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Published quarterly by Quad City Career

and Technical Education Consortium

1275 Avenue of the Cities

East Moline, IL 61244

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This publication was prepared pursuant to a grant with funding partially through the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006.

The Quad City Career and Technical

Education Consortium does not discriminate against any student/employee by reason of

gender, religion, race, creed, age, color, disability or national origin.

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System Staff

Larry Shimmin Quad City System Director

(309) 752-1691 lshimmin@uths.net

Deb Holmes Special Projects Coordinator

(309) 752-1697 dholmes@uths.net

Susan Newton, Editor (309) 752-1623

snewton@uths.net

QCC TEC

In this issue… Featuring Annawan High

School—pages 3 & 4

Seventh Graders Mix Fun with Learning During Career Day

C areer Day was held on

November 6 & 7 for seventh

grade students in special

education classes. The event was

held at Junior Achievement’s

BizTown in Davenport, Iowa.

Students rotated through five

different career stations that included

child care, housekeeping, groceries,

production, and manufacturing. All

stations had hands-on activities

including lunch when the students

became “sandwich artists.”

The day started with Jason

Hamilton, a magician, who

performed various funny and

mesmerizing tricks. Students also

listened to a famous local musician,

Ellis Kell. Mr. Kell talked about

music along the Mississippi River

and how it has evolved over time.

Most students liked the

manufacturing process and were

interested in making their own T-

shirts.

“One favorite thing I learned

today was how to make printed T-

shirts,” said one seventh grader.

Another student commented, “I

really liked making my own

Subway sandwich. It was really

fun.”

Jason Hamilton is shown in the photo

above with his friend, Rocky.

The photo above shows Kay Meyers from

HyVee Food Store. She demonstrated how

to properly bag groceries and each student

took turns bagging various items.

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Dec. 3-7 Construction Trades Expo for Eighth Graders,

Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union 25, Rock Island,

Illinois Dec. 14 Counselor Academy #2, Western Illinois University,

Riverfront Campus, Moline, Illinois Welcome 2013 (year of the water snake) Jan. 17 Career Cruising Workshop, Black Hawk College,

Moline, Illinois Jan. 23 Career Day for Sophomores, UT Area Career Center,

East Moline, Illinois Jan. 23-25 Annual Comprehensive Literacy & Illinois Reading

Recovery Conference, Fairmont Chicago Hotel,

Chicago, Illinois Jan. 26 Rock Island Area Illinois Computing Educators (RICE)

Mini Conference, United Township High School, East

Moline, Illinois Feb. 10-12 18th Annual Illinois Association for Gifted Children

Convention, Chicago Marriott, Naperville, Illinois Feb. 23 2nd Annual SIT (Students Involved in Technology)

Conference, Glenview Middle School, East Moline,

Illinois Feb. 26- Illinois Computing Educators (ICE) Conference,

Mar. 1 Pheasant Run Resort & Conference Center, St. Charles,

Illinois Mar. 1 Illinois Association of Family & Consumer Sciences

Annual Conference, Eastern Illinois University,

Charleston, Illinois Mar. 6-8 Illinois Adult & Continuing Educators Assoc. Annual

Statewide Conference, Hilton, Springfield, Illinois Mar. 13-14 Connections Conference, Pheasant Run Resort &

Conference Center, St. Charles, Illinois Mar. 14-16 Illinois Reading Council Conference, Prairie Capital

Convention Center, Springfield, Illinois Apr. 12 IL School Counselor Association Central Illinois Annual

Conference, Northfield Inn & Suites, Springfield, IL Apr. 13 SET Connections Special Education Technology

Conference, Main South High School, Park Ridge, IL

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P lans have now been

c o m p l e t e d f o r t h e

Construction Industry Career

Expo. The Expo will be held Dec. 3-

7 at Plumbers & Pipefitters Local

Union 25, Rock Island, Illinois.

Eighteen schools in the QCC

TEC region have signed up with

approximately 1450 eighth graders

scheduled to attend.

Studies have shown that eighth

grade is the optimum time to

introduce the trades. Students at that

age need to start thinking about their

future because it is so heavily related

to how they do in high school and

whether they want to go on to college

or go into a trade.

Expo Teaches Eighth Graders

Construction Trades

Happy Holidays from all of us at QCC TEC

We hope to hear from you in 2013!

