GREAT NEWS….
In the Weeks Ahead…
October 10, 2:45 pm – National Combat Challenge Meeting, Lake Tech
October 11 & 12 – Statewide Directors’ Meeting for Adult Ed and CTE
October 13 – October Students of the Month Lunch with the Director
October 14, 9 am – Eustis Neighborhood Improvement Project Meeting
October 17, 2:45 pm – Charter Board of Directors’ Meeting
October 24 – Teacher Workday
October 25, 5:30 – 8 pm – Education Innovations. Lake Tech has been invited to showcase our programs at this event, which is being held in South Lake County at the new Lake Minneola High School.
Academic Affairs
Arts, AV & Technology
It was an exciting week for the Digital Design students who started the new program August 22. Having completed OCP A, they are finally able to start learning the much anticipated, highly pixilated, super calibrated ADOBE PHOTOSHOP. It’s like they have officially made it into the gates of digital design heaven–even in Chapter 1 of their textbooks. It’s an awesome thing to see such enthusiasm for merely “opening” a software program and inserting an image! It could be total mayhem when they can actually design stuff with it! Stay tuned…
The Design Studio “DDS&J” (Digital Design Students & Johnson) was selected as the official agency to prepare printed materials for Dr. L. Tech of Mountain View Clinic, located in A Building. If you didn’t know we have a “real” doctor’s office right here on campus, visit Beth Thornton and her new Medical Assisting program beginning this month. We’re honored to have been selected from all the competition!
Human Services
The freshmen students in Cosmetology have now completed their first 195 hours, and are taking clients for manicure, pedicure and facial services. They are also working on group projects to “train the trainer”. Next week they will be doing presentations on the different theory components of manicuring and pedicuring, and “teaching” the instructors and other students. Our senior students have been reaching completion over the past several weeks. Two students took their state board exams last month, and they both passed! In fact, for one of them it only took 45 minutes, pretty impressive for a two-part, 150-question exam! So far this year we are proud to say we are maintaining our 100% State Board passing rate.
Law, Public Safety & Security
The Day Law Recruits completed the patrol 1 test and did very well. The Night Law Recruits have finished their second full week of class and have acclimated to academy life!
Transportation and Logistics
Auto Collision instructors and students attended the International Autobody Congress & Expo, http://www.naceexpo.com/, in Orlando last Thursday. This is the world’s collision repair event designed and created for the collision repair industry professional. It was a great educational experience for the students and we received many compliments on how great our students looked and acted! Several students planned to return on Saturday to continue learning. We were proud as punch!
Adult Education
Congratulations to the Adult Education students! Thirty Literacy Completion Point (LCP) certificates went out this week for students who have TABE post-tested and received gains. Chick-Fil-A was at it again, rewarding their efforts with a chicken sandwich on the house. If you visit a Chick-Fil-A in Lake County remember to tell them “Thank you for supporting Lake Tech’s Adult Education students”.
We are currently implementing an instructional software program that is allowing us to offer computer-based remediation in-and-out of class for many of our 192 students enrolled at off-site locations throughout Lake County. We believe this “in-and-out” of class approach to instruction will intensify the remediation we can provide and result in more student gains throughout our program.
12 by 12?? Did you know that Lake Tech has a GED class at Four Corners, which is 12 miles from Disney World, and also a class on Lake Mack Road, which is 12 miles from downtown Deland? That’s a distance of over 70 miles and 1-1/2 hours of driving in no traffic! Lake Tech’s Adult Education program is truly reaching out to all those in need of our services in Lake County. Get the word out, so we can make sure those classes are filled to the brim. You can find a class schedule by clicking hereopens in a new window.
Student Affairs
The Supervisor of Elections has scheduled a voter registration opportunity on the main campus, Monday October 17 from 9 am until 1:30 pm. Please let your students know. A similar event will be held at the Institute of Public Safety as well. Date and time TBD.
Technology
Marketing
Monday, October 3rd College Night at LSCC: Art and Trudy worked the event that was well attended by students from elementary to high school. There seemed to be an increased awareness of what Lake Tech offers, as well as a lot of interest in dual enrollment. A lot of students who approached our table said, “This is what I’m interested in!” The attendance was up over last year according to one LSCC official. The evening was interrupted by a fire alarm set off by a popcorn maker! You should see how fast Art can disconnect a computer and evacuate a building!
Thursday, October 6th, Leesburg Area Chamber of Commerce Business Expo: Trudy and three of Sonya Rosenglick’s Accounting/Administrative Assistant students worked the event. This was a great opportunity to get our name out to the business community. A lot of people who attended the event were interested in our programs for a family member or themselves. It was also a great chance to promote placement and internship opportunities. A lot of businesses were encouraged to become a proud partner on our Website. One of Sonya’s students was able to apply for a bank teller’s position with Wells Fargo.
Our admissions team will start visiting the high schools over the next few months. They will have a display in each of the cafeterias to promote our programs!
Do you, or your students, have a creative idea to market our programs? Please give Trudy Dailey your ideas since it is time to begin preparing for our spring term marketing drive.
We have 465 FaceBook Fans! Let’s try to reach 500 by Thanksgiving. Remind your students, business partners, family, friends, and relatives to “Like” Lake Technical Center! Each Monday, check out the MMT (Monday Morning Trivia) contest and see if you can guess the answer!
Staff Development Opportunities
Four Lake Tech educators will attend the 2011 National Career Pathways Network (NCPN) Conferenceopens in a new window, October 13-14 at the Marriott World Center in Orlando. The conference theme, Transforming Lives for a Strong America, reflects the increasing emphasis on the need to create opportunities for student academic and career success, thereby increasing both personal and corporate economic successes in the U.S. “Career Pathways can play a key role in the restructuring of American education and the return of a thriving economy if we remain focused on the goal of helping all who want to succeed in life,” says Dr. David Bond, NCPN Director.
NCPN’s twentieth anniversary national conference will feature over 130 concurrent sessions divided among several programmatic strands including: Instructional Innovations, Focusing Students, Curriculum Design and Instruction, Adult Education Career Pathways, College and Career Readiness, and Engaging Business. The conference is designed for high school and college administrators and faculty as well as business partners involved in Career Pathways partnerships across the country. We look forward to hearing all about Career Pathways when they return.
Legislative Update
The new 2012 Legislative Session Bill Tracking spreadsheet can be found on our Legislation page at http://www.fldoe.org/Workforce/legislation.aspopens in a new window. You can now go directly to the bill page by clicking on the bill number in the spreadsheet.
Florida facing another $2 billion budget shortfallopens in a new window
Senate President Mike Haridopolos said Thursday that the state is facing another multibillion-dollar budget shortfall, and the public can expect another year of deep cuts to government programs and services.
GREAT NEWS….
October 3, 2011
The opportunity for our students to earn their Florida Ready to Work Credentials at Lake Tech is BACK!! We will keep you posted with additional details in the next couple of weeks.
Also, a two member COE (Council on Occupational Education) team will be at Lake Tech on October 2 & 3. The team will be visiting our two instructional service centers – one is located at East Ridge High School (adult and high school nursing programs) and the other in Sumter County (paramedic program). We are excited to show off these two locations to our accrediting board!
Academic Affairs
Arts, AV & Technology
It’s been a busy week in Digital Design! On Tuesday, Bryan Burch, owner of Digital Design House, located in Umatilla, spent an afternoon with our students. He inspired us all with his amazing career journey and we look forward to more contact with him. On Wednesday, instructor Kerrie Johnson and nearly the entire class attended the InDesign User Group conference in Winter Park where we learned about new technology to convert print magazines to be viewable in eReaders.
