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BOARD OF DIREC TORS ELEC TIONS • Your Vote, Your Voice

Acte Vice President-elect for enGineerinG And tecHnoloGY educAtion diVision
Paul A. Asunda Region: III Division: Engineering and Technology Education Occupation: Assistant Professor Employment History: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Workforce Education and Development, Southern Illinois University (August 2008– present); Assistant Professor, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction, Tennessee Technological University (August 2007 to May 2008); Adjunct Faculty, Business and General Studies Division, Athens Technical College (September 2004 to May 2008) Education: University of Georgia (Ph.D., Workforce Education and Development); United States International University (MIBA, Strategic Management and Information Systems Technology); Kenyatta University (BA, Education/Fine Arts) ACTE Involvement—ACTE Division: Communications Task Force Chair (2010–present); Communications Committee Representative for Engineering and Technology (2008–present) ACTE Region: National Leadership Fellowship Program Participant, Region III (2010) Platform Statement: •	 Seek to develop a database of eTED members to streamline communication among division members, which could also help the sharing of ideas and the recruitment of individuals. •	 Seek to create/forge alliances with professional organizations and leaders in fields closely related to CTE, e.g., STEM. •	 Conduct a study on ACTE presence at two-year colleges and seek to increase ACTE visibility at these institutions. Virginia R. Jones Region: II Division: Engineering and Technology Education Occupation: Director, Learning Management & Instructional Design Technology Employment History: Director, Learning Management & Instructional Design Technology (2010–present); Adjunct Graduate Teacher Education Faculty, Mary Baldwin College (2009–present); Technology Administrator, Go Green Coordinator, Halifax County Public Schools (2009–2010); Technology Administrator, Supervisor of Academies, Halifax County Public Schools (2008–2009); Technology Administrator, VersaTrans GIS Administrator, Halifax County Public Schools (2006–2008); Assistant Principal, Halifax County Middle School (2001–2006);Mathematics Teacher, Halifax County High School (1999–2001); Workforce Services Adjunct Faculty, Danville Community College (1998–present); Business & Information Technology Teacher, Halifax County High School (1997–1999) Education: Old Dominion

University (PhD); Longwood University (MS); Averett University (BS); Community College of the Air Force (AAS); Virginia Western Community College (AAS) ACTE Involvement—ACTE Region: National Leadership Fellow (2008–09) State/Local: VACTE (2007–present); Advisory Committee for Career and Technical Education, Virginia Dept. of Education (2007– present); International Technology Engineering Educator’s Association (2008–present); Children’s Engineering Higher Education Group, International Technology Engineering Educator’s Association (2012– present) Platform Statement: I will provide visibility and voice for promoting technological literacy for all learners. The term “TechNucation” (Hasse & Wallace) best defines what we need—a technology literacy embedded in all facets of our education. We must embrace technologies in the workforce to equip our learners as strong and innovative contributors to society. The division must work to facilitate program development and improvement that prepares students for emerging occupations and engage with business and industry CTE professionals to align standards with workforce needs. I support using the policy and research areas of ACTE to facilitate new program models to integrate academic and CTE content. I would explore marketing means for promoting underrepresented populations, especially females in all areas of CTE, especially in engineering and technology education. I support high standards, high expectations and an emphasis on realworld, relevant and project-based learning as necessary for success in today’s workforce. Chickering and Gamson stated, “Learning is not a spectator sport. Learners must talk about what they are learning, write about it, relate it to past experiences, apply it to their lives. They must make what they learn part of themselves.” CTE does this!

Acte Vice President for fAMilY And consuMer sciences
Jessica Barnett Carswell Region: II Division: Family and Consumer Sciences Occupation: Food Science and Dietetics Teacher Employment History: Teacher, Richland School District One (2012–present); Teacher, Sumter School District/Sumter School District Two (2007–2012) Education: South Carolina State University (BS, Family and Consumer Sciences Business/ Multidisciplinary); Lesley University (M.Ed., Technology); Capella University (Ph.D., Education, currently enrolled) ACTE Involvement—ACTE Division: SCATFACS President-Elect (2011–2012) ACTE Region: SCACTE Board Member (2011–2012); SCACTE Education and Business Summit Planning Committee (2011–2012) State/Local: FCCLA Chapter Advisor (2008–present); National Technical Honor Society Lead Chapter Advisor (2010–2012); South Carolina Association of FCCLA STAR Events Lead Coordinator

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