CONFERENCE AUDIO OF PLENARY SESSION SPEAKERS
Plenary Session 1 (Audio file - MP3)
"America's Energy Challenges - The Role of Science and Technology" (MS PowerPoint)
Keynote Speaker: Randy Udall, former director of the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE)
Plenary Session 2 (Audio file - MP3)
"Education for a Green and Sustainable Future" (MS PowerPoint)
Keynote Speaker: Debra Rowe, President, U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
Plenary Session 3 (Audio file - MP3)
"Creating Educational Opportunity in a New Green Economy"
Keynote Speaker: Martha Kanter, Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21
1:00 – 5:00 pm
Workshop A: Getting Started
Getting Started Workshop
Project Highlights and Data Collection
Project Evaluation - EvaluATE Resource Center
1:00 – 5:00 pm
Workshop B: Financial Grant Management
ATE Financial Management Grant Workshop - Compliance Issues
1:00 – 4:30 pm
Workshop C: Keep the Ball Rolling - Sustaining Projects through Dissemination
Sustaining Projects through Dissemination
Group 1 Report Out
Group 2 Report Out
Group 3 Report Out
Group 4 Report Out
Group 5 Report Out
Summary - Takeaways
1:00 – 5:00 pm
Workshop D: Green Jobs and Technician Education Programs
Green Jobs: Education for a Green and Sustainable Future
Summary Notes
6:00 – 7:30 pm
Plenary Session
"America's Energy Challenges - The Role of Science and Technology"
Keynote Speaker: Randy Udall, former director of the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22
9:00 – 10:15 am
Plenary Session
"Education for a Green and Sustainable Future"
Keynote Speaker: Debra Rowe, President, U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development
10:30 – 11:45 am
Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: Online Impact - Tapping Twitter, Facebook and Other Tools
Online Impact - Tapping Twitter, Facebook and Other Tools
Journey into the Unknown... with FLATE and FLATER
Session 2: Defining the Energy Technologies Services Workforce
Defining the Energy Technologies Services Workforce - ATEEC
Get Into Energy Career Pathways - Center for Energy Workforce Development
Session 3: Doing Research on Technician Education in Community Colleges
Discovering the Educational Consequences of Advanced Technological Education - The DECA Project
Enhancing Targeted Research in the ATE Program
Framing Research to Develop Successful Articulation Models Between Two- and Four-Year Technical Programs
Handout: ATE-Related Research Questions/Topics
2:45 – 5:00 pm
Birds of a Feather Sessions
The Birds of a Feather or disciplinary networking sessions were designed to give participants an opportunity to meet colleagues with similar interests and discover what they are doing. Conference evaluations from past years indicated that participants wanted more opportunities to network with like projects and centers. These sessions featured small group breakouts to provide participants the opportunity to share promising practices, resources, and lessons learned; collaborate on future endeavors; and establish professional networks and communities of practice.
The session notes and/or summaries will be posted as they are received by AACC.
Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources
Biotechnology
Chemical Processing and Refining Technology
Energy Production and Energy Efficiency
Engineering Technology
Geospatial Technologies
Information and Communications Technologies
Information Assurance, Secure Logistics and Forensics Technologies
Learning and Evaluation
Manufacturing Technologies
Recruitment and Retention
Research into Technician Education
Teacher Preparation
Breakfast Roundtables
Breakfast roundtables were offered on Thursday and Friday morning of the conference.
Going Green with Blended Distance Learning
Technical Education in Rural and Small Institutions