New students will begin working in Adobe software next week and then work on creating designs for the SkillsUSA Florida t-shirts and lapel pins. If we win, those shirts and pins, designed by Lake Tech students, could travel all the way to nationals and be traded with students from all over the world by Florida SkillsUSA contestants! Tuesday afternoon we will enhance our “social skills” in a 50th birthday party in the classroom – not mentioning any names…
Business Administration & Management
Accounting and Administrative Assistant instructor Sonya Rosenglick had a birthday this week and her students surprised her with a party during lunch. They decorated the room, ordered pizza and a cake, and shared how much they love and appreciate her. Even some former students attended! Happy Birthday Sonya!
Health Science
Thursday evening the students in the full time evening Practical Nursing class played hosts to some local Girl Scouts (Troop # 4715 & 4722) to help them earn their medical badge. The girls and their troop leaders (Cindy Lancaster and Melinda Redd) along with Wendy Henderson who is a nurse and volunteered her time to assist them with this badge, spent time in the classroom and learning lab becoming familiar with some of the equipment nurses use in their job. In addition, they listened to some interesting lecture by Jean Becraft about problems with the heart. The girls were each given a special gift assembled by Lana Taylor and Jean Becraft that included a Lake Tech pad of paper, pencil, and an “expect the unexpected” bracelet. We wish them all the best and hope to see them in the same seats as students in the future!
Law, Public Safety & Security
The Day Law Recruits completed the Firearms block of training last week and also experienced the Taser Electronic Control Device on Tuesday. It was said to have been a “very shocking experience.” The Night Law Recruits have finished their first full week of class and take the Introduction to Law Enforcement Exam this evening.
Transportation and Logistics
Auto Collision instructors Joe Indomenico and David Beliveau reported that uniforms have been donated to the students so they will be ready to shine as they attend the International Auto Body Congress & Expo, http://www.naceexpo.com/, in Orlando on Thursday. This is the world’s collision repair event designed and created for the collision repair industry professional. We are excited that our students are able to attend. In addition, David Beliveau and Diane Culpepper will be participating in a press conference with the Collision Repair Foundation and a video interview with Fender Bender about the mini-makeover Lake Tech has received!
Adult Education
Eleven instructors, accompanied by Assistant Director and ACE board member Jack Miller, attended the Adult and Community Educator’s (ACE) of Florida conference this week in Orlando. It was a great time of learning and team building. Throughout the state there was concern about the impact tuition and residency requirements have had on Adult Education. Some districts are predicting educating 10,000 fewer students this year. Despite the difficult times, coming together and sharing was an important morale booster.
One nugget they all walked away with from the conference was the importance of advocacy. Did you know that we served our adult education students last year at a cost of just over $500 per student? It is obvious that Adult Education is a cost effective way of “getting Lake County to work”. By improving the basic and 21st century skills of those in Lake County, helping adults obtain a high school credential and assisting their transition process to postsecondary, especially to one of Lake Tech’s 26 certification programs, Adult Education is the right investment in the economic turnaround our county, state, and country needs.
Regarding the implementation of the Career Pathways initiative, teams have been formed to analyze our current intake, retention, and transition processes in adult education to prescribe mechanisms and processes to automate and improve our current system. The result will be higher levels of accountability and greater transition rates of Adult Education students into career education and employment opportunities. Teams have also been formed to develop our new database, develop contextualized curriculum, and collaborate on our dissemination efforts. You may find one of them in one of YOUR career and technical programs, getting video footage for the new Career Pathways orientation video. This means more students in our programs, so please help us make it a dynamic experience. Brent Stubbs or Trudy Dailey will contact the career technical program before the visit.
Marketing
Trudy Dailey and Art Seidner will have an exhibit at the annual College Night to be held at LSCC Monday evening. They expect to answer a lot of questions about our classes.
Next Thursday, October 6th, Trudy will have a booth at the Leesburg Chamber Business Expo from 2 to 6 pm. Please encourage your students to attend this event since it is a good networking opportunity. Five students from the Accounting and Administrative Assistant programs have volunteered to work the registration table and help Trudy.
The ACE of Florida organization is launching The Second Chance Initiative…Willing Workers for Florida’s Business. Stay tuned to learn more about this exciting marketing campaign.
We have 457 FaceBook Fans! Let’s try to reach 500 by Thanksgiving. Remind your students, business partners, family, friends, and relatives to “Like” Lake Technical Center!
Staff Development Opportunities
CHOICES training will be held at Lake Tech on October 8 from 9 am until noon. CHOICES is an online software tool offered free through the Florida Department of Education which will allow students to explore career and education options and then track their progress as they create successful career plans.
Four Lake Tech educators will attend the 2011 National Career Pathways Network (NCPN) Conferenceopens in a new window, October 13-14 at the Marriott World Center in Orlando. The conference theme, Transforming Lives for a Strong America, reflects the increasing emphasis on the need to create opportunities for student academic and career success, thereby increasing both personal and corporate economic successes in the U.S. “Career Pathways can play a key role in the restructuring of American education and the return of a thriving economy if we remain focused on the goal of helping all who want to succeed in life,” says Dr. David Bond, NCPN Director.
NCPN’s twentieth anniversary national conference will feature over 130 concurrent sessions divided among several programmatic strands including: Instructional Innovations, Focusing Students, Curriculum Design and Instruction, Adult Education Career Pathways, College and Career Readiness, and Engaging Business. The conference is designed for high school and college administrators and faculty as well as business partners involved in Career Pathways partnerships across the country. We look forward to hearing all about Career Pathways when they return.
Legislative Update
The new 2012 Legislative Session Bill Tracking spreadsheetopens in a new window can be found on our Legislation page at http://www.fldoe.org/Workforce/legislation.aspopens in a new window.
You can now go directly to the bill page by clicking on the bill number in the spreadsheet.
September 26, 2011
GREAT NEWS….
The SkillsUSA Region 3 buzz is “Lake Tech is BACK”! We had the most members in attendance today and we now represent 3 of the 8 Region 3 officer positions!
The students elected were:
Parliamentarian – Heather, from Digital Design
Historian – Caleb, from Digital Design
Awards Coordinator – Kristen, from Administrative Assistant
Also, a two-member COE (Council on Occupational Education) team will be at Lake Tech on October 2 & 3. The team will be visiting our two instructional service centers – one is located at East Ridge High School (adult and high school nursing programs) and the other in Sumter County (paramedic program). We are excited to show off these two locations to our accrediting board!
Academic Affairs
Arts, AV & Technology
Several new Digital Design advisory members represent interesting companies around Lake County: That! Company, Hughes & Butterworth, and Ford Press. They were very impressed with our level of training from the advisory meeting Thursday night, and look forward to participating as judges in SkillsUSA competitions as well as promoting Career & Technical Education to our legislators.
Other highlights from the week: Three students attended the SkillsUSA Regional Leadership Conference in Orlando on Friday. Digital Design 2 student, Kassie, just finished a project to embellish 35 photos with the Lake Tech logos to match the program brochures. They will be enlarged and used for the Career Pathways project.
Another new student started Monday and we still have seats available in our dynamic new design program. Spread the word!
Business Administration & Management
Seven students from the Administrative Assistant and Accounting programs attended the SkillsUSA Regional Leadership Training Session. What a great opportunity for our students to meet other students from all over Region 3 and hone their leadership skills.
