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NAPE
Accomplishments
NAPE’s efforts during the past fifteen years
have focused on gathering and disseminating information, developing
equity resource materials, sponsoring professional development, and
partnering with other organizations. A list of selected accomplishments
follows:
Gathering and disseminating information
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Established a
listserve to send
legislative updates and other important information to member states
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Distributed
publications developed by other organizations and states to members
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Provided information
about equity programs and issues to U.S. Senators and Representatives
and to other national and state policy makers
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Kept congressional
staffers informed of the progress of the implementation of Perkins III
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Sent all NAPE members information of interest regarding Perkins III
implementation and accountability, the Workforce Investment Act,
Welfare to Work, TANF, HEA, and public policy updates
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Prepared position
papers in response to legislation being developed in Congress,
including career and technical education, job training, and welfare
reform
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Conducted a biennial survey of
the states on the implementation of Perkins III
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Conducted a data
collection and accountability project focused on the Perkins
accountability system, particularly the fourth core indicator and
special populations data
Developing equity resource materials
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Developed Creating
Opportunities for Special Populations and Students Pursuing
Nontraditional Training and Employment, Women & Girls Today,
and
System Building Standards for Educational Reform
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Developed—in
partnership with the Multistate Academic and Vocational Curriculum
Consortium (MAVCC)—Taking the Road Less Traveled: Educator’s
Toolkit to Prepare Students for Nontraditional Careers and
the supplement, Destination Success: Tools for Improving Student Outcomes in
Nontraditional Programs
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Developed—in
partnership with the National Coalition for Women and Girls in
Education (NCWGE)—Invisible Again: The
Impact of Federal Changes in Funding on Vocational Programs and Girls
Sponsoring professional development
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Conducted an annual
Professional Development Institute in Washington, D.C.
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Sponsored sessions at
the Association of Career and Technical Education national conventions
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Sponsored a workshop
at the annual conference of the Association for Gender Equity
Leadership in Education
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Presented at the
national conferences of the National Association of State Directors of
Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc), the National
Association for Career Technical Education Information (NACTEI),
Women Work!, and Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW),
the American Association of University Women (AAUW),
and CCBA
Partnering with other organizations
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Served on the National
Center for Research & Dissemination in Career and Technical Education Advisory Board
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Participated as
members of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (NCWGE)
and its Vocational Education Task Force, the Coalition for Women and
Job Training (CWJT), the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
Reauthorization Coalition, and the
NASDCTEc Accountability and
Legislative Committees
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Worked with the USDOE,
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), in the
development of the accountability system
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Partnered with the
USDOE and
NASDCTEc to develop a nontraditional workgroup to
assist states in implementing the nontraditional provisions in Perkins
III
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Developed the Programs
and Practices that Work project with the National Women's Law Center (NWLC),
the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE),
and the State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc)
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