ACTEAZ

Using Advisory Councils Effectively
2021-05-08 08:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | Online via Zoom
An energetic and involved advisory council can have a significant impact in helping your program and students achieve their goals! This interactive course is designed to ensure success in the formation and use of industry advisory councils. During this course, you will learn how to form a committee, conduct useful advisory council meetings and use advisory council members for continuous program improvement.

Instructor: Curt Bertelsen
For: All CTE Teachers
ADE Credit Available: Yes
One Semester Hour (SH) Credit
Satisfies Professional Knowledge
(PK) deficiencies

Course Length: 1 day + homework

Spring 2021

Dates:
Saturday, May 8, 2021
(One-day + homework)

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. each day with a 30-minute lunch

Work-Based Learning
2021-04-28 08:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | Online via Zoom
This course satisfies the ADE requirement for the Cooperative Education Endorsement. Create meaningful work-based learning experiences for your students! This course will provide teachers with a variety of models that provide academic and professional growth opportunities for students. You will review workplace employability skills, youth labor laws and the associated forms, agreements, and guidelines that must be taken into consideration. After selecting the model that is most appropriate for your situation, you will develop a plan to implement this critical CTE component into your curriculum.

Instructor: Curt Bertelsen
For: All CTE Teachers
ADE Credit Available: Yes
One Semester Hour (SH) Credit
Satisfies Professional Knowledge
(PK) deficiencies

Course Length: 1 day + homework

Spring 2021

Dates:
April 28, 2021
(One-day + homework)

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. each day with a 30-minute lunch

Rubrics
2021-04-27 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Phoenix) | Online via Zoom

Scope and Sequence
2021-04-26 08:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | Online via Zoom
Developing a scope and sequence is an important first step in delivering an effective CTE program! In this hands-on course, CTE teachers will have an opportunity to look at the overall scope of their program to identify what students need to know and be able to do in order to meet industry demands. You will examine your program standards and design a sequence of instructional units to assist you in getting students where they need to be. The final product? A scope and sequence that is designed specifically for your program by you!

Instructor: Curt Bertelsen/Kimberly McCroy
For: All CTE Teachers
ADE Credit Available: Yes
One Semester Hour (SH) Credit
Satisfies Professional Knowledge
(PK) deficiencies

Course Length: 2 days no homework

Spring 2021

Dates:
April 26-27, 2021
(Two-day course)

Summer 2021

Dates:
June 2-3, 2021
(Two-day course)

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. each day with a 30-minute lunch

School-Based Enterprise
2021-04-24 08:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | Online via Zoom
This course is designed to help participants successfully develop and manage a school-based enterprise. Participants will analyze the key components of school-based enterprises and differentiate such from other forms of work-based learning. Participants will also identify the key elements necessary for planning and implementing a school-based enterprise. Finally, participants will develop a business plan for their proposed enterprise.

Instructor: Curt Bertelsen
For: All CTE Teachers
ADE Credit Available: Yes
One Semester Hour (SH) Credit
Satisfies Professional Knowledge
(PK) deficiencies

Course Length: 1 day + homework

Spring 2021

Dates:
Saturday, April 24, 2021
(One-day + homework)

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. each day with a 30-minute lunch

Think Tank
2021-04-22 08:30 - 11:00 (America/Phoenix) | Online via Zoom
The huge disruptions caused by COVID 19 have sparked an increase in the number of students who feel disconnected and unmotivated. As we prepare to come out of the pandemic, how can we re-engage these youth and reinvigorate education for all students and teachers? Embracing Career Literacy is a promising solution. Join us at our April Think Tank as we welcome William Symonds of Western Governors University, and former director of the Global Pathways Institute at ASU. Also presenting will be Angela Hardy of the Arizona Department of Education, who will share Career Literacy resources and best practices from across the state. Register now, you won’t want to miss out.

Laboratory Safety and Management
2021-04-17 08:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | 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 as we identify a variety of practical steps you can take to ensure that your students are safe in the laboratory and that you are protected.

