Slide deck from presentation given at the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) national conference on November 21, 2014 in Nashville, TN

1. Leveraging CTE to Drive
Change in Public Education
Eric Bredder and Chad Ratliff
Albemarle County Public Schools

2. First Grade
Learning
Real Tool
Use

3. Fourth Grade
Joining Construction, Video, and Language

4. Startup Weekend
Won by
7th Grader,
beating dozens
of adults

5. HS Library
Small
Engine
Repair

6. HS Library
Music Production Studio

7. How have we created
a Maker School System?
Powered by CTE

8. Starting Point
Middle
School
CTE
Engineering
Math
Science

9. Integrating Making
Middle
School
CTE
Engineering
Math
Science
History
Language
Arts

10. Collaborative
CTE
Design…
Led by
Middle
Schools

11. Connecting
Middle School
CTE
High
School
Specialized
Elementary
Prep

12. Connecting
Scratch Programming,
HTML, Woodwork, Sewing,
Basic Electrical, Cooking
Middle School
CTE
High
School
Specialized
Elementary
Prep

13. Connecting
Middle School
CTE
High
School
Specialized
Elementary
Prep
Programming, Carpentry, CAD,
Architecture, Culinary,
Construction, App Development,
Small Engines, Energy

14. Libraries
High School
CTE
High
School
Libraries
3D Printers, Hand Tools, Video, Music
Studios, Hacking Areas, Game Design,
Sewing, Invention Bars

15. Beyond the School Day/Year
Middle School
CTE
Maker
Summer
School
CoderDojo
Start Up
Weekend
Pop-Up
Maker
Space

16. Project Work and Presentation:
@csratliff
cratliff@k12albemarle.org
@ebredder
ebredder@k12albemarle.org
@irasocol
isocol@k12albemarle.org