Professional Development Opportunities

NOTE: All Teachers and Directors are welcome to attend any training at any location.

Grading And Assessments

START @ West-MEC - Glendale, AZ 5405 N. 99th Avenue, Glendale, AZ, United States

How should students in CTE be assessed? How do we set up a fair grading system for both teachers and students?  Learn about the wide variety of options that address both of these issues to help you develop both your own philosophy for grading as well as effective strategies for multiple ways to assess student […]

$25

CTE Program Management

START @ West-MEC - Glendale, AZ 5405 N. 99th Avenue, Glendale, AZ, United States

What constitutes an "approved program?"  Come and learn in depth what is required to ensure that your program is in compliance and eligible to receive Federal, State, CTED and JTED funding. You will leave with the skills needed to manage the many facets of running a premier CTE program including:  purchasing, collection of data, reports, […]

$25

CTSO New Advisor Training

Online/virtual instruction

Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) will take your CTE Program to the next level! This course is designed for first, second and Third year advisors who want to effectively manage a CTSO. During this course advisors will discuss how to seamlessly integrate a CTSO into their curriculum, brainstorm fundraising opportunities, share strategies for conducting […]

Laboratory Safety and Management

Online via Zoom

Are you ready for students in the lab? This course is designed to assist teachers develop a laboratory improvement plan including management, clean-up procedures, safety procedures, and meeting monitoring agency mandates. Participants will be introduced to a variety of techniques that will enable you to evaluate and manage your lab effectively and efficiently. Join us […]

Program Management

Online via Zoom

What constitutes an “approved program”? In this course participants will learn what is required to ensure that a program is in compliance and eligible to receive Federal, State and JTED funding. You will leave with the skills needed to manage the many facets of running a premier CTE program including: advisory committees, work-based learning, Career […]

Lesson Plan Writing

Online via Zoom

Wouldn’t you love to learn to write lessons that allow you to walk into your classroom each day feeling fully prepared? This is a productive and hands-on course that will help you achieve that goal. Each teacher will review the components of an AZ CTE Curriculum Consortium lesson, complete a task analysis for one or […]

Strategic Planning

START @ West-MEC - Glendale, AZ 5405 N. 99th Avenue, Glendale, AZ, United States

This course is designed to help participants develop a strategic/tactical plan for their CTE program.  Participants will learn the strategic planning process and apply that knowledge to the development of a plan for their program. NOTE:  There is homework associated with this class to earn 1 ADE credit (15 hours).

$25

Professional Skills

Online via Zoom

Arizona business and industry partners identify these 9 Professional Skills as essential traits of ideal employee.  It is crucial that students leave our programs with Professional Skills if they are to be truly ready for the jobs of the 21st century.  Come and explore some of the best practices in embedding Professional Skills into your […]

Grading and Assessment

Online via Zoom

Arizona business and industry partners identify these 9 Professional Skills as essential traits of ideal employee.  It is crucial that students leave our programs with Professional Skills if they are to be truly ready for the jobs of the 21st century.  Come and explore some of the best practices in embedding Professional Skills into your […]

Work-Based Learning

Online via Zoom

Create meaningful work-based learning experiences for your students. This course will provide teachers with a variety of models of work-based learning along with the associated forms, agreements, and guidelines. You will select the model that is most appropriate for your situation and create a plan to implement work-based learning as a part of your premier […]

$75

CTE Essentials

START @ West-MEC - Glendale, AZ 5405 N. 99th Avenue, Glendale, AZ, United States

The CTE Delivery Model is THE premier educational system for all students. CTE essentials will give you an overview of each of the four components of this outstanding model, and allow you time to process how you can incorporate each element into all of your instructional units as you plan your program’s calendar.  It will also provide some […]

$25

Technical Reading & Performance Literacy

Online via Zoom

What do you guess is the number 1 desirable skill that the Arizona workforce is looking for in a new employee?  Communication skills!  This 2-day class will teach you strategies to use with your students that integrate reading, writing, and speaking opportunities into your program. Day-one focuses on literacy, and closely examines the Career and […]