Alumni from top to bottom: Susan Pangelinan, Jan Takeuchi, Barbara Moyer, Karen Sabath, Janice Merritt-Sardina, Dominic Harbour, and Cheryl Jensen. The Business Education Summer Institute The Business Education Summer Institute held August 8-11 at Granlibakken Conference Center, Lake Tahoe. School site teams were selected from throughout the State to particpate in four days of activities. The institute funded by the Business Education Project is in its second year. The focus of the Institute is the development and implementation at a school site level of the Vision for Business in Education. Nationally renowned consultants Mary Dietz and Jim Miles, led the teams through a planning process. Alumni from last year's institute provided support and shared strategies to assist this years' teams. For more information about the Business Education Project and the Vision For Business in Education visit the Business Education Project website: http://www.cabused.org/   Business Education Revises Standards The Business Education Resource Consortium in conjunction with the Department of Education is updating the Business Career Path and Model Curriculum Standards. These standards are designed for California students and are aligned with national and state educational reform. The Model Curriculum Standards are organized into four career path clusters that relate to a variety of occupations within Business Education: Computer Science and Information Systems, Business Management, Accounting & Finance, and Marketing. Educators from high schools, community colleges, and universities as well as representatives from business and industry have been selected to review the current Business Educational Standards. Advisory groups will meet at locations throughout the state during September and October. Recommendations will be forwarded to the Department of Education by December 31, 1999.

Previous Section

Newsletter Section 5 of 6

Next Section