Welcome to the eighth issue of CTE Trends for 2009-10!
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New Simulation Lab Helps Pharmacy Tech Program Earn American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Accreditation
The new Pike Peak Community College Pharmacy Tech simulation lab features five flow hood where students can practice aseptic preparation such as the above readying of an IV infusion.
The Pharmacy Tech program at Pikes Peak Community College has a brand new simulation lab available for students which recently helped it earn its national accreditation from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Read more. .
CTE Multi-media Students Produce Award-winning Video Showing Impact of Teen Fatalities from Distracted and Impaired Driving
Above is a scene from "Every 15 Minutes," a video that was edited together by a high school senior who was dually enrolled at Morgan Community College. To watch this highly-moving video click here.
Every fifteen minutes a teenager becomes the fatal victim of a driving accident caused by substance abuse, a distracted driver, or both. Earlier this year, students in a Morgan Community College CTE multi-media class illustrated the impact of such tragedies using video. Read more..
Learn About the New Mentoring Program for First-Year Business and Marketing Teachers
Pictured are five of the eight 2009 Business & Marketing Mentoring Program Participants:(L-R Front Row) Amanda Zachow, Aspen High School; Bobbie Bastian, Thornton High School; Jody Bennett, Alameda High School; (L-R Back Row) Andy Stevens, Fossil Ridge High School; Michael McDowell, Yuma High School.
CCCS-CTE's new Business & Marketing Mentoring Program
kicked off this fall with its first cohort of participants representing
first-year Business and/or Marketing teachers from
across Colorado.. Read more..
