Valley Education for Employment System VALEES

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Valley Education for Employment System (VALEES)
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• Building A Room 116
• Rt. 47 at Waubonsee Drive
• Sugar Grove, IL 60554
• Phone [phone]
• FAX [phone]
• www.valees.org
• Office Hours
• 800 a.m. 330 p.m. Monday - Friday
• (During Academic School Year)
• The Valley Education for Employment System
  (VALEES) insures equal educational opportunities
  are offered to students regardless of race,
  color, national origin, age, sex, religion or
  handicap.

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Who are the members of the VALEES Staff?

• Bernie Looney, Director [phone]
  blooney_at_waubonsee.edu
• Roger Sanders, Program Specialist (630)
  466-2953 rsanders_at_waubonsee.edu
• Pat Yuvan, Office Manager [phone]
  pyuvan_at_waubonsee.edu
• Sandi Weiss, Office Assistant [phone]
  sweiss_at_waubonsee.edu

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What is VALEES and how does it help me?

• Do you need money?
• Do you need supplies?
• Do you need support from peers?
• Do you need teacher in-service?
• Do you need CPDUs?

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VALEES

• Valley Education for Employment System (VALEES)
  is a regional delivery system established by the
  Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) which
  serves 17 school districts, two area
  career/vocational centers, one special education
  cooperative and Waubonsee Community College,
  covering a five-county area.

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VALEES is divided into three sub-regions

• Indian Valley Sub-region is comprised of eleven
  feeder districts to the Indian Valley Vocational
  Center
• Fox Valley Sub-region is comprised of three
  feeder districts to the Fox Valley Career Center
• River Valley Sub-region is comprised of East
  Aurora, West Aurora and Oswego districts.

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We are directed by ISBE to

• Provide curriculum and program development 
• Provide staff development in-services/workshops
  for teachers, counselors and administrators
• Assist schools in technology and equipment
  updates
• Assure efficiency, access, and equity in
  delivery of career and technical education
• Gather and report information for the Illinois
  Student Information System (ISIS)
• Submit and administer career and technical
  education- related grants and disperse funds to
  member districts
• Promote local business and industry partnerships
  with education at all levels.

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VALEES Organizational Chart
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VALEES Coordinating Council

• Coordinating Council
• VALEES governing body
• Comprised of nine superintendents (three from
  each sub-region)
• Meets four times a year to approve all VALEES
  actions, activities, expenditures and regional
  plan

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VALEES Steering Committee

• Steering Committee
• One administrator from each school is
  represented in this committee.
• Meets four times a year to formulate
  recommendations to the coordinating council on
  VALEES activities, goals, expenditures, and
  regional plan.

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VALEES Student Services Committee

• Student Services
• Comprised of counselors to establish activities
  and projects which will benefit all students,
  particularly those in career and technical
  education courses and at-risk students.

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VALEES Program Committees

• Program Committees
• Committees in several CTE educational areas made
  up of teachers from area high schools and
  Waubonsee Community College to develop goals and
  objectives specific to their program area for the
  benefit of students in that field of study.

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VALEES Program Committees

• VALEES has twelve active career and technical
  program committees.  These committees are
  comprised of secondary and post-secondary
  instructors and administrators who meet regularly
  to address the following goals
• Review/revise current curriculum
• Articulate secondary courses to post-secondary
  institutions
• Plan and implement in-service opportunities for
  teachers/counselors
• Develop promotional materials for CTE

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VALEES Business Advisory Committees

• Business Advisory Committee
• Each program committee has been charged with
  developing an Advisory Committee comprised of
  area business and industry representatives in
  their respective areas. Advisory committees
  usually meet once per year with secondary and
  post-secondary teaching staff.

