Career Education
News and Updates
Missouri FBLA-PBL: Rooting for Joplin
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Members of Missouri FBLA-PBL are “Rooting for Joplin” in a community-
wide effort to replenish over a million trees lost from the tornado that devastated the city of Joplin in May 2011. You can join this effort by giving
a cash donation, donating a tree, or volunteering your time to prep and/or help plant trees. Local FBLA-PBL chapters are currently accepting cash and tree donations and will be planting the trees in Joplin on May 5, 2012. To volunteer, fill out a donation form or for a list of approved trees for donation, visit www.rootingforjoplin.org.
New Math-in-CTE Program Eye-Opening Experience for Teachers
The Office of College and Career Readiness launched a new program this year with support from the National Research Center in Career Technical Education (NRCCTE) called
Math-In-CTE. The program was kicked-off this past June with a voluntary week-long professional development training for math, and business and health occupations CTE teachers from across the state. Math-in-CTE gives math and career education teachers the opportunity to collaborate and identify areas where math intersects with career education concepts and applications.