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CAREER CONNECT

Tucson Unified CTE Accomplishments

OCTOBER 2018

Celebrate the accomplishments of Tucson Unified Career and Technical Education including news about our

11 new programs, 14 new CTE Teachers, 80 internships and more in this edition of Career Connection.

INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATES

INDUSTRY PARTNERS & TUSD CTE COLLABORATION

Jack Draper, TUSD CTE Professional Development Academic Trainer led a successful training and certification event where 31 student participants from:

Catalina H.S., Santa Rita H.S., CDO H.S., and Sahuarita H.S. met for 3 hours Saturday 9/30/18 to earn Forklift and Scissorlift certifications.

Tucson Unified Construction Technologies Teachers Mishari Otaibi, Dan Walker, & Sahuarita's Adrian Morales each gained certifications.

Special thanks to our industry partners:

Ed Butchart and Jay Kindle from Barker Contracting ran the training at Catalina High.
Steve Sweet from SunState Equipment loaned the equipment,
Mike Goodwin from Climatec and the Workforce Committee of ABA attended and spoke
Mike Goodwin also used his connections with SunState to procure the equipment.

Upcoming opportunities include: Commercial Plumbing at Santa Rita High 10/27/18

Sheet Metal Fabrication at Catalina High 11/10/18 and

OSHA Safety Certification at Catalina High 12/1/18 and 12/8/18

Photo Credit_ Jes Ruvalcaba


Photo Credit_ Jes Ruvalcaba

Photo Credit_ Jes Ruvalcaba

Photo Credit_ Jes Ruvalcaba

PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS UPDATE

HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONS at HOMECOMING


New Scrubs embroidery by THMS Digital Printing students

One of our newest C TE pro grams,

Healthcare Foundations was honored during the 9/29/18 homecoming game at Pueblo High.
The Arizona Department of Education identified Home Healthcare as the fastest growing employment field in the nation. O verflowing registration allows Pueblo to claim the largest home healthcare program in the state!

This high student demand led to the creation of evening classes as well.
This course is a prerequisite for these JTED Central course offerings: Licensed Nursing Assistant, Certified Caregiver, Medical Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician, and Physical Therapy Technician. This is also an Extended Day offering.


Video Credit: Pueblo Film/TV, Alex Cocio and Renee Olvera. Instructor, Michael Gunnels.

EXTENDED DAY OFFERINGS

Our after school CTE programs are in full swing with Culinary Arts at Catalina High and Healthcare Foundations at Pueblo.

In the Culinary Program, 21 student from Rincon, Catalina, Project More and Pueblo are working with Catalina CTE Teacher Micheal Gradowski in the Catalina High School kitchen.

In the Healthcare Foundations class, 15 students from Pueblo, Cholla and Project More are learning the basics from Pueblo CTE Teacher, Kendra Skief.

Classes meet from 3:30 - 5;30 Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

CATALINA CONSTRUCTION WORKS!


TUSD1 CTE Construction Internship

Check out this video to meet the crew of

Construction students who spent the summer applying their skills.

Under the guidance of Instructor Jack Draper and community partners, they refurbished the Construction lab and future Dental Assisting lab at Santa Rita High. Students took responsibilities of Crew Foreman, Electrical, Plumbing and Carpentry.

Draper says he hopes the take-away for students is a sense of accomplishment knowing their skills are valued.


Future Dental Assisting Lab @ Santa Rita


	Future Diesel Mechanics Garage @ Santa Rita

COMING SOON!

Automotive Technology (Diesel) (SY 19-20) & Dental Assisting (SY 19-20)

The Automotive Diesel program will be added in school year 2019-2020 at Santa Rita High School.

Phase One including Architectural drawings and expense analysis have been completed for both Diesel and Dental Programs.

LASER ENGRAVER AT SABINO

The Sabino Graphic/Web Design program has a new professional laser engraver.

Students spent Friday, Sept. 2 training to use this new piece of equipment that meets industry standards.

Students learned how to use the engraver to cut into a variety of materials: acrylics, wood and metal.

They plan to use the engraver in future pro jects aligned with the CTE curriculum.

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

SKYSCHOOL

TUSD CTE students from Pueblo, Santa Rita and Tucson High spent 4 days each at the University of Arizona's Sky School on top of Mt. Lemmon.

Sky School is located at the Steward Observatory Mount Lemmon Field Station (25 acres). Students conducted research and presented their work in symposiums.

Student Field Work

Click here to learn more about Sky School

TEACHER CADETS PAY IT FORWARD

Every week, Advanced Students in Bonnie Stull's Pueblo High School Early Childhood Education classes mentor students at Hollinger and CE Rose K-8 schools.


PHS Teacher Cadets at Hollinger K-8


	PHS Teacher Cadets at CE Rose K-8

AGRIBUSINESS SYSTEMS

The Santa Rita Agribusiness students are working with the Community Foodbank to learn about growing sustainable resources.

Las Milpitas de Cottonwood is a 6-acre farm on the banks of the Santa Curz. Their mission is to create a space where youth can express themselves through food and sustainability, exchange ideas and learn the skills they need in order to grow their own food and be a proud member of their community.
CTE Teacher Josh Ruddick said: "We are doing 4 visits throughout the year. 2 lessons per visit. The goal is at the end of the year the sprouts will have a proposal for a community garden here on the campus of Santa Rita."

Click here to learn more about Las Milpitas de Cottonwood


	Santa Rita Students learning the basics of community gardening. Photo credit: Talitha Byarse


CTE Teacher Josh Ruddick with Santa Rita Students learning about water harvesting Photo credit: Talitha Byarse

CTSO SHOWCASE


	Cholla's FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) left to right: Mrs. Swift, Adviser; Nataly Valenzuela, Vice-President; Yuvennice Caraveo, President; Kaitlin Tennant, Parliamentarian-Media

BEGINNING OFFICER TRAINING

TUSD CTE programs participated in 6 sections of Beginning Officer training delivered by Kurt Bertelsen from Pima JTED.

Click here to learn more about CTSO's

THMS FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS

Tucson High's Business Teacher Mona Rutherford and her students attended the Arizona Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Fall Leadership Camp in Prescott.

The events were workshops and team building.

Take a look at the video produced by the THMS CTE students.


FBLA Leadership Camp 2018 filmed by Erica Cantua and Zion Givens from Tucson High FBLA

HONORS & RECOGNITION

PV FILM/TV PARTICIPATES IN PRESTIGIOUS PROGRAM

Palo Verde's Laura Caucci and her FILM/TV students will participate for the 2nd year in the PBS Newshour Student Reporting Labs program. Couch said: " Making videos to show in class is a first step. It may not seem like a logical second step, but we are able, with the help of PBS, to have that second step be to make videos to show to a national audience." Caucci traveled to Washington D.C. this summer to meet with journalism teachers from across the country in an intensive workshop.

Click here to learn more about PBS Student Reporting Labs