ERIC Number: ED493857
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Dec
Pages: 20
Abstractor: Author
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A Summary Report on Priorities in CTE Professional Development
Wichowski, Chester P.; Heberley, Gloria
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This survey was conducted by the Association for Professional Development in Career and Technical Education, APDCTE, as a professional service. The idea for this originated during the APDCTE executive breakfast meeting during the 2003 Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Annual Convention in Orlando Florida. The goal of this survey activity was to establish longitudinal base line information and, over time, identify trend patterns. Further, it is hoped that the results of this survey will contribute to professional dialog and serve to influence policy, professional development, and research in priority areas identified. The instrument was developed and reviewed for content validity by three independent judges. The instrument included 49 topical statements describing possible priorities in career and technical education and space for write-in items. Respondents were directed to identify up to ten priorities in their individual state. Following editing, the instrument and transmittal letter were electronically distributed to a national population of state directors of career and technical education. A follow-up electronic distribution of the instrument was sent out one month after the first distribution. Copies of the transmittal letter and survey instrument are included in the Appendix of this summary report. The overall return was 38%, (n = 9), the adjusted return rate, due to 5 undeliverable instruments, was 42%. The return rate per region was region 1= 25%, region 2 = 42%, region 3 = 50%, region 4 = 66%, and region 5= 36%. Descriptive statistics in the form of frequencies, and in the event of ties, assigned ranks were computed. In the case of assigned rank ties, the items are listed in the order in which they were originally listed in the instrument. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Technical Education, Professional Services, Test Validity, Professional Development, Content Validity, Educational Finance, Career Education, Surveys, Dual Enrollment, Integrated Curriculum, Reading Programs, Teacher Certification, Teaching Skills, Distance Education, National Standards, Curriculum Development, Entrepreneurship, Career Awareness, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
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