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National Dissemination Center for Career and Technical Education
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1090

For Immediate Release

Webcast Addresses Recruiting, Developing, and Retaining Quality Career 
Technical/Workforce Education (CTWE) Teachers

The National Dissemination Center for Career and Technical Education will 
present a webcast entitled "Recruiting, Developing, and Retaining Quality 
Career Technical/Workforce Education (CTWE) Teachers" on Nov. 22, 2005, 
from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. EST. This interactive event, and previous webcasts, 
can be viewed on any computer with Internet access at http://www.nccte.org.

Highly qualified teachers are defined in the No Child Left Behind Act of 
2001 (NCLB) as those who not only possess state certification, but who also 
have content knowledge of the subjects they teach. In Career and Technical 
Education (CTE), teachers need to be competent in technical, employability, 
and academic skills. Additionally, high-quality CTWE teachers are essential 
in helping the United States develop a 21st-century workforce that will be 
competitive in the world marketplace.

This webcast features a panel of outstanding educators who will discuss 
high-quality secondary and postsecondary CTWE teachers in terms of how they 
are defined and how they can be recruited, developed, and retained.

The presenters for this webcast include: Gary Briers, Professor, Texas A&M 
University; Nancy Headrick, Assistant Commissioner, Missouri Department of 
Elementary and Secondary Education; and Carol Lanning, Senior Director for 
Program Planning and Accountability, Illinois Community College Board.

Briers has served Texas A&M University as a faculty member since August 
1980. He came to Texas A&M as an associate professor of agricultural 
education and is currently professor of agricultural education. He has 
served as associate department head of academic programs from 1993 to 2005, 
and as interim head of the Department of Agricultural Education from 1991 
to 1993. From 1981 to 1992, he directed teacher education programs in the 
Department of Agricultural Education.

Briers currently serves as a member of the teacher education staff in his 
department and gives leadership to the knowledge area of research tools, 
measurement, and data analysis. He has published widely in the area of 
teacher education and preparation, particularly in the Journal of 
Agricultural Education. Briers received a bachelor's and a master's degree 
in agricultural education from Texas A&M University and earned his 
doctorate in agricultural education from Iowa State University. He is a 
former teacher of vocational agriculture in the Sweeny (Texas) Independent 
School District and a former faculty member at Iowa State University in 
agricultural education and secondary education. While at ISU, he directed 
the teacher education and certification program in the Department of 
Agricultural Education.

Nancy Headrick is the Assistant Commissioner for the Division of Career 
Education with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary 
Education. Headrick has been employed with the department since 1984. For 
10 years, she served as Supervisor of Family and Consumer Sciences 
Education and as State Advisor of Family, Career, and Community Leaders of 
America. Since 1994, she has served as Assistant to the Commissioner of 
Education.

Headrick has a bachelor's degree in home economics education from Northwest 
Missouri State University (NSU), a master's degree in home economics 
education, and a doctorate in practical arts and vocational technical 
education from the University of MissouriColumbia. She has also completed 
the Strategic Leadership for State Executives Program at Duke University.

Carol Lanning has nearly 20 years of academic leadership experience in 
higher education, including services to universities and community 
colleges. Prior to coming to the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB), 
she was Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for the Illinois 
Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universitiesa system of five state 
universities. As Senior Director for Program Planning and Accountability at 
ICCB, Lanning oversees the approval and review of transfer and occupational 
programs for Illinois' 48 community colleges and ICCB's participation in 
the Illinois Articulation Initiative. She also provides leadership to the 
Perkins Postsecondary Program, Tech Prep and Education to Careers Program, 
and the development and implementation of an Associate of Arts in Teaching 
degree model. She is currently Interim Vice President for Instruction and 
Policy Studies, which includes oversight responsibility for the 
instructional technology and policy study areas of ICCB.

Lanning holds a bachelor's degree in elementary education and a master's 
degree in public administration. She also holds a current Illinois teaching 
certificate and has taught at both the elementary and middle-grade levels.

Viewers of the webcast may ask questions of the panel by signing up (at no 
charge) for a chatroom account at http://www.nccte.org. The chatroom allows 
you to submit questions during the presentation. Please allow one full day 
for your account to be validated by e-mail confirmation.

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http://www.nccte.org/ctemail/subscription.asp or send an e-mail to 
nagy.8 at osu.edu or contact Barbara Reardon below.

The work reported herein was supported under the National Dissemination 
Center for Career and Technical Education (PR/Award No. VO51A990004) and/or 
under the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education 
(PR/Award No. VO51A990006), as administered by the Office of Vocational and 
Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education. However, the contents do not 
necessarily represent the positions or policies of the Office of Vocational 
and Adult Education or the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not 
assume endorsement by the federal government. The National Dissemination 
Center for Career and Technical Education and the National Research Center 
for Career and Technical Education are funded by the Office of Vocational 
and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education.


For Additional Information Contact:
Barbara Reardon
The Ohio State University
Director of Communications
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1090
Phone: 614-292-2894
Fax: 614-688-3258
Email: reardon.30 at osu.edu
Web site: www.nccte.org