IVETA is planning an International Conference Events – IVETA in conjunction with the annual US Association for Career & Technical Education (ACTE) Conference Program (careertechvision.com). This provides IVETA members with a program: (i) targeted at international participants as well an: (ii) an opportunity to meet some of the 4000 TVET professionals at the ACTE conference, participate in workshops in all TVET technical areas and at all levels, visit over 200 exhibits of TVET goods/services, tour a Community College, etc.
The IVETA Conference Theme and Sub-themes
“Helping TVET educators, administrators and other key stakeholders prepare citizens with the knowledge and skills to succeed in the changing 21st-Century Economy”.
Sub-themes: Using labor market information and other data to plan and evaluate the impact of TVET. Adult continuing education, upgrading the existing workforce. Use of technology to deliver TVET in a changing labor market. Models of TVET institution/program accreditation and certification. Importance and delivery of “soft skill” workforce training across sectors
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Dr David Fretwell
2022 IVETA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM AT A GLANCE (Oct. 20)
For more information the IVETA Conference at Events – IVETA , on the concurrent ACTE Conference https://www.careertechvision.com
Unless otherwise noted all IVETA meetings, with the exception of the Nov. 30 Community College Site Visit, will be held at the Westgate Resort and Casino (WR) which is adjacent Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC)
Tuesday, November 29
Arrive in Las Vegas
2:00 PM – 6:00 IVETA/ACTE Registration Hours Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) pick up Conference badge/materials
6:00 PM – 7:30 IVETA no-host Informal Dinner/planning meeting, IVETA participants invited, Sid’s Café, Westgate Resort and Casino
Wednesday, November 30
7:00 AM – 6:00 PM IVETA/ACTE Registration Hours – pick up badge, obtain details/materials at LVCC
11:30 AM–3:30 PM IVETA & invited guests visit & lunch at a College (meet at Westgate Resort Taxi Stand, share taxis to College ) College of Southern Nevada, North Las Vegas Campus 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave. Las Vegas, NV http://www.csn.educ
4:00 PM – 5:00 ACTE Career Pavilion Reception at LVCC
Thursday, December 1
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM First-time Attendee Orientation (suggested for new IVETA participants (Las Vegas Convention Center – LVCC)
7:00 AM – 4:00 PM IVETA/ACTE Registration Hours- pick up badge, details/materials at LVCC
8:15 AM – 9:45 ACTE Opening General Session at LVCC
10:00 AM – 4:00 CareerTech Expo Exhibitor Workshops at LVCC
10:00 AM – 4:30 CareerTech Expo Exhibits at LVCC
10:45 -12:45 PM ACTE New and Related Division Session (IVETA is an affiliate) at LVCC
2:00 PM – 4:45 PM ACTE Concurrent Sessions at LVCC and Westgate Resort and Casino
4:00 PM – 5:00 IVETA Session: Conference Room 1-3: at Westgate Resort and Casino, theatre seating for up to 30-40)
Dave Fretwell, Review of IVETA Conference Program & “Developing and Using Labor Market Information to Plan and Evaluate the Impact of TVET
5::00 PM – 6:00 IVETA Session: Conference Room 1-3: at Westgate Resort and Casino, theatre seating for up to 30-40)
Linda Martinez, Henry O’Lawrence “The 21st Century Workforce: Motivating Adult Learners to be Competitive in the Global Economy”
6:00 PM Free time to visit Las Vegas: LVCC Xmas show, National Rodeo Finals, Casinos/Vegas shows https://www.lasvegas.com
Friday, December 2
9:00 AM – 3:00 ACTE CareerTech Expo Exhibits at LVCC
10:00 AM – 3:00 ACTE CareerTech Expo Exhibitor Workshops at LVCC
8:00 AM – 9:00 IVETA Session: Conference Room 1-3, at Westgate Resort and Casino, theatre seating for up to 30-40
Serumu Igberadja, Multi Stakeholder Engagement for Quality TVET in the face of Digitalizing Education in Africa
10:00 to 11:45 ACTE Concurrent Sessions at LVCC and Westgate Resort and Casino
12:30 PM – 1:30 IVETA Session: Conference Room 1-3, at Westgate Resort and Casino, theatre seating for up to 30-40
Heather Singmaster, “Aligning Work-Based Learning to A Global Economy”
4:00 PM – 5:30 IVETA Round Table Session: Conference Room 1-3, at Westgate Resort & Casino, 4-5 tables each seating 5/6
Edet E. Okon, “Institutional Monitoring of Graduates Absorption and TVET Relevance in the 21st Century”
Walter Odondi, “The Context of Refugee Inclusion in TVET Education and Skills Training in Kenya
Jullie Furst-Bowe “Publishing in the IVETA International Journal for Vocational Education and Training”
Sarah Zgambo”The Efficacy of Technological Assisted Learning Models for the TVET Sector in a Developing Economy Challenges and Opportunities, the Case of Malawi”
