Role of Career and Technical Education in High School Reform
The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) with support from the James Irvine Foundation is organizing a forum series on the role of career and technical education (CTE) in high school reform. The goal of this forum series is for policymakers and influentials to learn more about how CTE can contribute to effective high school reform and improved student outcomes, so that they can be more supportive of federal policies that allow high quality CTE to flourish at the state and local levels.
AYPF has held four forums on Capitol Hill in the coming months, as described below:
[Please click on the link to access webcasts of these events]
5/10/2007 - Career and Technical Education: Responding to Industry Needs with Phyllis Eisen, Vice President, The Manufacturing Institute, and Executive Director, The Center for Workforce Success, Duane Crum, California State Director, Project Lead the Way, Mike Ogilvy, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, intelitek, Inc.
6/22/2007 – State Efforts to Integrate CTE with Rigorous Standards with Patrick Ainsworth, Assistant Superintendent for Secondary, Postsecondary & Adult Education, California Department of Education, Kathy Oliver, Assistant State Superintendent, Maryland Department of Education, and Alex Harris, Senior Policy Analyst, National Governors Association
7/20/2007 - Linking Secondary and Postsecondary Education Through CTE with Dr. Laurel Adler, Superintendent, East San Gabriel Valley Regional Occupational Program and Technical Center, CA and Mark Whitlock, CEO, Central Education Center, GA
9/21/2007 - Exemplary CTE Districts and Programs with Gary Hoachlander, Executive Director, ConnectEd: The California Center for College and Career, Michael Hanlon, Founder, Health Careers Academy at Palmdale High School, California, Michael Owens, Associate Secretary, Adult Education and Workforce Development, Delaware Department of Education, Patrick Savini, Superintendent, Sussex Technical School District, Delaware
To register for this series, please send an email with your complete contact information to
aypf@aypf.org with “CTE Forum Series” as the subject line
For more information:
Contact Jennifer Brown Lerner, Senior Program Associate
The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional development organization based in Washington, DC, provides learning opportunities for policymakers practitioners, and researchers working on youth issues at the national, state, and local levels