Tech Directions Education Links Page

Directory of Federal and State Officials

This directory contains addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail access (when available) for officials in vocational, technical, and technology education in federal and state governments. Simply click on the name of the state of your choice to get the information you need.

U.S. Dept. of Education

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U.S. Dept. of Education

U.S. Dept. of Education Washington, DC 20202 Office of the Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education, 202.205.5451

Office of Vocational and Adult Education Staff Organization, Washington, DC 20202 Office of the Assistant Secretary (OAS)

Carol D’Amico, Asst. Secretary 202.205.5451

Robert Muller, Deputy Asst. Secretary 202.205.5451

Amy Horton, Chief of Staff, 202.205.5451

Chris Fisher, Executive Officer 202.205.5420, chris.fisher@ed.gov

William Smith, Director, Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Task Force 202.401.0843

Ricardo Hernandez, Research and Evaluation Staff, 202.205.9650

Adult Education and Literacy Division (DAEL)

Cheryl Keenan, Director, 202.205.8270

Julie Shepherd, Deputy Director 202.205.9685

A. Carol Rusaw, Program Services Branch 202.205.5621

John Linton, Office of Correctional Education, 202.205.5621

High School, Postsecondary and Career & Technical Education Division Richard La Pointe, Director, 202.205.9441

Richard Dicola, Deputy Director 202.205.9441

Ron Castaldi, Director, State Administration and Accountability Group 202.205.9444

Maurice James, State Administration Branch, 202.205.9502

Nancy Brooks, Appalachian Regional Commission, 202.205.9650

Gail Schwartz, Director, Discretionary Programs and Innovation Group 202.205.5445

Amy Bennett, Effective Practices and Dissemination Branch, 202.205.5451

Karen Clark, Discretionary Program Management Branch, 202.205.5451

State Officials

(The first address in each listing is the major contact point in the state or province. Specific officials can be reached at other addresses.)

Alabama

Office of Career-Technical Education, 50 N. Ripley St., Montgomery 36104, 334.242.9700

Nancy Beggs, Director, career, technical, and adult education 334.242.9111
nbeggs@alsde.edu

Alaska

Department of Education and Early Development, 801 W. 10th, Suite 200, Juneau 99801, 907.465.8704

Sally Spieker
sally_spieker_slaughter@eed.state.ak.us

Arizona

Helen Bootsma, Manager, career pathways team, 602.542.5963
hbootsm@mail1.ade.state.az.us

Career and Technical Education, 1535 W. Jefferson St., Bin 42, Phoenix 85007, 602.542.5212

Milton D. Ericksen, State CTE Director
mericks@ade.az.gov

Robert Wilmoth, State Supervisor, industrial and technological education 602.542.5423, rwilmot@ade.az.gov

Arkansas

Department of Workforce Education, Three Capitol Mall, Luther Hardin Bldg., Little Rock 72202-1083, 501.682.1271

Dr. Steve Franks, Director, 501.682.1500
steve.franks@mail.state.ar.us

John Davidson, Deputy Director for Career and Technical Dducation, 501.682.1040 john.davidson@mail.state.ar.us

Lee Griffith, Associate Director for Workforce Training, 501.682.1505
lee.griffith@mail.state.ar.us

Dick Burchett, Program Manager for Technical and Professional Education, 501.682.1271 dick.burchett@mail.state.ar.us

Ron Shertzer, Program Manager for Apprenticeship and Applied Sciences, 501.682.1360 ron.shertzer@mail.state.ar.us

California

High School Leadership Division, 1430 N St., Suite 4503, Sacramento 95814, 916.445.2652, fax 916.327.5868
www.cde.ca.gov

Patrick Ainsworth, Ed.D. Asst. Superintendent and Director, high school leadership division, 916.445.2652
painswor@cde.ca.gov

Ed King, Administrator, program support services, high school leadership division, 916.324.1604 eking@cde.ca.gov

Beverly Campbell, Manager, academic and career integration, 916.657.2541
bcampbel@cde.ca.gov

Al Tweltridge, Manager, regional occupational centers/programs 916.327.5711
atweltri@cde.ca.gov

Bernie Norton, Manager, high school initiatives, 916.657.2449
bnorton@cde.ca.gov

Bob Heuvel, Manager, agricultural education, 916.657.5358
bheuvel@cde.ca.gov

Colorado

Community Colleges of Colorado, 1391 N. Speer Blvd., Suite 600, Denver 80204-2554, 303.620.4000

Dr. Jerry Atkinson, Technical and T&I Program Manager

Caryll Cram, Gender Equity Coordinator

Gary Lenander, State SkillsUSA-VICA Director

Connecticut

Vocational-Technical School System, 25 Industrial Park Road, Middletown 06457-1543, 860.822.6832

