Welcome to the CTE Resource Center

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Welcome to the CTE Resource Center

• Serving Career
• and Technical Education
• in Virginia

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Facts about the Center

• Founded in 1982 under Carl D. Perkins Vocational
  and Applied Technology Education Act
• Serves Virginia Department of Education and local
  school divisions
• Located at 2002 Bremo Road, Richmond, VA 23226

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Center Services

• Local development assistance
• In-service programs
• Administrative resource guides

• Web site
• Curriculum projects
• Distribution and ordering
• Lending library
• Information searches

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Web site http//cteresource.org

• About Us
• Task Lists SCRs
• Verso
• Publications

• Library
• Services
• Featured Resources
• Links

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Curriculum Projects

• ACTIVITIES and PRODUCTS
• Performing research
• Facilitating technical panels
• Training writing teams
• Editing curriculum
• Designing/producing non-Verso documents

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Distribution and Ordering

• Verso, Virginias Educational Resource System
  Online
• Web-based curriculum system
• Visit our Web site, click on Verso . . .
• Printed, CD, and/or PDF curriculum for some items
• Visit our Web site, click on Publications, then
  Online Catalog OR
• Order by mail, phone, fax, e-mail
• Single copies free to VA public educators

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Lending Library

• 7,000 books and AV items for Virginia educators
• Curriculum guides, classroom texts and aids,
  professional development tools, other resources

• CHECK-OUT PROCESS
• Visit Center or access online catalog at
  http//library.cteresource.org
• Request materials in person, phone, mail, fax,
  e-mail
• Borrow up to four items for four weeks
• Return in person/by mail

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Information Search Service

• Educators may phone or e-mail a research request.
  Results may include
• CTE Resource Center library items
• CTE Resource Center distribution items
• Web resources
• External sources/referrals

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Local Development Assistance

• CTE Resource Center services to school divisions
• Perform research
• Facilitate occupational panels/DACUMs
• Train writing teams
• Review locally developed materials

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In-service Programs

• Center staff members are available to facilitate
  in-services on a variety of topics
• Orienting educators to CTE services
• Navigating Verso
• Using the Web as a teaching resource
• Teaching Resources for All Aspects of Industry
  and Workplace Readiness Skills

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Administrative Tools on the Web

• Administrative Planning Guide (APG)
• A quick guide to Virginias CTE courses for
  counselors, teachers, and administrators (in Word
  and PDF)
• Arranged by program area
• Contains course codes, descriptions, and
  sequences
• Includes certifications/licensures for applicable
  courses
• Explains verified credit options
• Career Planning Guide (CPG)
• Extensive online career planning resources for
  students, parents, counselors, teachers, and
  administrators
• Database searchable by career cluster or pathway,
  academic interest, or keyword
• Detailed Virginia CTE course sequences and credit
  options presented for educational planning

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Summary How can CTE administrators benefit?

• Locate task lists, SCRs, SOL correlations,
  certifi-cation/licensure, course frameworks in
  Verso
• Schedule in-services for your teachers
• Order non-Verso Virginia CTE publications
• Borrow library books, videos, and CDs
• Request research assistance
• Seek assistance w/ local curriculum projects
• Access administrative guides online (APG CPG)

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CTE Resource Centercontact information

• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• E-mail info_at_cteresource.org
• Web http//cteresource.org
• Visit 2002 Bremo Road, Lower Level, Richmond,
  VA 23226