Arlington CTE - Keeping it Real

Learn more about STEM Education in APS from K-12 STEM Specialist Rosie Santiago.

CTAE Advisory Committee vice-chairs, Dave Remick and Dan Marschall, along with the Director of Career, Technical and Adult Education, Kris Martini, discuss the committee's current initiatives, how the committee supports student learning,  and how members of the community can get involved. 

This episode highlights how EMT students are preparing for the EMT licensure exam during virtual learning. Saruhan Hatipoglu, the EMT Instructor and VA EMS Education Coordinator at the Arlington Career Center, along with a student in the EMT class, share about their experience teaching and learning in a virtual environment.

Hear from the new CTE Specialist as she discusses her role and how she supports teachers in APS. Also discussed are CTE student resources, student engagement, Workplace Readiness Skills and CTE competencies.

For this podcast,  two W-L students and two ACE mentors discuss the competition and the ACE program.

Tune into this episode to hear from three CTE teachers and a Gunston Middle School student who discuss the work they have done to design, produce, and donate face mask supports and ear savers.

Listen in to learn about this dual-enrollment program and hear student perspective about their experiences completing clinical rotations. Find out how the EMT program at the Arlington Career Center prepares students for college and careers.

In this episode, you will hear first-hand from three of the Career and Technical Education teachers at Thomas Jefferson Middle school who discuss their classes, current projects, career exploration, trends in CTE, project based learning and more. This is representative of the classes offered at all of the middle schools in Arlington.

In part one of this episode, two Arlington Tech students discuss their internship at Stantec, an Architecture and Engineering consultant with an office in Arlington, along with their Mentor Ben Heung and Senior Principal Derk Jeffrey.  In part two, Laura Dinardo, the Capstone Coordinator at the Career Center, discusses the program and how it differs from other work-based learning opportunities for students. 

Arlington Public Schools K-12 STEM Specialist, Jacqueline Firster, discusses STEM instruction and upcoming STEM events/activities.