Thursday, December 5, 2013

OTT Executive Board convened at annual meeting in Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NV. – December 5, 2013. The National OTT Executive Board and the Journal of Career and Technical Education (JCTE) Editorial Board convened at the Annual Meeting held in Las Vegas on December 3-4, 2013. The meeting is typically conducted in conjunction with the Career and Technical Education Research and Professional Development Conference of the Association for Career and Technical Education Research (ACTER).

Attending the OTT/JCTE Board meeting were Steve McCaskey (Indiana State University), President; David Jones (North Carolina State University), Treasurer; Kristin Stair (New Mexico State University), Secretary; John Cannon (University of Idaho-Boise Center), Past-President; Elaine Adams (The University of Georgia), Advisor/Director; Ryan Foor (Arizona State University), Communications Director; Barbara Hagler (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale), JCTE Editorial Board Chair; and JCTE Co-Editors Edward Fletcher and Victor Hernandez (University of South Florida). The Executive Board discussed the status of the organization and the journal, issues requiring specific actions, and changes in organizational service.

At these annual meetings OTT was responsible for the selection and organization of poster presentations conducted during the reception following the ACTER Business meeting.  For this meeting, OTT accepted 20 poster presentations featuring a variety of topics of interest in the field. The Board also conducted a symposium on the status and new directions for the Journal of Career and Technical Education (JCTE).

Finally, the Board also started the planning process in preparation for the 2014 Conference to be held in Nashville, Tennessee, November 20-22. See you then!