December 2021

Your Connection to Excellence in CTE

Advisor Edition

February is right around the corner, and it's time to start thinking about how you can celebrate CTE Month. A great way to celebrate CTE Month is to recognize an impactful individual in your CTE community with an Honorary Membership into NTHS.

You can recognize:

• Industry Partners
• Teachers
• Community Leaders
• Administrators
• Local Businesses
• Parents
• Education and Government Leaders
• and more!

Awarding someone with an Honorary NTHS Membership is a great way to thank them and bring awareness to CTE, your chapter, and your programs.

 

Honorary members receive a custom certificate, frame, an honorary membership pin and a letter of congratulations from our Executive Director!

 

To recognize an honorary member in your community during CTE month, just log in to the advisor portal and click on "Register Honorary Members."

It's almost 2022, and what better way to plan for your future than to create some goals related to Career Development for your New Year's Resolutions! 

 

Advisors - at your next chapter meeting, consider helping your NTHS members craft SMART career goals as New Year's Resolutions to prepare them for their next step. Use this worksheet to walk them through the SMART Goal writing process.

 

There are some sample SMART goals below to help them get started.

 

The Career Readiness Portal, powered by MajorClarity, is a great tool that can help students along each step of the Career Development process and provide the easy ability to measure their goals!

 

SAMPLE SMART GOALS:

• I will research five careers that I am interested in (SPECIFIC) and create a page (MEASURABLE) for each career that includes job descriptions, salaries, job outlook, and education requirements (ACHIEVABLE & RELEVANT) by January 31st(TIME-BOUND). 
• I will complete 1 experiential activity in the Career Readiness Portal for a different career path each week (SPECIFIC)  for 3 weeks (MEASURABLE). At the end of each activity, I’ll rate my interest in that career path and note in my career journal what I think I would enjoy most about that path and what may not be the best fit for me (ACHIEVABLE & RELEVANT). I will start on February 1st(TIME-BOUND). 
• I will interview a professional in the field of graphic design by Feb 15. (SPECIFIC & TIME-BOUND). I will ask them the following questions, capture the answers in my career journal in the Career Readiness Portal: (MEASURABLE)
  • What is a typical day like in this job?
  • What are the most important types of items to have in my portfolio?
  • What experiences do you recommend I get while in high school? (ACHIEVABLE & RELEVANT)

Upcoming Scholarship Deadlines

• DECA/NTHS Scholarship - January 14th
• NTHS/GEICO Alumni Scholarship - January 1st

Upcoming Scholarship Openings

• HOSA/NTHS Scholarship - January 1st
• SkillsUSA/NTHS Scholarship - January 5th

Rachel Hard, the Work-Based Learning (Co-op) Coordinator at Branch Area Careers Center in Coldwater, Michigan, has been an NTHS advisor for nearly 20 years! Rachel works hard to ensure that her CTE students feel recognized for the hard work they're doing in and out of the classroom!

 

"The students are so excited to show me the tasks they perform on their job and the success and praise their employer bestows upon them. CTE is the bridge from high school to careers, and I am so proud to be a part of it!"

- Rachel Hard

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Have a Virtual Chapter Holiday Celebration 

While getting together via a video conferencing platform can be a great way to connect, below are some ideas for activities you can do virtually to have fun and engage with others.

• Virtual Trivia: Make your own Jeopardy Style Game or use a Random Trivia Generator and award some virtual prizes to your teams.
• Virtual Pictionary or Charades: Grab a pencil and paper and use this word generator for Pictionary or Charades activities.
• Virtual Bingo: Choose traditional bingo or mix it up with movies, sports, or various other topics. 
• Virtual Scattergories: Like to think creatively? You can try out virtual scattergories and have everyone share their answers after the timer ends.  
• Conversation Starters: If you're having trouble getting the conversations started, here is a list of conversation starters that you can use.  

To get ready for the holidays, we're counting down the 25 Days of NTHS! Each day we'll be posting a fun fact about our organization. You'll want to pay attention so you can participate in something special we have planned for Day 26! 

 

Visit our Social Media to keep tabs on this holiday campaign! 

Our office will be closed for the Holidays from December 20th through December 31st. However, we look forward to serving our members and advisors in the new year!

 

Happy Holidays!

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