"I prefer winter and fall,

when you feel the bone structure in the landscape -

the loneliness of it - the dead feeling of

winter. Something waits beneath it - the

whole story doesn't show."

- Andrew Wyeth

“A New Year’s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.”

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Annawan Students in Vocational Agriculture

Classes Gain Real World Experience

Article and photos submitted by Terry Lancaster

T he Annawan High School

vocational agriculture

department is led by Mr.

Terry Lancaster. My goal is to help

students find a career interest that

they can grow, experiment, job

shadow and learn about to help plan

their pathway after high school. I try

to expose our students to as many

different career fields that I can

possibly think of. I believe there are

a lot of career opportunities

available for students, but they need

to find what peaks their interest.

Some of the areas we expose

our students in mechanics include:

construction and woodworking,

electricity, small engines, restore a

tractor, farming, welding (Arc, MIG,

TIG, Torch & Plasma), and hand

and power tool use and repair.

In plant and animal sciences,

we study the traditional plant and

animal areas, but we continue one

more step with experiments by

germination testing, photosynthesis

experiments, plant seed growth and

propagation experiments. We also

have some new Tower Gardens

where we are growing herbs and

vegetables without using soil and the

students are eating the produce they

have grown.

In the environmental fields, we

talk about alternative fuels and the

career fields available. We have our

Annawan High School Receives Bronze Medal from U.S. News & World Report

S uperintendent Joe Buresh has

announced that Annawan High

School has received a bronze

medal from U.S. News & World

Report as “one of the best high

schools in the U.S.”

The magazine awards gold,

silver, and bronze rankings based on

students’ achievements on college-

level material. “The ranking we

received is a wonderful reflection on,

and great tribute to the staff,

students, and the community,” said

Mr. Buresh. T h e m a g a z i n e

annually awards twenty gold medals,

fifty-one silver medals, and eighty-

four bronze medals.

Schools are evaluated on the

performance of all students, even the

least advantaged, with the ultimate

goal that all students are prepared to

attempt, and to master, college-level

material before graduating.

Top performing high schools

serve all students well by achieving

performance levels in the core

subjects of reading and math on state

accountability tests that exceed

statistical expectations given their

relative levels of student poverty.

Those schools serve the least

advantaged student groups well by

producing proficiency rates on state

tests for black, Hispanic, and

economically disadvantaged students

that exceed state averages for these

groups. The best high schools

provide students with access to a

college-level curriculum, measured

t h r o u gh p a r t i c i p a t i o n a n d

performance on AP and/or IB tests.

Annawan High School meets

the standard for reading proficiency

at 71% and exceeds the standard at

8%. Fifty-eight percent of students

meet the math proficiency standard

and 8% exceed the standard.

Congratulations to Annawan

High School for this outstanding

achievement.

The report can be found at

www.usnews.com/education.

Article and more photos continued on

page 4

The photo above shows a school bus

toy box built for the school media

center by Annawan High School

students in Agriculture Mechanics

class.

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own solar panels and do experiments, we also build small

solar cars, wind propeller cars, air propulsion cars, using

the students’ own designs and vision. We also visit the

local ethanol plant and in the past, we have produced our

own ethanol. Last year, our environmental team placed

2nd at the State FFA Evnirothon competition.

In the fish and wildlife area, we have our own design

550 gallon tank. We raise Tilapia and teach about

aquaculture. We also have six fish tanks 50-100 gallon

each that we study and feed turtles, salamanders, northern

pike, breeding guppies, goldfish, and crayfish or catfish.

We also have a trap shooting team, archery team, and

bass fishing team.

Recently in our environmental class, we recreated a

disaster similar to a hurricane. We took a large washtub

filled with water and gave each student a beanie baby,

rubber duckies, plants, feathers, and cotton. We soaked

them for two days in the water tub and then introduced

oil, dirt, and sawdust and soaked all of this in the tub.

Finally, we had each student clean, with a variety of

cleaning agents, the animals, feathers, duckies, etc. to

expose them to the terrific problems that New Orleans

and now New York are experiencing—the real world.

My goal is to help each student find a career field

that they can get excited about, and then the “light” will

go on and they can plan their future.

The photo above shows students in horticulture class at

Annawan High School with their tower garden project

growing vegetables.