Hospitality and Tourism
As usual, the Culinary and Commercial Foods instructors and students outdid themselves in preparation and presentation at the Fall Advisory Committee Dinner which was held last Thursday evening. The pictures describe the beautiful work far better than I could – so enjoy!
Law, Public Safety & Security
The new Night Law Enforcement class starts Monday!! The Day Law Recruits are at the range and will complete the Firearms block this Tuesday. Director Chris Delibro and several of the Day Law Recruits competed in the annual “Beat the Sheriff” 5k race in Citrus County Saturday, which benefits “Jessie’s Place”, Citrus County’s Child Advocacy Center. Withlacoochee Tech’s Law Enforcement recruits also competed.
The Lake Tech Fire Academy has begun conducting pre-employment testing for cities and counties wishing to hire fire fighters. On Friday, this testing was conducted for the Mt. Dora Fire Department.
The current class of Fire Fighting students finished their First Responder class on Friday.
Transportation and Logistics
Auto Collision instructors, Joe Indomenico and David Beliveau, showed off their new technology during their Fall Advisory Committee meeting. They decided to “go green” and project their agenda and other documents instead of printing them for the members.
Adult Education
Over 390 students are currently enrolled in Adult Education throughout the county. Particularly, in the GED prep classes this number is solid year-over-year. However, on Thursday we met with our advisory committee to discuss some of the new challenges we are facing in Adult Education, in particular ESOL, as it pertains to the new legislative requirements. The entire committee expressed their support of Adult Education and will consider ways that they could help off-set these new barriers to obtaining language acquisition.
Next week, 12 of the faculty, accompanied by Assistant Director Jack Miller, will be attending the 2011 ACE (Adult and Community Educators) of Florida Conference. The instructors are excited about the opportunity to meet with other practitioners, get timely professional development, and foster community amongst themselves. In addition, Brent Stubbs, Department Chair, will be presenting ““Web 2.0 for Adult Ed-Career Pathways Style” which will focus on empowering adult educators with the tools they need to both make their classrooms engaging and empower their students with the relevant tools they need to be competitive in the 21st century.
Marketing
We have 450 FaceBook Fans! Let’s try to reach 500 by Thanksgiving. Remind your students, business partners, family, friends, and relatives to “Like” Lake Technical Center!
Technology
Need a timer for a classroom activity? Check out http://www.timeme.com/opens in a new window The site offers free timers, stopwatches, count down timers, count up timers, and even a chess timer!
Need a translator? Check out http://babelfish.comopens in a new window BabelFish is a free online translator for users to translate phrases and sentences into ANY language!
Staff Development Opportunities
CHOICES training will be held at Lake Tech on October 8 from 9 am until noon. CHOICES is an online software tool offered free through the Florida Department of Education which will allow students to explore career and education options and then track their progress as they create successful career plans.
In the Community
On Monday, the Central Florida Women’s Club toured Lake Tech and stayed for lunch. Of course, they were very impressed and look forward to returning for a day of beauty in the Cosmetology Salon!
September 20, 2011
Advisory Committee Dinner and Meeting – September 22, 6 pm
Academic Affairs
Arts, AV Technology & Communication
The Digital Design students survived their first presentation. In groups of two, they prepared PowerPoint lessons on test taking, test anxiety, and study skills. They were impressive and helpful.
Business Management & Administration
We had our first graduate, Yolanda Cooper, from Accounting Operations.
Last Friday marked the beginning of our Job Search DVD series. We begin with How to Search For a Job, then to Resumes, Networking, Interviews, Negotiating, and, finally, How to Keep a Job. Every Friday we view a different DVD; an assignment is attached to each one. By the end of the series, students will have a resume, letter of application, target companies, list of answers to potential interview questions, and more insight into getting their dream job. One of my favorite assignments is the verbal commercial. Students are required to create a 60-second verbal commercial that they use as an introduction to the dreaded, “Tell me about yourself” question. This verbal commercial also serves as their summary statement on the resume. We no longer use the objective statement, which seem to all sound the same.
We will be using Edmodo along with the DVD series. Questions from the DVD will be posted on Edmodo and students are required to answer them. Fun, fun, fun with technology.
Health Science
The Big Red Bus was on campus Friday. Students, staff, and guests were all invited to give the “Gift of Life.”
Adult General Education
Only a few weeks into the semester and the Adult Education Department is off to a tremendous start. The AAAE lab is a perfect 10 for 10. Two students are back in their program and all the students who have been referred for post-testing (10) have received their scores. We have also have had a number of online students come in and post test successfully.
261 students are currently enrolled in either ABE, GED or AAAE. Of those students, 71 are currently studying online. The off-campus sites have also started with much success and enthusiasm from students and instructors.
Currently, our ESOL classes are in need of your help. Please get the word out about the exciting and affordable learning opportunities offered to those who need to improve their English skills. For more information, click here.
Law, Public Safety & Security
The Day Law Recruits have started Firearms at the range and are all doing very well.
Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
The Medium & Heavy Duty Truck and Bus program had its first female graduate since instructor Randy Yates has been teaching at Lake Tech (6 ½ years). Heather Posey completed the first course with a 91% average and a 92% attendance rate. Congratulations Heather! Girl Power!!
The floors in the Auto Collision shop are complete. Thanks to Rust-Oleum for the donation of the epoxy floor coating. Thanks to the instructors and students for applying and learning another new skill! It looks terrific.
Student Affairs
SkillsUSA is off to a great start. Our chapter has students from six different programs and they are going to make Lake Tech proud this year! DeAnna Thomas is serving as the chapter sponsor.
Three computers have been set up in the lobby so that potential students can complete the online application. Thanks to Bob Zehner and Mark Prescott for the great design work and installation of the computers. Thanks to Tom Netherton for creating the online application.
Marketing
Trudy Dailey and Beth Thornton worked the Daily Commercial Job Fair, Wednesday, September 14. The exhibit was held at the Leesburg Community Center. According to Trudy and Beth, the event was a humbling, eye-opening experience. They talked to a wide range of people from unemployed individuals with college degrees to individuals needing to begin a career. There was tremendous interest in our programs and many people completed the online application. Potential students were interested in Medical Assisting as well as other health care programs, Commercial Foods and Culinary Arts, Digital Design, Cosmetology, Welding, etc. Watch for interest cards early next week so we can call the potential students. Upcoming events include College Night, October 3 to be held at LSCC, and the Leesburg Chamber Business Expo to be held October 6 from 2 pm to 6 pm. Please tell your students about this great networking opportunity.
Community Involvement
We are very proud to announce that the Chick-Fil-As of Lake County have been selected as the winner of the ACE Award Business Supporter of the Year. ACE will be presenting this award to Chick-Fil-As of Lake County at the ACE Conference Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, September 28, 12 – 1:30 pm. Chick-Fil-A has been a great business partner for Lake Tech and our students! If you don’t already know, last year the local area Chick-Fil-As donated a chicken sandwich for every LCP earned in a Lake Tech Adult Education classroom. If you visit a Chick-Fil-A say “thank you” for supporting Lake Tech.
Melissa Stephan will be participating in Leadership Lake this year. The first activity is a meet-and-greet this Wednesday.
