Title: CONNECTICUT%20TECHNICAL%20HIGH%20SCHOOL%20SYSTEM%20Trade%20Technology%20Advisory%20Committee%20(TTAC)
1CONNECTICUT TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEMTrade
Technology Advisory Committee(TTAC)
Trade Technology Advisory Committee Procedures
08/26/08
2COMMITTEE COMPOSITION
3TRADE TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
COMPOSITION
- Industry Representatives (minimum of three) from
Local Area Companies in your school district - Including Specialty Representative (where
applicable) - (Example-Building Inspector for the Construction
Trades) - 2) Department Head and Instructor(s)
- 3) Students (Graduate within the last five
years-current student is optional) - 4) Trade Consultant Ex Officio
- 5) School Administrator Ex Officio
- 6) Optional Members Academic Teachers, Parents,
Students, Etc. - 7) Chairperson selected from anyone within the
committee
4MEETING PROCESS
5TRADE TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING PROCESS
- Minimum of two (2) per year
- Meetings scheduled by Department Head by
September 24 and reviewed by their Administrator - GENERAL ITEMS FOR EVERY MEETING
- Agenda, which is reflective of the minute form
supplied, along with additional items that are
important to your program reviewed with
Administrator - Examples Field Trips, Professional Development ,
Legal Questions, Skills-USA.
6TRADE TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING PROCESS
- FIRST MEETING
- Completed by November 20th
- GENERAL ITEMS PREVIOUSLY LISTED PLUS THESE
- Standard Equipment List reviewed and signed off
by chairperson - NOCTI process and results reviewed
- Textbooks and Technology reviewed and suggestions
made - Meeting length 60 minutes (not including dinner)
- Simplified Standardized minute and participant
forms on the Trade Folder located on the
network drive completed and forwarded to
Principal by the end of November
7TRADE TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING PROCESS
- SECOND MEETING
- Completed between February and May
- GENERAL ITEMS PREVIOUSLY LISTED PLUS THESE
- Curriculum reviewed and suggestions noted
- NOCTI Preparation or Debriefing
- Review the Graduate Follow-Up Study (available
from Kim Traverso) - Notification of Trade Reauthorization date
(available from Robert Martin) - Meeting length 60 minutes (not including dinner)
- Simplified Standardized minutes and participant
forms on the Trade Folder located on the
network drive completed and forwarded to
Principal by the end of May
8MINUTE RECORDING PROCESS
9TRADE TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTE RECORDING PROCESS
Responsibility of Department Head to designate a
recorder and must ensure that minutes are
recorded at every meeting using the simplified
standardized template that is available
electronically in their trade folder labeled
T.T.A.C. Document will be saved as TTAC Trade
- School - Date example TTAC - Carpentry -
Grasso - 10-15-08 Remember its a TEMPLATE and
must be saved back into your trade folder as a
DOCUMENT titled TTAC Trade School -
Date Trade Advisory Minutes are to be e-mailed
only to the Principal who will review and place
the final version of all their trade/technologies
minutes) in their schools folder on the V
drive.
10RESPONSIBILITIES
DEPARTMENT HEAD
11TRADE TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
DEPARTMENT HEAD RESPONSIBILITIES
- Meet with administration to schedule two (2)
tentative meeting dates by October 1st. The
Principal will place the information in their
schools folder on the V drive. - Complete Committee Composition prior to the 1st
meeting and forward meeting dates with Trade
Advisory members to their - Compose the Meeting Agenda following the Minutes
Form - Elect a Chairperson and designate a recorder
- Minutes and participant information recorded on
standardized form and forward electronically to
the Principal. - Complete tasks required Standard Equipment List
sign-off, review of textbooks, curriculum, and
review of supply money, etc.
12RESPONSIBILITIES
ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM
13TRADE TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES
- Review Trade Technology Advisory Committee
guidelines with the Trade Department Head and
Instructor(s) by the end of August - Set tentative meeting dates with Trade Department
Heads by the end of September . Place the dates
of your trade / technology meeting dates on the
appropriate form on the V drive by the end of
September. - Review standardized reporting forms, located on
the V Drive with the Department Head prior to
the 1st meeting. - Review the agenda with Department Head
- Secure information on Trade Reauthorization and
Graduate Follow-Up from Central Office and
forward to the Department Head - Review committee minutes and insure they are
acceptable and place them in your schools folder
on the V drive.
14RESPONSIBILITIES
TRADE CONSULTANT
15TRADE TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
TRADE CONSULTANT RESPONSIBILITIES
- Review Trade Technology Advisory Committee
meeting dates. - Assist in locating participants if requested by
Department Head - Attend as many meetings as possible
- Review minutes, list the top three (3) concerns
for each of the trade areas and forward to your
State Steering Team - Construct action plans for each concern in
conjunction with your State Steering Team
16RESPONSIBILITIES
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
17TRADE TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT RESPONSIBILITIES
- Support the process in detail to the
Administrative Teams - Produce a spreadsheet of all Trade Technology
Advisory Committee meetings for the school year
which will be placed on the V drive. - Attend as many meetings as possible
- Review common concerns and action plans with the
Management Team and report back at a Trade
Consultants Meeting - Advise Administrative Teams on success and/or
needed improvement of individual Trade Technology
Advisory Committees - Assist in the development of an External Customer
Survey to measure the success of the Trade
Technology Advisory Committee process