The CTAE Husky Herald
Week of May 13-19, 2019
CTAE Mission Statement
Each student demonstrates strength of character and is prepared for post-secondary education and future career opportunities.
ACTION ITEMS OF THE WEEK
- May 13th-Senior Honors' Night
- May 15th-Dept. Chair Meeting (O'Neal)
- May 15th-IDT Collaboration (Moore & Dukes)
- May 15th-Career Signing Day
- May 15th-HHS/HMS Department Meeting
- May 16th-IBT Collaboration (Dukes, Howard & Barber)
- May 16th-MOS Testing
- May 16th-May Board Meeting Recognition
SAVE THE DATE
- May 24, 2019-C.A.R.E.S. Chronicle Articles Due
- June 3-6, 2019-Field of Dreams @ HHS
FBLA Members Lend a Helping Hand at Springdale's Field Day!
District Career Signing Day, May 15, 2019
Introducing 2 New CTAE Programs Now Available...Parent Meeting on May 15, 2019
Coca-Cola Scholarship Available at Perimeter College
The Coca-Cola First-Generation scholarship is a $2,500 award per year, renewable for two years, and the scholarship is for students who are the first in their immediate family (parents and siblings) to attend a college/university will be considered for this scholarship.
The application deadline for this scholarship is Friday, May 17, 2019, so please let your future Perimeter College students know about this opportunity. Students should answer the questions in the document and send their responses to Tiffany S. Tullis at ttullis1@gsu.edu. The application is attached below. Please share with your students.
Troops to Teachers - NHC project
In this project, they recruit up to thirty current K-12 teachers from the southeast who are also veterans of one of the U.S. Armed Forces. This cohort will attend a five-day institute on June 17-21, 2019 at the Center in Durham, North Carolina in order to learn how to use literature to understand the military experience. We will focus on five themes, invite authors and poets and literary scholars to discuss, and then ask each participant to design a project for their schools or communities that explore the military experience. In May 2020, this cohort will return to the Center to share their project work and to prepare it for sharing with other schools and teachers.
Each participant will receive a $1,000 stipend. Applicants do NOT need to be ELA teachers, and all grade levels and disciplines are eligible. We also welcome administrators who are veterans.
They are currently accepting applications from interested educators until May 15, and they have expanded their call to states across the southeast. The information for the program and application process can be found here below.
Instructional Resource....Create a Little Magic!
Disney Parks pull out all of the stops to make visitors’ experiences magical and unforgettable. These ideas can help you create “a whole new world” in your classroom.
There’s a reason Disney Parks have the slogan “Where Dreams Come True.”
There’s magic everywhere, from the entrances to the parks to the little details that children uncover to the big experiences everyone looks forward to.
The reason that pixie-dust feel permeates everything points right back to the founder, Walt Disney. He was an innovator. He wanted his guests to feel like they were in a whole different world when they stepped in the gates.
He wanted them to have that magical experience.
And look at how popular it has become – people flock to Disney Parks from all over the world and willingly pay the exorbitant prices for tickets, food and merchandise.
Here are some lessons that you can incorporate into your classes to create a magical experience
1. Set the scene. When you walk into a Disney attraction, you can see Walt Disney’s views on stepping into a different world. Disney Hollywood Studios ride “Twilight Zone Tower of Terror” is set in a posh hotel that’s been abandoned. The swanky furniture and suitcases are covered in dust and cobwebs, creating the atmosphere necessary to feel part of the ride.
Pick a lesson you teach and think of ways you could really set the scene to deliver the magical experience. It could include costumes, props, a YouTube video or a Google Maps street tour.
2. Don’t forget the little details. One of the things that keeps catching anyone's eye at Disney World is the paved walkways. How many theme parks across the world leave them bland and don’t use them to add the experience? At Animal Kingdom, there were animal footprints and leaf prints pressed into the pavement.
What special details could you incorporate into what you do in the classroom? Envision hiding a QR code on an assignment that directs students to a fun video that touches – briefly or barely – to the topic but is mostly just fun. The best part – once you start adding these details, your students will be watching for them.
