MEDIA ADVISORY -- CCTE Annual Showcase of Real-World Student Projects

MEDIA ADVISORY
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Contact: Ralph West
(858)503-1747

CCTE Annual Showcase of Real-World Student Projects

WHAT: The 2014 College, Career & Technical Education (CCTE) Showcase is a culminating event for teachers/students to exhibit an outside of the classroom product they designed or a problem they attempted to solve with the collaboration from the business community. Students can choose to compete for prizes or simply showcase their project.

WHEN: Wednesday, May 21 (rain or shine)
· 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. – Student projects on display; refreshments; project judging
· 5:30 – 6:00 p.m. – Awards Ceremony

WHERE: 2600 Laning Road, SD 92106
Liberty Station Conference Center, Main Hall
Media parking will be available in main lot.

VISUALS: High school and middle school student interactive displays; videos produced by students; hors d'oeuvres from district programs; Point Loma NJROTC Drill team; CANstruction; Awards ceremony.

GUEST SPEAKERS/INTERVIEWS: Students/teachers; Shawn Loescher, Director of the Office of College, Career & Technical Education, District Superintendent Cindy Marten.

BACKGROUND: This annual event is in its seventh year and connects business partners with students and teachers to develop a strong foundation for the economic future for San Diego. Students will exhibit products they produced and business problems they solved in collaboration with members of the local business community. More than 300 industry professionals volunteered to be mentors, guest speakers, or advisors for our students.

The Showcase is a culminating event for teachers who participated in the 2013 Project Based Learning (PBL) Summer Institute professional development opportunity, organized and led by staff of the San Diego Unified School District's Office of College, Career & Technical Education (CCTE). PBL involves collaboration with business members outside the classroom on a real-world project or problem.

High school teachers may enter their students in one of two contest categories, High School Team Project or High School Open Project, both of which must include collaboration with at least one adult from the business community. The Team Project must have a minimum of one Career Technical Education (CTE) teacher and one core academic subject teacher working together with any number of students. The Open Project must be completed by a CTE student or CTE students who are not taught by an interdisciplinary team of teachers. Middle school teachers have their own category, must include collaboration with at least one adult from the business community and include CTE students who may or may not have been part of an interdisciplinary team.

The Showcase Panel of Judges is comprised of student teachers from the School of Teacher Education, College of Education, San Diego State University; members of the greater San Diego business community; and personnel from the Office of Teaching and Learning of the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD).

Prizes will be awarded in each category. Champion teams will receive banners to display at their school site and teachers associated with the teams will receive extra funds in their 2014-2015 Instructional Supplies budget. The Showcase is open to the public. There is no charge to attend the event.
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