Dominic Spera Jr., Superintendent
dominic.spera@po.state.ct.us

John Tarnuzzer, Assistant Superintendent, Technologies

Nancy Taylor, Business and Industry Grant Writer

William Donovan, Business and Industry Public Relations

Mary McRae, Vocational-Technical Instructor Recruitment

Delaware

Department of Education, The Townsend Bldg., PO Box 1402, Dover 19903, 302.739.4638

Dr. Joseph L. Crossen, Director, Curriculum Development
jcrossen@state.de.us

Dr. Dale R. Derrickson, Vocational Curriculum Associate
dderrickson@doe.k12.de.us

Regina Greenwald, Education Associate, School-to-Work
rgreenwald@doe.k12.de.us

Sharon Rookard, Technology Education Associate
srookard@doe.k12.de.us

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Public Schools, Office of Career and Technical Education, 825 North Capitol St, NE, 8th Fl., Rm. 8112, Washington, DC 20002, 202.442.5062

Janice Cannon, Acting Director, career and technical education

Florida

Dept. of Education, Division of Workforce Development, 325 W Gaines St., Room 744, Tallahassee 32399-0400, 850.488.8961
www.myfloridaeducation.com/workforce

Loretta Costin, Director, Division of Workforce Development
loretta.costin@fldoe.org

Andy Anderman, State Supervisor, IE, Division of Workforce Development 850.414.8574 andy.anderman@fldoe.org www.myfloridaeducation.com/
programs/home0029.htm

Mellissa Morrow, State Supervisor, TE, Division of Workforce Development 850.488.1831 mellissa.morrow@fldoe.org www.myfloridaeducation.com/
programs/home0029.htm

Georgia

Technology/Career & Technical Education, 1752 Twin Towers E., Atlanta 30334-5040, 404.657.8304

Jimmy Hogg, Director, 404.657.8304
jhogg@doe.k12.ga.us

Ronald Barker, Program Specialist, Technology Education, 404.657.8316
rbarker@doe.k12.ga.us

Stan McCallar, Coordinator, Tech Prep, 404.657.2531
smccalla@doe.k12.ga.us

Glynn Cannon, Program Specialist, Trade and Industrial Education, 404.657.8308 gcannon@doe.k12.ga.us

Hawaii

Division of Learner, Teacher, and School Support, 189 Lunalilo Home Rd., 2nd Floor, Honolulu 96285

Michael Barros, Educational Specialist, vo-ed, Future Farmers of America, Future Homemakers of America, School to Work
michael_barros@notes.k12.hi.us

Anthony Calabrese, Educational Specialist, vo-ed, DECA, SkillsUSA, High Schools That Work anthony_calabrese@notes.k12.hi.us

Idaho

State Division of Professional-Technical Education, PO Box 83720, 650 W. State St. Rm. 324, Boise 83720-0095, 208.334.3216, fax 208.334.3216

Mike Rush, Administrator
mrush@pte.state.id.us

Ann Stephens, Associate Administrator
astephen@pte.state.id.us

Monti Pittman, Program Manager
mpittman@pte.state.id.us

Illinois

Illinois State Board of Education, Career Development & Preparation, 100 North First St., Springfield, IL 62777-0001, 217-782-4620, fax 217-782-0710, www.isbe.net/

Dr. Randy Dunn, State Superintendent of Education

Mark Williams, Division Administrator

Steve Parrott, IT Principal Consultant, sparrott@isbe.netsparrott@isbe.net

Indiana

Indiana Dept. of Education, Room 229, State House, Indianapolis, 46204, 317.232.9184

Dr. Suellen Reed, Superintendent

Phyllis Usher, Assistant Superintendent

Patty Shutt, Director, Career and Technical Education

Gregg Steele, Specialist, Technology Education

Indiana Dept. of Workforce Development, 10 North Senate Ave., Indianapolis 46204, 317.232.7670

Craig Hartzer, Commissioner

Peggy O’Malley, Deputy Commissioner

Terry Fields, State Director of Technical Education

Iowa

Grimes State Office Bldg., Des Moines 50319-0146, 515.281.8260

Janice Nahra Friedel, Administrator, Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, 515.281.6544

Evelyn Anderson, Chief, Bureau of Community Colleges, 515.281.3866

Laurie Phelan, Director, STW, 515.242.5611

Jerda Garey, Chief, Bureau of Career and Technical Education, 515.281.3542

Kansas

Learning Services Division, State Education Building, 120 S.E. Tenth St., Topeka 66612

Dr. Alexa Pochowski, Asst. Commissioner, learning services division 785.296.2303 apochowski@ksde.org

Dr. Sharon Freden, Team Leader, state and federal programs 785.296.2306
sfreden@ksde.org

Kentucky

Department for Technical Education, 20th Floor, 500 Mero St., Capital Plaza Tower, Frankfort 40601, 502.564.4286, fax 502.564.4800

