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Kentucky Farm Bureau
The Kentucky Association for Career and Technical Education (KACTE) participates in the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) national awards program to promote excellence in career and technical education. The Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation sponsors the annual Career and Technical Education Awards, which seek to recognize: Ø individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the field; Ø programs that exemplify the highest standards; and Ø organizations that have conducted activities to promote and expand Career and Technical Education programs. KACTE conducts the awards program, which is organized under the guidelines established by ACTE. There are 12 award categories, each with various criteria and eligibility requirements. KACTE members and individual program areas are encouraged to participate each year by submitting nominations to the KACTE Awards Committee chair. The Awards Committee reviews the nominees and selects the winners. Information on the awards, the criteria and the nominations process may be viewed on-line at the KACTE website, www.kacteonline.org. KACTE award winners are entered into the appropriate ACTE national award category for the following administrative year. In recent years, several KACTE members have been recognized nationally, including: Ø 2004-2005 KACTE President Sarah Raikes, Family and Consumer Sciences teacher, Washington County High School, who was the first recipient of the Outstanding Teacher in Community Service Award; Ø Donnalie Stratton, program consultant, Kentucky Department of Education Division of Career and Technical Education, who received the Carl D. Perkins Humanitarian Award, one of the highest honors bestowed by ACTE; and Ø Sandra Miller, Ph.D., professor emeritus, University of Kentucky, who received an ACTE Outstanding Service Award. Ø Janet Scott, Family and Consumer Sciences teacher, Meade County High School, who was a 2005 finalist for Outstanding Teacher in Community Service. THIS YEAR, KACTE presents three state winners – the Career and Technical Education Teacher-of-the-Year, Outstanding Teacher in Community Service, and Outstanding New Career and Technical Education Teacher. Career and Technical Education Teacher-of-the-Year
Dr. Phyllis C. Alderdice This prestigious award recognizes teachers who are providing outstanding Career and Technical Education programs for youth or adults in their respective fields and communities. Recipients must have made significant contributions toward innovative, unique and novel programs serving to improve and promote Career and Technical Education. Eligibility for this award is: Ø Member must be currently employed as a full-time classroom/laboratory teacher in a Career and Technical Education program. Ø Contributions and achievements on which the nomination is based should have been made within the past 10 years. Ø The nominee must have been a member of ACTE for at least the past five consecutive years. Innovative leader, dedicated educator, inspiring mentor and a woman of outstanding character – all these phrases are used to describe this year’s KACTE Teacher of the Year, Dr. Phyllis Alderdice. Dr. Alderdice teaches in the business administration and management program at Jefferson Community and Technical College. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce/Secretarial Science from the University of Kentucky, Master’s Degree in Education from University of Kentucky, and Ph.D. in Business Education from Indiana University. Dr. Alderdice demonstrates innovation in teaching as she steps up to the plate time and time again. First in 1993, when the University of Kentucky Community College implemented an applied management course in Business Technology/Management Program. No textbook was available to develop the competencies stipulated for the course. After researching various textbooks, Dr. Alderdice provided students with the environment where they would be exposed to actual practice in a unique way to meet those competencies. She planned for students to choose a company to organize, write a mission statement, develop an organizational chart, write job descriptions, interview for those positions, and role play situations to mirror real-world experiences. The second situation developed in February 2004 when KCTCS was asked to substitute for a Florida college which discontinued its participation in an international student exchange project. Dr. Alderdice was asked to coordinate the project involving four business students from JCC. She recruited, selected, developed two courses to provide credit for the students, taught a three-week orientation course, and took the four students to Milton Keyes, England, for three weeks. Dr. Alderdice planned a program for four students from England to tour Kentucky for a week and have a two-week work experience in Louisville businesses. This year, Dr. Alderdice is participating in a grant-funded content literacy project between the KCTCS and The Collaborative for Teaching and Learning. Professional development involved research, homework, engagement and implementation of strategies in the classroom. Even though Dr. Alderdice made the transition from “lecturer” to “facilitator” in the classroom several years ago, she recognized improvement always can be made, and is very enthusiastically implementing many of the scaffolding strategies in her courses. Dr. Alderdice takes leadership roles in professional organizations, her school, her church and her community. She is the 2005-2008 treasurer, 2002 vice president and 2000-2001 secretary of the Southern Business Education Association. She has served as president of the Kentucky Business Education Association and annually attends the national Business Education Association convention. She has been an active KACTE/ACTE member for eight years. She served 2002-2003 as president-elect, 2003-2004 as president, and 2004-2005 as past president of KACTE. She attended and presented at the 2002 annual ACTE convention. She served on numerous organizations in her community as a board member and adviser. Her peers at state and national levels recognize Alderdice as an outstanding teacher. She has been selected as the Outstanding Post-Secondary Business Education Teacher by the Kentucky Business Education Association. She seeks and enjoys new challenges and the opportunity to excel. Former students write: “Dr. Alderdice’s style, alone, of how she teaches this course is very useful in applying the material to ‘real life’ business situations. She is not only knowledgeable about the material but she also encourages us to apply our own experiences to what we’ve learned;” and “This the most interesting, fun and informative class that I have taken at JCC. Dr Alderdice was wonderful. ‘Hands on’ technique was very educational. I wish more classes were taught like this one.” Her passion and zeal for teaching, work ethic, professional commitment and genuine care and love for her students earned Dr. Phyllis Alderdice the 2006 Kentucky Farm Bureau Career and Technical Education Teacher-of-the-Year Award. Outstanding Teacher in Community Service Award
