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Happy New Year! While you're all working on those New Years Resolutions, don't forget to add the VTEEA Summer Conference to the list! This year's conference is set to be exciting and educational in Roanoke, Virginia from July 23rd - 25th. See you there!

Gloucester County Public Schools is looking to add a full time teacher in January! Courses to be taught: Technical Drawing, Engineering Drawing, Modeling and Simulation, Graphic Communications. Click here to go to the application website. Questions? Contact Gwyn Ciemniecki, Executive Director of Human Resources

A special shout out to Leslie Soresino our TEECA representative who went to the TEECA East conference this past weekend to represent VTEEA and recruit more technology education teachers to Virginia. Also in attendance were Rachel Domer, Dr. Phil Reed, Kathleen Fergurson and Beth Gugino. Thanks for representing VTEEA!

On November 3rd, ODU and VTEEA held a Free Safety Workshop for all Technology and Engineering Education teachers. The workshop was a great success!! Thank you ODU for creating this great website to help our teachers and students be safe! Check out the gallery below for some action shots!

Don't forget to register for the 2019 ITEEA Conference in Kansas City on March 27 - 30!! More information can be found on the ITEEA website.

Old Dominion University Department of STEM Education and Professional Studies, and VTEEA are co-hosting a free safety workshop on Saturday, November 3rd from 9 am to 3 pm. Check out the flier here!

VTEEA's very own Dr. Phil Reed, Dr. Mohammad Barbarji, and Dr. Ray Wu-Rorrer were all featured in the October edition of ITEEA's Technology and Engineering Teacher Journal. Dr. Reed and Dr. Barbarji wrote an article on their work in implementing the EbD curriculum in Kuwait. Dr. Wu-Rorrer's article was on a district wide robotics program. Get your copy through the ITEEA website and check out these amazing VTEEA members!

Who: DC, MD and VA Girls in Grades 9-12 What: Mentoring program that connects HS girls interested in STEM fields with professional women in STEM Cost: Free (Registration Required) Register Now!: http://bit.ly/ProtegeApplication2018 For more information, click here!

The VTEEA Board of Directors unanimously endorsed Philip A. “Phil” Reed, PhD, DTE for ITEEA President-Elect at the September VTEEA Board meeting. Dr. Reed is a Professor at Old Dominion University where he serves as the technology education program director, graduate program director, and has served as department chair. He continues to serve on the VTEEA Board of Directors as the teacher education representative, a role he has held for the past eleven years. Dr. Reed was the ITEEA Region One Director from 2015-2017 where he helped establish the ITEEA China International Center and assisted with the implementation of Engineering by Design (EbD) in Kuwait. His goals as President would be to focus ITEEA’s role in STEM education and to strengthen national and international partnerships. These goals are discussed in Dr. Reed’s article Reflections on STEM, Standards, and Disciplinary Focus in the April, 2018 Technology and Engineering Teacher.

VTEEA past President, George Bishop met with Senator Tim Kaine at 2018 Virginia Workforce Conference in Richmond on September 25, 2018.