MARYLAND CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION /
PROJECT LEAD THE WAY
COUNSELOR’S CONFERENCE
CROWNE PLAZA-BALTIMORE HOTEL
November 1, 2012
Maryland’s Affiliate Universities and Organizations
Arts, Media and Communication
Environmental, Agriculture and Natural Sciences
Graphic Communications
(PrintED)
Curriculum for Agriculture Science Education
http://www.pgama.com
http://case4learning.org/
Health and Biosciences
Human Resource Services
Project Lead The Way Biomedical Sciences
www.stevenson.edu/pltw/
Teacher Academy of Maryland
http://www.towson.edu/coe/tam/index.asp
Transportation Technologies
Autobody Technician
www.ccbcmd.edu/sait/transportation/index.
html
Manufacturing, Engineering, and Technology
Project Lead The Way Pre-Engineering
www.pltwmd.org/
CTE/PLTW Counselor’s Conference Planning Committee
Meredith Durmowicz
Stevenson University
Jessica Eisemann
Worcester County Public Schools
Isaiah Ellis
Maryland Higher Education Commission
Marquita Friday
MSDE/DCCR
Lynne Gilli
MSDE/DCCR
Leland Green
Worcester County Public Schools
Jamie Gurganus
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Jeanne-Marie Holly
MSDE/DCCR
Michael Linkins
MSDE/DSFSS
Andrenette Mack-Augins
Maryland Higher Education Commission
Kathy McNerney
MSDE/DCCR
Pat Mikos
MSDE/DCCR
Nina Roa
MSDE/DCCR
Kelly Ruby
Queen Anne’s County Public Schools
Carrie Schmidtman
Carroll County Public Schools
Richard Scott
MSDE/DSFSS
Anne Spence
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Theresa Stafford
Caroline County Public Schools
Tina Thomas
Queen Anne’s County Public Schools
Mark Wilding
Calvert County Public Schools
Diane Young
Baltimore County Public Schools
Conference Agenda At-A-Glance
7:30 - 8:30 AM
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00 AM
Welcome
Katharine Oliver, Assistant State Superintendent
Maryland State Department of Education
Greenspring 1 – 5
9:00 - 9:30 AM
Maryland’s System of Career and Technology Education
Katharine Oliver
Greenspring 1-5
9:30 – 10:00 AM
Keynote Speaker
Vince Bertram, Chief Executive Officer
Project Lead The Way
Greenspring 1 – 5
10:00 – 10:15
AM
Break
Breakout Sessions are Described on pages 4 - 8
10:15 – 11:15
AM
*PLTW
*PLTW
Student
Student
Presentations Presentations
Biomedical
Engineering
Sciences
Dulaney
Valley 1
11:20 – 12:20
PM
Dulaney
Valley 2
*PLTW
*PLTW
Student
Student
Presentations Presentations
– Biomedical
Engineering
Sciences
Dulaney
Valley 1
Dulaney
Valley 2
*CTE/PLTW
Principal &
Counselor
Panel
International
Baccalaureate
Career
Certificate
Automotive
Technology
Common
Core/STEM/CTE
Marketing
Career and
Technology
Education
Careers and
Financial
Resources for
Middle & High
Schools
Chesapeake
3&4
Chesapeake
5&6
Greenspring 1
Greenspring 2
Greenspring
3&4
Greenspring 5
CTE 101:
Preparing
Students for
College &
Careers
Graphic
Communication
s (PrintED)
Early College
Access
Greenspring 2
Greenspring
3&4
Greenspring 5
Curriculum for
Agriculture
Science
Education
Teacher
Academy of
Maryland
Changing the
Counselor/Studen
t Conversation
Greenspring 2
Greenspring
3&4
Greenspring 5
*CTE/PLTW
Principal &
Counselor
Panel
Chesapeake
3&4
12:30 – 1:15 PM
1:30 – 2:30 PM
*STEM
CTE Affiliates and
Employer Panel
Admission
Representatives
Chesapeake
5&6
Greenspring 1
Lunch in the Atrium
*CTE College
Student Panel
*PLTW 101
*Gateway to
Technology
Dulaney
Valley 1
Dulaney
Valley 2
Chesapeake
3&4
*STEM
CTE Affiliates and
Employer Panel
Admission
Representatives
Chesapeake
5&6
Greenspring 1
2:30 – 3:00 PM
Evaluation
Counselors – Pick up form for NBCC Continuing Education Contact Hours – see Presider
Adjourn
* Counselors from PLTW sites who are attending for the first time must choose from sessions marked with an
asterisk as a requirement of the PLTW College Certification process.
