Welcome to the seventh issue of CTE Trends for 2010-11!

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CCCS-CTE Launches
"Workplace Gender Balance Central" Web Resource to Help You Meet Your Perkins Performance Metrics

Yvette Gonzalez has proven that women can excel in the male-dominated field of gunsmithing.

Meeting our Perkins Performance Metrics is an ongoing challenge for all of us, and some of the most challenging revolve around the recruitment and retention of under-represented genders into gender stereotyped programs.. .Read more. .

Cooking Up a Career at the
Colorado Culinary Academy

Enrollment at Grand Junction's competition-winning Colorado Culinary Academy has reached an all-time high. In fact, they have had to add three night classes to accommodate the growth.. .Read more..

Student Leaders Master Skills at
DECA Invitational

DECA Invitational Organizer Jordan Feise welcomes Dennis Procter, a retired Hewlett Packard employee and one of 25 volunteers who was a judge at the event at CSU.

Recently, Fossil Ridge High School senior Jordan Feise took on the challenge of organizing the DECA Invitational at CSU Business Day, a statewide event designed to help high school students learn the 21st-century skills they will need to succeed in the business world. ... Read more..