcoming Events
SCACTE BOARD MEETING
The SCACTE May Board meeting will be held on
Saturday, May 5, 2012 beginning at 9:00 AM at the
Hilton Garden Inn Columbia/Harbison, 434
Columbiana Drive, Columbia, SC 29212.
We hope everyone will be able to attend because this
will be a very important meeting. Division Presidents,
please feel free to invite more than one officer to this
May board meeting. We will also have a nice lunch around
12:00 Noon provided for your convenience and enjoyment.
Please be prepared to provide a list of items your
Division will be able to furnish for the Region II
conference. Please email
Boland@SCACTE.info
and let him know if you will or will not be attending.
2012 Education Business Summit
June 24-27, 2012
Greenville, SC
for more info:
http://www.ebsummit.info/
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