IVETA2015 NOLA Annual Conference TVET Adding Value to Education
Nov 18 (Wed)
9:00-9:30
Welcome
Introductions
Presentation Papers (4):
1)9:30-10:00
I Gunbayi (Turkey)
Increasing the attractiveness of voc and tech upper secondary ed
2)10:00-10:30
AOlinzockM Okojie(USA)
Catching up w/ technology
10:30-10:45Break
3)10:45-11:15
B Okeke (Nigeria)
The role of technical and vocational education and training in the diversification of Nigerian economy beyond oil
4)11:15-11:45
R Clark (USA)
A field based approach to CTE programming
12:00-4:45
Lunch
CTE-related Tours
12:00Board buses
12:15-1:00Examining how CTE policies translate into workplace practices:
- Lunch at Café Hope
(A non-profit culinary arts program preparing at-risk youth)
1:00-2:002.Tour of Café Hope followed by discussion
2:00-3:003.Tour of YaYa followed by discussion
(Non-profit arts and entrepreneurship program fostering commercial opportunities)
3:00-4:454.Tour of Blaine Kern Studios followed by discussion
(Artisans and craftspeople providing floats for Mardi Gras festival)
5:30-7:00
ACTER poster session and joint reception
Nov 19 (Thu)
9:00-10:00
Presentations Papers (2):
5)9:00-9:30
LWemyss (Australia)
Bridging competency gap of TVET educators, Australian context
6)9:30-10:00
AS Idowu (Nigeria)
Characteristics and organizational ability required by administrators for effective leadership in TVET institutions in Nigeria
10:00-12:00
Joint session w/ ACTER
Jack Elliot, Professor and Head Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, Senior Scientist, Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture
12:00-1:30
IVETA Awards Lunch (at hotel)
Possible Lunch Speaker: Nicholas Wyman, author of Job U
2:00 - 3:30
Panel Discussion
(Panel of 5 topics—10 minutes each w/ question & answer session to follow)
1)2:00-2:10
D Morris (USA)
The digital badge and the CTECS workplace readiness skills assessment
2)2:10-2:20
M Extavour (T&T)
Enhancing experiential & prior learning competencies to meet workplace demands
3)2:20-2:30
EC Patricia (Nigeria)
Effect of guided discovery teaching method on tech college students' academic achievement and retention in brick laying
4)2:30-2:40
I Serumu (Nigeria)
Assessment of human and material resources for the teaching and learning of woodwork in delta STC
5)2:40-2:50
B Agbo (USA)
Technical human capital obsolescence and age relationship in the building construction industry in Nigeria
2:50-3:20Panel Q&A
3:20 – 3:30Break
3:30-4:00
Meeting Wrap Up/Summary
Key take-aways: Where do we go from here?
4:30 -6:30
IVETA Member Reception
(At venue near HQ hotel)