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Career
Academy Coordinator
Career
and Technical Education Coordinator
mikegross@usd475.org
Phone-717-4200 Ext.4227
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Responsibilities:
Carl Perkins Administration
Kansas VE-2 Program Administration
Career Academy Support, Promotion and
Evaluation
Career Education Data Collection and
Evaluation
Career Cluster Development and Operation |
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Education:
B.S., Fort Hays State University, 1983 –
Industrial Education
M.S., Kansas State University, 1994 – Adult and Occupational Education
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JCHS
Career Academy Model recent achievements:
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-Made AYP: 2006 – Class of 06,
First class with Academy Implementation
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-Featured in Career Academy Toolkit:
Planning Guide for Career Academies and Other Types of High School Small
Learning Communities, Sandy Mittelsteadt, 2006
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-Featured in Battling the Hamster
Wheel: Strategies for Making High School Reform Work, Grace
Sammon, 2006
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-2005 Top 25 Model School by the
International Center for Leadership in Education
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-JCHS Drafting: Kansas State
Department of Education Exemplary Program
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-One of two schools: “Best Practices in
Kansas” for use of 16 Career Clusters
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-Featured in Educational Leadership
national publication
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-Featured in Business Education
Forum national publication
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-Host to several in-state and out-of-state
schools for review of academy model
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-Presenters at several conferences, both
state and national level, for review of model and philosophy
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