Volume 4, Issue 2 (Winter 2024)
The Spring semester has begun!! This newsletter is full of information for you begin your Spring classes and work through the semester. There is also information about upcoming dates to be aware of, course offerings, and information on Summer and Fall registration. Check out the CTE articles in the news, and student highlights as well! Faculty contact information is at the end. Happy reading!
REGISTRATION FOR SUMMER AND FALL 2024
Items to note:
- Please contact your advisor to determine what courses you should be taking - DO NOT just register for courses that you think you should take; be sure they are the correct ones by checking with your advisor!
- The only CTE courses offered in the summer are CTE 309, 465, 466, 509, 565, 566
- consider taking DASA and SSHS 1020 in the summer (see information below)
- Summer Registration Dates:
- Courses are viewable on Monday February 12
- Course registration begins Monday, March 18.
- Fall Registration Dates:
- Advanced Registration - April 3-21
- Continuing Registration - April 21-July 31
- Late Registration - August 1 - September 7.
- Non-matriculated/non-degree students - April 24
- https://www.oswego.edu/registrar/registration-dates
THINGS TO DO! Please check this!!
EVERYONE (Graduate and Undergraduate):
- GRADUATION IN THE NEXT YEAR? You need to apply to graduate - there is a link in your DEGREE WORKS - sign up now if Spring 24 or Fall 24 is your last semester.
GRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY:
- GRADUATE STUDENTS - if you have COMPLETED 12 credits, you must apply for Candidacy - see your degree works for the link to do so.
- GRADUATE STUDENTS - during your LAST semester of your degree program, you must sign up for and take the Comprehensive Exam (scroll down to "Dates to Know for Spring 2024")- this is required for graduation.
Dates to Know for Spring 2024:
- Final Date to Drop a Spring Course for Grad or Undergrad - February 9th
- Course Withdraw Period - February 10 - May 3
** Difference between Drop and Withdraw:
- Drop means you have decided not to take the course and you get out of it; there is likely no financial penalty and it does not show up on your transcripts
- Withdraw means you have chosen to not finish the course; you are financially responsible and it will show up on your transcript (with a "W") that you withdrew. It is recommended that you withdraw from a course that you are certain to fail. This way it does not get added into your GPA and jeopardize your ability to stay in your degree program.
- Consult with your advisor before doing either a Drop or a Withdraw to be sure you understand the ramifications for your particular situation.
- Spring Recess - March 11-15. 2024
- Comprehensive Exam (scroll down to "important dates")- GRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY must take this exam to graduate;
- EXAM: WHEN: Saturday, April 20, 2024 - 8 AM - NOON
- WHERE: ONLINE - via Brightspace and ZOOM
- REVIEW: WHEN: Tuesday, April 9th, 2024 - 6-8 PM
- WHERE: Via ZOOM (those registered for the exam will be invited to the zoom
- (must be registered by April 9th AT NOON)
- Occupational Competency Exam (scroll down to "important dates")- Not needed by everyone; Your advisor will let you know if you need to take it
- EXAM: April 20th, 2024. All other details will be shared with those who register for the exam. Registration by April 5th, 2024
- Last Day of Classes - Friday, May 3, 2024
- Graduation - Saturday, May 11th, 2024 (We hope to see all of our graduates there!)
- LINK TO THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR ALL OTHER DATES: https://www.oswego.edu/registrar/academic-calendar
WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO DO BESIDES MY CLASSES? (GREAT FOR THE SUMMER)
All students who graduate from CTE at either the graduate or undergraduate levels must have:
- SSHS 1020
- DASA 1020
Safe Schools, Healthy Students (SSHS) and Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) are professional development workshops administered through SUNY Oswego's Division of Extended Learning in support of degrees conferred through the School of Education.
SSHS 1020 is made up of 8 workshops and is taught in an online format. It costs $200.
DASA 1020 is made up of one workshop and is taught in an online format. It costs $90.
You can register for both of these any semester - they are both offered online! They both MUST be taken before you can student teach.
NOTE:
- If you have already taken DASA somewhere else, you can make a copy of your certificate, write your ID number on it and send it to the Registrar. It will then be added to your degree works and fulfill the requirement for graduation. You do not have to retake it.
- SSHS 1020 MUST be taken at SUNY OSWEGO!
For more information, go to: https://ww1.oswego.edu/extended-learning/dasa-and-safe-schools
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BEFORE YOU CAN STUDENT TEACH, you must complete 100 hours of observations (field experience) in NYS Public Schools. This is a NYSED requirement. We embed those hours into your courses with us (approx. 15 hours/course). The Clinical Practice and Partnerships Office coordinates the field experiences and every MUST fill out the information they require each semester.
IMPORTANT NOTES
- If you would like to see previous issues of this newsletter, The CTE Educator, check out our website: https://www.oswego.edu/vocational/cte-faqs (scroll to the bottom of the page)
- All email communications with SUNY faculty/staff should be done using your oswego.edu email. This is for security reasons. Please be sure to link your oswego account to whatever account you use most frequently so you do not miss important information!
