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Excellent reading available on loan through Resources @ MCCE.
Reinventing Ninth Grade.
Prepare your ninth graders to be academically successful and graduate on time. This kit includes five case studies of ninth grade success, a DVD presentation, and a CD-ROM with forms and checklists.
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Using the Rigor/Relevance Framework for Planning and Instruction.
Based on the Rigor/Relevance Framework, it helps teachers focus on student work that requires both complex thinking and application of knowledge to real-world situations.
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National ACTE Conference.
December 8-10, Kansas City.
This year's national ACTE conference for career educators will be held in Missouri! This is a great opportunity for networking and new ideas in career education.
Exploring Career Clusters Curriculum Workshops.
Spring 2006, 4 locations.
Take advantage of this unique workshop series on a new semester course curriculum for career exploration.
Point of Contact
DECA - Marketing
FBLA - Business
FFA - Agriculture
FCCLA - Family and
Consumer Science
Skills USA - Trade & Industrial
Education, Health Services
TSA - Technology |
Career Path Exploration:
Natural Resources & Agriculture
Over the past couple of years, climbing gasoline prices have spurred debate about oil and energy supplies. However, fossil fuels are one among many natural resources that drive our economy, and in some cases, our lives.
Present developments in resource availability, technology, and legal agreements could impact a range of careers across educational levels. Grant-funded training in the nuclear industry in Missouri includes two-year programs and crosses into medical careers.
Mizzou Gets Grant for Nuclear Industry Training
Kansas Professor Turns Research into Business
Great Lakes States Seek a Lock on Water
About the High Plains Aquifer, Irrigation and Agribusiness
Britain Eyes Natural Gas Shortage Headline Highlights
Career & Adult Education Gaining Momentum?
In a climate of increased emphasis on testing and the core subject areas, career education could be marginalized. However, there are signs that some officials see the key roles that vocational and adult education play in personal and workforce development.
Congress Continues to Wrangle Over Appropriations
KC Schools Set New Course in Career Education
Washington Community Colleges Offer 4-Year Degrees
Engineering Gains a Younger Following in Massachusetts
Indiana Scholarships & CC Investments Pay Off
California Pours $20 Million into Vocational Education
High School Reform Remains a Hot Topic
Both an opportunity and a concern for career education, the issue of high school reform remains a hot topic in Missouri and across the nation. The good news: Examples of best practices abound, and many include career education as a focal point.
Policies and Programs for High School Reform
Missouri Raises HS Graduation Requirements
Idaho Considers & Scraps 'C' Average to Enter High School
Career Education a Key Component of HSTW Model
Advice About College from First Generation Students
State & National Commissions Review Higher Education
College tuition is on the rise. The global marketplace is changing. Fears of faltering U.S. economic dominance continue. Some in business and education are sounding a clarion call for more attention to math and science. Missouri state budget woe have constricted higher education spending across the board.
These national and state concerns have spurred the development of government commissions to review higher education -- and those results or anticipated results are spawning yet more debate.
U.S. Higher Education Commission Gets to Work
Remarks to U.S. Commission from Secretary of Education
Missouri Commission Offers Prescription for Change
College Tuition Up 40 Percent Since 2000
Concerned About Boys - College Gender Gap Widens
U.S. Science and Math Education Questioned
Business leaders, educators and scientists are calling for immediate action to enhance science education. Some argue that the United States' economic leadership is at stake. Others suggest that recent government reports are more mixed than negative.
Science Called to the Head of the Class
Math and Science Brain Drain Scrutinized
GAO Report on Federal STEM Programs
Voc Ed Plays a Role: Math Experiences Add Up
India, China Gaining Prominence in Global Marketplace
The world's two most populous nations - India and China - are also sharing the global spotlight as two of the world's most-watched economies. These growing economies present new competitors and new markets today and in the future.
Indian IT Professionals Look to Native Land for Opportunities
Networking Company Cisco to Invest $1 Billion in India
India, China, Japan Vie in New Space Race
Post-Secondary Postboard
Career & Education Search Tool
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education continues to make the Kuder Career & College Planning System available to all Missouri school districts. Take advantage of this great resource today! Lead your students through an interest inventory and career and education search. Individual student accounts can allow students to build a running resource bank as they explore college and career options throughout high school.
Explore Missouri's Educational Opportunities
The Missouri Department of Higher Education has provided an excellent online resource to explore post-secondary educational opportunities in Missouri.
Your students can search for certificate, two-year, and four-year programs by insititution, career interest, program, region, or keyword. Make this a regular stop in your career exploration lessons.
MCCE Activities
- Model curriculum for personal finance
- Digital Communication competency profile
- Keyboarding and computer applications K-14 scope and sequence
- Facilities supplement for FACS Implementation Handbook
- Curriculum resource for Housing Environments and Design
- Guidance units in career development strand
- Test bank development for CMT manual
- Exploring Career Clusters course curriculum and workshops
- Statewide Career Clusters initiative |
