Upcoming Events
For a more complete list of professional development
opportunities, visit
www.southdakotapd.com.
• Crosswalk trainings for CTE teachers scheduled
• Tech Prep and HSTW/MMGW conference set for December
• Rollout sessions cover new science standards
Crosswalk trainings for CTE teachers scheduled
By April of 2006, all of the state’s career and
technical education (CTE) teachers are required to have
their crosswalks completed and syllabi on file with the
department’s Office of Career and Technical Education.
Two upcoming workshops will train teachers in the crosswalk
process and give them time to develop or update their course
syllabi. The workshops are slated for Nov. 8 in Rapid City
and Jan. 31 in Mitchell.
The goal of the statewide Crosswalk Project is to provide a
standards-based curriculum for CTE programs that includes
technical standards, academic standards and employability
standards. By going through the crosswalks process, CTE
teachers will:
• develop instructional strategies that meet the learning
needs of all students;
• identify areas within the curriculum where academic,
technical and transferable work skills need to be enhanced
and integrated;
• meet Perkins accountability;
• assist schools in meeting state-adopted academic
standards;
• help schools meet the requirements of No Child Left
Behind.
Teachers can register for the workshop online at
www.southdakotapd.com
or by downloading the form at
doe.sd.gov/octe/training/ and faxing or mailing it to
the South Dakota Department of Education, Office of Career
and Technical Education, 700 Governor’s Drive, Pierre, SD
57501. Fax: (605) 773-4236.
Tech Prep and HSTW/MMGW conference set for
December
Plan to attend the 2005 Tech Prep and High Schools
That Work/Making Middle Grades Work conference Dec. 1-3. The
event will be held at the Oaks Hotel and Convention Center
in Sioux Falls. Conference fee is $75.
Participants will attend focus sessions with topics such as
“Linking Classrooms to Career Fairs,” “The Ten Commandments
of Student Success,” and “Of Course It Doesn’t Make Sense!
This is Math!” They also will have opportunities to
participate in roundtable discussions with topics such as
“Workforce 2010,” “Family Finance Curriculum,” “The Layered
Look Is In” and more.
One graduate credit has been arranged through Northern State
University. Cost is $59.
For more information, contact Steven Rounds at (605)
773-7006,
steven.rounds@state.sd.us, or Marsha Kucker at (605)
367-7680, mkucker@edec.org.
Rollout sessions cover new science standards
Learn all about South Dakota’s new science
standards at a series of “rollout” sessions beginning in
December. The sessions are designed to introduce K-12
science teachers to the new state standards.
The first session in the three-part series will address Life
Science. These sessions will be held Dec. 12 in Aberdeen
(Ramada Inn), Dec. 14 in Sioux Falls (Ramada Inn) and Dec.
16 in Rapid City (Holiday Inn Civic Center). The sessions
will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participants will study the
new Life Science standards in-depth and receive free,
standards-based lessons and activities.
The second session in the series, which will address
Physical Science, will be held in January. The third session
in the series, addressing Earth and Space, will take place
in February. Participants who attend each session in the
three-part series are eligible for graduate credit.
Registration is available through
southdakotapd.com. |
