Learning with the World Wide Web!

Just wanted to let you guys know about a free webinar that could be coming to a screen near you! All you have to do is sign up by following the link provided below.

Webinar - Personal Skill Development Please join us for a FREE webinar on Thursday, December 10 with Christine LaRocco, noted author and International Center Consultant Title: Personal Skill Development Date: Thursday, December 10 Time: 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Eastern Standard Time Space is limited. Reserve your webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/652080450

Personal skill development is an essential element in continuous school improvement. When students learn to communicate effectively, respect others, accept responsibility, resolve problems, and work on teams, their academic achievement improves. Business leaders validate the importance of these personal skills as critical for success in the workplace.

During this webinar participants will:

* Understand the personal skills students will need to be successful in the workplace
* Form the basis for strategic integration of skill sets into the overall school curriculum
* Learn strategies for integrating personal skill development into classroom instruction


Feel free to share this invitation with colleagues that may also be interested in attending. Please contact Lori Eastman at Lori@LeaderEd.com [mailto:Lori@LeaderEd.com] or (518)399-2776 x210 with any questions.

Additionally I would like to remind all of you to use Fiscal Year 2010 forms when submitting any claim for Reimbursement! The forms can be found at the link below:

http://www.okcareertech.org/fla/docs.htm

As always if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions feel free to let us know.

-cp

Putting the Know in Innovation:

Welcome to the inaugural first post for the ODCTE Carl Perkins blog, your source for up to date information on the inner workings of the FLA office.

A hot topic for discussion within our division over the past month has been innovation, thinking way outside the box in an effort to more efficiently serve our schools, technology centers, and staff. Following the lead of ODCTE's Tech Prep coordinator we have established this blog, designed to give regular updates on the activities of the Carl Perkins team.

Hopefully as time progresses those of you who deal with the Carl Perkins process will use this blog as a news source, checking the details of the general process here in a central web location. It is our intent to use this in the coming years to give updates on official due dates for the application, as well as giving reminders of upcoming deadlines.

Wishful thinking hopes that in the future the grant writers, teachers, and administration would use this blog as a place to provide instant feedback on topics that are affecting the process. This would allow the FLA office as a whole to improve services to the educational system, speed up grant approval and encourage change to processes to improve them from year to year.

For now; welcome to the Carl Perkins Blog, bookmark it and check it often. You could be the first to feel the change in the air.

CP