Saturday, 8:30 - 9:45 A.M.

Using State Math Standards to Identify the Skills for Quality Transition
Learn how collaboration in a rural Tech Prep consortium resulted in an incorporated 9–12 math curriculum that meets state academic standards and provides the math skills students need in the career and technology center. The curriculum also provides the skills necessary to matriculate to postsecondary math without remediation. Daniel Perna,James Daniel & Associates, LLC, Shamokin Dam, Pa.; Alice Davis, Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center, Dimock, Pa.; James Gregory, Northern Tier Tech Prep Consortium, Dimock, Pa.

Inquiry-Based Learning in Action
You have probably heard of project-based learning and inquiry-based learning, but have you ever really seen either model in action? Learn how to plan and implement inquiry-based learning from someone who has been using it in the classroom with fantastic results. Thomas O’Neill, Butler Technology and Career Development Schools, Hamilton, Ohio; Shiela O’Neill, Greater Cincinnati Tech Prep Consortium, Cincinnati, Ohio

10:00 - 11:00 A.M.

The Next Generation of Manufacturing Training—Innovative, Flexible, and Fun 
Do you like for your automatic car windows to operate or want your home’s automatic thermostat and security systems to function? If so (and who doesn’t?), then IMAC—industry-based, modular, accelerated credentials—and a cross-curricular training option known as Mechatronics are important to you and your students. Check out an innovative, credential-based Career Pathway that begins with an exciting new dual enrollment program. This flexible, technology-based model follows the integrated systems approach of today’s advanced manufacturing. Cindy Fiorella, Keith Boarman, Sheri Plain, Owensboro Community and Technical College, Owensboro, Ky.

Increasing Postsecondary Opportunities for High School Students Through Campus Visits
Buckhannon Upshur High secured a $10,000 grant to take students and teachers to visit postsecondary campuses. Students have visited technical schools, four-year colleges, and businesses. In the early 1990s, the State of West Virginia recognized that K–12 students in its Appalachian region received academic labels that influenced whether or not they attended college. K–12 students who were designated as not “college material” lacked the appropriate encouragement or means to break out of poverty. Visiting campuses encourages them and helps them to realize that they can make it to the winners circle! Sara Stankus, Buckhannon Upshur High School, Buckhannon, W. Va.

Tech Prep Participation and College Readiness in Florida
In Florida, the college readiness and high school exit exam scores of 131,838 Tech Prep and non-Tech Prep students were analyzed to identify differences between the groups. Attendees will learn about the need for accountability in meeting Tech Prep goals and will receive information on the best ways to use data to evaluate their program’s effectiveness in meeting the accountability measures tied to continued Tech Prep funding. Michelle Wilcox, St. Johns River Community College, Palatka, Fla.