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SUMMARY:Advanced Methods of Teaching CTE
DESCRIPTION:Event Details:\n\n\n\nLevel 4\nPrerequisite: Completion of Instructional Best Practices Day 1 and Day 2\nThis class is designed for advanced CTE teachers\n\n\n\n\nPlease bring a laptop\n\nThis 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: \n\nExamining Beliefs About Learning – developing your own personal philosophy about learning\nMotivating Adolescent Learners – designing a classroom that is especially effective for high school students\nEngagement – active participation strategies to use every day in your classroom: instruction models\, active participation strategies\, and major components that are especially effective with adolescents.\n\nNOTE:  Upon successful completion of the course\, which includes submission of homework\, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours\, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.
URL:https://www.acteaz.org/courses/advanced-methods-of-teaching-cte-9/
LOCATION:START @ West-MEC – Glendale\, AZ\, 5405 N. 99th Avenue\, Glendale\, AZ\, 85305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advanced Methods of Teaching CTE
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UID:25874-1743667200-1743782400@www.acteaz.org
SUMMARY:Classroom Management
DESCRIPTION:Event Details:\n\nLevel 1\nNo prerequisite\nThis class is designed for all CTE teachers.\n\nIn this course\, teachers will enhance classroom management skills by developing procedures and routines that are perfect for their situation. We will take a deep look at the philosophy of “Discipline with Dignity” and develop classroom rules and consequences. \nParticipants will be empowered to create an atmosphere that is conducive to learning and high expectations. All of this is based on the belief that excellent classroom management is built on the foundation of well-planned\, relevant\, and engaging lessons. \nUpon successful completion of the course\, which includes the submission of homework\, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hour\, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.
URL:https://www.acteaz.org/courses/classroom-management-33-2-2-2/
LOCATION:Pima JTED @ Master Pieces\, 2855 W. Master Pieces Dr.\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85741\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classroom Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250407T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250407T160000
DTSTAMP:20260524T190848
CREATED:20241004T170411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241004T172732Z
UID:25456-1744012800-1744041600@www.acteaz.org
SUMMARY:Rubrics To Increase Student Success
DESCRIPTION:Event Details:\n\nLevel 3\nNo prerequisite\nThis class is designed for all CTE teachers\nOption B approved course\n\nCTE courses are driven by student-created projects. Rubrics are an evaluation tool that can increase the quality of those student projects while simultaneously giving the teacher a quicker\, fairer way to assess their quality. Come to this workshop with one or two student projects that you would like to assess more easily\, and you will leave with an excellent rubric that you personalized for your classroom and the confidence and skills to create additional rubrics for the other student projects in your curriculum. \nUpon successful completion of the course\, which includes submission of homework\, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours\, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework. \n  \nRegister Here
URL:https://www.acteaz.org/courses/rubrics-to-increase-student-success-14-2/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Rubrics to Increase Student Success
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250408T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250408T160000
DTSTAMP:20260524T190848
CREATED:20250212T222553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T222553Z
UID:25878-1744099200-1744128000@www.acteaz.org
SUMMARY:Technical Reading & Performance Literacy Day 1
DESCRIPTION:Event Details:\n\nLevel 1\nNo prerequisite\nThis class is designed for all CTE teachers.\n\nThis course consists of TWO 8-hour classes. You must attend BOTH classes to receive credit.  \nYour CTE classroom truly is the key to the meaningful application of the current career and college readiness standards. This course will give you specific examples where Arizona’s Common Core standards for Technical Literacy already exist in your CTE program\, it will provide opportunities for you to incorporate additional standards into your lessons\, AND it will give you strategies to take back to your classroom to increase your student’s ability to read difficult technical information more effectively. \nPerformance 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. \nThe 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. \nCome find out why CTE really is a powerful driver for creating literate employees for our 21st-century workforce! \nThere is no homework for this class. Upon successful completion of Technical Reading and
URL:https://www.acteaz.org/courses/technical-reading-performance-literacy-day-1-2-2/
LOCATION:JTED @ Master Pieces\, 2855 W Master Pieces Drive\, Building 1/PD Classroom\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85741\, United States
CATEGORIES:Technical Reading & Performance Literacy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250408T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250408T160000
DTSTAMP:20260524T190848
CREATED:20250218T175312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T175312Z
UID:25941-1744099200-1744128000@www.acteaz.org
SUMMARY:Foundations of Classroom Management
DESCRIPTION:Event Details:\n\nLevel 1\nNo prerequisite\nThis class is designed for all CTE teachers.\n\nThis foundational course is designed to equip emerging educators with the essential knowledge and skills necessary to develop a positive learning environment. Participants will explore various aspects of the education profession\, including terminology\, characteristics of professional conduct\, and classroom management strategies. Through a detailed examination\, participants will develop clear and enforceable rules that promote respect\, responsibility\, and safety. Participants will examine the role of consequences in shaping student behavior and promoting accountability while creating and implementing consistent procedures to streamline classroom activities and maximize instructional time.  By the course’s conclusion\, educators will emerge equipped with practical tools and insights to navigate the complexities of classroom management with confidence and professionalism. \nUpon successful completion of the course\, which includes the submission of homework\, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hour\, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.