Emil S. Jezik, Commissioner
EmilS.Jezik@mail.state.ky.us

Mary A. Stratton, Deputy Commissioner
MaryA.Stratton@mail.state.ky.us

Ahmed Sabie, State Director, Tech Prep
Ahmed.Sabie@mail.state.ky.us

Division of Career and Technical Education, 21st Floor, Capitol Plaza Tower, Frankfort, 40601, 502.564.3472, fax 502.564.7371

Rodney Kelly, Director
rkelly@kde.state.ky.us

Louisiana

State Director: Dr. Jerry Pinsel, Director for Federal Affairs, LA Community and Technical College System, 822 Neosho Ave., Baton Rouge, 70802 225.218.8700
jpinsel@lctcs.state.la.us

Secondary: Tricia Merrick, Section Supervisor, career and technical unit, LA Dept. of Education, PO Box 94064, Baton Rouge, 70804 225.342.3488
pmerrick@doe.state.la.us

Postsecondary: Larry Rabalais, Workforce Coordinator, LA Community and Technical College System 225.219.8786
lrabalais@lctcs.state.la.us

Tech Prep: Kelley Rhoe-Collins, LA Community and Technical College System, 225.219.8788 kcollins@lctcs.state.la.us

Maine

Workforce Education Team, 23 State House Station, Augusta 04333-0023, 207.624.6730

Yvonne Davis, Interim Director of Vocational Education and STW Opportunities yvonne.davis@state.me.us

John Stivers, Coordinator of Curriculum Development and State Supervisor, Technology Education, fax 207.624.6731
john.stivers@state.me.us

William Portela, Technology Specialist, Distance Learning, Technologies, Applied Student Data william.portela@state.me.us

Maryland

Division of Career Technology and Adult Learning, 200 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore 21201-2595, 401.767.0158

Katharine M. Oliver, Assistant State Superintendent CTE Instructional Branch

Lynne M. Gilli, Program Manager

Marquita Friday, Specialist

Kathy Gallacher, Specialist CTE Systems Branch

Jeanne-Marie Holly, Program Manager

James Ferrant, Lead Specialist

Rosemary Bitzel, Specialist

Mike Hill, Specialist CTE Student and Assessment Services Branch

Jeff Lucas, Program Manager

Pat Mikos, Lead Specialist Michael Beck, Specialist

Lou Kaminski, Specialist

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Department of Education, School to Career Office, 350 Main St., Malden, 02148, 781.338.3900, fax 781.338.3950

Maryellen McDonagh, Interim Co-director, career and technical education unit 781.338.3932, fax 781.338.3950

Stafford Peat, Interim Co-director, career and technical education unit 781.338.3956, fax 781.338.3950

Michigan

Department of Career Development, Office of Career and Technical Preparation, PO Box 30712, Lansing 48909

Patty Cantì, Director, career and technical preparation
cantup@michigan.gov

Saundra Carter, Supervisor, grant planning and program improvement unit
carterse@michigan.gov

James Levande, Consultant, technology education
levandej@michigan.gov

Joanne Mahony, Coordinator, tech prep
mahonyj@ michigan.gov

Minnesota

Minnesota Department of Children, Families & Learning
1500 Highway 36 West, Roseville, MN 55113, 651.582.8200, fax 651.582.8202

Mississippi

Office of Vocational and Technical Education, PO Box 771, Jackson 39205, 601.359.3088

James E. Sardin, Associate State Superintendent

Bill Blasingame, Bureau Director, Bureau of Instructional Development

Sam Davis, Program Specialist, trade and technical education

Lynn Basham, Program Coordinator, technology education

Missouri

Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City 65102, 573.751.2660

Nancy Headrick, Assistant Commissioner, vocational and adult education nheadrick@mail.dese.state.mo.us

Dennis Harden, Coordinator, vocational-technical education
dharden@mail.dese.state.mo.us

Bart Washer, Director, industrial education
bwasher@mail.dese.state.mo.us

Harry Kujath, Coordinator, community and Career & Technical Education
hkujath@mail.dese.state.mo.us

Shawn Brice, Director, vocational and special needs
sbrice@mail.dese.state.mo.us

Andy Martin, Director, vocational finance
amartin@mail.dese.state.mo.us

Montana

Office of Public Instruction, PO Box 202501, Henena 59620-2501

Don Michalsky, Industrial Technology Education Specialist, Division of Career, Vocational, and Adult Services, 406.444.4452, fax 406.444.1373
dmichalsky@state.mt.us

Nebraska

Division of Career and Technical Education, 301 Centennial Mall South, Lincoln 68509-4987

Tony Glenn, Director, Nebraska SkillsUSA, 402.471.4819
tglenn@nde.state.ne.us

Rick Henderson, Consultant, Industrial Technology Education, Director, Nebraska SkillsUSA-VICA, 402.471.0898
rhenders@nde.state.ne.us