6:30 PM – 8:30 IVETA Members & Invited Guests Dinner Awards, Meeting, Comment by Hon. Vera Kamtukule, Min. of Labor, Malawi
Pavilion #2, at Westgate Resort & Casino, 6 round tables seating each seating 5/6
Saturday, December 3
8:30 AM -9:15 IVETA Round Table Session : Conference Room 1-3, at Westgate Resort & Casino, 4-5 tables each seating 5/6
Elwin Sichiola, “The Impact of Tracer Graduate Surveys in TVET programming in Malawi”
Randall McNamara, “Neither Fish nor Fowl: Building a culinary workforce credentialing system to meet requirements
across borders and Jurisdictions”
Oscar Aliaga “CTE fields, Alignment and Post-Secondary Degrees; Impact of CTE Credit Taking”
Sandra Poirier “A Cross-Cultural Examination of Materialism & Happiness: A Review of Findings from Seven Countries”
9:30 – 10:15 ACTE Concurrent Sessions at LVCC and Westgate Resort and Casino
10:30 – 12:00 Conference Closing Session at LVCC
12:00 PM Depart Las Vegas
Dr David Fretwell
IVETA 2022 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 3
LAS VEGAS NEVADA
The Conference was organized in partnership with the US Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) of which IVETA has been an affiliate member since it’s inception 34 years ago. The IVETA Conference Theme was “Helping Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) educators, administrators, and other key stakeholders prepare citizens with the knowledge and skills to succeed in the changing 21st Century Economy”.
The IVETA Conference included five elements that provided participants with an excellent perspective from different countries (i.e., US, Malawi, Nigeria, Australia, Philippines, Turkey, Japan etc.) on the Conference theme.
• A half day site visit on November 30 to the Campus of the College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas where participants were briefed on, and provided a tour, of a wide variety of programs including formal and informal, economic development, targeted industry and client programs. College of Southern Nevada – Las Vegas, NV (communitycollegereview.com)
• Eight IVETA technical presentations December 1-3 on a variety of topics related to the Conference theme including: use of Labor Market information in planning and evaluating TVET programs, motivating adult learners, multi-stake holder engagement for quality TVET in the face of digitalization education in Africa, aligning work-based learning to a global economy, publishing in the IVETA Journal, cloud based competency education and training in Australia, longitudinal study on participant in secondary and career technical education, the impact of tracer studies in Malawi, and a cross cultural examination of materialism and happiness in seven countries.
• A summary dinner for IVETA members and guests December 2, which included introduction of the 2023 IVETA Board members, review of IVETA products and services, awards, comments by the ACTE Vice President, and overview comments by the Minister of Labor from Malawi who led the Malawi delegation. The Minister proposed that Malawi would be very interested in hosting an IVETA International Conference in November 2023.
• Attendance at selected ACTE technical presentations Dec. 1-3, at all levels and technical areas. These 300+sessions were organized by ACTE, and IVETA participants had full access.
• One-on-one discussions with some of the 300+ exhibitors of TVET goods and products December 1-2, a number of which are involved with and interested in international work, and potentially membership in IVETA. These exhibits were organized by ACTE and IVETA participants had full accesses
In summary, the Conference was successful in presenting different points of view of key challenges to TVET from developing and developing countries on the common theme of meeting the challenge of changing economic and labor force trends.
One of the key factor in the success was the fact that some of the 6000 registered ACTE participant attended IVETA sessions, and IVETA participants could attend some of the 300+ ACTE sessions and the 200+ exhibits.
ACTE also handled all conference registration and payments. The IVETA registration rate was about 50% of the rate ACTE charged its own members. ACTE promoted all IVETA sessions in the overall ACTE program announcement, including inserting late arriving IVETA program speakers into to the overall ACTE program summary. ACTE is interested in upgrading IVETA’s status in ACTE from the current “Affiliation” to a more formal “Section” of the New and Related Services Division, which would mean that there would need to be 24 IVETA members which would also be members of ACTE..