Project Lead The Way Biomedical, Engineering and Gateway To Technology Sites
 = Fully College Certified
 = Provisionally College Certified
Allegany County
Career and Technology Education
Center
Anne Arundel County
Central Middle School
Glen Burnie High School
Lindale Middle
Meade High School
Meade Middle School
Old Mil Middle South
Severna Park High School
Severna Park Middle School
South River High School
Baltimore City
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
Bluford Drew Jemison Math Science
Technology Academy
Bluford Drew Jemison STEM Academy
West
Calverton Elementary Middle
Edmondson Westside High School
Friendship Academy of Engineering and
Technology
Friendship Academy of Science and
Technology
Maryland Academy of Technology and
Health Sciences
Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High
School
The National Academy Foundation High
School
Patterson High School
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy
WEB Dubois High School
Western High School
Baltimore County
Chesapeake High School
Deep Creek Middle School
Dulaney High School
Franklin High School
Landsdowne High School
New Town High School
Overlea High School
Parkville High School
Parkville Middle School
Pikesville Middle School
Pine Grove Middle School
Ridgely Middle School
Southwest Academy Middle School
Woodlawn High School
Woodlawn Middle School
Calvert County
Calvert High School
Calvert Middle School
Huntingtown High School
Mill Creek Middle School
Calvert County
Northern High School
Northern Middle School
Patuxent High School
Plum Point Middle School
Southern Middle School
Caroline County
Colonel Richardson High School
Colonel Richardson Middle School
Lockerman Middle School
North Caroline High School
Carroll County
Career and Technology Center
Cecil County
Elkton High School
North East High School
Perryville High School
Rising Sun High School
Charles County
Benjamin Stoddert Middle School
General Smallwood Middle School
Henry E. Lackey High School
John Hanson Middle School
La Plata High School
Mattawoman Middle School
Matthew Henson Middle School
Maurice J. McDonough High School
Milton M. Somers Middle School
Piccowaxen Middle School
Theodore G. Davis Middle School
Thomas Stone High School
Westlake High School
Frederick County
Career and Technology Education
Center
Linganore High School
Walkersville High School
Garrett County
Northern Garrett High School
Southern Garrett High School
Harford County
Aberdeen High School
Bel Air High School
C. Milton Wright High School
Edgewood Middle School
Harve de Grace High School
Harve de Grace Middle School
Southhampton Middle School
Howard County
Atholton High School
Centennial High School
Glenelg High School
Hammond High School
 Howard High School
Long Reach High School
Marriott’s Ridge High School
Howard County
Mt. Hebron High School
Oakland Mills High School
Reservoir High School
River Hill High School
Wilde Lake High School
Kent County
Kent County High School
Kent County Middle School
Montgomery County
Clarksburg High School
Col. Zadok A. Magruder High School
Gaithersburg High School
Montgomery Village Middle School
Paint Branch High School
Poolesville High School
Quince Orchard High School
Rockville High School
Sherwood High School
Thomas S. Wooton High School
Thomas W. Pyle Middle School
Walt Whitman High School
Watkins Mills High School
Wheaton High School
Prince George’s County
Bladensburg High School
Dr. Henry A. Wise, Jr. High School
Benjamin Stoddert Middle School
Charles Herbert Flowers High School
Drew-Freeman Middle School
DuVal High School
Ernest Everett Just Middle School
G. James Gholson Middle School
Northwestern High School
Oxon Hill Middle School