URL:https://www.acteaz.org/courses/classroom-management-33-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/
LOCATION:START @ West-MEC – Glendale\, AZ\, 5405 N. 99th Avenue\, Glendale\, AZ\, 85305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Classroom Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250410T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250411T153000
DTSTAMP:20260524T190848
CREATED:20250212T222834Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T222834Z
UID:25880-1744272000-1744385400@www.acteaz.org
SUMMARY:Instructional Best Practices
DESCRIPTION:Event Details:\n\nLevel 1\nNo prerequisite\nThis class is designed for all CTE teachers.\n\nThis course consists of TWO 8-hour classes. You must attend BOTH classes to receive credit.  \nThis 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 active participation strategies\, a strong introduction to each lesson\, clear and appropriate objective(s)\, a variety of ways to meet the objective(s)\, and closure to assess learning. These strategies will be woven across the entire workshop. \nAll participants whose districts are members of the AZ CTE Curriculum Consortium and who complete both days of this workshop will receive password-protected access to the Curriculum Connection with its 3500+ bank of outstanding lesson plans for more than 20 CTE programs written by Arizona CTE teachers. \nThis course is excellent for every teacher. Ace your next evaluation! \nThere is no homework for this class. Upon successful completion of BOTH Instructional Best Practices classes\, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours\, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.
URL:https://www.acteaz.org/courses/instructional-best-practices-22-2-2/
LOCATION:Pima JTED @ Master Pieces\, 2855 W. Master Pieces Dr.\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85741\, United States
CATEGORIES:Instructional Best Practices
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250411T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250411T160000
DTSTAMP:20260524T190848
CREATED:20241004T170849Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241031T220614Z
UID:25458-1744358400-1744387200@www.acteaz.org
SUMMARY:Empowering Students Through Professional Skills
DESCRIPTION:Event Details:\n\nLevel 3\nNo prerequisite\nThis class is designed for all CTE teachers\nPlease bring your Scope & Sequence\nOption B approved course\n\nThis course will explore the nine Professional Skills identified by the Arizona Department of Education in collaboration with industry. Participants will identify them\, use created rubrics to assess their use\, explore strategies to embed them across their curriculum\, and methods to evaluate students. \nUpon successful completion of the course\, which includes submission of homework\, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours\, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework. \n 
URL:https://www.acteaz.org/courses/empowering-students-through-professional-skills-11-2-2/
LOCATION:START @ West-MEC – Glendale\, AZ\, 5405 N. 99th Avenue\, Glendale\, AZ\, 85305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Empowering Students
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250415T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250415T160000
DTSTAMP:20260524T190848
CREATED:20250212T222955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T222955Z
UID:25882-1744704000-1744732800@www.acteaz.org
SUMMARY:Technical Reading & Performance Literacy Day 2
DESCRIPTION:Event Details:\n\nLevel 1\nNo prerequisite\nThis class is designed for all CTE teachers.\n\nThis course consists of TWO 8-hour classes. You must attend BOTH classes to receive credit.  \nYour CTE classroom truly is the key to the meaningful application of the current career and college readiness standards. This course will give you specific examples where Arizona’s Common Core standards for Technical Literacy already exist in your CTE program\, it will provide opportunities for you to incorporate additional standards into your lessons\, AND it will give you strategies to take back to your classroom to increase your student’s ability to read difficult technical information more effectively. \nPerformance 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. \nThe 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. \nCome find out why CTE really is a powerful driver for creating literate employees for our 21st-century workforce! \nThere is no homework for this class. Upon successful completion of Technical Reading and
URL:https://www.acteaz.org/courses/technical-reading-performance-literacy-day-2-2-2/