Laura Arnold The Outstanding Teacher in Community Service Award is to recognize teachers with significant accomplishments and outstanding leadership in programs and activities promoting community involvement. Recipients of this award must have made significant contributions toward training, motivating and inspiring their peers and students to become involved in programs and projects that benefit their communities. Community service plays an integral role in Laura Arnold’s classroom. She connects her students to the real world by providing a variety of community service activities throughout the family and consumer sciences curriculum and through involvement in Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA). The activities allow King Middle School students to learn first hand how it feels to give back to the community. Laura Arnold leads her students by example in community service. Throughout the eighth grade life skills classes and the FCCLA exploratory classes, Mrs. Arnold encourages service learning in students as they participate in groups to create and implement eight-ten community service projects per year. Examples of community service activities include: Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief, which netted more than $3,000; raised funds with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes to be donated to the Salvation Army; school-wide book drives for the University of Kentucky Children’s Hospital; clothing drive for the local Christ’s Closet; and thanksgiving Food Drive. Mrs. Arnold’s favorite community service activity involves the Mercer County Family Pride Center. FCCLA members prepare holiday activities and purchase gifts for various Mercer County children. She also serves on the Youth Service Advisory Board, is chairperson for the Safe Night committee, organizes game days at local nursing homes, and she organized the Park Clean-up project. Outstanding New Career and Technical Education Teacher
Wendy Clayton The Outstanding New Career and Technical Education Teacher Award is meant to encourage new teachers to remain in the profession. Recipients of this award must have made significant contributions toward innovative, unique and novel programs and have shown a professional commitment early in their careers. Innovative. Creative. Hard working. Student advocate. Willing to try new instructional techniques. Team player. Life-long learner. All of these phrases are used to describe the teaching and role model of Practical Nursing assistant professor Wendy Clayton. Mrs. Clayton is in her sixth year as an educator. She began her teaching career at KY Tech Webster County Area Technology Center as the health services instructor. There she taught courses in medical terminology, basic anatomy and physiology, emergency procedures, Medicaid nurse aide, health and wellness, and introduction to health science. She also served as the advisor to the Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) organization. She came to Webster County high school well prepared for this position with experience in long-term care at Colonial Terrace Nursing Facility, Sebree, Ky. and medical surgical experience at Methodist Hospital, Henderson, Ky. Mrs. Clayton graduated from the Madisonville Community College associate degree nursing program in 1994 and continued her education at Murray State University, earning an associate in applied science in career and technical education. Her desire to increase her experience and contribution to nursing education led in 2003 to a clinical instructor position in the practical nurse program at Madisonville Community College. She continued her nursing education at Murray State University and received her bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2005 and became a faculty member in the practical nurse program. Mrs. Clayton’s thirst for knowledge has not ceased, and she is continuing her nursing education at Western Kentucky University, where she has completed 20 credit hours toward a master’s degree in nursing education. Mrs. Clayton’s personal philosophy of teaching stems from a desire to see others learning and applying what they learn. To know her instruction may have influenced a person’s life is a rewarding feeling. As a nursing instructor, she not only can teach individuals what she knows and loves to do, but also she can teach them the importance of caring for others. Besides teaching, Wendy has become an integral part of the Title III taskforce developing an integrated curriculum for the practical and associate degree nursing programs. Her comments are excellent, and she has taken responsibility for developing the coursework. She is also participating in the training for the Worldwide Instructional Design System, which is an innovative way to develop curriculum. Mrs. Clayton has presented at the New Horizon’s Conference using a patient simulator to demonstrate an innovative way to teach critical thinking to nursing students. She will be presenting at the 2006 Career and Technical Educators Conference. 2006 ACTE Award Candidates from Kentucky REPRESENTING KENTUCKY in the 2006 ACTE national award competition are last year’s honorees: Ø Leslie Watkins, Family and Consumer Sciences teacher, Reidland High School, Paducah, Kentucky, Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year. Ø Ginny Ellington, Teacher Educator, University of Kentucky and Kentucky Department of Education (retired), Outstanding Service Award. The first level is ACTE Region 2 competition. Winners will be announced at the ACTE Region 2 Conference in Mobile, Ala. Oct. 12-15, 2006. Regional winners will be forwarded to the ACTE Awards Committee. National winners will be announced at the ACTE Convention in Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2006. CONGRATULATIONS to all of the 2005 and 2006 award winners!!! KACTE extends a special thank you to the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation for sponsoring the awards program. Please consider nominating outstanding individuals for their contributions to Career and Technical Education. The state level award applications are available at www.kacteonline.org. Watch for award application deadlines in the fall on the state and national websites. 27-year Service Awards Annually, KACTE recognizes members who have achieved 27 years of continuous service. In 2006, those achieving this milestone are: Ø Ginny Ellington, University of Kentucky Ø Mary Kleber, KCTCS System Office Ø Diane Sharp, Kentucky Department of Education Carl D. Perkins Assistanceship Grants Each year, the Kentucky Association for Career and Technical Education provides a $500 grant to a secondary student and a post-secondary student to assist in their educational pursuit leading toward their career choice. In 2005, the recipients of the Carl D. Perkins Assistanceships are:
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