Annual ReportAnnual Report

2009-2010

THIRD ANNUAL VIRGINIA CAREER WEEK, October 11-17, 2009

•Celebrates partnerships with education and businesses to promote career planning•Provides an online tool kit for businesses•Planned to coincide with Columbus Day each year•Materials shipped to fill more than 50 requests in celebration of VCW

$5,000 PARTNERSHIP $5,000 PARTNERSHIP MINI-GRANTMINI-GRANT

Awarded to Mack Stevens, III, Awarded to Mack Stevens, III, Landstown High School in Landstown High School in

Virginia Beach for a Virginia Beach for a Nanotechnology projectNanotechnology project

Celebrated CTE MONTH 2010

• Online scavenger hunt with prizes• Free resources sent to over 100 schools

CTE STUDENT ORGANIZATION SCHOLARSHIPS

$1,000 to member of each organization

Greg Varley, DECA Marquita Pickett, FCCLA Thien Nguyen, HOSAChristopher Newport Univ. Emory and Henry George Mason Univ.

CTE STUDENT ORGANIZATION SCHOLARSHIPS

Caroline Bender, FEA Steven Lindner, VA SkillsUSA Univ. of Mary Washington George Mason University

Also:Anthony Todd Brickey, Jr., FFA, Virginia Tech

Cherayal Elliott, TSA, George Mason University

6th Annual Golf Tournament

Automotive Technology Program,Arlington Career Center

Education for Employment Program,Hayfield Secondary School

Fire and Rescue Program,Massanutten Technical Center

• updated and launched in 2009

• in-depth information on career clusters from agriculture to transportation and everything in between

• 55 Success Stories of young Virginians

• 20,692 visits, 99,262 page views and over 8,000 downloads

KnowHowVirginia.org CAREER WEB SITE

• 25 events in 2009-2010, ranging from career fairs and state conferences for adults and youth to professional development for teachers and counselors

• activities covered the state with some spanning several days and reached over 8,000 in attendance

• Over 125 requests for free resources were filled for schools in celebration of CTE Month and National School Counselors' Week in February

PRESENTATIONS AND EXHIBITS

• updated and launched in 2009

• in-depth information on career clusters from agriculture to transportation and everything in between

• 55 Success Stories of young Virginians

• 20,692 visits, 99,262 page views and over 8,000 downloads

KnowHowVirginia.org CAREER WEB SITE