Last year when I spoke at TALENTS in Kentucky, the snow and ice made getting to Georgetown, KY treacherous. This year it was pushing 70 degrees. A nice change.
TALENTS — Teachers As Leaders: Empowering New Thinking Skills is sponsored by the Kentucky Association for Career and Technical Education with support from the Kentucky Department of Education Office of Career and Technical Education. It is designed as a leadership program for classroom Career and Technical Education teachers. The goals are excellence in the classroom, leadership at school, and advocacy within the community.
I made two presentations to the group. The first was on using Assessments to Improve Teaching and the second was on Becoming a 2nd Mile Leader. I also had the opportunity to work with a group of beginning CTE teachers in the inaugural “Surviving to Thriving” program. My presentation to this group was “Finding Your Way: Searching for the Wizard of Oz in the CTE Classroom.”
