Red River Technology Center
On April 13, 2008, Tech Prep Students at Red River Technology Center were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society. Those students include: Sissy Haney, Health Careers; Imelda Hernandez, BITE; Jasmine Herrara, BITE; Claudia Ramos, BITE; James Santanna, HVAC; Stephanie Tatro, BITE; Diamond Watters, Health Careers. These students join fellow Tech Prep Students Brittany Cramton, BITE; Bobbi Jo Everette, BITE; Bettye Perez, BITE as members of NTHS.
Subsidies for technical employees
The Oklahoma Workforce Incentives Act of 2008 grants tax deductions for businesses in the aerospace, energy, biotechnology, information technology or health care industries.
http://www.okinsider.com/readstory.oki?type=headline&storyid=0BJ150DYM
Technical Colleges in Transition
An article on technical colleges from Louisiana
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080411/NEWS01/804110329
ALLIANCES AND COLLEGE TRANSITION
Boston College has a great example of a video tour of their campus. What a great way for technology centers to involve their audiovisual students with marketing students to produce a technology center tour.
http://www.bu.edu/admissions/explore/video.html
More State Students to Earn Degrees
Approximately 700 more students will complete a degree in the 07-08 year.
http://newsok.com/article/3228464/1207886257
CAREER MAJORS
Workforce in the 21st Century Economy
An interactive communications and learning platform, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration, designed to build the capacity of the Workforce Investment System to develop strategies that enable individuals to be successful in the 21st century economy.
http://www.workforce3one.org/
OERB for Educators
Thanks to Shelby White at Western Technology Center for a heads up about OERB’s educator resources complete with free safety information.
http://www.oerb.com/ForEducators/tabid/58/Default.aspx
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Mickelson Exxon Mobile Teacher Academy
A free teacher academy for 3rd through 5th grade instructors in science and mathematics
http://www.sendmyteacher.com/index.html
PREPARATORY SERVICES
OKCI Test Prep Packages
- Academic Practice Test I includes the ACT, SAT, GED, ASVAB, CLEP, and TOEFL tests and the cost is $250 per year
- Academic Practice Test II includes the AP and SATII tests and the cost is $200 per year.
- Civil Service Practice Test includes the American Foreign Service Officer, Caseworker, Correction Officer, Firefighter, Court Officer, Police Officer, Police Promotion, State Trooper, Probation Officer, Real Estate and the cost is $200 per year.
The National Career Development Association (NCDA)
A division of the American Counseling Association (ACA). to promote career development of all people over the life span. It publishes a web magazine, Career Convergence that contains articles to consult for such information. http://www.ncda.org/
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