Post Election Debriefing: Getting CTSOs geared for the Obama Administration

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Post Election Debriefing  Getting CTSOs geared
for the Obama Administration!
ACTE Annual Conference Friday, December 5,
2008 Room 217D 1130 a.m. 1230 p.m.
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On the Agenda Today
FCCLA Mock Election Results FCCLA Activities
Resources FCCLA Making A Difference National
Issues Take Action
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FCCLA Mock Election Results
The final tally, Candidate Barack Obama had 51
of the vote and Candidate John McCain had 49.
This is the ninth presidential election in which
delegates to the annual National Leadership
Meeting have cast their ballots. Since 1968,
FCCLA members have correctly elected as
president, the eventual winner of the actual
November election with the exception of 1992.
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FCCLA Activities Resources

• National Executive Council (NEC) Program of Work
  with Public Policy
• USA Leadership Training
• Articles in Teen Times and The Adviser
• The Guide to Promoting FCCLA, which include
  working with elected officials
• Working with ACTE and attending ACTE advocacy
  events, including the National Policy Seminar
  March 10-12, 2009

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NEC Program of Work

• Addressing Dropout Rates with CTE
• Early Childhood Development
• CTEs Role in No Child Left Behind
• Voice in State and National Governments
• Career Clusters and Pathways
• CTE at the Elementary Level

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National Issues

• The Three Legged Stool
• Carl D. Perkins Act implementation
• Workforce Investment Act
• No Child Left Behind Act

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National Issues Obama Platform
Barack Obama will reform No Child Left
Behind Obama and Biden believe teachers should
not be forced to spend the academic year
preparing students to fill in bubbles on
standardized tests and he will improve the
assessments used to track student progress to
measure readiness for college.
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National Issues Obama Platform
Invest in early childhood education The
Obama-Biden comprehensive "Zero to Five" plan
will provide critical support to young children
and their parents. And they will help states move
toward voluntary, universal pre-school.
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National Issues Obama Platform
Make college affordable to all Americans Obama
and Biden will create a new American Opportunity
Tax Credit worth 4,000 in exchange for community
service. It will cover two-thirds the cost of
tuition at the average public college or
university and make community college tuition
completely free for most students.
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National Issues Transition Team
Education and Labor Transition Team
Seth Harris Judith A. Winston Michael
Camunuez Deborah Jospin Shirley Sagawa Thomas A.
Kochan Nancy E. Peace Phyllis Segal Joseph
Swerdzewski Edward Montgomery Cynthia
Estlund Linda A. Puchala Richard Huberman
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National Issues Transition Team
Education Team Members Karen McCulloh Joan
Baratz Snowden Maria Blanco Juliet
Garcia Eugene Garcia Goodwin Liu Ann
OLeary John Polidori Jonathan Schnur Jon
Weintraub
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Take Action

• While Obama is Pro-CTE and Education, he has
  surrounded himself with a team that is NOT.
• Knowing and researching the incoming team, the
  111th Congress.
• Participate in your state legislative days.
• Invite local elected officials to your events.
• Attend ACTE National Policy Seminar in March
  2009.
• Utilize the resources provided by FCCLA.
• Encourage your students to vote!

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C - SPANs STUDENT CAM COMPETITIONS 2009
This Year's StudentCam Topic A message to the
new President What is the most urgent issue
for the new president to address after taking
office, and why?
StudentCam 2009 Prizes 75 student prizes and 11
teacher prizes totaling 50,000. Prizes are
awarded in two separate categories Middle High
School
Deadline January 20, 2009
www.studentcam.org
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Thank you!
Michael L. Benjamin, M.P.H., CAE mbenjamin_at_fcclain
c.org Brennen Clouse, National President bclousefc
cla_at_gmail.com