NCPN Conference
     Wednesday Workshops
     October 20, 2010

All Workshops include lunch: NATPL Forum also includes continental breakfast.

Debra Mills	Carol Jurgens	Ginger Booton

(see schedule below)

For new Career Pathways coordinators or Tech Prep coordinators, CTE administrators, counselors, deans, division chairs, and faculty members whose duties have expanded to include Career Pathways.
Certification requires 15 contact hours over three days:

• Wednesday 9:00 A.M.–5:00 P.M. (includes lunch)
• Thursday 8:30–11:30 A.M. (choose a preconference)
• Thursday afternoon and all-day Friday  (choose at least four sessions from
                                                                              the main conference program)
• Friday 3:15–4:15 P.M. — Wrap-up

Participants will acquire effective new strategies for developing, implementing, and improving Career Pathways. Certificates will be awarded on Friday.
Workshop topics will include economic development connections, Career Pathways 101, curriculum alignment and improvement, Adult Career Pathways, community teaming, Perkins and Tech Prep 101, accountability and evaluation, career planning, improving academic achievement, implementing a professional development program, and where to begin.
Debra Mills, Vice President of Partnerships, CORD, Waco, Texas
Carol Jurgens, Former State Tech Prep Director of Nebraska, Bellevue, Nebraska
Ginger Booton, CTAE Coordinator, West Georgia RESA, Hoganville, Georgia 

9:00 A.M. – 5:30 P.M.

Don’t miss Kuder, Inc.’s National Career Pathways Network preconference workshop on college and career guidance. The workshop will provide opportunities to share best practices, receive in-depth information about Kuder solutions, learn from Kuder experts, and get new ideas for making college and career guidance relevant and effective for today’s students and adults. Current users of Kuder solutions as well as those interested in college and career guidance are encouraged to attend.

The all-day workshop will feature a keynote address and three breakout sessions.  It will take place on Wednesday, October 20, 2010, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Hotel in Dallas, Texas. Break refreshments and lunch will be provided. Each attendee will receive a $100 discount off of the NCPN conference registration. An agenda and breakout descriptions can be found www.cord.org/kuder-workshop-2010. 

 9:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.

7:30 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.

David Okerlund

Leaders in Tech Prep and career education will have the opportunity to build on the declaration of principles, policies, and objectives put forth at the NATPL forum last year (Atlanta 2009). Launching the forum will be acclaimed speaker David Okerlund, a communications and behavioral modification coach who has taught speech and debate at Oxford University. In his book Managing the Margins of Greatness, Okerlund states that leaders must “learn how to identify even the minute changes so as not to miss some important element to achieve our goals.” The forum will include a regional overview, roundtable discussions, and regional meetings. Topic-specific breakouts will address career academies, enrollment management, programs of study, partnerships, state leadership, technology for consortium leaders, and best practices.