TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
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Join ITEA's GREEN Initiative
ITEA's
2009 Louisville Conference was the launch date for ITEA's latest initiative
to help its membership become stronger leaders through the use of GREEN
initiatives toward building a sustainable environment. ITEA's President-Elect,
Gary Wynn, DTE, spoke at the President's Roundtable to the Affiliate
Representatives about this initiative that will include members being
involved in the following ways:
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Learning to teach the basics of GREEN TECHNOLOGY in their program.
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Building a state team of ITEA leaders who are teaching about GREEN in their programs.
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Becoming a part of a larger ITEA networking group, working at the national level to teach about GREEN TECHNOLOGY.
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Leading their community, school, and students in creating a more sustainable society.
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Being dedicated to making the technology/engineering teaching profession one of the best in the field of education.
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Becoming an outspoken professional and advocate about the importance of teaching technology/engineering in their community.
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Helping fellow teacher by inspiring greatness far greater than what they could develop by themselves.
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Going the extra step to help their fellow teachers and colleagues.
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Helping their colleagues be recognized and rewarded for being outstanding educators.
Wynn used examples of GREEN initiatives such
as the ongoing statewide initiative by the Pennsylvania state association.
ITEA Past President, Andy Stephenson, DTE, has volunteered to lead this
nationwide effort, which will include a website, learning communities, and
numerous other activities that will help ITEA members use their leadership
skills in leading education. Members who want to know more about this
initiative or want to lead with Stephenson should watch ITEA communications
and publications as well as contact Stephenson at
andy.stephenson@fayette.kyschools.us.
For more information about ITEA’s GREEN initiatives, go to
www.iteaconnect.org or email
itea@iteaconnect.org.
New Ways to Communicate & Collaborate
We
here at TEAP-Online have been hearing for years that you the members want
more way to communicate and collaborate with the association and with one
another. Area FYI, our page for
news and events, has now been moved to a blog format so not only can we give
you news and events from around the state and beyond, but you will be able
to comment and discuss that information. Check out the new and improved
Area FYI page and get in on the discussion.
Also, in the summer of 2008, the TEAP Message Board was created to take the place of the old TEAP Yahoo-Group as a place where you can post topics and discuss anything you like related to our profession. The TEAP E-Mentoring initiative started many years ago was also moved onto the message board. If you are a new teacher, student teacher, or college student seeking advice about Technology Education please join the message board and ask questions. Finally, we need some seasoned professionals to join up to help answer the questions.
ITEA’s Position on the “T & E” of STEM
ITEA’s Board of
Directors, on behalf of its membership proclaims that the delivery of STEM
education content is closely aligned with the same core content as Standards
for
Technological Literacy. Furthermore, the goals of our content are essential
for all students to achieve both academic and technological abilities in all
career pathways and for future leadership in Technology, Innovation, Design
and Engineering.
For more information on ITEA's Position on the "T & E" of Stem check out Area FYI.
TEAP @ 2009 ITEA Conference
Below are a few photos from the ITEA conference
courtesy of Katie le la Paz.
(Click on the thumbnails for full size images)
You can view more photos from the ITEA Conference in Louisville here.
ITEA-CATTS EbD™ is here!!
Pennsylvania has become a member state of the
International Technology Education
Association’s (ITEA),
Center to Advance
the Teaching of Technology & Science (CATTS), Consortium through
partnership with California University of Pennsylvania, Millersville
University, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the
Technology Education Association of Pennsylvania (TEAP) and the Delaware
Valley Industrial Resource Center (DVIRC). Schools across Pennsylvania will
have free access to products developed by
CATTS known as
Engineering byDesign™.
The URL to the ITEA-CATTS EbD™ Pennsylvania page is now available to schools. If you are interested in accessing it you need to accept the Licensing & Distribution Agreement and fill out the web form by CLICKING HERE, once your request is received the URL to the ITEA-CATTS EbD™ Pennsylvania page will be sent to. All you need to do is click on the active link of the product that you want to look at and up it will come (remember this may take some time depending on your connection speed). You may print them out or copy them to a CD and share them with the teachers in your school district. Remember these are intended only for the teachers in your school district. If someone from another Pennsylvania school district wants access to the products please direct him or her to the Technology Education page on the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s web site or this information on the TEAP site.