Thomas Johnson Middle School
Thurgood Marshall Middle School
Queen Anne’s County
Kent Island High School
Queen Anne’s County High School
Stevensville Middle School
Talbot County
Easton High School
St. Michaels Middle/High School
Washington County
Clear Spring Middle School
E. Russell Hicks Middle School
Northern Middle School
Springfield Middle School
Washington County Technical High School
Williamsport High School
Worcester County
 Worcester Technical High School
CTE Cluster Teams
Regional Coordinators are the first point of contact in the CTE program development
process. Listed below are the members of each of the 10 career cluster teams:
Arts, Media and Communication
 Marquita Friday
 Rosemary Bitzel
 Luke Rhine
Health and Bioscience
 Lynne Gilli
 Nina Roa
 Chuck Wallace
Business Management and Finance
 Bridgette Sloan
 Marianne Hollerbach
Human Resource Services
 Jeanne-Marie Holly
 Mike Beck
Consumer Service, Hospitality and
Tourism
 Marquita Friday
 Nina Roa
Information Technology
 Pat Mikos
 Matt Koerner
Construction and Development
 Pat Mikos
 Chuck Wallace
Manufacturing, Engineering
Technology
 Lynne Gilli
 Luke Rhine
 Marquita Friday
Environmental, Agriculture and
Natural Resources
 Kathy McNerney
 Matt Koerner
Transportation Technologies
 Kathy McNerney
 Nancy Hauswald
Career Research & Development crosses all clusters
 Susan Oskin
Local Directors of Career and Technology Education
Allegany County
Mr. Harry Smith
CCTE Principal/CTE Supervisor
Allegany County Public Schools
Center for Career & Technical Education
14211 McMullen Highway SW
Cresaptown MD 21502
Work Phone: (301) 729-1105
Fax Number: (301) 729-0661
Email Address: harry.smith@acps.k12.md.us
Carroll County
Ms. Marjorie R. Lohnes
Supervisor of Career and Technology
Education
Carroll County Public Schools
125 North Court Street
Westminster MD 21157
Work Phone: (410) 751-3104
Fax Number: (410) 751-3159
Email Address: mrlohne@carrollk12.org
Anne Arundel County
Mr. Karl W. Behringer
Director of Science and Technologies
Anne Arundel County Public Schools
2644 Riva Road
Annapolis MD 21401
Work Phone:
410-222-5491
Fax Number:
410-222-5469
Email Address: kbehringer@aacps.org
Cecil County
Mr. Tim A. Corder
CTE Instructional Coordinator
Cecil County Public Schools
801 Elkton Boulevard
Elkton MD 21921
Work Phone: (410) 996-6250
Fax Number: (410) 996-8972
Email Address: tcorder@ccps.org
Baltimore City
Mr. Michael D. Thomas
Director, Office of Learning to Work
Baltimore City Public Schools
200 E. North Avenue, Suite 316
Baltimore MD 21202-5910
Work Phone: (443) 642-3866
Fax Number: (410) 244-5559
Email Address: mdthomas@bcps.k12.md.us
Charles County
Mr. Jasper L. Wilson
Interim Career and Technology Education
Coordinator
Charles County Public Schools
P.O. Box 2770
5980 Radio Station Road
La Plata MD 20646
Work Phone: (301) 934-7303
Fax Number: (301) 934-7401
Email Address: jwilson@ccboe.com
Floor Plan
Crowne Plaza Baltimore
Timonium
Maryland’s Career Technology Education/
Project Lead The Way (PLTW)
Counselors’ Conference
November 1, 2012
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Opening Session
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10. Careers and Financial Resources for Middle
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11. STEM Employer Panel
12. CTE Affiliates’ Universities and Admissions
Representatives
13. CTE 101: Preparing Students for College and
Careers
14. Graphic Communications (PrintED)
15. Early College Access
16. CTE College Student Panel
17. PLTW 101
18. Gateway to Technology
19. Curriculum for Agricultural Science Education
(CASE)
20. Teacher Academy of Maryland
21. Changing the Counselor/Student
Conversation