Statewide Summit on Technology Education Held
The New York State Technology Education Association (NYSTEA) in partnership with the New York State Education Department (NYSED) conducted a summit focused on the discipline of technology education on April 30 and May 1. Held at the NY State Education Department in Albany, New York, the title and thrust of the summit was Educating and Enabling 21st Century Students with a primary focus on Pre-K through 16 education issues.
Summit participants included representatives from: NYSTEA, the NYSTEA Advisory Council, International Technology Education Association (ITEA), technology education teachers, superintendents of schools and BOCES centers, school principals, math and science association leaders, English language arts teachers, elementary teachers, Hofstra University Center for Technological Literacy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Buffalo State College, State University of New York at Oswego, New York Institute of Technology, College of New Jersey, New York State United Teachers, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, Office of Vocational and Educational Services, and NYSED Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Instructional Technology. Summit demographics provided a significant range of perspectives from rural, suburban, and metropolitan communities.
Participants, working in groups, addressed the instructional areas of assessment, curriculum, and professional development as they pertain to technology education, the 28 N.Y.S. Learning Standards, literacy across the curriculum, and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) initiatives. The summit groups jointly formulated NYSTEA and NYSED short term goals to be accomplished within 12 – 18 months and long term recommendations culminating in the technology education standards review in 2011.
The NYSED-NYSTEA mutually agreed upon Summit Action Steps have now been released and can be accessed by going to:
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/cte/technology/techsummitactionplan08.html
Charles Goodwin, Advisory Council Chair
N.Y.S. Technology Education Association
12 Tudor Drive
Endicott, New York 13760-4332
607-785-1680
cgnystea@stny.rr.com
Philip Dettelis
Assistant in Instructional Services-Technology Education
Curriculum, Instruction and Instructional Technology
www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/
Room 320 EB
89 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12234
Ph: (518) 474-5922
Fax: (518) 473-4884
pdetteli@mail.nysed.gov
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