Skip to main content

Weekly Highlights 11-17-25

 

🌟 CTE Weekly Highlights

🧭 Travel Request Reminder

A quick reminder to please run all travel plans, including CTSO and Field Trips by the CTE Office, before submitting a Digital Travel Request and/or Field Trip Forms. This helps us ensure the trip is approved and added to our CTE Travel spreadsheet before it routes to the Assistant Superintendent. He uses that spreadsheet to verify approvals, and when something isn’t listed, it requires extra back-and-forth. Thanks so much for helping us keep the process smooth and efficient! ✨

✨ Looking Back

💬 SPSCC Collaboration – Met with SPSCC to discuss CTE Dual Credit and regional strategies to make college credit more accessible for OSD students.

💰 Grant Progress – Completed the Career Prep Grant and began work on the FEPP Grant to support innovative and equitable CTE programs.

🧠 AI in Education – Participated in OSPI’s AI in CTE session to stay current on emerging opportunities and evolving guidance around artificial intelligence in schools.

🏫 School Visits – Visited classrooms across the district to connect with teachers and see hands-on learning in action.

🤝 Partnership Development – Continued conversations with community and industry partners to expand student work-based learning opportunities.

📅 Coming Up This Week

🤝 South Sound General Advisory Council – Collaborating with regional CTE Directors to strengthen workforce development and education partnerships.

🎓 The Big Blur – Joining SBCTC, OSPI, and CTE Directors to further explore statewide strategies for Dual Credit.

🔧 Western WA Sheet Metal Visit – Industry engagement to deepen career pathway connections and hands-on learning opportunities.

💬 DLT Meeting – District leadership collaboration and program updates.

🦃 Thanksgiving Schedule – Both Paula and Chelsea will be out during Thanksgiving week. Chelsea will be available Friday, Nov. 21. Paula will be on vacation but available via email or chat Friday, Nov. 21–Tuesday, Nov. 25.

✨ Wrapping Up the Week

Wishing everyone a smooth, productive week ahead—and a wonderful start to the holiday season! 🎉

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Weekly Highlights 1-12-2026

  🌟 CTE Weekly Highlights 🌟 👋  With winter break now behind us, we’re moving quickly toward the close of Semester 1 and continuing the important work of ensuring our students are on track to pass courses, graduate, and grow into the incredible young people they are becoming. This stretch of the year can feel heavy, so I hope you’re finding small moments to rest, recharge, and take care of yourselves as you keep showing up for kids. You are doing meaningful, impactful work—and it shows. 💛 🔙 Looking Back 📚 Professional Growth – Certification updates were sent to those with conditional endorsements expiring in June 2026. If you need support completing your Professional Training Plan or would like time with Chelsea or Paula to walk through the renewal process together, please feel free to schedule a meeting here: 👉 https://calendar.app.google/ssyEgb8w6xmd6Jr67 🏤 OSPI Supports – Paula served on interview panels for all three OSPI Program Supervisor positions. T...
Post a Comment
Read more

Weekly Highlights 9-29-25

  🌟 CTE Weekly Highlights ✨ Looking Back 🔎 Finalize Budgets Budgets were finalized and approved. 📋 DLT Meeting – Tuesday The agenda included leadership work with the Association of Washington School Principals and a discussion about budgets. 🤝 Dual Credit Articulations Paula met with the Workforce Dean at SPSCC to explore additional course articulations that could help high school students earn more Dual Credit. 📅 Coming Up This Week 🔎 Budgets Chelsea will begin entering budget transfers in Qmaltive, with the goal of having everything approved by the Business Office next week. 🤝 Dual Credit Articulations Please sign your Teacher Verification forms and get them to Chelsea this week. For those of you expanding articulations, we’ll circle back on those documents in the coming weeks. 🏖️ CTE Office Coverage Paula will be on vacation through Friday, 10/3, returning Monday, October 6. Chelsea will be available on her normal schedule during this time. ✅ Wishing you...
Post a Comment
Read more

Weekly Update 02-02-2026

  🌟 CTE Weekly Highlights 🌱 Weekly Reflection The start of a new semester offers space for reflection and forward thinking. It’s a time to celebrate what worked, adjust where needed, and continue strengthening pathways that connect students to skills, credentials, and meaningful postsecondary opportunities. As routines settle in and classrooms find their rhythm again, this is also an opportunity to reinforce expectations, relationships, and a shared commitment to student growth — academically, professionally, and personally. 📅 Coming This Week Here’s what’s ahead: PESB Standards Approval and Review Board Budget conversations for 2026–2027 begin Chelsea will complete mid-year audits Determining capacity for large purchase requests Regional CTE Directors Meeting 💙 A Note of Thanks As we move forward into semester two, I want to extend a sincere thank you to our teachers for the incredible work you do in but also beyond the classroom...
Post a Comment
Read more