Professional Development

Career and Technical Education - Leading the Way
Valley Education for Employment System

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

	Professional development in the VALEES region focuses on promoting: CTE programs that prepare students for success in a rapidly changing 21st century economy that requires more workers with technical skills collaboration among CTE instructors to share ideas and instructional strategies development of higher level technical skills instructional best practices to link CTE curricula and academics high level problem solving and innovative thinking within CTE curricula awareness of career pathways and business operations that broadens educators and students understanding of 21st century careers
	The Fall Business Teacher Update Session was provided by the Illinois Curriculum Revitalization Project as a part of the VALEES Business Educator program committee meeting. Instructors from eleven VALEES region schools, Waubonsee Community College, and Galena High School participated. Carol Brooks, Business, Marketing and Computer Education Consultant (ISBE) and Diane Mahinda, Facilitator, SIU Center for Workforce Development conducted a three-hour workshop.
Sebert Landscaping	College graduate level courses designed to support VALEES' initiatives *Graduate Course Offerings Summer 2013* Two courses areopen for registration in partnership with Aurora University and the Kane Count Regional Office of Education. REGISTRATION OPEN: TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION, COMMON CORE, AND CTE. June 17-21, 2013. Instructors: Eve Phillips and Michelle McAnally. Click here for course flyer and course syllabus. Onlie registration is open, event number 439-13. REGISTRATION OPEN: MAKING WORK MATTER 21st CENT. June 24-28, 2013. Click here for course flyer and course syllabus. Online registration is open, event number 441-13. Instructor: Dr. Toni Tollerud Through partnerships with Kane County Regional Office of Education, Aurora University, and Northern Illinois University, VALEES has offered the following courses: 2012-2013 CTE Learning for the 21st Centry, Instructor: Dr. Ruth Badal (Aug. 2012) 2011-2012 Problem Solving Strategies in CTE, Instructor: Dr. Ruth Badal 2010-2011 Career Preparation: Teaching Strategies Motivate vfa Career Pathways 2009-2010 Career Preparation: Teaching Strategies Career Development-Raise the Bar, Close the Gap, and Cultivate Relationships Problem Solving Strategies in CTE Building Employability Skills for the 21st Century 2008-2009 Reading and Literacy Strategies to Support CTE / Content Learners Promoting Career and Academic Readiness in the Classroom Part 1 Promoting Career and Academic Readiness in the Classroom Part 2: Community/School Partnerships Building Employability Skills in the 21st Century 2007-2008 The Mathematical World Building Employability Skills in the 21st Century Preparing Students for Life! SEL, Mental Health and Career Development as Interventions Toward Students' Well-being
	Counselor Summer Institute June 20-21, 2012 Wednesday, June 20: Fabric Images and Chicago Botanic Garden Thursday, June 21: Tribeca Flashpoint Academy and Northwestern Memorial Hospital CLICK HERE FOR INFOMRATIONAL FLYER
	Counselor Summer Institute June 15-16, 2011 Wednesday, June 15: IIT Smart Grid Education & Workforce Training Center and Chicago Portfolio School; Thursday, June 16: Focus Optical Labs, Aurora and Burgess-Norton, Geneva CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATIONAL FLYER
	Building Partnerships for America's Future Institute This annual all-day VALEES institutewas held at Waubonsee Community College, Academic and Professional Center, on March 1, 2013. Content strands include hands-on Web 2.0 training, career pathway strategies, common core standards, college and career readiness initiatives, social emotional learning, business partnerships, and a variety of curriculum and instruction related breakout sessions. The Opening General Session focused on "The Human Element: the point at which natural talent meets personal passion." You may view the opening session by clicking on the following links: Dancing with Special Stars Something Unknown by Let Dance Empower You Ecarga by Inaside Chicago Dance 3 Sides of Every Story by Inaside Chicago Dance WOWA (Of Woman and of Water) by Inaside Chicago Dance The 2014 Building Partnerships for America's Future Institute is schedled for Friday, Feb. 28, 2014.
	Due to budgetary constraints, VALEES is unable to offer financial support for VIP experiences this year.