September 12, 2011
September 12-18 is National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week
The Big Red Bus Blood Mobile will be on campus from 11 – 3:30 pm on Friday
Academic Affairs
Arts, AV & Communication
As of last Friday, student Kassie Cozart is officially on staff as a graphic designer with the Lake Magazine! Her name will be in the masthead (credits) starting with the October issue. Kassie has been interning for only a few weeks, so it is absolutely amazing that she qualifies to work for this top regional magazine having completed only Commercial Art 1! Kassie will be working and going to school to finish her program as her new employer is excited about her learning the web and multimedia skills taught in Digital Design 2.
Hospitality and Tourism
The staff and faculty dining room has opened. The students are practicing their serving skills as well as their food preparation skills. They are already doing a great job!
Law, Public Safety & Security
Lake Tech’s Fire Academy will be offering pre-employment testing for the 15 projected fire fighter openings in Mt. Dora, Tavares, Mascotte, the Villages, and Clermont during the 2012 year. The written test ($25) will be administered on October 12 and the physical agility test ($75) will be administered on October 22 or 23. The scores will be given to the participating departments for consideration when they hire new fire fighters. The test scores are good for one year.
Last Saturday night the Day Law recruits assisted the Tavares Police Department with their D.U.I. checkpoint. They all did a great job and were able to see some of what they learned in a real world, practical setting. They did an outstanding job of representing the Institute of Public Safety and Lake Tech as a whole.
Adult Education
The AAAE Lab is bustling! We have lots of students working hard to attain their GED and/or their needed score for a CTE program. One student got his needed score and is now in Auto Collision, two more are set to start in their program in a week. Two students went from ABE to GED level, and we had one student go from 4.5E level to 12.8D level in math. The walkover students are working hard as well, and hopefully will soon be in their programs full-time.
On Saturday all of the part time adult education instructors attended a morning of training. It was a great time of sharing and preparing for a new and exciting year. Next week is the launch of our many off-site locations offered throughout the county. ESOL locations include: Leesburg Elementary, The Villages Elementary, Cagan Crossing Community Library and Cooper Memorial Library. GED locations include: South Lake High School, Cagan Crossing Library, the Genesis Center in Leesburg, and the Lady Lake Library.
This week is also National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week. Several events are planned, including a special presentation by Ms. Erika Greene, Literacy Coordinator with the Lake County Library Services Division. Ms. Greene will speak to the GED and ABE students at 10 am, September 15 in the Applied Adult Academic Education (AAAE) classroom. Mr. Thomas Breck, Executive Director of the Golden Triangle YMCA, has donated free day passes to the YMCA for Adult Education students on the main campus in a show of support for adult and family literacy in the Golden Triangle area. If you patronize the YMCA, say “thank you” for supporting Lake Tech and Adult Education.
Student Affairs
The new computer stations have been installed in the lobby. Interested students will now be able to complete their online application prior to seeing a counselor. We are hoping this will speed up the process and reduce the amount of clerical time it takes to input the student information into the computer system. Thanks to Bob, Tom, and Mark for making it happen.
Skills USA will kick off with a student meeting on Wednesday, September 14 at 8:45 am. The meeting will be held in the Student Dining Room and will be facilitated by DeAnna Thomas. All interested students are invited to attend.
Marketing
Important news! Please announce this to your students and graduates. The Daily Commercial is sponsoring a Job Fair at the Leesburg Community Center at Venetian Gardens in Leesburg, on September 14, from 10 am to 3 pm. Representatives from Lake Tech will have a booth and be available to answer questions about our programs to help those out of work individuals learn about the opportunities to re-tool themselves at our Center. Also, we had an excellent response on Facebook to our ad promoting Medical Assisting. Other community events in the near future include College Night at LSCC, as well as the Leesburg Chamber Business Expo. Both events are in early October. If you or your students have any marketing ideas, please pass them on to Trudy. We are always open to new ideas.
Technology
Free Technology for Teachers is written by Richard Byrne. On his site, he has compiled a list he calls “10 Places to Make and Find Flashcards Online.” Just a couple I thought you might be able to share with your students. Both have smart phone apps. If you want the entire list, check out his site at freetech4teachers.com.
1. Cramberry allows users to share flashcards with other users. After creating your flashcards you can contribute to a public gallery of flashcards. If you don’t have time to make flashcards of your own, you can search for and study flashcards in the public gallery. To use the flashcards you will need to create a Cramberry account. For your students that have smartphones, Cramberry now has an app called Flash-Me.
2. Cobocards, like other flashcard services, allows you to create customized sets of flashcards. One of the key differences between Cobocards and other flashcard services is that Cobocards provides you with PDF copies of your flashcards that you can print to study offline. Of course, you can also study your flashcards online.
Staff Development Opportunities from the DOE
The Perkins Professional Development Institute (PDI) provides “Mini-grant” opportunities to assist CTE instructors in achieving industry certification. These mini-grants may be used to receive training and/or testing through public or private providers in the State of Florida that offer training for state-approved industry certification. This year these mini-grants are available
For a list of state-approved certifications, please visit the Florida Department of Education Website at http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/perkins/perkins_resources.aspopens in a new window where you will find the Technical Skill Attainment Inventories.
The PDI has also expanded its FREE programs for postsecondary CTE teachers. These programs were previously only available to new postsecondary CTE teachers.
TEACHER TRAININGopens in a new window – This program provides an opportunity to learn the latest techniques to develop, sequence, and manage instructional events and activities to promote student learning. Focus will be on effective planning and implementation of new instructional strategies, measurement, and documentation of student achievement. Teachers will receive six hours of credit for each unit completed. This training is available in both a facilitated training and a non-facilitated e-learning program available 24/7.
In the Community
Diane Culpepper and Kerrie Johnson will be attending the South Lake Vision Forum on Thursday at 5:30 pm. This is the third in a series of sessions with the goal of educating and presenting ideas for Lake County’s economic development opportunities. Sam Stark, President & CEO of The Central Florida Sports Commission, will present information on the future of sports event tourism. Jennifer Pennypacker, Director of the Metro Orlando Film & Entertainment Commission, will present information on the film and digital arts impact on Lake County. T.J. Fish, Executive Director of Lake Sumter MPO, will share information about the transportation impact and future plans in Lake County.
September 6, 2011
Mark Your Calendars….
September 10, Adult Education Instructor Meeting
September 14, Daily Commercial Career Fair at Venetian Gardens in Leesburg – Lake Tech will have a booth
September 22, 6 pm. Lake Tech’s Fall Advisory Committee Dinner Event.
Academic Affairs
Education
Instructor Kathy Roberts has a full group of new apprentices in her Early Childhood Education program. They are working hard and learning what it means to work in a child care center and take care of our most precious little children.
Hospitality and Tourism
The staff and faculty dining room will open on the Wednesday (September 7) after Labor Day.
Then we will be on our normal Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday schedule. Students are busy creating all kinds of yummy and beautiful creations.
Human Services
Things are “hair raising” in Cosmetology right now. Between all of our programs we have a total of 80 students. More than half (43 to be exact) of these are new students that are working online on core. They are coming to campus two days a week for mandatory testing. They LOVE the fact that since the first 84 hours are reading and writing, they can do this in the comfort of their home, and take breaks whenever they want! Our returning students have picked up right where they left off and are busy, busy, busy serving clients in the salon. All of our students have created Edmodo accounts and we are using Edmodo for a variety of different activities, which we will share with you in the coming weeks.
Law, Public Safety & Security
The Day Law Recruits finished Defensive Tactics with a few sore muscles and a much better understanding of Advil. On Friday, they became acquainted with pepper spray and its effects. They were contaminated and learned that with a little determination they can work through it and survive!
Adult Education
In the Adult Education lab things are booming. The morning session is officially “filled” and the room is buzzing with the sound of learning.
