President Lila Abraham’s Letter ● April 1, 2010

 Greetings from the Health Science Educators Division!

 Lila Abraham, 2009-10 SCACTE Health Science Educators Division President and Twanda Addison, President-elect attended the ACTE Region II Conference September 25-27, 2009 in Savannah, Georgia.  Thanks to our division for assisting us with stipends to attend this convention. In the Region II awards program, Lila represented SC ACTE as the Outstanding New Career and Technology Teacher and Twanda represented SC ACTE as the Teacher of the Year.

In February we shared information from the Region II conference at our annual professional development conference in Myrtle Beach and will report again at the 2010 Education and Business Summit.

Grace Decken, Daniel Morgan Technology Center represented our Health Science Educators Division at Region II, and ACTE 2009 Annual Convention and Career Tech Expo in Nashville, Tennessee as the ACTE Health Science Education Division Vice-President.  She represents all of us well. We are very proud of her.

 Lynne Clarke, Aiken County Career and Technology Center has been elected to the executive committee for the National ACTE Health Science Education Division as the secondary teacher representative.  Congratulations Lynne!

 Our annual SC Health Science Educators Professional Development Conference was a success!

 Beginning on February 3 evening, the executive committee, had dinner, and started early registration.  Thursday, February 4 we began the day with registration and a continental breakfast.  After welcome and announcements, our general session started with Alyce Kemp-Dewitt as she encouraged us with a motivational message “Stressed/Desserts”.  General sessions followed addressing topics such as:

• Measuring Technical Skills Attainment for Health Science Education Students
• The Importance, Relevance and Ethics for Advisory Committees
• On the Frontline for Infection Prevention
• Be a Picasa with Google Picasa: Using Google to Showcase Your Students at Work
• Implementing a Medical Office Assistant Program
• Biomedical Technology Using Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA)

 An awards luncheon was the highlight of the day. We recognized previous awards winners, partners, sponsors, exhibitors, new national board certified health science teachers, and local school district awards winners. At the close of the luncheon, the 2010 SC Health Science Educators Division winners were announced and awarded plaques:

• Outstanding  New Career and Technical Teacher  Lorie McDuffie, Spring Valley High School
• Award of Merit                                                  Valerie Richardson, Palmetto Health
• Award of Merit                                                  Barnwell County Hospital
• Outstanding  Career and Technical Educator        Gwen Scarborough

Friday, February 5, started with a continental breakfast, welcome and announcements.  Conference participants were divided into two groups and rotated for the next sessions.  Topics included:

• Technology Tips for Teachers
• “I Forgot What?”
• HOSA: The Full Package: Promotion, Membership, Leadership, and Competitive Events
• Project Lead the Way Biomedical Sciences: Are You Ready?
• On a Scale of 1-10 Rate Your Health Science Program

 Saturday, February 6 began with a continental breakfast followed by our silent auction drawings to fund the HSE/HOSA scholarships that were given to students at our HOSA State Leadership Conference in March. The business meeting was conducted and officers for the upcoming year were elected. Round Table Sessions on this today included:

• Project-Based Learning- MORE Than Just a Poster
• Trials and Tribulations of a First Year Teacher
• “Fight the Flu” HOSA Project
• Bringing you EMS Course Online
• Using an Application Process for Selecting Health Science Students
• A Recipe for Competitive Events Success
• Medical Terminology Games

Ninety health science teachers enjoyed the networking and professional development opportunity again this year. Eight vendors provided their latest curriculum resources in our exhibition area on Thursday. Upon completion of an online survey, conference participants received an electronic certificate of participation that included contact hours that can be used for certification renewal points.

SC Health Science Educators Division Scholarship Award Winners:

• Clarissa Felima, Calhoun Falls Charter School−SC Health Science Educators $500
• Linda Song, Spring Valley High School−SC Health Science Educators $500
• Christine Kramer, Aiken County Career & Technology Center−SC Health Science Educators $500
• Angela Kim, Spring Valley High School−SC Health Science Educators $500

2009-2010 SC HSE Executive Committee:

• Lila Abraham, Blythewood High School, President
• Twanda Addison, Lower Richland High School, President-elect
• Sheila Grant, Fred P. Hamilton Career Center, Secretary
• Nancy Huntley, Darlington County Institute of Technology, Treasurer
• Janet Hodge, Academy for Technology and Academics, Past-President
• Nancy Allen, SC Department of Education, Reporter

2010-2011 SC HSE Executive Committee:

• Twanda Addison, Lower Richland High School, President
• Debra Dicks, Barnwell County Career Center, President-elect
• Lynne Clarke, Aiken County Career and Technology Center, Secretary
• Nancy Huntley, Darlington County Institute of Technology, Treasurer
• Lila Abraham, Blythewood High School, Past-President
• Nancy Allen, SC Department of Education, Reporter

See you in Greenville at the 2010 SC Education and Business Summit, June 27-July 1! 

http://www.ebsummit.info/

From the desk of Janet Hodge, Past President Health Science

Happy New Year!  2010!  Amazing! 

One last message from Janet Hodge, Past President for SCACTE-Health Science Division

Wow, we had a great SCACTE meeting on Saturday at the Hilton Garden Inn but I missed my buddies!  Hope you will be back soon!  Health Science always has such a great representation at the SCACTE meetings.

Hope you have made plans to attend our annual Professional Winter Conference!  It is the BEST conference you could possibly attend!  You will receive lots of great tips to carry back and incorporate in you classrooms to keep your students engaged in the work.  This is a great networking opportunity, too.

At the SCACTE meeting on Saturday, Kathy Bradford, stated that she attended our conference and was amazed at the conference information we received!  She encouraged any of the other officers to attend if possible.  THEREFORE, you do NOT want to miss this grand opportunity to HOOK yourself and come every year! 

Presently Health Science has 56 members and we are down by 12 members!  Help RECRUIT new and renewal members!  Ask your neighbors at school if they are members or email them!  Then encourage their participation by visiting the website or scacte.org or acte.org.  We receive liability insurance now as well as many other perks! 

Remember you must be a member to receive state or national awards and you must be a member for your students to receive any of the scholarships given through SCACTE!  Check the web again for requirements for these awards! 

Have a great year!  Join and help our voices heard through SCACTE and ACTE Health Science Divisions!  There is strength in numbers!

Janet Hodge