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ECHS holds CTAE advisory meeting Early County High School's Career, Technical and Agriculture Education department held an advisory committee meeting Friday, Sept. 28. The mission statement of the ECHS CTAE program is to provide education for Early County students leading to the fulfillment of a high school diploma, the beginning of a post-secondary program or the achievement of gainful employment. The department includes the agriculture, business and computer science, engineering and technology, family and consumer science, healthcare science technology and trade and industrial education programs at ECHS. The purpose of the advisory meeting was to gain insight and information from members of the community who had vested interest in any of the CTAE program areas. "It is our goal to gear curriculum to fit the needs of the community and to provide the skills neccessary to find employment." said director Billy Walworth. The CTAE program has two new initiatives underway for the 2007-2008 year. The Young Farmer program, directed by Larry Worsley, is geared toward "adult agriculture education" and includes classes and seminars for those individuals who are post-high school, are part of the agriculture industry or have an interest in agricultre. The Young Farmer program offers a variety of activities over the next year ranging from low stress cattle handling, agriculture financing, crop insurance options, marketing peanuts, and GPS in agriculture. The second new initiative is the Work Based Learing/Youth Apprenticeship program under the direction of Michael Williams. The WBL program is an updated and modified version of the former DCT program which allows CTAE students to be employeed in a career area of interest. "This year we have already placed 20 students in internship positions around town. The purpose of these placements is to allow students to gain the skills neccessary to work in their preferred career field and also to provide businesses with qualified and knowledgable employees," said Williams. "The biggest complaint we hear from business owners is that their employees are not ready to work when they come in to apply and don't know how to work once they are hired. It is the goal of the WBL program to create reliable, skilled and accountable employees." The WBL program also has a youth apprenticeship division which creates a structured plan for completion of post-secondary education and requires participants to complete 2000 work-experience hours during and after high school. "You can see that we are moving foward in this school system because we want our students to have every opportunity to be successful," stated Walworth.
Persons interested in the Young Farmer activities should contact Larry Worsley. Employers and students interested in the WBL program should contact Michael Williams.
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