>For Immediate Release

>

>KIMBERLY GREEN AND PAM STACEY TO PRESENT "CAREER CLUSTERS UPDATE"

>

>Kimberly Green, Executive Director, and Pam Stacey, Career Clusters 

>Coordinator, National Association of State Directors of Career and 

>Technical Education Consortium, will speak at the National Dissemination 

>Center for Career and Technical Education, 3:00 p.m.  EST, Friday, April 

>2, 2004. You can view the webcast from any computer with Internet access at

>http://www.nccte.org/webcasts/description.asp?wc=105

>If you cannot view the webcast live, you can view the archived webcast on 

>our website at www.nccte.org.

>

>Green and Stacey will present an update about the ongoing development and 

>implementation of career clusters across the country.  They will suggest 

>that the career cluster initiative has great potential for connecting 

>policy and practice by leading and supporting curricular innovation and 

>improvement in Career and Technical Education; meeting new accountability 

>requirements in a more systemic manner; achieving better alignment between 

>secondary and postsecondary education; and developing a technical 

>assessment infrastructure.   This presentation will provide valuable 

>information to those new to career clusters, as well as benefit those 

>currently implementing career clusters.

>...

>The work reported herein was supported under the National Dissemination 

>for Career and Technical Education, PR/Award (No.V051A990004) and/or under 

>the National Research Center PR/Award (No.V51A990006) as administered by 

>the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U. S. Department of 

>Education.  However the contents do not necessarily represent the 

>positions or policies of the Office of Vocational and Adult Education or 

>the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by 

>the Federal Government.  The National Dissemination Center for Career and 

>Technical Education and the National Research Center for Career and 

>Technical Education are funded by the Office of Vocational and Adult 

>Education, U. S. Department of Education.

>

>National Dissemination Center for

>Career and Technical Education

>The Ohio State University

>Columbus, Ohio 43210-1090

>

>For Additional Information Contact:

>Barbara Reardon

>Director of Communications

>Phone: 614-292-2894

>Fax: 614-688-3258

>Email: reardon.30 at osu.edu

>website: www.nccte.org