JCTE status discussed at ACTER symposium

Las Vegas, NV. – December 4, 2013. Representatives of the Journal of Career and Technical Education (JVTE) Editorial Board conducted a symposium at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Career and Technical Education held in Las Vegas on December 3-4. The symposium was chaired by Edward Fletcher (University of South Florida) and conducted in collaboration with Board members Paul Asunda and Barbara Hagler of Southern Illinois University, Stephen McCaskey (Indiana State University), and Victor Hernandez (University of South Florida).

This symposium was aimed at discussing the role and purpose JCTE, a journal affiliated with Omicron Tau Theta (OTT). The symposium provided an opportunity for ACTER members to meet the new co-editors of the JCTE, Edward Fletcher and Victor Hernandez (University of South Florida) and to learn more about the journal. Editorial board members discussed the journal’s content, emphasis, and scope in terms of targeted manuscript submissions; the expectations of quality for publishing in the journal; and the submission and review process. Panelist also engaged the audience in a discussion about the current status and quality of the journal as well as future directions for its viability.

For further information about the journal and/or manuscript submission, you may visit the JCTE site at the University of South Florida.

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!

Marianne Teräs presented at ACHE-OTT Fall Colloquium

Dr. Marianne Teräs, Researcher at the Center of Activity, Development and Learning (CRADLE), University of Helsinki (Finland), conducted a presentation entitled, ”Developmental Work Research - How to combine scientific inquiry, practical development work and learning?” on November 6, 2013 in EDU 155. Her presentation was co-sponsored by the Department of Adult, Career and Higher Education (ACHE) and the Alfa Gamma Chapter of the Omicron Tau Theta (OTT).

Dr. Teräs holds a doctorate in Developmental Work Research and Adult Education and she is currently a Co-Principal Investigator of the project “Opening Pathways to Competence and Employment for Immigrants” funded by the Finnish Academy. She focuses on transition phases e.g. from primary to secondary education or from secondary education to work. What are the helping and hindering factors, and what kinds of needs and hopes does young people with immigration background have? Furthermore, how different actors, who work with them, see young peoples’ future? These are some of the questions at the core her research agenda.

Her presentation was part of the Fall 2003 Colloquium Series organized by the ACHE department and the OTT’s Alpha Gamma Chapter at USF. OTT is the premier professional honorary graduate society in career and technical education. Established in 1976, the goal of OTT is to acknowledge the achievement of graduate students, professional educators, business leaders, and industry and government partners in career and technical education. The Alpha Gamma Chapter at USF was registered in November 2012.