Cluster Textbooks

I've had some people call (and email) to ask about state approved (or required) textbooks for the new Career Pathways. KSDE won't require (or endorse) specific textbooks. However, I know people are interested in some "support" or at least ideas of where to start.

K-State Business Education (Mrs. Darla Stone) and FHSU Business Education (Dr. Wally Guyot and Scott Jones) will embark on a cooperative effort in the Fall to identify POTENTIAL textbooks for courses in each career pathway. We won't necessarily "endorse" a text, but students from both schools will work cooperatively to review and identify/cross-walk competencies from the course profiles and content in selected textbooks.

The information gathered will be made public for educators to use (if they so desire) in helping them identify potential textbooks to use as they adopt new courses to meet Career Pathway implementation.

Updates on the cooperative activity will be provided as we progress. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to work collaboratively with K-State.

COBL Ambassadors

Dr. Bannister has been working with the Admissions staff to develop an initiative, named COBL Ambassadors, designed to work with High School Marketing Programs/DECA Chapters.

Thursday night, SGA approved a request for funding. This will support the program next year. One of the primary functions of the program will be to support high school students as they prepare for State and International competition.

This is exciting! As the Dean continues to develop and implement this project, we will provide updates!

It is an exciting time to be in the College of Business & Leadership!

Rucker/Jones Research Presented at NABTE

Dr. Rucker will be presenting research co-authored with Scott Jones at NABTE (National Association of Business Teacher-Educators) in San Diego. The subject is the preparation of Business Teachers for Kansas High Schools. NABTE is highly-selected in their choice of research to be presented at their annual conference. We are excited to have Dr. Rucker represent FHSU Business Education at the NABTE/NBEA Annual Conference.

A copy of the PowerPoint Presentation can be found on the links below and to the right.

Pathway to Success...

What a wonderful day! Today we had a group of Western Kansas Business Teachers on-campus in the Memorial Union visiting, brainstorming, trouble-shooting, and asking questions about how to implement Career Pathways into their schools. Recognizing many of our schools in Western Kansas are unique in size and configuration, as compared to the rest of the state.

We had a GREAT day! Lively conversation, lots of ideas, and lots of excitement about the possibilities.

We spent the morning in discussions. In the afternoon, we had the opportunity to visit with RJ Dake (IT Education Program Consultant with KSDE) via ITV. RJ provided a great deal of insight and answered a number of questions that we generated throughout the morning. We really appreciate RJ taking time to visit with us and the assistance from KSDE Information Technology folks in getting us connected via ITV during the afternoon.

It was a great day all the way around!

Special Thanks to Dean Mercer (COET), Dean Bannister (COBL), and Casey Kelch (Academic Marketing) for providing a variety of give-away items.

To see a few more pictures, click here.

KBEA - Award Nominations

If you are interested in recognizing outstanding Business Educators, please check out the KBEA email and nomination forms.

Email Announcement

Nomination Form

Teacher Career Fair

FHSU's 35th Annual Teacher Career Fair will be held on Monday, April 12th, 2010. It will be held in Gross Memorial Colliseum from 9:00 AM to Noon.

Click here to read full details!

Welcome Back -- Its a Beautiful Day.

Welcome back, hope you had an outstanding Spring Break! Its always nice to see students back on campus, especially after spending the week in the office with no one around!

I hope the remainder of your semester is great! Please let me know if you need anything as you finish the Spring Semester and prepare for the Fall (or Summer) Semester.

srj