SouthernA Note from Southern Region VP Jenny Krugman
Found in Southern News
Apr. 2012
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VP Jenny Krugman |
Dear Colleagues,
We take seriously our College Board mission: connecting students to college success. To fulfill that mission, we collaborate with teams of education professionals whose goals match our own.
This spring, Kim Green, executive director of the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc), and a team of the association’s state directors met with the College Board Southern Region Office (SRO) staff and leaders from our Government Relations division. We learned of NASDCTEc’s focus on its 16 "Career Clusters," ranging from “Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources” to “Finance” to “Information Technology.” We discussed connections that NASDCTEc leaders might make with colleagues here in the Southern Region. CTE leaders said that career readiness is the bigger umbrella over college. College is a pathway to a career.
Miami Teacher Among Winners of the Bob Costas Grants for the Teaching of Writing
Found in Southern News
Apr. 2012
Shawn DeNight, who teaches journalism and reading in Miami, is among six teachers who were each awarded one of the seventh annual College Board Bob Costas Grants for the Teaching of Writing, which recognize exceptional teachers for using innovative methods to inspire their students to write. The award was created to support teachers and to thank Bob Costas, the Emmy Award–winning broadcaster and author, for his generous public service work on behalf of the National Commission on Writing. Each winner receives a grant of $3,000 to support her or his innovative work.
“All of us remember a teacher who changed our lives at one point or another, and it is a pleasure to recognize these six outstanding individuals for the positive impact they’ve had on so many students. It is especially gratifying to honor those teachers who have dedicated their careers to the art of writing. The ability to write clearly and effectively will be a hallmark of success in the 21st century, and we must do everything we can to ensure that our students are masters of the craft. These six teachers are leading the charge, and today we all thank them,” said Gaston Caperton, president of the College Board.