Instructor: Curt Bertelsen
For: All CTE Teachers
ADE Credit Available: Yes
One Semester Hour (SH) Credit
Satisfies Professional Knowledge
(PK) deficiencies

Course Length: 1 day + homework

Spring 2021

Dates:
Saturday, April 17, 2021
(One-day + homework)

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. each day with a 30-minute lunch

Program Management
2021-04-10 08:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | 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 and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO), end of program assessments, attracting and retaining non-traditional students and more. You will develop a 3-year implementation plan for your own CTE Program to achieve premier program status!

Instructor: Curt Bertelsen
For: All CTE Teachers
ADE Credit Available: Yes
One Semester Hour (SH) Credit
Satisfies Professional Knowledge
(PK) deficiencies

Course Length: 1 day + homework

Spring 2021

Dates:
April 10, 2021
(One-day + homework)

Dates:
May 12, 2021
(One-day + homework)

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. each day with a 30-minute lunch

Professional Skills
2021-03-27 08:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | 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 CTE program. Utilize modeling, lessons, CTSOs, Work-based learning, classroom and laboratory procedures and more to ensure that your students leave your program as young professionals!

Instructor: Curt Bertelsen
For: All CTE Teachers
ADE Credit Available: Yes
One Semester Hour (SH) Credit
Satisfies Professional Knowledge
(PK) deficiencies

Course Length: 1 day + homework

Spring 2021

Dates:
Saturday, March 27, 2021
(One-day + homework)

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. each day with a 30-minute lunch

School-based Enterprises
2021-03-23 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Phoenix) | Online via Zoom

School-based Enterprises
2021-03-23 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Phoenix) | Online via Zoom
This class will be 4 two-hour sessions held on Zoom. You must attend all 4 sessions to complete this class.
An effective school-based enterprise (SBE) provides students with the unique opportunity to develop and practice real-world industry experience while serving the needs of their campus and/or community! This course is designed to help participants successfully develop and manage a successful SBE.
Participants will analyze the key components of SBEs and identify the differences between this model and other forms of work-based learning. Participants will also identify the key elements necessary for planning and implementing a school-based enterprise including best practices and record keeping requirements. Throughout this course participants will develop a business plan for their proposed enterprise.
NOTE: There is homework associated with this class if you wish to earn (1) ADE Credit. Participants who participate in the course and who complete one follow-up assignment will have the opportunity to earn 15 CEU hours approved by ADE to be used for moving from provisional to standard CTE certificate or for re-certification hours.

Effective Demos
2021-03-22 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Phoenix) | Online via Zoom

Empowering Students
2021-03-06 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Phoenix) | Online via Zoom

Advanced Methods of Teaching CTE
2021-03-06 08:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | Online via Zoom
This course will support teachers’ continuing development as outstanding teachers for CTE programs by examining their personal educational philosophy, instructional design, and methodology. Three major components comprise the course:
1. Examining beliefs about learning – developing your own personal philosophy about learning,
2. Motivating adolescent learners – designing a classroom that is especially effective for high school students, and
3. Ring of fire – active participation strategies to use every day in your classroom. Instruction models active participation strategies and major components that are especially effective with adolescents. Each participant will receive their own “Ring of Fire” to utilize in their classroom.

Instructor: Cathy Carey
For: All CTE Teachers
ADE Credit Available: Yes
One Semester Hour (SH) Credit
Satisfies Professional Knowledge
(PK) deficiencies

Course Length: 1 day + homework

Spring 2021

Dates:
Saturday, March 6, 2021
(One-day + homework)

Dates:
April 22, 2021
(One-day + homework)

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. each day with a 30-minute lunch

Intentional Technical Skills Training
2021-03-02 08:30 - 16:00 (America/Phoenix) | NAVIT Office, 951 W. Snowflake Blvd., Snowflake, AZ, 85937, United States

Lesson Plan Writing
2021-03-01 08:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | 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 productive and hands-on course 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 more learning objectives, establish the measurement criteria, determine the number of lessons to be written for the unit of instruction, and develop the first lesson in the unit. Participants will also engage in a conversation about the effective use of PowerPoint presentations for instruction and review copyright and fair use guidelines.