Karden Calvin, Professional Assistant, Industrial Technology/SkillsUSA-VICA, 402.471.0953 kcalvin@nde.state.ne.us

Nevada

Department of Education, Workforce Education Team, 700 E. Fifth, Suite 111, Carson City, 89701-5096, 775.687.9144

Phyllis Dryden, Team Leader, workforce education

New Hampshire

New Hampshire Department of Education, Bureau of Career Development, 101 Pleasant St., Concord, 03301

Virginia O’Brien Irwin, State Director of Vocational-Technical Education, 603.271.3867

Dr. Richard Barker, Education Consultant, agricultural education, Coordinator, joint vocational student organization activities, 603.271.3885

Dr. Steven Bos, Education Consultant, vocational education policy, planning, and accountability, 603.271.3729

Constance Manchester-Bonenfant, Education Consultant, vocational special services, business and office occupations, and marketing education, 603.271.2454

Bev Muse, Systems Development Specialist, vocational data collection, 603.271.6050

Kim Runion, Education Consultant, STW, tech prep, 603.271.7977

Dr. Edward Taylor, Education Consultant, T&I, tech ed, 603.271.3886

Marie Morgan, Education Consultant, adult and apprenticeship education, 603.271.3893

Sue McKevitt, Administrator, equity access and MOA coordinator
smckevitt@ed.state.nh.us

New Jersey

New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Office of Vocational-Technical, Career and Adult 
Programs, PO Box 500, Trenton 08625-0500, 609.633.0665

Thomas A. Henry, Director, Office of Vocational-Technical, career and adult programs
tom.henry@doe.state.nj.us

New Mexico

tom.henry@doe.state.nj.us

New Mexico State Department of Education, 300 Don Gaspar, Education Bldg., Santa Fe 87501-2786, 505.827.6620

Lena Trujillo-Chavez, Assistant Superintendent, career, technical, and adult education services

Skip Saurman, State Supervisor, T&I

Ernest Armijo, State Coordinator, apprenticeship

Karen Ardila, State Supervisor, technology education

New York

New York State Education Dept., Office of Workforce Preparation and Continuing Education, Rm. 319, Education Bldg., Albany 12234, 518.474.8892

Jean Stevens, Assistant Commissioner

North Carolina

Public Schools of North Carolina, State Board of Education, Dept. of Public Instruction, www.ncpublicschools.org

June St. Clair Atkinson, Director, Division of Instructional Services, 919.807.3815 jatkinso@dpi.state.nc.us

Dr. Elizabeth Johns, Vice-President for Programs, 919.733.7051

North Dakota

600 E. Boulevard Ave., State Capitol, 15th Floor, Bismarck 58505-0610, 701.328.3180 sbvte@state.nd.us

Wayne Kutzer, Director and Executive Officer, vocational and technical education wkutzer@state.nd.us

Mark Wilson, Assistant State Director
mwilson@state.nd.us

Donald Roloff, Supervisor, T&I education
droloff@state.nd.us

Don Fischer, Supervisor, technology education
dgfische@state.nd.us

Arnie Zent, Assistant Supervisor, T&I education
azent@state.nd.us

Kathy Holle, Administrator, career development and tech prep
kholle@state.nd.us

Ohio

Office of Career-Technical and Adult Education, 25 S. Front St., Columbus 43215-4183

Vicki Melvin, Director 614.466.3430
vicki.melvin@ode.state.oh.us

Bob Bowermeister, Assistant Director, industrial and engineering systems 614.466.2901
bob.bowermeister@ode.state.oh.us

Dick Dieffenderfer, Consultant, technology 614.644.7356
dick.dieffenderfer@ode.state.oh.us

Julie Novel, Consultant, tech prep 614.644.6810
julie.novel@ode.state.oh.us

Oklahoma

Department of Career and Technology Education, 1500 W. Seventh Ave., Stillwater 74074-4364 405.377.2000

Ann Benson, State Director, Oklahoma Dept. of Career and Technology Education

Dennis Ruttman, Program Administrator, technology and industrial education

Bruce DeMuth, Associate Director, technology centers, business and industry services

Dom Garrison, Superintendent, skills centers

David Jinks, Program Administrator, educational technology resources

State Regents for Higher Education, 655 Research Parkway, Ste. 200, Oklahoma City, 73104

Hans Brisch, Chancellor

Oregon

Office of Professional Technical Education, 255 Capitol NE, Salem 97310-0203, 503.378.3584

Vickie Fleming, Associate Superintendent 503.378.3600, ext. 2224
vickie.fleming@state.or.us

Greg Harpole, Director 503.378.3600, ext. 2248
greg.harpole@state.or.us

Brent Jacobsen, Specialist, career development 503.378.3600 ext. 2231
brent.jacobsen@state.or.us

