This month’s episode features the first of a two part interview with Robert Ross from State Support Team Region 3. During this interview Robert and host Matt Cola discuss various strategies for how to best support students with disabilities in their Career Technical Education endeavors.

Several of the resources mentioned are listed below:

https://ood.ohio.gov/

https://transitionta.org/

If you have any questions or would like to ask any further questions of Robert, you can e-mail him at robert.ross@escneo.org.

We are also currently in the middle of our planning process for next year’s episode- if you’d like to suggest a topic, be on the show as a guest, or even showcase any of your CTPD’s programs as regional exemplary programs e-mail Matt Cola at mcola@kent.edu and he’ll work with you to create a podcast episode!

In our March episode of the Ohio College Tech Prep Podcast, host Matt Cola from Kent State University and the Northeast Ohio Tech Prep Region sits down with Bill Dimascio from the Four Cities Compact to explore an exciting and often overlooked area of Career Technical Education (CTE)—middle school programs.

During this engaging conversation, Matt and Bill dive into: Funding Strategies: How to secure and sustain financial support for middle school CTE initiatives.

Marketing Approaches: Best practices for promoting CTE programs to students, parents, and the community.

Teacher Licensure: Understanding the requirements and pathways for licensure in middle grade CTE programs.

Whether you’re an educator looking to expand CTE offerings to younger students or an administrator seeking guidance on program development, this episode has something for you!

Reach out to Bill Dimascio at wdimascio@fourcitiescompact.org for more information about middle school CTE.

If you’d like to suggest a topic, recommend a guest, or even appear on an episode yourself, email Matt at mcola@kent.edu.

Episode 15: Including the Student Voice on your Business Advisory Council In this episode Host Matt Cola interviews Mr. Ryan O’Donnell from the Columbiana County Educational Service Center and the Columbiana County BAC discuss the BAC’s decision to include student members as part of their council. In the discussion Ryan and Matt discuss how having student members has changed the way the council operates, the benefits of having students on the council, how the students were recruited and selected, the benefit of having students sitting on the council, and speedbumps that the BAC navigated as they began the process of adding student members. If you have any questions about what was discussed on the podcast feel free to e-mail Ryan a trodonnell@leetonia.k12.oh.us. And if you’ve got a suggestion for an episode topic, or would like to be featured in an upcoming episode please e-mail Matt at mcola@kent.edu