November 19-22, 2008
Anchorage Downtown Hilton

"Creating Pathways to Success"

• Request for Presentations - Due by May 31, 2008
• CTE Teacher/Leader Strands

  Leadership Strand

  The AACTE/PDC Leadership Strand has been designed to explore and develop leadership skills with the ultimate objective of preparing future leaders for CTE in Alaska. Concepts covered will include; communications, leadership styles, management versus leadership, leadership assessment instruments, understanding and managing the change process, data driven decision making, public relations, and legislation to name a few. Please join us for an exciting strand that will offer a variety of well known speakers and fun.

  
  

  Entrepreneurship and Logistics Strand

  Students in 21st century schools continue to challenge secondary and post-secondary institutions to provide them with an education that will result in high wage, high demand occupations. Alaska’s unique lack of high wage jobs and manufacturing base causes many of our graduates to venture out into the world of owning their own small business. It is our challenge to provide a rigorous and appropriate curriculum that enables these graduates to be successful entrepreneurs. This strand will introduce educators to the nature of starting a business.

  Alaska ’s location, geography, climate, and population distribution all pose unique and specific challenges to potential business people or entrepreneurs, making a clear understanding of logistics imperative to business success. Therefore, after introducing the con of entrepreneurship, our strand will then move into the world of Logistics — how to teach Logistics in the high school and integrate logistics operations into a small business in order to make it successful and competitive in today’s global economy. Finally, participants will see logistics and entrepreneurship in action and learn how to prepare a successful logistics program for secondary school students.