- Looking for a teaching job? We highly recommend using OLAS (https://www.olasjobs.org/). Additionally, we have a listing of open teaching positions that have been sent to us directly from school districts (https://www.oswego.edu/vocational/cte-job-vacancies)
MEET YOUR PROFESSORS
Dr. Jan Held Woodworth has her BS, MPS and PhD from Cornell University. She is a Permanently Certified NYS Agriculture Teacher. She taught at Minisink Valley (Orange Co) and Carthage (Jefferson Co) High Schools. During that time she served as the Secretary, President-Elect and President of the Agriculture Teachers Association (NYAAE), as well as a Trustee for the NYS FFA and a Board Member on the NYS FFA Leadership Training Foundation. After earning her Ph.D. she taught at Morrisville State College (Dairy Science) and Syracuse University (Education) before coming to Oswego as an Adjunct first (23 years ago) and then as a full time faculty member. Dr. Woodworth is an Associate Professor and serves as the graduate coordinator for our department; she previously served as undergraduate coordinator and OCE coordinator. She is also currently the Chair of the Faculty Council in the School of Education.
Away from Oswego she is still involved in education as an 13 year member of the Board of Education at Cazenovia Central School District, and serves as an Advisory member for the Cazenovia Agriculture Program, Madison-BOCES Equine and Small Animal Program, Madison-Oneida BOCES CTE, and CITI BOCES CTE.
On a personal note, Dr. Woodworth is married and has 3 grown children (one of whom is married) and 2 young grandchildren. She is also the primary care-giver for her elderly mother. She and her husband own Lamplit Farm, a draft horse drawn ride business that is both a hobby and a business venture. In addition to draft horses, they have goats, chickens, a donkey and dogs and cats. Dr. Woodworth particularly enjoys adopting special needs animals, currently with 2 cats and a donkey that fall in that category.
OTHER THAN THE NORMAL, WHAT IS THE CTEP DEPARTMENT UP TO?
You can always find our department members teaching, involved in campus and school of education committees, working with student teachers and doing advisement, but we are involved in other efforts you may or may not know about. We thought we would share::
- Bootcamp for Work Force Development
Instructor Bootcamp
In Support of Regional Workforce Capacity Building
SUNY Oswego’s Instructor Bootcamp* was created to train up to 120 professionals from high-demand career fields including construction, healthcare, and advanced manufacturing to become instructors in regional high school, community college, adult education, and apprenticeship programs. Upon successful completion of the Instructor Bootcamp, the participants will be more equipped to be employed as instructors who are needed to teach the workforce sought by semiconductor production, supply chain companies, and other related industry partners.
We are completing our second of six cohorts, and will begin the third cohort in a couple of weeks
*Note: This Instructor Bootcamp does not lead to K-12 classroom certification.
Outcomes
Instructor Bootcamp graduates will be hired by SUNY Oswego partner workforce development programs to teach in-demand occupations. Current partners include:
• Cayuga Community College
• CenterState CEO
• CiTi BOCES
• Mohawk Valley Community College
• Oneida-Herkimer-Madison BOCES
• SUNY EOC
• Syracuse Build
• Syracuse City School District
• UNiCON
• Utica City School District
and more
IN THE NEWS!
- News from NY on CTE....
- What is old is new again....
- This is from NC, but NY is moving in the same direction...
MORE FRIENDLY ADVICE
- Whenever you contact one of your Professors for anything, please include your ID number - there are tens of thousands of names in our system and it can be difficult to find you without it; this makes if easier for everyone!
- Make appointments with your professors; our schedules have us on and off campus, and we want to be sure to help you!
STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS
We plan to highlight current students and alumni in our newsletters. Please send updates on what you are doing to jan.woodworth@oswego.edu for inclusion in future newsletters!
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The following two teachers gradated from Oswego's Graduate Program in CTE as Agriculture Teachers; they both were recognized for our Region of the country (6 regions) at the National Level at the NAAE Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, in December of 2023.
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Congratulations to the 2023 NAAE (National Association of Agriculture Educators) Outstanding Early Career Teacher Award recipient for Region VI- Rayne Ives (Oswego '19) from Remsen!
Agricultural education is faced with a shortage of qualified teachers. Unless students studying at our nation’s teaching institutions enter and remain in the profession, a shortage of teachers will continue to exist. The Outstanding Early Career Teacher Award, formerly known as the NAAE Outstanding Young Member Award, recognizes innovative early career teachers with outstanding professional records, including participation in NAAE.
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Congratulations to our 2023 XLR8 participant, Mary-Elizabeth Foote (Oswego '21) from Schuylerville!
Retaining quality experienced teachers is important to the future of agricultural education. In 2013, NAAE developed XLR8 — the eXcellence in Leadership for Retention professional development program — to meet the needs of mid-career agriculture teachers.
XLR8 is a year-long professional development program that targets agriculture teachers in their 7th-15th year of teaching.