Trudy Dailey, Brent Stubbs and a new instructor, Charles Durante, went off-campus to Clermont for off-site adult education registration. Many students were enrolled, a few took the TABE and much was learned about the exciting world of Florida proof-of-residency.
Marketing
We are continuing to advertise on Facebook to promote our low enrollment programs. Ads are currently running for Digital Design, Air Conditioning Helper, Solar Energy, and Medical Assisting. We have found this is an effective way to get our message out to a targeted audience. Also, watch for the Lake Tech ad in the Lake Sentinel on Friday, September 9 that will promote several short-term classes as well as Digital Design, Medical Assisting, and Adult Ed. Please let your graduates know about the Daily Commercial Job Fair, at the Leesburg Community Center, 109 E. Dixie Ave, Venetian Gardens on September 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Representatives from Lake Tech will have a booth and be available to answer questions about our programs to help those out of work individuals learn about the opportunities to re-tool themselves at our Center.
Technology
What is podcasting? Podcasting is a way of easily distributing a series of audio or video files on the Internet. How can you use it in the classroom? It won’t be long now until the podcast studio is ready for use. Many instructors are thinking of ways they can use podcasting to enhance, expand, or energize their lessons for students.
A couple of interesting websites for your review:
The Education Podcast Network http://epnweb.org/
The Florida Department of Education iTunes U http://www.floridaitunesu.com/
Staff Development Opportunities from the DOE
The Online Course Schedule for the 2011-12 school year has been posted on our website which can be found at http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/profdev.aspopens in a new window. The first class begins September 13th. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.
The six-week programs include 18 hours of weekly online lessons and weekly live sessions that once successfully completed, earn the participant 60 recommended in-service points.
Registration is to be completed online through the FACTE website: http://www.facte.orgopens in a new window or http://ocpsvirtualcenter.comopens in a new window. Participants will be provided a complete course syllabus upon enrollment.
In the Community
Assistant Director Melissa Stephan has been accepted into the 2012 Leadership Lake program. Melissa will have the opportunity to learn more about the complex social and economic issues that shape the future of Lake County.
Diane Culpepper will be attending the South Lake Chamber Education Committee meeting on September 6. On September 8, she will be visiting the Thomas E. Langley Medical Center to discuss job placement opportunities for our students.
August 29, 2011
School is Back in Session! Faculty and staff are prepared. Students have returned and are studying hard. We are happy to have everyone back and look forward to a very successful school year.
Dates to Remember…
August 30, 3 pm. Joint Meeting of the Lake County School Board and the Lake County Board of County Commissioners. Lake Tech will be represented.
August 31, 4 pm. Lake and Sumter Counties Labor Market Study Results Presentation.
September 5 – Labor Day
September 22, 6 pm. Lake Tech’s Fall Advisory Committee Dinner Event.
Academic Affairs
Arts, AV & Communication
Digital Design is off to a great start! The entire group is engaged, already dressing up (every day) and desiring to be the first class earning their Adobe certification, National Technical Honor Society AND graduation ropes! Instructor Kerrie Johnson has incorporated Edmodo with the week’s first questions, “Who designed the Nike logo, what does the symbol mean, and why would the logo be appropriate for an athletic apparel company?” If you know of anyone who might like to learn how to design marketing materials and websites (and BONUS: learn the meaning of the Nike logo), please send them to Kerrie Johnson.
Business Management & Administration
The Administrative Assistant and Accounting Operations programs have been very busy gearing up for the new school year. One student has already completed her first course in OCP A. Three are working from home using Blackboard. Instructor Sonya Rosenglick has started using Edmodo for an Interview Question group. The student who answers the potential interview question the best, wins! The students are also excited about using technology and the new flat screen monitor available for classroom presentations.
Health Science
The High School LPN students set up their brand new lab this week complete with IV poles, mannequins and new linens for hospital beds. They have set up study groups and are very motivated to shine. The class also had a welcome visit from Dr. Moxley, Dr. Culpepper and Mrs. Veremakis. We thank you all for coming to wish us well and for all your support!
The Evening LPN class welcomed the new Day LPN class with an ice cream party on Friday. What a great way to help the new students feel a part of the program.
Hospitality and Tourism
The Culinary program is pleased to announce that the staff and faculty dining room will open on the Wednesday (September 7) after Labor Day. The next week we will be on our normal Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday schedule.
Law, Public Safety & Security
The Day Law Recruits are in their third week of Defensive Tactics and progressing well.
Transportation and Logistics
David Beliveau and Joe Indomenico of Auto Collision have completed this year’s Extreme Makeover grant and it has been signed, sealed and delivered. Thanks to Betty Jones for putting it all together for us. Although Lake Tech was awarded the 2010 Mini-Makeover grant, we are keeping our fingers crossed that we can win the 2011 Extreme Makeover grant too! As part of the grant, a video was created about the program by Mark Prescott and it is awesome. Watch for it on the monitor in the main lobby.
The new students in the program are finishing up the safety competencies and the beginning chapters in the book. They are anxious to get started in the shop. The senior students are eager to complete the program so they can go to work. What do we need? Your damaged vehicles that need repair! Students are ready to practice their new skills.
Last, the Auto Collision students will be holding a fundraiser to supplement their class account. Stay tuned for details of “the headlight restoration project.”
Adult Education
Adult Education is back in full swing. The GED lab had more students on day one this year than last, and we are very excited about the dynamic trio of Mrs. Balogh, Mrs. Netherton and Mrs. Avelli leading our students to both academic and career success. Already we have three online students who are ready to take the GED test. All three of the three students have postsecondary plans and are actively pursuing those goals.
For the first time in recent history, Lake Tech will offer off-site registration for the GED and ESOL classes being offered in the community. On August 29, 30, and 31, staff will be available at the Cooper Memorial Library in Clermont during the day. In addition, on August 29, there will be TABE testing available at that location. On September 7, 8, and 9, Lake Tech staff will be available at the Lady Lake Library. With the cost of gasoline, Lake Tech is trying to do its part by taking these services to the community.
In the ESOL classroom, our favorite song is “Crazy” and our favorite saying is “English is Crazy!” With all the changes in Adult Education this year, we are all a little crazy – but our students are the best and oh, so patient!
Marketing
Lake Tech had a huge response at the job fair held last weekend at Lake Square Mall. We promoted our programs as an opportunity for the job seekers to update their skills or “retool themselves.” A computer was available for potential students to apply online, or fill out the electronic contact form. The program that created a lot of interest was Medical Assisting. Several people who visited the booth were spotted this week on our campus. Lake Tech will be participating in another job fair on September 14.
Technology
All faculty and staff will be using Edmodo this year as we progress through our COE self study. Several instructors have begun using it in their classrooms with students. Edmodo is a free, social learning network for teachers and students. If you are interested in learning more, check out www.edmodo.com or contact DeAnna Thomas.
In addition, instructors are thinking about ways to incorporate Jing into their lessons. Jing is another free tool which allows instructors to take a picture or make a short video of an instructional nugget and share it instantly via the web, email, Twitter, or a blog. It is that simple. If you are interested in learning more, check out http://www.techsmith.com/jing/. If you want some assistance with Jing, please contact Sonya Rosenglick.
Staff Development Opportunities from the DOE
The Online Course Schedule for the 2011-12 school year has been posted on our website which can be found at http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/profdev.aspopens in a new window. The first class begins September 13th. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.