Instructor: Lee Jessen
For: All CTE Teachers
ADE Credit Available: Yes
One Semester Hour (SH) Credit
Satisfies Professional Knowledge
(PK) deficiencies

Course Length: 1 day + homework

Spring 2021

Dates:
March 1, 2021
Optional Open Lab day to assist participant with homework:
March 2, 2021

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. each day with a 30-minute lunch

Classroom Management
2021-02-24 08:30 - 16:00 (America/Phoenix) | NAVIT Office, 951 W. Snowflake Blvd., Snowflake, AZ, 85937, United States
In this course, teachers will enhance classroom management skills by developing rules, procedures and routines that are aligned to their content and environment. We will consider the philosophy of “Discipline with Dignity” to ensure that you possess discipline strategies that are highly effective without escalating disruptive student behavior. Participants will evaluate how a course syllabus serves as a powerful communication tool between teacher and students and will leave with a draft that defines your procedures, routines, classroom rules and consequences.

Instructor: Curt Bertelsen
For: All CTE Teachers
ADE Credit Available: Yes
One Semester Hour (SH) Credit
Satisfies Professional Knowledge
(PK) deficiencies

Course Length: 2 days no homework

Professional Knowledge Assessment Prep
2021-02-23 | Online via Zoom

Performance Literacy
2021-02-22 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Phoenix) | Online via Zoom
Performance Literacy is the partner class for Technical Reading. This second course allows teachers to gain a deeper understanding of writing and speaking standards, identify how they currently use them in their programs, and determine specific steps they can take to increase their use of these standards as well as their students’ success with them.
The technical literacy standards are skill-driven and a perfect fit for our CTE programs’ focus on career AND college readiness as our students complete their programs.
Prerequisite: Completion of Technical Reading course to receive (1) ADE Credit.

Classroom Management
2021-02-19 08:00 - 12:00 (America/Phoenix) | Joseph City, AZ Rm 3, Rm 3, Joseph City, AZ, United States
In this course, teachers will enhance classroom management skills by developing rules, procedures and routines that are aligned to their content and environment. We will consider the philosophy of “Discipline with Dignity” to ensure that you possess discipline strategies that are highly effective without escalating disruptive student behavior. Participants will evaluate how a course syllabus serves as a powerful communication tool between teacher and students and will leave with a draft that defines your procedures, routines, classroom rules and consequences.

Instructor: Curt Bertelsen
For: All CTE Teachers
ADE Credit Available: Yes
One Semester Hour (SH) Credit
Satisfies Professional Knowledge
(PK) deficiencies

Course Length: 2 days no homework

Spring 2021

Dates:
January 29, 2021
February 19, 2021
(Two-day course)

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. each day

Using Rubrics to Increase Student Success
2021-02-16 08:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | Online via Zoom
CTE courses are performance-based. When teachers let students know exactly how their work will be evaluated, the students’ level of performance always improves. Come and participate in a hands-on activity that uses a rubric, determine where the rubric made a positive difference in your performance, and then design a rubric for one of your own student projects with guided support and feedback. Bring the assignment for one of your student projects and your current grading criteria for that project with you to help get this practical day started.

Instructor: Cathy Carey
For: All CTE Teachers
ADE Credit Available: Yes
One Semester Hour (SH) Credit
Satisfies Professional Knowledge
(PK) deficiencies

Course Length: 1 day + homework

Spring 2021

Dates:
February 16, 2021
(One-day + homework)

Summer 2021

Dates:
Saturday, May 1, 2021
(One-day + homework)

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. each day with a 30-minute lunch

Classroom Management
2021-02-13 08:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | Online via Zoom
In this course, teachers will enhance classroom management skills by developing rules, procedures and routines that are aligned to their content and environment. We will consider the philosophy of “Discipline with Dignity” to ensure that you possess discipline strategies that are highly effective without escalating disruptive student behavior. Participants will evaluate how a course syllabus serves as a powerful communication tool between teacher and students and will leave with a draft that defines your procedures, routines, classroom rules and consequences.

