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Outstanding in Her Field
It is Monday in Western PA and it is raining. I am not usually thrilled with a rainy day, but today I am. Over the weekend during unusually pleasant temps and conditions, I worked outside in my yard and my garden. I planted onions, lettuce, and spinach. I am more of a flower gardener than [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Get FIT (Females In Technology)
I have a wonderful new experience to share with everyone about an event that was created and carried out with eighth grade female students in Butler County. Recently, the Tri-County Workforce Investment Board introduced the opportunity for the county schools to write a grant and receive funding for career awareness activities. Being the grant writer for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )School Funding Meltdown
I remind myself daily of what is good in my world. As a counselor, I have had many opportunities to participate in skill building exercises that have helped me to learn to prioritize; not to sweat the small stuff; how to build my self-esteem and the self-esteem of others; how to do mini tension relieving [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Career Clusters – The Big REVEAL!
We are still in the midst of winter here in Western PA, and quite frankly, the majority of the population is teetering on depression. Instead of allowing myself to completely go to the dark side, I thought that I would set up a series of attainable goals that could be accomplished and help me feel [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )STEM:Twig or Branch?
I am currently involved with designing a commercial aimed at seventh and eighth graders showing the importance of taking advanced science, technology, (pre-)engineering, and math courses while in high school. The commercial is using real students in eleventh and twelfth grade, with a focus on non-traditional participants, who can apply science, math, and engineering concepts while [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Will The Real Carl Perkins Please Stand Up!
Yesterday’s e-mails delivered some sad, but not hopeless, news to those of us who work in the career and technical education arena. The federal budget proposal once again slashed education and deleted monies that would have been appropriated for the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. Following a pattern of tradition, as only governmental [...]
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