Kris Costa
- Tulare, CA
- 559.903.6151
- [email protected]
Under the general supervision of the Vice President, the Dean of Career and Technical Education (CTE) administers and provides leadership for all career and technical instructional departments. The Dean will direct all activities in the assigned instructional departments including long-term and short-term planning, curriculum redesign and development, accreditation, class scheduling, faculty teaching assignments, budget development and management, regional work with the Central Region Consortium, and professional development. The Dean provides coordination and leadership in the use of educational technology and works cooperatively with other District and college administrators, faculty and staff.
Alternative Methods for the Awarding of College Credit: Credit by Examination for Articulated High School Courses. Academic Senate for California Community Colleges. May 2013
California Academic Partnership Program (CAPP), Kern High School District partner
Achieving Educational Goals with Statewide Career Pathways , 2015, NISOD International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence
Structured Career Pathways and Student Support – Expert Panel, 2015 , Board of Governors Taskforce on Workforce
Structured Career Pathways and Student Support, 2015,CTE Leadership Institute, San Diego
CTE Model Curriculum Standards,2015, Tulare County Office of Education Workshop
Power Up Your Pathways and Road Mapping Student Success , 2015, Educating for Careers Conference, Sacramento, Home Economics Careers and Technology Conference , California Business Educators Conference, San Diego, California Community College Association for Occupational Education (CCCAOE)
Linked Learning Implementation Workshops, 2014-15, Visalia Unified School District Linked Learning Team
Counselor Toolkit Workshops, 2014-15, Regional Events: Tulare, Fresno, Kern, Kings, Orange, Placer, and Ventura Counties
AB 86 Consortium Workplan Session Facilitator, 2014, State Center Community College District
Linking Students to College, 2014, RP Group: Strengthening Student Success Conference
California Economic Summit, 2014, Advanced Manufacturing Action Panel
Linking Students to College and Career – A Counselor Tool that Works!, 2014, Educating for Careers Conference, Sacramento, Home Economics Careers and Technology Conference, California Business Educators Conference, San Diego, California Community College Association for Occupational Education (CCCAOE)
Discipline Input Group (DIG) Workshops, 2006-2014 Agriculture, Biotechnology, Career Technical Education Disciplines, Articulation Templates
Developing Programs of Study for All, 2011-2013, Educating for Careers Conference, Sacramento, Home Economics Careers and Technology Conference , California Business Educators Conference, Sacramento, California Community College Association for Occupational Education (CCCAOE)
Development of Statewide Agriculture Curriculum, 2013, California Community College Agriculture Faculty Mid-Winter Institute, Monterey
UBU – You Be You, 2012, Keynote Address, San Joaquin FFA - Chapter Officer Leadership Conference, SCICON
Coordinating an Articulation Event with Statewide Career Pathways, 2009, Educating for Careers Conference, Garden Grove
Articulation Made Easy with Statewide Career Pathways, 2009, Educating for Careers Conference, Garden Grove, Statewide Articulation Workshops, Ontario and Walnut Creek
College of the Sequoias Agriculture Update, KTIP Radio Weekly Chat, 2009-2012
Tulare College Center, Visalia Rotary, Tulare noon and morning Rotary, Tulare Kiwanis, Exeter Lions, and Measure J Committee
Social Media and Your Students….Make the Connection, San Joaquin Region Road Show
Developing Programs of Study For All,California Community College Association for Occupational Education Spring Conference
The Future of COS Agriculture, World Ag Expo, Tulare, CA
Coordinating an Articulation Event with Statewide Career Pathways, Educating for Careers Conference, Garden Grove
Utilizing the Counselors Tool Kit, Webinar
Articulation Made Easy with Statewide Career Pathways, Educating for Careers Conference, Garden Grove
Planning Articulation Events, Statewide Articulation Workshops, Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, Ontario and Walnut Creek
Post Secondary Connections….That Work!, Health Science Educator’s Institute, Los Angeles
Articulation…A to Z, Health Science Educators Institute, Los Angeles
Tech Prep 101, National Career Pathways Network Conference, Dallas, TX
Making the Community College Connection, School To Career Academy, ACSA, San Diego, CA
Online Counselor Toolkit – www.programsofstudy.com , 2015, Launched to over 3500 high schools
Model Curriculum – Agriculture, 2014, Facilitated C-ID descriptors for implementation by all California Community Colleges
Model Program of Study Templates, 2012-2014, Led faculty groups in the development of statewide model programs of study
ConnectEd California Pathway Coach Certification
Single Subject Teaching Clear Credential
Specialist Instruction Credential -Agriculture