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photo courtesy of Ross DeLoach

ACTE Executive Director Jan Bray is thanked by the audience during a
special moment at VISION 2012. Bray will be leaving ACTE after 11 years.
photo courtesy of Ross DeLoach

“The most expensive career
exploration program we have
in the United States is a fouryear university.”—Randy Dorn
you will be “drug-free, show up and show
up on time, and work within a team and
be problem solvers and innovators.”
Cooper added, “I would focus on application of the learning.” At Lockheed,
they want employees to be able to apply
what they’ve learned.
At the conclusion of the panel discussion, McNulty finished up their time by
adding, “I really think the enemy of our
system, quite frankly, is not resources.
The enemy is not some other business.
The enemy is the status quo. We just can’t
have the status quo exist any longer.” He
encouraged the audience to change the
language they use with their students
when they talk about college and career.
He said, “It’s about being career ready.
One thing this conference can do is set
the pathway to career, because that’s
what it’s all about.”

Roland Fryer: A Sevenyear Journey

The exhibit hall was the
scene of much activity.

Furthermore, when they get the students
from the schools, it should be a “finetuning process [to our methodologies and
production equipment] and not a developmental process because of deficiencies.”
He finished, “We need educators to teach
life skills and communications skills.”
McNulty then asked, “If you were the
person that had all the control, and the
schools didn’t exist, and we were starting
a new nation, what are a couple things
you would make sure would be in this
new model of school and in our new way

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of learning?” Dennis Branch answered
that we need to “think about the existing
gaps.” He added that he would make sure
individuals worked together in teams or
units rather than individually, because
in AGCO’s manufacturing locations,
[productivity] is measured on the output
of the team and not the individual. In addition, he would stress the importance of
attendance. At ADCO, they believe that
both their manufacturing and engineering jobs are valid and viable careers. He
also noted that there are expectations that

Roland G. Fryer, Jr., Harvard economist
and education advocate, delivered the
keynote address at the Closing General
Session on Saturday, December 1, at
CareerTech VISION.
Fryer began his speech by giving the
audience some background information.
He was raised by his grandmother and
great aunt, both of whom were educators.
He related humorously to the audience
that it was hard being raised by educators, saying his favorite days were teacher
in-service days because his grandmother
and aunt would be at work at the school,
and he could be at home alone—where he
sometimes got into trouble. But he credits
these two women with giving him “a quality education early.” He also stated how
lucky he was to play football in high school
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