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Business Advisory Committees

• Training and occupational needs of the industry
• Curriculum, instruction and minimum standards
• Regulations and safety in program-related
  occupations
• Facility, equipment and supply standards
• Related academic and occupational information
  required of students

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Business Advisory Committees

• Community based training, production and projects
  used in instruction
• Student and faculty recruiting standards
• Counseling, guidance and placement of students in
  job shadowing and internship experiences
• Community resource assistance
• Professional development opportunities for
  program instructors

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VALEES GRANTS

• Agriculture Supplemental Grant
• Career and Technical Education Improvement Grant
• Perkins Grant
• Tech Prep Federal Grant

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VALEES Ag. Supplemental Grant

• Agriculture Supplemental Grant
• Funding to schools who have Agriculture programs
  based on quality program indicators as checked on
  each schools yearly application
• (Hinckley/Big Rock, Indian Creek, Kaneland,
  Newark, Oswego, Oswego East, Paw Paw, Serena, and
  Somonauk-Leland)

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VALEES Career Technical Education Grant (CTEI)

• Career Technical Education Improvement Grant
  (CTEI)
• This new grant is a combination of several
  previous state grants Administrative,
  Elementary Career Development, Formula
  Reimbursement, Program Improvement, Work-Based
  Learning and State Tech Prep

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VALEES Perkins

• Perkins Grant
• Funding based on a formula including Chapter I
  allocation, P.L. 94-142 count and 9-12
  enrollment. Funds are allocated locally based on
  a system of target sites as directed by the
  Illinois State Board of Education
• (Batavia, East Aurora, Geneva, IVVC, Oswego,
  Sandwich, West Aurora)

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VALEES Tech Prep Federal Grant

• Tech Prep Federal Grant
• Allocations are assigned to region by state and
  federal sources. These funds must be used for
  region-wide activities.

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Articulation

• The following colleges award college credit when
  select learning experiences at the high school
  level of instruction duplicate those at the
  college level.
• Waubonsee Community College
• Joliet Junior College
• College of DuPage

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Articulated Programs

• Accounting
• Auto Body
• Auto Technology
• Business Technology Applications
• CAD/Drafting
• Computer Technology
• Construction
• Early Childhood
• Electronics

• Fashion Design/Clothing
• Fire Science
• Food Service
• Graphic Communications
• Health Occupations
• Law Enforcement
• Marketing
• Principles of Technology
• Small Engines
• Welding

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Collaboration/Teamwork
"Teamwork is the ability to work together toward
a common vision. The ability to direct individual
accomplishment toward organizational objectives.
It is the fuel that allows common people to
attain uncommon results."
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Collaboration/Teamwork

• Kane County Regional Office of Education
• Valley Education for Employment System
• Northern Kane County Education for Employment
  System
• Northern Illinois University
• Waubonsee Community College

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Career and Technical Education

• Used to be only for kids in the vocational
  program/track
• Now is for all students at all grade levels
• ETC philosophy A cooperative K-12 effort to
  promote career education that recognizes the
  importance of career awareness, development, and
  preparation at all levels and for all students.

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Career and Technical Education

• Why is this so important?
• Students will probably end up working
  approximately 86,000 hours of their life 40
  hours/week _at_ 50 weeks/year between the ages of 22
  and 65. (Chad Foster, 1999)
• Educators have a responsibility to help students
  make informed decisions regarding their futures

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Miscellaneous

• Sub/Mileage procedure
• State Rates for Travel
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Graduate Class Beginning Sept 14
• Transition Booklet
• Career Pathways (English Spanish)
• Program Brochures
• VALEES Newsletter

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Vocabulary

• VALEES Valley Education for Employment System
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• EFE - Education for Employment System (VALEES is
  one of 61 in Illinois)
• CTEI Career and Technical Education Improvement
  State Grant
• Perkins Federal Grant for CTE programs
• Tech Prep Federal Federal Grant for CTE
  programs
• CPDUs Continuing Professional Development Units
• ISBE Illinois State Board of Education
• ICCB Illinois Community College Board

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Where can I get additional information?

• www.valees.org
• www.isbe.net

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Questions???