The six-week programs include 18 hours of weekly online lessons and weekly live sessions that once successfully completed, earn the participant 60 recommended in-service points.
Registration is to be completed online through the FACTE website: http://www.facte.orgopens in a new window or http://ocpsvirtualcenter.comopens in a new window. Participants will be provided a complete course syllabus upon enrollment.
In the Community
In late July, Diane Culpepper and Charter Board member James Spencer met with Representative O’Toole in her Lady Lake office to discuss funding for school year 2012-13. The legislative session begins early this year in Tallahassee.
On Friday, Diane and Charter Board President Mickey Gauldin had the opportunity to meet with leaders from the South Lake Chamber to discuss ways to bring additional Lake Tech classes to South Lake County.
Above and Beyond…
A special thanks to our own Mark Prescott. If you haven’t seen the two large shadow boxes in B-Building housing the beautifully painted car hoods, check them out. Mark built and painted the boxes and they look great. He also built the roofs we will be using for the solar classes. On top of his great building skills, he created and produced a new video for the Auto Collision program. A great big thanks to Mark for going above and beyond as a Lake Tech employee!
June, 2011
A big thank you to Tonyia Burnham for her leadership with the Sunshine Committee for the past two years.
Academic Affairs
Business Management & Administration
The Administrative Assistant and Accounting Operations programs have been very busy with students completing the programs, job shadowing, going on job interviews, and completing OCPs. Three more students will be graduating by June 23.
Three students, one in the Accounting Operations program and two in the Administrative Assistant program have agreed to be a part of Lake Tech’s first “Extreme Makeover.” These students have expressed a desire to be interview-ready by the time they graduate. The Cosmetology Department has graciously agreed to do the makeovers. The business students were given a consultation on Wednesday by a team of cosmetology students. The makeovers will be done on Monday and the media will be on campus to cover it. We are excited about this endeavor, as this will be our first “Extreme Makeover.” Who knows, maybe we will make this an annual event!
Education and Training
Congratulations to Jade Quinones who will be graduating with Highest Honors from the Lake Technical Early Childhood Apprenticeship program in June! Not only has Jade demonstrated outstanding knowledge, work habits and skills while attending Early Childhood Classes and completing On-the-Job Training, but she has also been recognized by the Early Learning Coalition as a high achiever.
Child Care Centers are assessed, primarily through observations, to ensure quality in early childhood education. ITERS, The Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale, is designed to assess programs for children from birth to two and one-half years of age. Following is a note sent to Early Childhood Instructor, Kathy Roberts, from Brenda Lopresto, Director of Imagination Station in Groveland, describing Jade’s outstanding accomplishments.
Jade Quinones just completed her Child Care Apprenticeship Certification (CDA) from Lake Technical Center and is currently a lead teacher at Imagination Station Child Care and Development Center in Groveland. Jade also recently received five awards from the Early Learning Collation of Lake County. We had our assessment done in April 2011 using the Infant and Toddler Rating Scale (ITERS). The scores range from 1-7 with 7 as the highest score you can get. Out of all the Lake County Childcare Centers, Jade received the following recognition:- Highest Overall ITERS Assessment Award
- 1st place in Interaction
- 1st place in Program Structure
- 2nd place in Space and Furnishings
- 2nd place in Personal Care Routines.
*Jade is now registered for the Director Credential Course offered in the fall at Lake Tech.
Health Science
The EMS Programs have been keeping busy, with a new Paramedic class which began on May 17, 2011, and two classes graduating. On May 12, 2011, 19 students graduated from the EMT program. The graduation was well attended by family and friends of the students. Special thanks to Mr. Jack Miller for validating the Certificates. Congratulations to: Amanda Crosby, Cody Curth, Brian Donohue, Alison Hinton, Phina Jordan, Corey Lynch, Jordan Matthews, James Misla, Joshua Morton, David Poff, Trevor Porter, Gary Rice, William Stomp, Nathaniel Sudek, Mikala Taylor, Amanda Vargas, Tommy Waterman.
The Paramedic graduation took place on May 26, 2011. Twenty-one students successfully completed the 13 month Paramedic program. The graduation took place at the Eustis Community Center with over 150 people in the audience. A huge thank you to Dr. Culpepper for being the guest speaker and for validating the certificates for the graduates. Congratulations to the following Paramedic graduates: Brian Baine, Neal Balwinski, Stacy Bilz, Michael Buschor, Bryan Clohosey, Kevin Harris, Michael Keeney, Shane Lanoue, David Panzik, Michael Peckham, Robert Peterson, Thomas Rock, Nadia Samsingh, Kevin Saxton, Tim Setter, Kevin Teachout, Kevin Tector, Michael Trapp, Timothy Travers, Angel Wilson.
The Sumter County Paramedic students have been busy in the labs as they prepare to begin their clinical and internship rotations.
Law, Public Safety & Security
The Corrections recruits just finished their Defensive Tactics testing.
The Fire Fighter Minimum Standards class had their graduation ceremony at Tavares Middle school on Wednesday evening. All 29 that started the class on February 22 graduated. Two of the students were dual enrolled from their home high schools! Their state certification exam will be June 14 and 15.
On June 22 and 23rd, we will be providing the promotional testing for Tavares, Mt.Dora, and Eustis Fire Departments. On June 23 through July 15, will be hosting orientation training for 18 new Villages firefighters.
Transportation and Logistics
“Get Involved: Mini-Makeover Coming to ASRW 2011
The Collision Repair Education Foundation is providing Lake Technical Center in Eustis, Florida, with a $50,000 mini-makeover at ASRW 2011 and you’re invited to participate! If your company is interested in participating in the makeover through monetary and/or in-kind product donations (tax deductible), please contact Education Foundation Associate Director of Development Brandon Eckenrode at 847.463.5244. All donations go directly to Lake Technical Center’s collision program. More>>opens in a new window
Adult Education
With one more week to go, students are working hard to get the last bits of knowledge for the school year. The instructors have retested many students in the last few weeks and they have made great progress in getting their needed TABE scores. We are anxiously waiting for the latest GED test results, so we can give more students the good news that they can attend graduation. It’s been a busy year, but a great one!
The Online Adult Education students continue to come in and post test, get their scores, and progress toward their career goals. Just yesterday, a student came in and scored a 12.9 on the A-Level of the Language test, where previously his score was below 9 on the D level of the test. He was elated and is now in GED prep and is working on Florida Choices to hone his career aspirations.
Brent Stubbs traveled to all the area Chick-Fil-A restaurants to take pictures and spend time with the operators. They will all be recognized at this year’s Adult Ed graduation for their tremendous generosity to our students, and the pictures were for their nomination as for the Business Partner of the Year at the 2011 ACE Conference. The local Chick-Fil-A restaurants display the Lake Tech Proud Partner sticker for all to see!
Student Affairs
The Umatilla Woman’s Club has awarded a $500 scholarship to two Alee Academy graduating seniors who are planning to attend Lake Tech!
Dr. Sherie Lindamood, Tammy Ryan, and Diane Culpepper had the opportunity to interview all the Student of the Year nominees this week. Stay tuned – the winner will be announced at the graduation on June 23. It was tough to make a decision as each student shared their passion for their new profession, their gratitude to Lake Tech for the opportunity, and their respect and admiration for their instructors!