LOCATION:JTED @ Master Pieces\, 2855 W Master Pieces Drive\, Building 1/PD Classroom\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85741\, United States
CATEGORIES:Technical Reading & Performance Literacy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250416T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250416T160000
DTSTAMP:20260524T190848
CREATED:20240813T202209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240813T202209Z
UID:25260-1744790400-1744819200@www.acteaz.org
SUMMARY:Formative Assessments For CTE Programs
DESCRIPTION:Event Details:\n\nLevel 4\nNo prerequisite\nThis class is designed for advanced CTE teachers\nOption B approved course\n\nThis highly engaging course will provide you with an opportunity to evaluate the purpose of formative assessments. Topics include the role and types of assessments\, the process to develop an objective assessment\, as well as criteria for crafting quality multiple-choice items. You will learn the skills needed to create objective assessment items using a process that mirrors the development of items for the Arizona CTE Technical Skill Assessments. You will develop an understanding of how to assess student skills in relation to standards and Bloom’s Taxonomy levels that require the application of concepts and critical thinking. In addition to learning about assessment development\, you will create formative assessment items for use with students in your CTE program and others in the CTE community. \nYou will be empowered to implement concepts immediately in your classroom. \nUpon successful completion of the course\, which includes submission of homework\, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours\, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.
URL:https://www.acteaz.org/courses/formative-assessments-for-cte-programs-5/
LOCATION:START @ West-MEC – Glendale\, AZ\, 5405 N. 99th Avenue\, Glendale\, AZ\, 85305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Formative Assessments for CTE Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250417T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250417T160000
DTSTAMP:20260524T190848
CREATED:20241004T165726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T223408Z
UID:25451-1744876800-1744905600@www.acteaz.org
SUMMARY:Program Management
DESCRIPTION:Event Details:\n\nLevel 4\nNo prerequisite\nThis class is designed for advanced CTE teachers\nOption B approved course\n\nWhat 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\, and JTED funding. \nYou will leave with the skills needed to manage the many facets of running a premier CTE program\, including purchasing\, collection of data\, reports\, 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 an action plan to be successful with ADE Program Monitoring. \nUpon successful completion of the course\, which includes submission of homework\, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours\, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.
URL:https://www.acteaz.org/courses/program-management-12-2-2/
LOCATION:JTED @ Master Pieces\, 2855 W Master Pieces Drive\, Building 1/PD Classroom\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85741\, United States
CATEGORIES:Program Management
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250426T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20250426T170000
DTSTAMP:20260524T190848
CREATED:20250212T223822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T223822Z
UID:25887-1745654400-1745686800@www.acteaz.org
SUMMARY:Effective Demonstrations
DESCRIPTION:Event Details:\n\nLevel 2\nNo prerequisite\nThis class is designed for all CTE teachers\nOption B approved course\n\nWhether in a welding lab or a bioscience lab\, effective demonstrations are crucial. If done correctly\, every student can successfully perform the new skill with little or no frustration\, without wasted materials\, and attain proficiency in a way that will ensure the whole class progresses at an appropriate pace. This is a real career extender! When you are successful in the lab\, and the students are successful in the lab\, teaching can be very rewarding. An added bonus is that students complete the new skill in a safe environment. Come and learn this four-part demonstration method. \nUpon successful completion of the course\, which includes submission of homework\, participants will receive an ADE certificate for 15 professional development clock hours\, which equates to one (1) semester hour of coursework.
URL:https://www.acteaz.org/courses/effective-demonstrations-16-2/
LOCATION:JTED @ Master Pieces\, 2855 W Master Pieces Drive\, Building 1/PD Classroom\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85741\, United States
CATEGORIES:Effective Demonstrations
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