Doing our part.

Doing our part. WELCOME BACK TO WHAT WILL SURELY BE A SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL YEAR! In atime of increased teacher shortages, we as members of the Associationfor Career and Technical Education (ACTE ACTE Association for Career and Technical Education (formerly American Vocational Association)ACTE Association of Corporate Travel ExecutivesACTE Approvals Committee for Terminal EquipmentACTE Anodal Closure Tetanus ) must be actively involved inthe recruitment recruitment/re��cruit��ment/ (re-krldbomact��ment)1. the gradual increase to a maximum in a reflex when a stimulus of unaltered intensity is prolonged.2. , training and retention of career and technicaleducation (CTE (Coefficient of Thermal Expansion) The difference between the way two materials expand when heat is applied. This is very critical when chips are mounted to printed circuit boards, because the silicon chip expands at a different rate than the plastic board. ) teachers. Believe it or not, recruitment starts when the potential teachersare in middle and high school. When a student expresses an interest inteaching, in particular a CTE field, what kind of support do you offer?Do you listen to them and encourage this as a career path? Do you helpthem secure job shadows and encourage participation in career andstudent organizations? What we say and do in the classroom has adramatic effect on whether students choose to become teachers. The same can be said at the postsecondary level. This is truly thetime when students choose their professions. As students enter teachereducator programs, the cooperating teacher, college supervisor Same as operating system. , andsupervising instructor play critical roles in the success of the studentteaching experience. These individuals must be positive role models whowant to pass the joy of teaching on to others. If they are not, imaginewhat verbal VERBAL. Parol; by word of mouth; as verbal agreement; verbal evidence. Not in writing. and nonverbal non��ver��bal?adj.1. Being other than verbal; not involving words: nonverbal communication.2. Involving little use of language: a nonverbal intelligence test. messages they may be sending. Retaining the qualified teacher is the responsibility of all ACTEmembers. In visiting with someone who just finished her first year ofteaching, the following is her "wish list" of things she wouldhave liked to have or been told: 1. Recommend two or three veteran teachers who can serve asmentors. 2. Provide common planning time for the development of lessons thataddress content and academic standards, and the development ofcross-curricular, dual-credit projects. 3. Explain the process for requisitioning supplies and the entirebudget process. 4. Provide a calendar of events and identify days that field trips,guest speakers, and other activities cannot be scheduled. 5. Provide a reasonable teaching schedule--not all the classes thatno one else wants. 6. Assign extracurricular duties fairly. 7. Get the new teacher involved in professional organizations, suchas ACTE, and to attend workshops and conferences. 8. Most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent"above all, most especially , supervisors and administrators please stop bythe classroom to see how things are going and have an "opendoor" policy. Recruiting, training and retaining new teachers is theresponsibility of every ACTE member. Working together we can do our partto ensure that quality instructors will be there when we are ready toretire retirev. 1) to stop working at one's occupation. 2) to pay off a promissory note, and thus "retire" the loan. 3) for a jury to go into the jury room to decide on a verdict after all evidence, argument and jury instructions have been completed. . Coleen C. Keffeler ACTE President