Marketing
You are going to see Lake Tech’s name in the local newspapers. We have committed to run ½ page color ads once a week for four weeks in the Lake Sentinel (Sunday), News Leader, and the North Lake Outpost beginning June 19th. Also on that week, we are going to insert 52,000 copies of the fall schedule in the Daily Commercial (Sunday), South Lake News, and the Commercial Press. In addition, we plan to advertise on Facebook and the Daily Commercial website. We are finalizing our decision to run an ad at the Lake Square Mall AMC Theatre. Finally, we are continuing to run ¼ page ads in theSouth Lake, Eustis and Mount Dora parent newsletters. Oh…don’t forget that we have a total of three billboards on Hwy 441 and Hwy 44. Hopefully, this strategy will give us a very strong opening for the fall term!
Technology
Do you blog? What about Glog?? WHAT??? A Glog allows a user to create a poster or web page containing multimedia elements including text, audio, video, images, graphics, drawings, and data. You and your students can use Glogs to create online multimedia posters – way more fun and exciting than the traditional poster boards and markers! Check it out at www.edu.glogster.com. There is a free version you can try out and use!
Staff Development Opportunities from the DOE
Project Based Learning – A “5” Step Process for Integrating Curriculum
- November 1, 2011 – December 6, 2011
- Tuesdays – 7:00 p.m. (Live Sessions)
This six-week program include 18 hours of weekly online lessons and weekly live sessions. These hours represent only the time spent in the weekly online sessions and in the lessons. The research, creation, organizing and presentation of materials and activities outside of the sessions requires more time. Most teachers will spend an average of 10 hours per week over the six-week period; hence the 60 recommended in-service points. That number more accurately reflects the intensity and number of work products produced.
Registration shall be completed online through the FACTE website: www.facte.orgopens in a new window or http://ocpsvirtualcenter.comopens in a new window Participants will be provided a complete course syllabus upon enrollment.
Social Media Stats
Facebook:
Daily Active Users: 50-70
Weekly Active Users: 100
Monthly Active Users: 213
Peak activity occurred in January/February when we ran add campaigns. 4-8 times the activity.
We are gaining about 4-7 new page views a day. 218 people have clicked on our facebook page from www.laketech.orgopens in a new window. We’ve had 1,500 views of our enroll button.
June 3, 2011
Buddy Martin, the Lake County School Board Health and Safety Officer, sent Debbie Zaharis this e-mail after our last fire drill. Thanks to Jack Miller and Debbie for making sure we complete the reports so efficiently.
“Debbie, I wish I had a trophy to present you for fire drills. Once again, Lake Tech is the best facility for reporting your drills. I can’t do much, but thank you so much for a job VERY well done!”
Academic Affairs
Arts, AV & Communication
Students in Commercial Art are combining software and design skills to prepare entire ad campaigns. Come down to B-Building and see their Home Depot final projects. The first Commercial Art student took his Adobe Certified Associate exam this week. It was tough! The final two students will take their Florida Ready to Work certification tests next week.
Please tell everyone you know about the new Digital Design program starting in August, which will teach print AND web design, PLUS digital publishing for eReaders (iPad, Nook, etc.) and smart phones.
Health Science
Plans are underway for the development of the new Medical Assisting program which will begin in October, 2011. Beth Thornton will be the lead instructor. She is currently evaluating curriculum and textbooks, making decisions about uniforms, and creating an equipment list. Beth has contacted several business partners who may be able to assist in the donation of some of the equipment.
Law, Public Safety & Security
The Fire Fighting graduation will be held on June 8 at Tavares Middle School. Everyone is welcome to attend. The ceremony begins at 7 pm.
Transportation and Logistics
The beautiful hood art that the Auto Collision students created for our May 5 event will be permanently displayed in B-Building. Over the summer, Mark Prescott will be building cases for the hoods. Thanks David, Joe and Mark.
Adult Education
Signed, sealed and delivered. The 2011-12 ESOL and Adult General Education grants are finished and in the mail. As always, when one project finishes another one begins. Adult Education is now turning its attention to developing a 5-year strategic plan under the guidance of its advisory board for our Career Pathway grant. The first meeting for this project will take place on June 16, from 2-3:30 pm, in the Adult Ed Office. During this meeting, we will begin to identify the action steps needed to develop our plan as we focus on partnerships, program design, curriculum and instruction, student support services, assessment, professional development, marketing, and accountability for the Lake Tech Career Pathways model.
Two new and exciting things will be happening during this year’s Adult Education graduation. First, the Lake County area Chick-Fil-A’s will be recognized for their support of Adult Education students this year. They donated thousands of dollars in chicken sandwiches, chicken minis, and chicken biscuits in recognition of the learning gains made by our adult education students. Second, we will also be honoring 13 students who will be inducted into our first inaugural class of Adult National Honor Society. For more info on Adult National Honor Society, click hereopens in a new window.
At the Genesis Center, the instructors are trying to test as many students as possible. Overall, the outcome has been very positive. Gloria Balogh had six students achieve much improved TABE scores in the areas in which they tested. Two students moved up to the 8.4 level, one student received a 9.7, two achieved scores in the 10.5 range, and another a 12.9! YES!! All started at about a 5-7 level. Angela also had much success. One of her students went from a 3.2 to a 9.7 and another one went from an 8.6 to a 12.9!!! Wow!!
Student Affairs
We have just signed an agreement with Ed2Go which will allow Lake Tech to offer a variety of online, continuing education short courses to our community. These courses are instructor-led and will open us up to another market of students.
Jan Tobias, Director of Student Services for the Lake County School Board, will be on campus Tuesday. She will be meeting with Betty Jones to discuss dual enrollment opportunities for the high school students.
Florida Ready to Work has been a big success this year. Many students from Lake Tech have elected to participate and have earned their credentials. Statewide, over 105,000 credentials have been earned and 650 employers – representing 350,000 employees – have partnered with the program. The legislature has funded the program again next year, and so we will open the opportunity to become credentialed to all of our students. Thanks to Diane Hutchinson for spearheading this program at Lake Tech. We will share more information about it during pre-planning in August.
Marketing
You are going to see Lake Tech’s name in the local newspapers. We have committed to run ½ page color ads once a week for four weeks in the Lake Sentinel (Sunday), News Leader, and the North Lake Outpost beginning June 19th. Also, on that week we are going to insert 52,000 copies of the fall schedule in the Daily Commercial (Sunday), South Lake News, and the Commercial Press. In addition, we plan to advertise on Facebook and the Daily Commercial Website. We are finalizing our decision to run an ad at the Lake Square Mall AMC Theatre. Finally, we are continuing to run ¼ page ads in the South Lake, Eustis, and Mount Dora parent newsletters. Oh…don’t forget that we have a total of three billboards on Hwy 441 and Hwy 44. Hopefully, this strategy will give us a very strong opening for the fall term!
Technology
Tweet, Tweet! Lake Tech wants you to follow us on Twitter!
Twitter is a real-time information network that connects you to what you find interesting. And we all know that Lake Tech is VERY interesting! Each Tweet is 140 characters in length and we will be able to share a lot of information in just a little space.
Why should Lake Tech tweet? One reason is to connect Lake Tech with its students and potential students. We will use Twitter to quickly share information with people who are interested in Lake Tech, gather market intelligence and feedback, build relationships with our students and potential students, business partners, and friends.
Sign up for a Twitter account and start following us now. http://twitter.com/#!/LakeTechCenteropens in a new window
Staff Development
Several instructors will be attending staff development related to the use of technology in the classroom. These classes will allow our instructors to increase the collaboration of their online students using a tool called Eluminate, create quick and easy projects with cameras, scanners, and web resources, and how to use a document camera. It is not too late to sign up. These courses are offered during post-planning. See Melissa Stephen for further information.