The photo below shows students in horticulture class at

Annawan High School eating the lettuce they grew.

The photo above shows students in Agriculture Mechanics class with a

sandblasting tractor restoration project.

The photo at right shows a student from Annawan High School MIG welding

a local weigh wagon used for corn and bean yield tests.

Article continued from page 3.

Area Career Center Introduces New

Instructor for Fire Science/Fire

Fighting Class

B randon Tomlin joins the UT

Area Career Center and is the

new instructor for Fire

Science/Fire Fighting classes.

Mr. Tomlin graduated from

Rockr idge High School in

Edgington, Illinois. He is also a

graduate of Black Hawk College and

Western Illinois University in

Macomb, Illinois. He majored in

Law Enforcement and Justice

Administration graduating with a

Bachelor’s in LEJA.

Mr. Tomlin has been an active

firefighter for ten years with four

years as a Moline, Illinois firefighter/

paramedic. He enjoys the outdoors

and boating with his family. Mr.

Tomlin also farms in Edgington.

Please feel free to contact Mr.

Tomlin at btomlin@uths.net or (309)

752-1691 with questions about the

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Law Enforcement Students Attend Program At Federal Court House

T he United States Probation

Office in Davenport, Iowa,

hosted the Third Annual

“Boss For A Day” program. The

event was held on Monday, Oct. 15

at the U.S. District Court Federal

Building in Davenport, Iowa.

Approx i ma te ly 80 s tuden t s

participated from local high schools.

The program is geared towards

junior and senior students interested

in law enforcement careers.

Mr. Gary Hoegner, Instructor

for Law Enforcement and Public

Safety at UT Area Career Center

attended with his students.

The students had a unique

opportunity to observe the federal

court system at work, met Judges,

and spoke to representatives from

agencies such as: U.S. Attorney’s

Office, Federal Public Defender’s

Office, Davenport Police Dept.

Forensics Unit, Illinois State Police,

U.S. Probation Office, Scott Co.

Iowa Juvenile Court, Metropolitan

Drug Task Force (MEG), U.S. Secret

Service, Dept. of Homeland

Security, FBI, ATF, DEA, and the

U.S. Marshal Service.

After a short presentation,

students were matched with agency

mentors they were interested in

learning more about. Students

observed a real case being

sentenced to federal prison in court.

After lunch, students visited with

local colleges and obtained

information about their courses for

law enforcement careers.

Some comments from Mr.

Hoegner’s students were: “During

court, I listened to both sides and it

was sad for the family when their

loved one got sentenced.” “I

learned a lot about the Secret

Service I didn’t know before.” “I

learned a lot from the MEG

representatives and how they set up

drug houses.”

This community outreach

program has been very successful

and is a wonderful opportunity for

students.

The photo above shows Mr. Gary Hoegner’s Law Enforcement & Public Safety

classes outside of the Federal Court Building in Davenport, Iowa. Students

attended the “Boss For A Day” program.

Brandon Tomlin, ACC Instructor

Fire Science/Fire Fighting

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J ill Finn, Child Care I Instructor

at the UT Area Career Center

recently attended teacher training for

the ECE Credential Level 1 high

school curriculum. The curriculum is

currently being implemented into the

2012-13 school year. This early care

and education training introduces

participants to general child

development, health and safety,

environments for children and infants

through school-age, and the

importance of relationships with

children and their families. This 48-

hour training, offered in 3-hour

modules, results in the award of the

Level 1 ECE Credential.

In high school programs, the

ECE Level 1 curriculum is usually

offered as a supplement to their Child

Development curriculum. Upon

c o mp l e t i o n , s t u d e n t s h a ve

knowledge and experience that

exceeds minimum state licensing

requirements which can help them

obtain jobs in the ECE field. In

addit ion, students have the

opportunity to earn a statewide

Jill Finn Attends Training of Teachers For ECE Credential Level 1

Jill Finn

profess ional c r edent ia l and

scholarship money for college.

For a teacher to use the

curriculum in their classroom, he/she

must attend the 2-day training. The

accreditation is part of Gateways to

Opportunity, a statewide support

network designed to provide

guidance, encouragement, and

recognition for those working in

child care. A pathway is followed

from levels 1 through 6, the

equivalent of a master’s degree.

The above photo shows students who are partici-

pating in the ECE Credential Level 1 curriculum.