Colleen Mileham, Coordinator, school improvement 503.378.3600 ext. 2253

Holly Miles, Coordinator, data management 503.378.3600 ext. 2217

Salam Noor, Coordinator, tech prep 503.378.3600 ext. 2230
salam.noor@state.or.us

Pennsylvania

333 Market St., Harrisburg 17126-0333, 717.787.5530
www.pde.state.pa.us
www.pde.state.pa.us/career_edu

John Foster, Director, Bureau of Career and Technical Education
jofoster@state.pa.us

Barry Oswald, Assistant Director and Acting Manager, systems delivery division
boswald@state.pa.us

Jane Acri, Manager, contract administration division
jacri@state.pa.us

Carroll Curtis, Supervisor, local plan section
ccurtis@state.pa.us

Glendean Davis, Manager, field support division
gdavis@state.pa.us

David Closky, Manager, industry partnership division
dclosky@state.pa.us

Rhode Island

Office of Research, High School Reform, and Adult Education, RI Dept. of Education, 255 Westminster St., Providence 02903-3400, 401.222.4600 ext. 2150 Dr.

Dennis Cheek, Director, ext. 2150

Vanessa Cooley, Administrator, ext. 2007

Robert Mason, Administrator, adult programs unit, ext. 2180

South Carolina

Department of Education, Rutledge Bldg., 1429 Senate St., Columbia 29201, 803.734.8500

Inez Tenenbaum, Superintendent of Education

Calvin Jackson, Deputy Superintendent, Division of District and Community Services

Dr. James Couch, Director, Office of Career and Technology Education

State Board of Technical and Comprehensive Education, 111 Executive Center Dr., Columbia 29210, 803.896.5320

Dr. James Hudgins, Executive Director

South Dakota

Division of Workforce and Career Preparation, 700 Governors Dr., Pierre 57501-2291, 605.773.4736

George D. Rockhold, State Supervisor, technology education and data collection
george.rockhold@state.sd.us

David Merrill, State Supervisor, trade and industrial education 605.773.4740
david.merrill@state.sd.us

Larry Nelson, State Director
larry.nelson@state.sd.us

Tennessee

Division of Vocational-Technical Education, 710 James Robertson Pkwy., 4th Floor, Andrew Johnson Tower, Nashville 37243-0383, 615.532.2800

Becky Hedrick Kent, Assistant Commissioner

Betty Runions, Director, compliance

Pat Todd, State Consultant, T&I education

Tom DêApolito, state consultant, TE

Will Lewis, Director, secondary programs

Sandra Gray, Director, special projects

Texas

Texas Education Agency, 1701 N. Congress Ave., WBT 1-107, Austin 78701-1494
www.tea.state.tx.us/Cate

Alfredo Acevedo, Jr., Managing Director, continuing education
aacevedo@tea.state.tx.us

Ann Pennington, Director, career and technology education
apenning@tea.state.tx.us

Karen Batchelor, Director, technology education
kbatchel@tea.state.tx.us
www.texastechnology.com

Fitz Husbands, State Coordinator, tech prep
fhusband@tea.state.tx.us

Utah

State Office of Education, 250 East 500 South, PO Box 144200, Salt Lake City 84114-4200, 801.538.7500

Dawn Kay, Coordinator, School-to-Work and student services

Melvin Robinson, Specialist, technology education
mrobinso@usoe.k12.ut.us

Mary Shumway, Director, applied technology education

Dave Milliken, Specialist, T&I education

Vermont

Career & Lifelong Learning, Dept. of Education, 120 State Street, Montpelier 05620-2501, 802.828.3101

Charles Stander, Interim Director, career and lifelong learning
cstander@doe.state.ut.us

Virginia

Dept. of Education, PO Box 2120, 101 N. 14th St., Richmond 23218-2120, 804.225.2833

George Willcox, Specialist, technology education

Dr. Joy Goodrich, Specialist, trade and industrial education
jgoodric@pen.k12.va.us

Washington

Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Old Capitol Bldg., PO Box 47200, Olympia 98504-7200, 360.725.6255

Kyra Kester, Ph.D., Special Assistant, industry partnerships
kkester@ospi.wednet.edu

Roy Fieldman, Director, career and technical education 360.725.6242
rfieldman@ospi.wednet.edu

West Virginia

State Office Bldg. Bldg. 6, Rm. B-243, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East, Charleston 25305, 304.558.2346

Adam J. Sponaugle, Assistant Superintendent, Technical and Adult Education Services

Alta McDaniel, Coordinator, technology education, 304.558.2194
amcdanie@access.k212.wv.us

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Technical College System, 310 Price Pl., PO Box 7874, Madison 53707, 608.266.1207
email addresses: first six letters of last name, first initial of first name@board.tec.wi.us

