December 13, 2014 • NYU Kimmel Center

Hosted by The Urban Assembly and made possible by The JPMorgan Chase Foundation, the symposium brought together nearly 200 participants representing stakeholders from the public, private, non-profit and higher education sectors.

Scroll down for some of the day’s video, photos, discussion topics, resources, participants and a #CTENYC Twitter feed to learn more.

And keep the conversation going! For more information, write to The Urban Assembly Director of Career & Technical Education Eric Watts at ewatts@urbanassembly.org.

Richard Buery, NYC Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives; Dianna O’Doherty, Urban Assembly Board Member; Richard Kahan, Urban Assembly Founder & CEO; Jeffrey A. Smith, Urban Assembly Board Chair; Dr. Brenda Dann-Messier, CTE Leader & Keynote; Robert Magliaro, UA School for Emergency Management Assistant Principal; Rodolfo Elizondo, UA School for Emergency Management Principal

Richard Buery, NYC Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives

Dr. Lester Young, NYS Board of Regents Regent-At-Large

Sterling Roberson, United Federation of Teachers Vice President of Career & Technical Education; Richard Kahan, Urban Assembly Founder & CEO; Dr. Lester Young, NYS Board of Regents Regent-At-Large

Gayle Jennings-O’Byrne, JPMorgan Chase Vice President of Global Philanthropy

Richard Kahan, Urban Assembly Founder & CEO; Shannon Curran, Urban Assembly Managing Director of School Support; Jerry Hultin, New York University Presidential Fellow

Dr. Brenda Dann-Messier, CTE Leader & Keynote

Gayle Jennings-O’Byrne, JPMorgan Chase Vice President of Global Philanthropy; Majora Carter, Urban Revitalization Strategist; Richard Kahan, Urban Assembly Founder & CEO

Featured Participants

Richard Buery - Keynote Speaker

NYC Deputy Mayor For Strategic Policy Initiatives

The City of New York

Dr. Brenda Dann-Messier

Former Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education

U.S. Department of Education

Gayle Jennings-O'Byrne

Vice President of Philanthropy

JPMorgan Chase

Jerry Hultin

Senior Presidential Fellow- New York University
President Emeritus - Polytechnic Institute of NYU

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Scott Anderson

Partner & CEO

The Control Group

Rodolfo Elizondo

Principal

The Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management

Andrew Genn

Senior Vice President for Ports & Transportation Department

New York City Economic Development Corporation

Lesley Hirsch

Director of NYC Labor Market Information Services

CUNY Grad Center

Angie Kamath

Executive Director

Per Scholas

Robin Willner

Director, Leadership Council

NYS PTech

Sterling Roberson

VP of Career and Technical Education High Schools

The United Federation of Teachers

Duane Bray

Partner

Ideo

Faiza Issa

Assistant Commissioner

Small Business Services

Sven Travis

Associate Professor of Media and Design

Parsons The New School

Madelaine Hackett

Carnegie Design Fellow

The Urban Assembly Maker Academy

Lou Miceli

Executive Director

Jobs First NYC

Erin Gehant

Principal

The Urban Assembly School for Global Commerce

Niki Stanley

Director, Strategic Teacher Staffing Support

NYC Department of Education

Michael Preston

Senior Director of Digital Learning

NYC Department of Education

Professor Godfrey Nwoke

Chair, CTE Education & Success Via Apprenticeship Program

NYC College of Technology

Ali Gheith

Director, Emergency & Disaster Management Program

Metropolitan College

David Fischer

Workforce Consultant

Diallo Shabazz

Senior Director of Sustainability Education & Partnerships (OPSR)

NYC Department of Education

Ben Grossman

Principal

BASE (Bronx Academy for Software Engineering)

Tom Pendleton

Deputy Executive Director, Career & Work Readiness (OPSR)

NYC Department of Education

Rashid Davis

Principal

PTech

Marsha Iverson

Field Team Associate

NYS CTE TAC

Leigh Ann Sudol

Program Manager

CSNYC

Grace Suh

Manager

IBM Corporation

Eric Watts

Director of CTE

The Urban Assembly

Jean Gaudreau

CTE Achievement Coach

The Urban Assembly

Lester Young, Jr.

Regent at Large

Board of Regents, The University of the State of New York

Katy Belot

Vice President, Education & Workforce

Partnership for New York City

Valerie Westphal

University Director of Continuing Education and Workforce Programs

The Doe Fund, Inc

Eric Suhr

Bureau Chief for the office of Office of Curriculum and Instructional Support Career and Technical Education

NYSED

Join the Discussion:

How can educators, employers, policy-makers and funders shape tomorrow’s workforce together?

