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Greenville City Schools
C-TEC is Growing!
By Andrea Townsend
Director of Career Technology and Special Education
Greenville Career Tech is celebrating a new arrival for the 2019-2020
school year,
Career Technical Education Center will offer a new program, Teaching
Professions. The Teaching Professions program will be an addition to
the current Careers with Children program. Together these programs will
offer students career technical education opportunities in Education
and Training that will prepare them for technical and professional
level careers in planning, managing and providing education and
training services and related learning support services.
Teaching Professions is being added as a new Career Tech program so
that GHS students who wish to explore careers in education will have
the option to choose between Careers with Children or Teaching
Professions. This addition will allow more students to join the program
and specialize in the age levels that interest them most within the
education field. Students who wish to work in upper elementary, middle
school, high school, or other careers within education of older
students will be able to explore this option through the Teaching
Professions program.
The
Teaching Professions program will be instructed by Lisa Maher-
Strawser. Lisa is an experienced educator with nineteen years of
experience successfully serving students as a classroom teacher and an
administrator. Lisa has previously served as a member of the
administration team at Greenville City Schools as well as a Science
teacher for Greenville. She is a graduate of Wright State and
University of Dayton and has a wealth of educational leadership
experience. Lisa is committed to student success and the development of
preservice teachers. Lisa has been working closely with Careers with
Children
instructor, Amy Schoen this school year to expand the education options
for students to meet the growing demand of students wishing to join the
career technical education program. Mrs. Maher-Strawser stated, “We are
very excited to offer more options for students and provide experiences
that meet their career interests. This program expansion will allow
more students to investigate this career area and prepare for college.”
Students who enroll in the new program will be engaged in instruction
in classroom management, curriculum and instruction, family and
community partnerships, as well as child and adolescent development.
Program courses such as Education Principles will addresses education
history and theory and provide the foundation skill application through
interaction with the toddler learning laboratory at the high school as
well as volunteer and job shadow opportunities in classrooms through
the district and the Greenville community. The program will offer
students the opportunity to participate in Tech Prep courses and earn
college credit and scholarships through the Miami Valley Tech Prep
Consortium.
“Career Technical Education is an amazing opportunity for students,”
states Andrea Townsend, Director of Career Technical and Special
Education at Greenville City Schools. According to the Ohio Department
of Education, “Ohio career tech is a value-added education. It includes
challenging academic and technical content and has strong relationships
with business/industry and higher education. In addition to meeting
Ohio Core graduation requirements, students take
450 to 900 hours of career-focused coursework.” Career tech has proven
effective. In 2014 98% of students engaged in career tech graduate from
high school, 60% obtain further education, and more than 50% of them
are employed within 9 months of graduation. Those statistics continue
to improve and the benefits are realized by our students in Greenville.
The addition of the Teaching Professions program at Greenville Career
Technical Education Center is another positive opportunity for students
at Greenville High School and Greenville City School District. This
opportunity is possible due to the continued support of the Greenville
Board of Education and Administration. Greenville Career Technical
Education Center is proud to offer high quality career technical
education at Greenville High School. If you or your student are
interested in Teaching Professions or Career Technical Education at
Greenville High School, please call Andrea Townsend at 937-548-4188.
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