{"id":11352,"date":"2018-11-25T20:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T01:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=11352"},"modified":"2018-11-20T16:54:31","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T21:54:31","slug":"have-an-impact-join-a-school-board-advisory-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=11352","title":{"rendered":"Have an Impact: Join a School Board Advisory Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Did you know that you can affect change at ACPS by serving on a School Board Advisory Committee?<\/p>\n

Advisory committees provide an opportunity to get more deeply involved in issues you care about and to collaborate with others to impact those issues.<\/p>\n

\"DavidI joined the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Advisory Committee because I believe it is important for employers of all sizes to help shape the workforce of tomorrow. One of the best ways to do that is to support ACPS teachers and administrators by providing them with real-world experiences that they can use to shape their programs and communicate to their students.\u201d\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0David Remick, Executive Director, Alexandria\/Arlington Regional Workforce Council, and CTE Advisory Committee Chair <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Last year, the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Advisory Committee on which Remick serves revised and rewrote the CTE strategic plan to promote student engagement, work-based learning, and staff professional development, and increased membership on the advisory committee to include representatives from unions, cybersecurity, and health care. It also recruited colleagues from the business sector to help judge student competitions and speak in classrooms.<\/p>\n

Although my youngest child graduated from ACPS ten years ago, I joined the TAG Advisory Committee to encourage approaches that identify and serve gifted students from the various ethnic groups and backgrounds represented in our <\/i>\"vivian_awumey\"community. It’s satisfying to give back to a school system that helped prepare my two sons for future academic success.\u201d \u2014 Vivian Awumey, TPS Program Manager, Learning and Innovation Office, Library of Congress and TAG Advisory Committee member<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Last year, the Talented and Gifted (TAG) Advisory Committee on which Awumey serves advocated to add an instructional specialist to the TAG Office for General Intellectual Aptitude (GIA) and Young Scholars programs and increased awareness of opportunities for talented and gifted students through non-traditional channels in order to reach parents where they already are, like community listservs.<\/p>\n

There are a variety of School Board Advisory Committees that need invested community members to serve: <\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

Learn More and Apply<\/h3>\n