What role can you play?

Career & Technical Education (CTE) arose in the United States in the early 20th century to better prepare young men and women for work. CTE has evolved from traditional vocational education that served a 20th century economy dominated by blue collar occupations. College was not a priority. CTE is now focused on a new 21st century economy, and places greater emphasis on academic rigor for student success in both college and career readiness.The growing importance and value of CTE has been highlighted recently by leaders in education policy, higher education, and industry partnerships.

Recognized as a leader in Career & Technical Education (CTE), The Urban Assembly has created seven New York City CTE public high schools. In our effort to serve, celebrate and learn from the field, we are hosting our first ever CTE Symposium that will focus on answering the questions central to preparing today's young people for tomorrow's workforce.

Guests will take part in interactive sessions designed to help them tackle problems, align belief and practice, close resource gaps, and produce actionable strategies for the work ahead.

The symposium invites practitioners, experts, policy advisors, funders, and public and private sector leaders to showcase CTE best practices and discuss challenges in a dynamic, participatory conference setting.

Topics range from the CTE policy agenda, gender imbalance in STEM fields, developing the CTE teaching force, and emerging labor needs.

Discussion Topics

How can CTE be scaled in NYC and beyond?

What do successful CTE industry partnerships look like and what does it take to build them?

What are the cross-cutting professional skills that every student should be learning?

How should the 21st century labor market inform new CTE programs?

What makes a good CTE teacher and where do we find more of them?

What is the role of policy in nurturing the CTE renaissance?

What innovative models exist beyond traditional secondary CTE schools?

How can we best connect CTE graduates with employment?

CTE Workshop: Building Your Program

What is "creative confidence" and how do we train students for the Ideas Economy?

Women in Tech Careers: How do we address gender inequity as we prepare students for the tech sector?

Recovery Job Growth: Georgetown Public Policy Institute

Work-Based Learning Opportunities: National Institute for Work and Learning

Career Pathways: The City of New York, Housing & Economic Development

Closing the Job Skills Gap with New York Workers: ReadyNation

How NYC's CTE Schools Help Students Graduate: Community Service Society

Pathways to Prosperity: Harvard Graduate School of Education

New Skills at Work: JPMorgan Chase

Kimmel Center for University Life

60 Washington Square S

New York City, NY 10012

Photos courtesy of Faye Jackson.

NEW SCHOOLS AT WORK

CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM
Preparing Today's Youth for the 21st Century Economy

Senior Presidential Fellow- New York University
President Emeritus - Polytechnic Institute of NYU

Chair, CTE Education & Success Via Apprenticeship Program

BASE (Bronx Academy for Software Engineering)

Join the Discussion:

How can educators, employers, policy-makers and funders shape tomorrow’s workforce together?

The symposium invites practitioners, experts, policy advisors, funders, and public and private sector leaders to showcase CTE best practices and discuss challenges in a dynamic, participatory conference setting.

Topics range from the CTE policy agenda, gender imbalance in STEM fields, developing the CTE teaching force, and emerging labor needs.

How can CTE be scaled in NYC and beyond?

What do successful CTE industry partnerships look like and what does it take to build them?

What are the cross-cutting professional skills that every student should be learning?

What is "creative confidence" and how do we train students for the Ideas Economy?

Women in Tech Careers: How do we address gender inequity as we prepare students for the tech sector?

NEW SCHOOLS AT WORK

CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYMPOSIUMPreparing Today's Youth for the 21st Century Economy

Senior Presidential Fellow- New York UniversityPresident Emeritus - Polytechnic Institute of NYU

Chair, CTE Education & Success Via Apprenticeship Program

BASE (Bronx Academy for Software Engineering)

Join the Discussion:

How can educators, employers, policy-makers and funders shape tomorrow’s workforce together?

The symposium invites practitioners, experts, policy advisors, funders, and public and private sector leaders to showcase CTE best practices and discuss challenges in a dynamic, participatory conference setting.

Topics range from the CTE policy agenda, gender imbalance in STEM fields, developing the CTE teaching force, and emerging labor needs.

How can CTE be scaled in NYC and beyond?

What do successful CTE industry partnerships look like and what does it take to build them?

What are the cross-cutting professional skills that every student should be learning?

What is "creative confidence" and how do we train students for the Ideas Economy?

Women in Tech Careers: How do we address gender inequity as we prepare students for the tech sector?

CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM
Preparing Today's Youth for the 21st Century Economy

Senior Presidential Fellow- New York University
President Emeritus - Polytechnic Institute of NYU