Richard Carpenter, State Director 608.266.1770

Deborah Mahaffey, Assistant State Director 608.266.2302

Bureau of Program Development and Operations

Kathleen Cullen, Deputy Division Administrator and Bureau Director 608.266.9399

David Hague, marketing and management 608.266.1599

William Rockwell, T&I 608.266.2351

Marge Wood, apprenticeship and trades 608.267.9062

Sherman Ansell, drafting, electronics, T&I 608.266.5311

Gabrielle Banick, Education Consultant, tech prep 607.266.1724

State Dept. of Public Instruction, Division for Learning Support: Instructional Services

Bryan Albrecht, Director 608.267.9251

Ken Starkman, tech ed, SkillsUSA 608.266.3551

Wyoming

Department of Education, 2300 Capitol Ave., Hathaway Bldg., 2nd Floor, Cheyenne 82002-0050, 307.777.7417

Teri Wigert, Special Programs Unit Supervisor, Vo-Ed Director, 307.777.7708 twiger@educ.state.wy.us

Phil Trujillo, Education Program Consultant, 307.777.6808
ptruji@educ.state.wy.us

Linda Scott, Education Consultant, 307.777.5329
lscott@educ.state.wy.us

Cindy Rue, Consultant, 307.777.6218
crue@educ.state.wy.us

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CareerNet www.careers.org Contains 1,300 career resource links, 100+ internet links, 475 business links and 225 miscellaneous links. 2508 Fifth Avenue, Suite 147, Seattle, WA 98121, 206-233-8672.

Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD)
CORD www.cord.org Offers applied curriculum in applied academics, new and emerging technologies, National Tech-Prep Network, Tech-Prep Model Sites, National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers, International Services and Skill Standards Projects.

DegreeDirectory www.degreedirectory.org A directory of degree articles including undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Online degrees and campus-based programs.

Community and Technical Colleges

American Association of Community Colleges Homepage www.aacc.nche.edu

Association of Canadian Community Colleges www.accc.ca

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Community Colleges WEB Directory yahoo.com/Education/Community

Community & Technical College E-Mail Directory www.ctc.edu/cgi-bin/findmail Currently contains 4,242 entries.

Curriculum Centers

American Association for Vocational Instructional Materials solstice.crest.org/social /eerg/aavim.html Publications on computer software, videos, electronics, electricity, etc.

Illinois State Curriculum Center www.oes.siu.edu A research, referral, and resource center containing one of the nation's largest collections of cataloged items in applied technology, applied academics, and teacher education materials.

Michigan Center for Career and Technical Education mccte.educ.msu.edu A comprehensive source for curriculum in workforce education.

Missouri, University of www. iml.coe.mlssouri.edu Instructional Materials Laboratory offering comprehensive listing of workforce instructional materials.

Oklahoma: Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center genesis.odvte.
state.ok.us/cimc/home/htm Provides industry-validated occupational duty/task lists and occupational competency guides.

Virginia Curriculum and Resource Center ds2.internic.net/dirofdirs.
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V-TECS www.vtecs.home.mindspring.com A consortium of several states and U.S. military providing competency-based catalogs for occupational clusters, jobs, teacher competencies and administrator competencies. Email: vtecs@mindspring.com

Western Illinois Curriculum Publications Clearinghouse www.ecnet.net/users/micpc/
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Dictionary of Occupational Titles

Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) online doleta.gov/programs/onet

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Educational Testing Service (Princeton, NJ)

Nets Careers and Jobs www.ets.org Occupations in the Spotlight. Two or more occupations highlighted each month.

ERIC Clearinghouses for Workforce Education

Adult, Career, and Vocational Education www.osu.edu/units/education/
cete/ericave/index.html Ohio State University, 1900 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1090. 1-800-848-4815.

Community Colleges www.gse.ucla.edu/ERIC/eric.html
Moore Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1521. 1-800-832-8256.

Entrepreneurship Education, Center for www.celcee.edu 4900 Oak Street, Kansas City, MO 64112-2776. 1-800-423-5233.

Information and Technology ericir.syr.edu Syracuse University, 4-194 Center for Science and Technology, Syracuse, NY 13244-4100. 1-800-464-9107.

ERIC Search

ERIC Search ericir.syr.edu Contains AskERIC, question & answer service, virtual library, research and development. Search ERIC Database.

Grants Writing

An Educator's Guide to Beginning Grant Writing willow.uml.edu/www/COE/
Faculty/lebaron/GRANTSBEGIN

Society of Research Administrators (SRA) Grants Web web.fie.com/cws/sra/resource.htm

Human Resource Management

American Society for Training and Development, Washington, DC www.dc.astd.org

Association for Human Resource Management www.ahrm.org

Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations www.ilr.cornell.edu

Human Resource Links courses.bus.ualberta.ca/org-a652 Provides HR links by individuals and websites on specific topics.