We have 349 People who “Like Us” on FACEBOOK. Our goal is 400 before this school year is over. Keep spreading the word – tell your friends to like Lake Tech!!!
May 21, 2011
How many Generation Y students do you have in your classroom? These students were born between 1982 and 2001 and have some very different characteristics than the Baby Boomers and Generation Xers. The Boomers like to be in charge of their own learning, the Generation Xers prefer to work independently, and Generation Y learns best by interacting with their fellow students.
Generation Y students:
- Want to know everything up front as far as what is expected. They want to know what criteria will be used to evaluate their performance and they will be the most likely to ask the question, “Will this be on the test?”
- Certainty and security are key for this group. Tie their learning outcomes to economic objectives. This is important to them.
- Are as comfortable with technology as a fish is with water. A classroom that does not incorporate it will not meet students’ needs for variety, stimulation, and access to information. Some classrooms still require students to study and learn in ways that, to them, are completely different from the ways they operate in every other aspect of their daily lives.
- Want to be creative. This is a generation that thinks in many dimensions at once. Provide opportunities for them to be creative in how they approach and fulfill requirements. Music, art, and games are good teaching tools.
- Like focus time. The Generations Y attention span declines after 15-20 minutes. You have your student’s brain for only 20 minutes at a time. Break up the class time into 20-30 minute segments with some kind of activity (outbursts, e.g.).
We have 339 People who “Like Us” on FACEBOOK. Our goal is 400 before this school year is over.
Keep spreading the word – tell your friends to like Lake Tech!!!
May 20, 2011
Arts, AV Technology, and Communication
On Monday, the Commercial Art students proofed and printed projects to spend all day Tuesday at Leesburg High School presenting our school and program to three periods of Digital Design classes. Hopefully, we reached a few potential students who might be interested in pursuing a career in graphic design. Either way, our Lake Tech Commercial Art students represented us all very well. They dressed up, sat up and each one told why they chose this field and why they chose Lake Tech for their education. Additionally, they each presented a different project with its strategy and difficulties.
Tuesday, Instructor Kerrie Johnson hosted a get-together to meet all the Digital Design teachers in the district. Only two instructors attended, but Kerrie was able to meet Billye Kozlowski (MDHS) and Carol Spikes (EHS) and begin, hopefully, what will be a beneficial relationship between Lake Tech and the high school programs.
Health Science
The EMT class graduated last week and the Paramedic class with graduate this week.
100% of the Massage Therapy students who took their board exams have passed.
The Evening LPN students hosted a congratulatory luncheon for the students of the Day LPN class who will be graduating in June. They shared pizza and cake along with “tales of survival!” and much laughter. We celebrate the success of those about to join the profession. To the hosts… well done!
An IV Therapy class will be held July 11-19 from 9 – 3:30 pm each day.
Human Services
Things are hopping in Cosmetology!! We have 63 students enrolled in the Human Services Cluster right now. 18 of those students are completing the program in the next three weeks and are preparing to take their state board examination. Most of them are already working in salons as assistants and are getting very excited about starting their career. Another 17 of those students will be completing within the first 4 weeks that we are back in the fall, so we are spending our days in State Board PREPARATION! Our salon is open through Friday, June 17th. If you, or someone you know, are in need of any salon services before the summer make sure to give us a call or stop by!
Law, Public Safety & Security
LakeTechnical Center’s Institute of Public Safety honored the 18 graduates of the Law Enforcement Basic Recruit program during a ceremony held at theInstituteofPublic Safety, May 18, 2011. Sheriff Gary Borders, of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, performed the introductions. Chief Steve Graham, of the Clermont Police Department, was the keynote speaker and Corporal Mike Miranda, of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, delivered the instructor address. The graduates are Gerald E. Corman, Travis B. Crews, Zackary J. Crotty, David C. Evans, Randy J. Gainous, James E. Gore, Todd E. Harris, Jr., Robert N. Main, Christopher L. Martin, Richard M. Moulton, Willie C. Newsome, Meagen M. Riccardo, Joseph A. Scardilla, Gavan H. Searles, Robert G. Sellers, David C. Torro, Rease M. Whitlock, and Mark A. Wolcott.
Program graduates who pass the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) certification exam are qualified to be police officers, deputy sheriffs or state officers at most Florida law enforcement agencies. Many students are hired by agencies pending the results of the FDLE certification exam. Graduates of this program may receive college credit at Lake-SumterCommunity Collegeor any other Florida community college when transferring to a Criminal Justice A.S. or A.A.S. degree program.
The Night Law Recruits had their last day of class last Thursday and graduate this coming Tuesday evening. Congratulations to Night Law!
Fred Vaughn, from Star and Shield, is working with Ron Williams and Betty Jones to create three yearly scholarships for students enrolled in Fire Fighting, Corrections, and Law Enforcement.
Adult Education
The VPI class is dwindling down to a few – but that’s a good thing! This means that more of the CTE students got their needed TABE scores and will be back in CTE classes. More of our GED students took their GED test last week so they will be able to get their scores back in time for graduation. With four weeks to go, the instructors are giving practice test after practice test, so the students can retake the TABE before the end of the year. Mrs. Avelli and Mrs. Netherton are exhausted, but excited that the students will have their scores!
Trudy Dailey’s GED classroom is gearing up for the end of the year. Several students are taking the GED exam in the next month and many are taking the TABE to measure their learning gains. One student moved to GED level this week and several students experienced huge learning gains. The flooding of the Mississippi River created the opportunity to study geography, do mathematical conversions, and discuss the economic impact of the flood. Did you know that 31 states feed into theMississippi River?
Good news here at the Genesis Center. We enrolled three new students and two former students re-enrolled. Also, several students we tested last week achieved outstanding results on their TABE tests. One of Mrs. Reese’s students moved from a 2.8 to a 10.7!! Two of Mrs. Balogh’s students, who were at about a level 7, moved to 12.9!! Hooray!!!
Marketing
We’re in the process of forming a plan to promote the fall term. The next schedule will be going to press shortly and will have a totally different look. If you have any ideas of something you think will create interest in our Center, please talk to Trudy Dailey.
Student Affairs
Betty Jones and the Admissions Team are working on ways to improve communication with the high schools. At a recent high school principals’ meeting, Diane Culpepper introduced Betty Jones as the Dean of Enrollment Management for Lake Tech and discussed with them the dual enrollment opportunities offered here. Over the last two weeks, Betty has had the opportunity to speak to several of the counselors about the new scholarships we’re offering to graduating seniors, and she has appointments scheduled during June to visit each high school and meet with the counselor teams. Also, the district’s new Director of Student Services (who works directly with all counselors) will be coming to LakeTech in early June to talk about dual enrollment options and other ideas we have for marketing our programs in the high schools.
Yvonne Pruett and Bill Hermann have been out and about proctoring the GED exam. On Friday, they were at the Lake County Jail testing the women inmates.
Forty students were inducted Friday, May 20th into the National Technical Honor Society. Our inductees represent the following programs: Accounting Operations, Administrative Assistant, Cosmetology, Culinary Arts, Law Enforcement, Massage Therapy, and Nursing.
May 13, 2011
May 16 – CNA/HHA/PCA Graduation – 1:45 pm in Student Café
May 17 – Photographer on campus to take pictures of students for new website
May 18 – Law Enforcement Recruits graduate – 7 pm at IPS
May 19 – Diane Culpepper to make presentation about Lake Tech to Kiwanis group