Instructor: Curt Bertelsen
For: All CTE Teachers
ADE Credit Available: Yes
One Semester Hour (SH) Credit
Satisfies Professional Knowledge
(PK) deficiencies

Course Length: 2 days no homework

Spring 2021

Dates:
Saturday, February 13, 2021
Saturday, February 20, 2021
(Two-day course)

Dates:
March 3-4, 2021
(Two-day course)

Dates:
May 5-6, 2021
(Two-day course)

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. each day with a 30-minute lunch

Technical Reading & Performance Literacy
2021-02-12 08:00 - 16:00 (America/Denver) | Poston Butte HS, 32375 N Gantzel Rd., San Tan, AZ, 85143
Assessing and grading are two different actions. Learn a variety of formative and summative assessment techniques. A major focus is how to assess student work using rubrics. This class will help you create a clear grading policy and develop a variety of ways to assess student learning.
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 learning and progress. You will also leave with a greater understanding of how to align testing and evaluation to your course outcomes and grading policies that will increase effective feedback for students.
Participants who participate in the course and who complete the follow-up assignments will have the opportunity to earn 15 CEU hours approved by ADE to be used for moving from provisional to standard CTE certificate or for recertification hours.

Classroom Management
2021-02-09 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Denver) | Online via Zoom
This class will be 4 two-hour sessions held on Zoom. You must attend all 4 sessions to complete this class.
In this course, teachers will enhance classroom management skills by developing rules, procedures, and routines that are aligned to their content and environment. We will consider the philosophy of “Discipline with Dignity” to ensure that you possess discipline strategies that are highly effective without escalating disruptive student behavior.
Participants will evaluate how a course syllabus serves as a powerful communication tool between teacher and students and leave with a draft that defines your procedures, routines, classroom rules, and consequences.
NOTE: There is homework associated with this class if you wish to earn (1) ADE Credit. Participants who participate in the course and who complete one follow-up assignment will have the opportunity to earn 15 CEU hours approved by ADE to be used for moving from provisional to standard CTE certificate or for re-certification hours.

Grading and Assessment
2021-02-05 08:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | Online via Zoom
How should students in CTE be assessed? How do we set up a fair grading system for both teachers and students? This course is designed to look at the wide variety of options that address both of these questions so that you can establish your own philosophy for grading, and identify fair and appropriate methods to assess student learning and progress in your program. Participants will engage with a variety of formative and summative assessment techniques and create a performance rubric aligned to program standards.

Instructor: Curt Bertelsen
For: All CTE Teachers
ADE Credit Available: Yes
One Semester Hour (SH) Credit
Satisfies Professional Knowledge
(PK) deficiencies

Course Length: 1 day + homework

Spring 2021

Dates:
February 5, 2021
(One-day + homework)

Summer 2021

Dates:
June 4, 2021
(One-day + homework)

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. each day with a 30-minute lunch

Technical Reading & Performance Literacy
2021-01-27 08:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | 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 College Readiness Standards (CCRS) Reading Standards. You will determine where they are relevant in your curriculum, examine vocabulary strategies, learn about fluency and Lexile scores, and participate in a close reading lesson.
Day-two focuses on CCRS Writing and Speaking Standards to determine what 11th and 12th grade students have to do utilizing writing and speaking that will make them more employable and career-ready. In addition, you will discover how CTSOs can support this and where in your curriculum you can embed writing and speaking in order to give your students more practice in those skills.