HR Links: Society for Human Resource Management www.shrm.org/hrlinks Includes education and training, labor relations, legal issues and resources, management practices, publications, recruitment and career planning, safety and health, etc.

Training & Development Home Page www.tcm.com/trdev

Internet Use

Using the Internet in Vocational Education: ERIC Digest 160 gopher://ericir.syr.edu:70/00/
Ed/Voc_Digests/Interr

HVAC Testing

HVAC Excellence now offers online testing with instant grading results for the HVAC Excellence Certification exam series. Visit www.hvacexcellence.org

Internships

Obtained from Internship Resources (1977). Tools for Life from Tripod 1(2), p. 19. www.tripod.com

Good Works www.tripod.com/work/goodworks Short- and long-term opportunities at social change organizations.

National Society of Experiential Education www.tripod.com/work/internships Searchable data base for current internships.

Résumé Builder www.tripod.com/work/resume Develop a résumé and post it on the Web.

Wet Feet www.wetfeet.com Great for researching companies.

Job Hunting

Academic Employment Network www.academploy.com Employment opportunties for teachers at all academic levels by state, educational institution, and position: state certification requirements.

America's Job Bank www.gnn.com/
wic/wics/employ.09.html A data base of approximately 100,000 job openings.

Career City www.careercity.com Lists 125,000 job openings with information on preparing for the interviews, résumés to attract attention, dressing properly, interview questions to expect, etc.

Career Dreams Incorporated www.careerdreams.com Helps individuals attain career directions, assists with formation of résumés, helps find employment, fee.

Career File www.careerfile.com Library of companies seeking professional candidates.

Career Magazine www.careermag.com:80/careermag Database of job openings, résumé bank, career forum, recruiter directory, and career links.

Career Mosaic www.careermosaic.com Job openings, company profiles and résumé posting.

Career Path www.careerpath.com Classified adds from newspapers of 10 major American cities; over 45,000 jobs listed.

Employment Resources on the Internet www.cs.purdue.edu.homes/
swlodin/jobs.html

Internet Business
Network www.interbiznet.com/hrstart.html Résumé bank, 100 top recruiters, job data base, career newsletter.

Jobs Without a College Education ny.jobsearch.org/youth/not4.htm

The Monster Board www.monster.com Over 55,000 job listings; allows posting résumé.

New Jersey Employment Opportunities www.NewJerseyJobs.com

Tripod Work Section www.tripod.com To locate sites of job listings.

Workforce New Jersey Public Information Network www.wnjpin.state.nj.us

Journals

Tech Directions: Linking Education to Careers www.techdirections.com

T.H.E Journal www.thejournal.com

National Center for Research in Vocational Education

NCRVE vocserve.berkeley.edu Berkeley, CA [BRIEF's are available on ncrve-oss.ed.uiuc.edu research papers usually 4-6 pages in length.] Full text of ERIC/ACVE publications is available on coe.ohio-state.edu/cete/ericacve/pubs.htm

National Centers

National Center on Education and the Economy www.ncee.org Conducts studies of the American work force.

National Center on the Educational Quality of the Workforce. l-800-437-9799. Email: eqw-requests@irhe.upenn.edu Applied research and policy analysis on the renewal of American economic competitiveness through leveraged investment in the quality of the workforce.

National Center on Education and Work www.cew.wisc.edu Interdisciplinary research and development programs concerning connections among education, work, community, and family.

National Clearinghouse for Information on Business/Industry Involvement in Education. 716-834-7047. Fosters industry education cooperation in the U.S. and Canada.

National Council on Occupational Education

National Council on Occupational Education www.umt.edu/ncoe An affiliated council with the American Association of Community Colleges with the purpose of focusing on workforce education. [see Community Colleges]

National Education Statistics

National Center for Educational Statistics www.ed.gov/NCES or www.umt.edu/ncoe/default.HTM

National Standards

Home Page of National Skill Standards Board www.nssb.org

National Standards for Business Page www.nbea.org

NCRVE skills information NCRVE.berkeley.edu/skillstand.html Links to 22 skill standards projects and other sources.

New Standards Project Page www.ncee.org/files/nsPerf.html

SCANS/2000 page www.jhu.edu:80/~ips/scans Information on Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies research on School-to-Work and education reform.

SKILLSNET Home Page steps.atsi.edu

Training Technology Resource Center www.ttrc.doleta.gov/skillstd.html

National Workforce Statistics

National Center on Education and the Economy www.ncee.org

National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee www.noicc.gov This site contains job search sites, career information, career development guidance and counseling information, labor market and educational data sites, internet tour: job and labor market data, SOICC sites, NOICC partners, and calendar of events, plus www search engines.

U.S. Department of Labor www.dol.gov

New Jersey

Labor Fast Facts: Homepage of the NJ Department of Labor, Office of Labor Research & Analysis state.nj.us/labor/lra Contains Who Are We and What Do We Do, Labor Market Information, NJ State Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (SCICC), NJ State Data Center, and WNJPIN (Workforce NJ public Information Network).

