2009.11.06
Career and Technical Education Advisory Board meets
The CTE advisory board at L'il Cucci's.
In addition to an excellent academic program, Botetourt County provides students the opportunity to learn valuable employability skills through Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses. Programs included in CTE are Agriculture Education, Business Education, Family & Consumer Sciences, Health and Medical Education, Marketing Education, Technical Education and Trade and Industry Education.
An advisory committee for CTE met October 22 at Lil' Cucci's in Daleville. Members of the advisory board include (pictured above-left to right): Kim Scudder, nTelos; Jeff Amos, Precision Steel; Mia Fittz, Virginia Western Community College; Sandra Craft, Bank of Fincastle; Adam Booth, student at James River HS; Scott Swortzel, School Board Member; Scott Miller, parent; Katie Hall, student at Lord Botetourt HS; Melvin Burrell, Botetourt County Schools Transportation Department; Lisa Barnett, CTE Coordinator; Earl Dodrill, Dabney S. Lancaster Community College. Not pictured: Chairman Mike Loveman, Lanford Brothers Co., Inc.; Mike Mays, Sheet Metal Workers International Association; Chuck Pound, Athletic Director at Lord Botetourt HS; Cheryl Rose, Virginia Department of Labor and Industry; Michelle Wells, Dept of Rehabilitation Services.
The purpose of the committee is to improve the quality of CTE programs so that students are prepared with workplace skills. As Coordinator for CTE, Lisa Barnett asks board members for their advice and input to ensure the CTE program is best serving the students of Botetourt County Schools. Ultimately students will graduate with both exception academic skills and valuable employability skills. For more information about CTE, please contact Lisa Barnett @ 473-8263 or lbarnett@bcps.k12.va.us.
submitted by Lisa Barnett
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