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5/25 Top Ten Reasons to Attend TCEC 2011
Top Ten Reasons to Attend TCEC Take a front row seat as leading CTE professionals share quality content designed to promote excellence in CTE programs, instruction and postsecondary partnerships. Gain firsthand knowledge with official legislative and policy updates from TEA and state CTE organizations. Pre-conference session opportunities providing comprehensive training for both new and veteran educators. Special conference sessions designed to build skills related to quality CTE practicums, grant writing, ethics training for counselors and …read more
4/25 What's New
TCEC has added several new activities and sessions this year to provide comprehensive training to both new and veteran CTE professionals alike. CTE Program Management Training has been successful in preparing those administrators and counselors that are new to the job with tools to build quality CTE programs. Leading a successful program is a lifelong learning experience which led to the addition of the CTE Institute for Veterans. This pre-conference session is designed to provide …read more
2/25 TCEC Expands to Nine Career Clusters
In an effort to continually improve and expand opportunities for career and technical educators, we are pleased to announce that Texas Career Education Conference has partnered with the Association of Texas Technology Education. TCEC will now encompass the following career and technical education disciplines: Administration, Guidance, Tech Prep Arts, A/V Technology and Communication NEW Architecture and Construction NEW Business Finance Health Science Information Technology NEW Manufacturing NEW Marketing STEM NEW Join 2,000 of your peers …read more
8/3 TCEC in Review
TCEC 2010 marked a success for the first event of its kind with more than 1,800 attendees, 75 exhibitors and almost 200 sessions spanning across multiple CTE disciplines. Keynote speakers James Amps, Jason Dorsey and Kim Green were highlights of the conference with their thought provoking and entertaining sessions. Attendees learned about social media, blogs, wikis, YouTube and more in the Tech 2.0 sessions and TEA gave updates on changes occurring for the upcoming school …read more
6/23 Jason Dorsey: Bridging the Generations in Education
TCEC hosts keynote speakers who will leave you feeling energized, inspired and empowered. Jason Ryan Dorsey, The Gen Y Guy®, understands the front lines of education. A bestselling author, Jason has worked on-site at over 700 schools across the US and as far away as Finland and India. Most important, Jason knows the difference educators make because an educator changed his life forever. Jason’s nontraditional path began when he authored his first bestselling book, Graduate …read more
6/9 GuidanceCentral from Bridges
GuidanceCentral from Bridges Featuring an Automated Four Year Course Plan Builder A Customized Portfolio System (CPS) will help your students reach farther. From your district’s Student Information System (SIS), completed course and current course enrollment data is auto loaded into your middle and high school students’ lifelong portfolio. The course catalog is also added into the portfolios. A suite of validated assessments in GuidanceCentral will help students find their top career clusters, top interests and …read more
6/3 Kim Green - The Future of CTE
Kim Green, Executive Director of the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTE) will bring extensive knowledge to attendees during her exciting keynote address on the future of CTE. Over the past seventeen years Kim has worked extensively on federal policy impacting career technical education. Working closely with Congress, the Administration and a broad range of stakeholders, she represents the interests of and seeks support for career technical education. In addition …read more
5/25 James Amps - Building Professional Success with Personal Accountability
Don’t miss keynote speaker James Amps during the opening general session for a chance to see this internationally renowned speaker who has captivated audiences around the world speaking on the challenges, choices and changes in our lives. James is one of the premier speakers on the topic of personal accountability and strength in times of change. After leaving home at age 17 to join the Navy in hopes of becoming a naval officer, he learned …read more
5/14 New TEKS Training
New TEKS training is at your fingertips at Texas Career Education Conference. Participate in training provided by TEA approved trainers on newly adopted Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for career and technical education courses. Examine the new TEKS and learn how to extend content rigor and integrate Language Proficiency Standards and College Readiness Standards. These TEKS training workshops are for Business, Management & Administration; Marketing, Sales & Service; Finance; Information Technology and Health Science. Training …read more
5/5 New Teacher Orientation - The Most Critical Workshop for New Teachers
Teachers today face many challenges that are not necessarily addressed in college or training programs. In terms of instruction, new teachers will learn more applicable lessons in their first year of teaching than they did in all four years of college. TCEC offers new teacher orientation for business, marketing and health science teachers in order to provide tips and resources on classroom management, lesson plans, terminology, building partnerships, student organizations and much more. Better yet …read more