Occupational Outlook Handbook

Occupational Outlook Handbook stats.bls.gov/ocohome.htm

SCANS

SCANS www.jhu.edu:80/~ips/scans/

School-to-Work

STW Learning and In
formation Center www.stw.ed.gov

School-to-Work National Office www.stw.ed.gov This source gives general information, calendar of events, Federal STW grants, state STW initiatives, communication tools, library resources, discussion sources, STW Template, technical assistance providers and other STW sites. The National School-to-Work Learning & Information Center, 400 Virginia Avenue, Room 210, Washington, DC. 1-800-251-7236.

School-to-Work and Tech Prep subscription address: majordomo@cccins.cccneb.edu Subscription message: subscribe s2wtp

School-to-Work Net subscription address: majordomo@confer.edc.org Subscription message: subscribe stwnet

U.S. Department of Labor lcweb.loc. gov/global/executive/labor.html

Special Populations

Awesome Library www.neat-schoolhouse.org/special-ed.html

Council for Exceptional Children www.cec.sped.org/ericec.htm

Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC) www.irsc.org

Transition Research Institute at Illinois: National Transition Alliance for Youth with Disabilities www.ed.uiuc.edu/
coe/sped/tri/institute/html

U.S. Office of Special Education Programs www.ed.gov/offfices/OSERS/OSEP

Woodworking

Woodworking Teachers: A new website at www.softcom.net/users/
woodteacher/woodteacher contains curriculum, project plans, scholarship opportunities, teacher and student employment opportunities, and links to related sites. The more educational materials and teacher submissions to the site, the more valuable and useful it will become. So take advantage of this opportunity to help yourself and your peers by visiting and contributing to the site.

Postsecondary woodworking schools in the U.S. and Canada www.iswonline.com

The Architectural Woodworking Institute’s Partners in Progress program and scholarship information www.awinet.org

WoodLINKS USA www.woodlinks.com

Association of Woodworking and Furnishings Suppliers www.awfs.org

Woodworking Machine Industry Association www.wmia.org

Woodworking industry information www.woodweb.com

The American Furniture Manufacturers Association www.afma4u.org

California Furniture Manufacturers Association www.cfma.com

Workforce Education

Center for Workforce Education www.laubach.org/cwe Consultation services to business and organization nationwide for adults with deficiencies in reading, writing, math, communitcation, etc. (Train the trainer workshops.)

Center for Workforce Education, TRP Manufacturing Training info.lu.farmingdale.edu/~cwe Technology Transfer and Utilization Center, SUNY at Farmingdale, NY.

Chapter 5 Mandatory Workforce Education and Training www.dtic.dla.mil/acqed2/
regulations/REGCHP5.html

ITAA Workforce & Education Homepage www.itaa.org/edmainpg.hum

National Institute for Literacy Home Page novel.nifl.gov/policy/101195.html Center for Workforce Education contained in this Institute. Also discussion of Workforce Development Bill.

Principles of Good Practice in Workplace/Workforce Education: A Report. www.nald.ca/province/
sask/wecs/pogp/pogp/htm By Carol MacLeod, sponsored by ABC Canada.

Workforce Education www.dcccd.edu
/bhc/divison/busdiv/wkforce Investing in employees.

Workforce Education and Development www.psu.edu/dept/registrar/
progsumm/summs/wf_ed.html Pennsylvania State University Degree Program, baccalaureate level.

Workforce Education and Training www.aacc.nche.edu/govtre/legisu/
jobtrng/workforc.htm In a process characterized by fits and starts, Congress continues its efforts to consolidate.

Workforce Education Consortium www.epcc.edu/Programs/Literacy The Texas Community and Technical College Workforce Education Consortium.

Workforce Education Clearinghouse Resource Catalog www.techlinx.org/techlinx Available from TECHlinx Technical Education Clearinghouse, Austin Community College-Pinnacle Campus, Austin, TX

Workforce Education Planners Home Page www.educ.state.mn.us/
wep/wephome.htm Minnesota Workforce Planners is a collaboration among Departments of Children, families, etc.

Workforce Improvement Network www.jmu.edu/copntinedlwin/winc.html

Workforce Online www.workforceonline.com Service for human resource professionals, a research center with information on human resource-related materials and information on Workforce Magazine.

Looking for information on vo-ed, tech ed, school to work, and other important stuff? Try these sites:

Professional Organizations

American Association of Community Colleges

American Iron and Steel Institute

American Society of Civil Engineers

Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE, formerly American Vocational Association)

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Graphic Communication Central—database of schools

International Technology Education Association (ITEA)

Northeast Sustainable Energy Association

Polymers, the plastic industry’s oldest and biggest industry-wide mega server

The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation—undergraduate scholarship applications