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<b><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Commissioner Brad Avakian<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:15.0pt">Bureau of Labor & Industries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Press Advisory<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For News Planning<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>October 30, 2012<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">CONTACT: Bob Estabrook, 503-709-0730<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Avakian to Tour Mt. Angel and Silver Falls CTE Program<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>Visit highlights the districts’ innovative partnership and new CTE programs made possible by the CTE Revitalization Grant
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>SILVERTON -</b> Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) Commissioner Brad Avakian will visit Mt. Angel and Silver Falls School Districts on Wednesday, October 31<sup>st</sup>, to tour the new vocational education programs made possible
by the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Revitalization Grant. Avakian has also invited local elected officials.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This multi-district partnership received $170,365 from the CTE Revitalization Grant Fund last April to create the new program: “Building the Pipeline through Project-Based
Learning.” Over 1,800 students will be served by new and expanded programs in <b>
pre-engineering, biomedical science/sports medicine, agricultural sciences, and business administration</b> at four schools: Mt. Angel and Mark Twain Middle Schools and Kennedy and Silverton High Schools.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">By sharing curriculum, infrastructure, professional development, and other<b>
</b>resources, each school has been able to expand access to existing CTE programs and build entirely<b>
</b>new programs; this innovative approach will reach more students than each school would be able to achieve<b>
</b>independently and maximizes grant funds. The grant funds have also made it possible to bring CTE programs to the middle schools, which did not previously have CTE programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Tour of Mt. Angel and Silver Falls School Districts’ “</b><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Building the Pipeline through Project-Based Learning</span>” CTE program with Commissioner Avakian,
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local elected officials, students and educators<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<b>Wednesday October 31, 2012 from 8:00am to 9:00am<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<b>Silverton High School (</b><span class="st1"><b><span lang="EN">1456 Pine Street, Silverton, Oregon 97381</span></b></span><b>) then to
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<b>Mt. Angel Middle School (460 East Marquam Street, Mount Angel, OR 97362)<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Avakian is recognized as a champion for “21<sup>st</sup> century shop classes” in Oregon schools, having led the fight to pass House Bill 3362 in 2011 and establish a dedicated grant fund to help schools and school districts create or expand
CTE education options that work in concert with local employers to train young people for high-wage, high-demand jobs at a younger age. The first
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/BOLI/docs/CTE_Grant_Recipients.pdf">eight grants awarded from the Career and Technical Education Grant Fund</a> will benefit 21 schools across Oregon this school year.
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<p class="MsoFooter" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The mission of the Bureau of Labor and Industries is to protect employment rights, advance employment opportunities, and protect access to housing and public accommodations
free from discrimination.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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