February 8 – 10, 2009, Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain

Winter Conference Overview

Designed to help local Career, Technical and Agricultural Directors and Supervisors, the 2009 Winter CTAE Leadership Conference focused on connecting workforce, education, and economics together to help our current students become tomorrow’s workforce leaders. This focused initiative aligned with the need to provide leadership and guidance in following the components of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006. The purpose of Perkins is to provide individuals with the academic and technical skills needed to succeed in a knowledge- and skills-based economy. Perkins supports career and technical education that prepares its students both for secondary and postsecondary education and the careers of their choice. Federal resources help ensure that career and technical programs are academically rigorous and up-to-date with the needs of business and industry.

We would like to acknowledge and thank the Harris County JROTC Color Guard for the Presentation of Colors and leading the Pledge of Allegiance and Darby Brinker, FBLA North Metro Vice President, for bringing greetings to our conference.

Featured Speakers

• Col. (Ret.) Mayo A “Biff” Hadden III, Regional Manager, Business Development, SERCO-North America
• “Are You Ready for Work?”
  Debra Lyons, Director, Governor’s Office for Workforce Development
• “Best Practices & Work Ready Communities”
  Melissa Williams, CTAE Director, Bartow County Schools; Tammy Hufstetler, Work Ready Coordinator, North Metro Technical College
• “Ready, Set … Go Get the Students”
  Vivian Snyder, Career Development Specialist, CTAE
• “Successful Strategies for Working with High School Principals”
  Pat Blenke, GPS Leadership Program Manager, GaDOE
• “Perkins Strategies” and “Program Improvement, Perkins & Performance”
  Charles Banks, Accountability Program Manager; Brenda Barker, Accountability Program Specialist; Georgia Grossett-Dale, Accountability Program Specialist, Ray Anukam, Accountability Program Specialist, CTAE

Breakout Sessions

• Standards Based Learning
• Ann Hatchell, High School Curriculum Coordinator, CTAE
• Frank Flanders, CTAE Resource Network Curriculum Specialist
• Putting it All Together with ECP Regional Partnerships
• Janet Greer, Troup County CTAE Director
• Gary Mealer, ECP Coordinator, CTAE
• New Math Standards & Best Practices for Math Integration
• Sharquinta Tuggle, Mathematics Teacher on Assignment, GaDOE

Sponsored by:
Georgia Department of Education: CTAE Division
CTAE Resource Network, Inc.
Georgia Council for Career and Technical Administrators (GCCTA)