3. Customer service is top priority. Many notice that the vast majority of Disney staff (they call them “cast members”) are surprisingly helpful and cordial. Bus drivers greet you warmly before they take you to the parks. Ride attendants dress in costume and play the part. Security guards leave their duties to help lost guests. Why? Because it’s the happiest place on earth! (OK, that’s technically Disneyland, but it applies here, too!)
They’re happy to be there, but they know how important it is that YOU’RE happy to be there. Your students are your guests, your customers. When they feel appreciated, they’ll break through walls for you. (OK, maybe not, but they are much more likely to work for you!)
4. Use technology to create a little magic. One of the coolest apps around – Aurasma – was in use at Disney World, and it created such a cool experience for kids. In the special area for the movie “Frozen” kids had photos taken with Olaf the snowman and the trolls. The catch was that they were added to the photo through Aurasma’s augmented reality.
Aurasma is a very powerful augmented reality tool – and very accessible at the classroom level. The go-to source for examples of using Aurasma in the classroom is this blog post by teacher blogger Erin Klein. Some neat ideas include adding videos over students’ photos on the wall for a magical “Meet the Teacher” night for families and using augmented reality to bring sight words to life.
Start your magical classroom experience one step at a time! Have you found some inspiration? Just try one – your students don’t have to walk into “a whole new world” on the first day of school. But if you incorporate new little pieces over time, you’ll be surprised at what you create – and your students will too.
Current CTSO Membership
DECA:
- 137
FBLA:
- 205
JLC:
- 7 (Squad); 10 (Platoon); 5 (Color Guard)
JROTC:
- 25
MS FBLA:
- 31
Robotics:
- 32
2018-2019 CTAE Projected Pathway Completers
2018-2019 Howard HS & MS School Level Goals
Howard HS:
- Increase Advisory Board Participation by 50%.
- Increase CTSO active membership to 80% of total membership.
- Identify and run a DECA State Officer.
- Increase the EOPA Pass Rate to 85%.
- Increase the Pathway Completers retention rate for the Programming Pathway to 50%
- Increase WBL Enrollment to 34 different students who are either internships or co-ops.
- Incorporate the CTAE "What is Your Super Power?" theme into all CTAE initiative and events.
- Implement 1st Annual Mock Interview Fair for all 8th Graders.
- JLC will participate in Spring JLC Drill Meet.
- Implement both a Fall & Spring GeorgiaBEST Certification Process for one grade level
- Implement GeorgiaBEST Awards' Ceremony
- Increase FBLA Membership by 20%
- Increase MOS Certifications by 20%
FY19 CTAE System-Wide Goals
1. Grow CTAE Advisory Boards
- Partnering with Community and Stakeholders (2.3)
2. Increase CTSO Membership/Develop Leaders
- Partnering with Students (2.1)
- Partnering with Parents (2.1)
3. Increase EOPA Scores by 15%
- Student Acheivement: Post-School Readiness, Increase Content Mastery, Increase Post-Secondary Options (1)
4. Increase Pathway Completers
- Student Achievement: Post-School Readiness, Increase Content Mastery, Increase Post-Secondary Options (1)
- Partner with Students (2.1)
5. Increase YAP/WBL Awareness/Participation
- Student Achievement Post-School Readiness, Increase Content Mastery, Increase Secondary Options (1)
- Student and Stakeholder Engagement: Partner with students (2.1) and parents (2.2)
6. Increase Positive Perception
- Manage Perceptions (4.1)
Howard High School CTAE
Dr. Cassandra Washington, Executive Director of CTAE
Mr. Jason Weiss, CTAE Supervisor
Mrs. Stefani Wells, CTAE Secretary
Email: Jason.Weiss@bcsdk12.net
Website: https://www.bcsdk12.net/site/Default.aspx?PageID=769
Location: 6400 Forsyth Road, Macon, GA, USA
Phone: (478) 779-3827