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
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

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