PCC and HS Career & Technical Education
Connections Team Meetings

PAVTEC coordinates a variety of connections events, examples of which are the 2001 Connections Forum and the 2002 Connections Teams Meetings. 

The Forum was in response to an expressed need by professional technical educators at both the high school and Portland Community College levels to have an opportunity to interact with each other about next steps for students, curriculum, and industry updates.  Most importantly however, to establish connections between the two levels and create contacts inside and outside their program areas.

The Connections Teams Meetings are as a result of the Connections Forum.  With the Team meetings organized by subject area, they allow for very detailed, specific content to be covered.  As a benefit to the instructors, they can take back to their classrooms the latest information and share with their students, better preparing them for their next steps.

The Connections Teams meetings provide an opportunity for all participating high school and community college instructors to come together where they can: share promising practices, share program information, student “profiles”, course content information, familiarize themselves with skill sets/expectations of businesses/employers, and the latest information on the labor market (base/projection).  It’s also an opportunity for educators to gather information relating to the Oregon Department of Education PTE Program Quality Assurance Plan as well as discuss potential dual credit opportunities.