Technical Education Division.

Technical Education Division. Our annual report can be presented in four questions. First: Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's who's?1. Contraction of who is.2. Contraction of who has.who'swho is or who haswho'sshort for who is, who has. the mostpostsecondary of us all? Is it the Technical Education Division, with 911 members involvedin delivering postsecondary occupational education to credit students? Or Is it Adult Workforce Development, with 1,057 members teachingoccupational skills to adults, usually in noncredit non��cred��it?adj.Of, relating to, or constituting an educational course that does not offer credit toward an academic degree. delivery systems? Or Is it Administration, with perhaps 1,600 postsecondary membersamong their 4,842 total? Or ... Second: So what? Does it really make any difference? Secondary educators usually work with young people, preparing themfor work or for additional education. In contrast, postsecondaryeducators deal with everyone else: those who never attended ourpostsecondary schools; those who attended and left early; those whoattended but nothing happened; and those who are recovering fromlife's losses--ex-convicts, welfare reform students and thehomeless. This difference is always present, and sometimes becomes criticallyimportant--especially as to legislative issues. Therefore, it isimportant that ACTE ACTE Association for Career and Technical Education (formerly American Vocational Association)ACTE Association of Corporate Travel ExecutivesACTE Approvals Committee for Terminal EquipmentACTE Anodal Closure Tetanus contain a strong postsecondary component: 1) to help us maintain a balanced understanding in our lobbyingefforts, and 2) because postsecondary is where ACTE has the greatest growthpotential. If we're we're?Contraction of we are.we'rewe are having trouble with numbers, attracting postsecondarymembers with travel budgets could help. Third: If there's a problem, what is the Technical EducationDivision doing to solve it? There is a problem. If we don't gather more members,we'll lose our divisional status (a division must have 1,200members). Since we feel that ACTE must have a postsecondary presence, weare exploring the possibilities of combining with others to create astable postsecondary division, free of the numbers problem. Along another line, there is often a problem with postsecondaryteachers--usually selected for their technical expertise, but short onteaching skills. In response to this lack, Dr. Sandy Coyner, a member ofour division, coordinates a postsecondary teaching certificate programat the University of Akron Enrollment in fall 2006 was 23,539 students.[1] The school offers more than 200 undergraduate degrees [2] and 100 graduate degrees [3]. The University's best-known program is its College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, which is located in a . More information on this will be in our fallnewsletter. Fourth: How does this involve me? If you're a postsecondary educator and would like to beinvolved in our electronic discussion of issues, just write me(LynnSlater@aol.com), and we'll make you a participant in ourelectronic forum. Know Your VP After leaving school, Lynn Slater slat��er?n.1. One employed to lay slate surfaces, as on roofs.2. See pill bug.3. See sow bug.Noun 1. first worked as an insuranceadjuster and then started a company that provided legal investigationand support services support servicesPsychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services for trial lawyers. El Paso Community College HistoryEl Paso County Community College District was established in June 1969 when citizens of El Paso County voted to form a junior college district and elected a board of seven trustees to administer the College. recruited him to teach part time in their prison program, and he has nowbeen there 26 years--spending the first three years as faculty, the next20 in administration (intern intern/in��tern/ (in��tern) a medical graduate serving in a hospital preparatory to being licensed to practice medicine. in��ternor in��ternen. , division chair, dean, executive dean), andthe final years as faculty, teaching business/management courses at theValle Verde Campus. About 11 years ago, Slater wrote a grant to createthe Occupational Opportunity Center for the Homeless as an EPCC EPCC El Paso County Community College (El Paso, TX, USA)EPCC Edinburgh Parallel Computing CentreEPCC ��tablissement Public de Coop��ration CulturelleEPCC Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning project.The Opportunity Center now serves about 2,600 individuals a year and isthe centerpiece of a system that brings about $3 million per year ingrant funds to El Paso El Paso(ĕl pă`sō), city (1990 pop. 515,342), seat of El Paso co., extreme W Tex., on the Rio Grande opposite Juárez, Mex.; inc. 1873. for services to the homeless. Slater's major contribution has been to develop ways thatcommunity colleges can become productively involved with homelesspopulations, turning them from unemployed homeless people to employedpeople with housing. He's written a manual on how this transitioncan work, and it is available atwww.epcc.edu/Community/Homeless/home.htm. Last year, he and his social worker wife spent the summer studyingwhat sort of occupational education was available to homeless adults inTexas. The Texas Homeless Network was a partner in this project, inwhich 75 to 80 programs were nominated nom��i��nate?tr.v. nom��i��nat��ed, nom��i��nat��ing, nom��i��nates1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election.2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. for inclusion in the study. As asurprise outcome, they found that there is a continuum Continuum (pl. -tinua or -tinuums) can refer to: Continuum (theory), anything that goes through a gradual transition from one condition, to a different condition, without any abrupt changes or "discontinuities" of care in Texasthat can take a homeless client from the streets to self-sufficiency.There is an alternative track for those unable to transition, takingthem to a safe, supported stopping place. Unfortunately, the fullcontinuum does not now exist in any single city, but it could. They callthis sequence the Texas 21 Step, which is available on a hot button atwww.thn.org. Slater says that the best creators of such continuums are colleges,churches and coalitions--organizations with the luxury of a broadcommunity perspective. His next task is working for the creation of suchcommunity continuums in Texas. ACTE Editorial and Publications Committee members and division vicepresidents are responsible for Division Report content. The TechnicalEducation Division report was prepared by Vice President Lynn Slater.