Upcoming Events

For a more complete list of professional development opportunities, visit www.southdakotapd.com.

• Dakota STEP Pretest Workshops
• South Dakota Board of Education to meet
• Save the date:
  Career and technical education conference

Dakota STEP Pretest Workshops
Dakota STEP Pretest Workshops will be held at locations across South Dakota the week of Feb. 11. Workshops begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 1:30 p.m. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Workshops are hosted by the Department of Education and Harcourt.

The dates and sites of these workshops are as follows:

• Feb. 11 - Rapid City - Ramkota
• Feb. 12 - Pierre - Kings Inn
• Feb. 13 - Aberdeen - Ramkota
• Feb. 14 and 15 - Sioux Falls - Ramada

Questions can be directed to Gay Pickner, Department of Education, (605) 773-3247 or gay.pickner@state.sd.us.

South Dakota Board of Education to meet
The South Dakota Board of Education will meet March 17-18, 2008, in Pierre (Kneip Building, 700 Governors Drive, Conference Room 3). An agenda will be posted at http://doe.sd.gov/secretary/board/schedule.asp as soon as it is available.

Save the date:
Career and technical education conference
The annual Career and Technical Education Conference is slated for July 27-30 at the Ramkota RiverCentre in Pierre. This year’s event will feature hands-on activities related to career clusters, career guidance, personal learning plans, programs of study and units of instruction.

The event is hosted by the South Dakota Department of Education and the South Dakota Association for Career & Technical Education.