Instructor: Cathy Carey
For: All CTE Teachers
ADE Credit Available: Yes
One Semester Hour (SH) Credit
Satisfies Professional Knowledge
(PK) deficiencies

Course Length: 2 days no homework

Spring 2021

Dates:
January 27-28, 2021
(Two-day course)

Summer 2021

Dates:
June 9-10, 2021
(Two-day course)

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. each day with a 30-minute lunch

Instructional Best Practices Day 2
2021-01-26 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Denver) | Online via Zoom
This class will be 4 two-hour sessions held on Zoom. You MUST attend all 4 sessions to earn credit for this class.
This course is an introduction to the design and use of CTE curriculum. In this highly engaging course teachers will focus on the design and delivery of relevant and engaging lessons. Special emphasis is placed on writing clear, aligned and measureable objective(s), a variety of methods for structuring learning to meet objective(s), incorporation of active participation strategies, developing a strong introduction to each lesson, and closure to assess learning. These strategies will be woven and modeled throughout the entire course.
All participants who complete this training will receive password-protected access to the AZ CTE Curriculum Consortium with its bank of outstanding lesson plans and/or other valuable resources for CTE programs written by Arizona CTE teachers.
There is no homework for this class. You will only receive 1 ADE Credit if you attend all 8 hours of Instructional Best Practices Day 1 and all 8 hours of Instructional Best Practices Day 2.
This course is excellent for every teacher! Ace your next evaluation!
The third class in this series is Classroom Management. It is open for registration.

CTE Essentials
2021-01-26 08:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | Online via Zoom
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 insight into the many roles a CTE teacher plays in the course of any school day, where to find support to meet those expectations, and how to transition between each of them. CTE Essentials is a truly necessary course for the teacher who is looking to build a strong program for students.

Instructor: Bertelsen and Kimberly McCroy
For: All CTE Teachers
ADE Credit Available: Yes
One Semester Hour (SH) Credit
Satisfies Professional Knowledge
(PK) deficiencies

Course Length: 1 day + homework

Spring 2021

Dates:
January 26, 2021
(One-day + homework)

Summer 2021

Dates:
June 11, 2021
(One-day + homework)

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. each day with a 30-minute lunch

Work-Based Learning
2021-01-25 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Phoenix) | Online via Zoom
This class will be 4 two-hour sessions held on Zoom. You must attend all 4 sessions to complete this class.
We will mail you a packet of participation materials.
This course satisfies the ADE requirement for the Cooperative Education Endorsement.
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 apart of your premier program!
NOTE: There is homework associated with this class if you wish to earn (1) ADE Credit. Participants who participate in the course and who complete one follow-up assignment will have the opportunity to earn 15 CEU hours approved by ADE to be used for moving from provisional to standard CTE certificate or for re-certification hours with Cooperative Education Endorsement.

Instructional Best Practices
2021-01-23 08:00 - 15:30 (America/Phoenix) | Online via Zoom
In this highly engaging course, teachers will focus on the design and delivery of relevant and engaging lessons. Special emphasis is placed on writing clear, aligned and measureable objective(s), a variety of methods for structuring learning to meet objective(s), incorporation of active participation strategies, developing a strong introduction to each lesson, and closure to assess learning. These strategies will be woven and modeled throughout the entire course. All participants who are employed by members of AZ CTE Curriculum Consortium and who complete both days of this training will receive password-protected access to the CET Curriculum Connection with its bank of outstanding lesson plans and/or other valuable resources for CTE programs written by Arizona CTE teachers. This course is excellent for every teacher! Ace your next evaluation!

Instructor: Curt Bertelsen
For: All CTE Teachers
ADE Credit Available: Yes
One Semester Hour (SH) Credit
Satisfies Professional Knowledge
(PK) deficiencies

Course Length: 2 days no homework

Spring 2021

Dates:
Saturday, January 23, 2021
Saturday, January 30, 2021
(Two-day course)

Dates:
February 17-18, 2021
(Two-day course)

Dates:
April 14-15, 2021
(Two-day course)

Time: 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. each day with a 30-minute lunch
