Timeline - Academy 1 (January 2005 - July 2005)

Application Deadline

• November 19, 2005

Face-to-Face Activities

• Session 1: Personal Leadership Development (January 26-28, 2005) Columbus, Ohio

  This session will provide an overview of the academy experience as well as components and assignments. The content will focus on leadership skills and styles as well as the importance of policy and the leader's role. Each participant will begin to construct a leadership plan which will be used throughout the experience. This session will be conducted in conjunction with Ohio ACTE Legislative Seminar.

• Session 2: Policy and Leadership (February 22-24, 2005) Columbus, Ohio

  In collaboration with the Ohio Department of Education, Office of Career-Technical Education, this session will focus on the role of leadership, its power and dynamics. The complex context of education will be analyzed and how that context influences leadership behaviors in various settings to accomplish tasks and attain goals. The plans for the National Policy Seminar meeting will be secured.

• Session 3: Policy Development and Processes (March 5-8, 2005) Washington, DC

  Congressional Visits at the ACTE National Policy Seminar will take place to discuss current issues facing career-technical and adult education. Interviews with respective members of Congress will take place as well as attending sessions conducted by ACTE.

• Session 4: Instructional Leadership and Leading Reform (April 12-14, 2005)

  Instructional Leadership encompasses those actions that a leader takes, or delegates to others, to promote growth in student learning and comprises the following tasks: defining the purpose of schooling; setting school-wide goals; providing the resources needed for learning to occur; supervising and evaluating instructors; coordinating staff development programs; and creating collegial relationships with and among faculty and staff. This session will assist you in identifying your role in instructional leadership and how that role helps to lead change.

• Session 5: Collaboration (June 1-3, 2005)

  This session will illustrate the essential connection of collaboration and strong leadership. How does a leader facilitate internal and external collaborations that will strengthen CTAE? What are the strategic collaborations that assist in the reform and change efforts?

• Session 6: Accountability/Evaluation (August 3-5, 2005) Cincinnati, Ohio

  This session will look at accountability and evaluation strategies, why it is important to implement such strategies as a leader and how data should drive decisions. Following the beginning this session, the academy participants will participate in the Ohio ACTE summer conference.

Online Activities

• Due April 15, 2005

  Choose an archived session from NCCTE's webcast list (available here) that relates to the goals of your leadership plan and write a brief summary answer these three questions:

  • What? What are the key points of information?
  • So what? Why is this information needed?
  • Now what? As a leader, what do I do with the information?
• March 3, 2005 3:00 PM

  NCCTE Webcast: "Contributions of CTSO's: Policy Makers and CTSO Student Views"
  Susan Sclafani

• March 31, 2005 3:00 PM

  NCCTE Webcast: "Exploring a New Technology for Teaching and Learning: KCTCS Visualization and Immersive Education Initiative"
  Jamie Justice

• May 17, 2005 3:00 PM

  NCCTE Webcast: "Business-Education Partnerships Through Career and Technical Education"
  Panel Discussion

• May 19, 2005 3:00 PM

  CTAE Webcast (NOTE: You will need to use your discussion board login to gain access): "Leadership Styles and Theories"
  N.L. McCaslin

• May 26, 2005 3:00 PM

  NCCTE Webcast: "Strategies for Implementing Career Clusters"
  Panel Discussion

• June 27, 2005 3:00 PM

  NCCTE Webcast: "Preparing Under-performing High School Students for College Graduation"
  Panel Discussion