ZWILLING’s Culinary Education Partnership Program
Start students off with top quality products so they can do it all in the kitchen with the best tools in the industry. ZWILLING’s customizable Culinary Education Partnership Program offers special members-only content and exclusive products and services, connecting students to our world-class brands, ZWILLING, STAUB, MIYABI, DEMEYERE, BALLARINI, and HENCKELS.
Our program is designed to support our network of current and future chefs and the schools that mold them into the professionals they will become. By partnering with ZWILLING, the culinary education community has access to:
- Deep discounts on superior products from our stable of world-class brands
- The ZWILLING Pros program that starts students and alumni out with top quality products at great prices and offers annual rewards for the institutions they attend
- Access to our Knife Aid professional mail-in knife sharpening service, offered at our special Culinary Educators’ Discount
- Special products curated specifically for culinary educators and their students
- Curated campus events
Boasting a tradition of expert German engineering and stainless-steel know-how from our almost 300 years of knife-making, and offering a family of premium brands, the ZWILLING group is truly the modern kitchen specialist. This robust partnership was created to empower students to do it all in the kitchen.
For more information, contact our Culinary School Specialist, Dan Rothstadt.
Ohio Insurance Institute Resources and Awards
A reminder that the Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) offers online resources you can use with your students. In addition, you will find information below on resources available from InVEST, Next Gen Personal Finance, and Junior Achievement of Central Ohio.
OII’s Insurance Educator of the Year Award- Nominations Due February 10, 2023. Do you know a teacher doing an outstanding job instructing on insurance/financial literacy topics in the classroom? Then nominate them for OII’s Insurance Educator of the Year award. The teacher and school receive monetary awards so it’s well worth your effort to nominate a teacher – or yourself – for this award.
Nominate a teacher online. The 2022 award winner was Cheyenne Moran from Miami East High School.
Nominations are due by February 10, 2023. Once the nomination deadline has passed, all nominated teachers will receive an email from the OII requesting material submissions to assist in the selection process.
Additional information
Career Compass High School CDA and Spring Signing Day
The Career Compass High School CDA application and Spring Signing Day application are now available. Both are for High School Seniors.
Students will apply for both through their Ohio Professional Registry profile on the applications tab:
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Current High School CDA Assessment and CDA Attainment (formerly the TEACH application)
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Current High School Students Spring Signing Day (students will receive honor cords to wear at graduation). Committing to enter the early childhood workforce or planning to attend higher education for an early child degree, following graduation.
Besides applying online, there are a couple of changes to the CDA Assessment application.
- There is no longer an application fee
- Students who receive their CDA and upload their official CDA to their OPR profile by June 30, 2023, will receive a $500.00 bonus
- To be eligible for the $500.00 bonus, students must receive their CDAs using the OCCRRA CDA Assessment and CDA Attainment scholarship rather than having the $425.00 payment provided by their school district.
Please let Marla Tiano know if you have any questions at mtiano@occrra.org.
FCCLA National Programs
Engagement:
FCCLA has Seven IncREDible National Programs that you can use as classroom resources. These peer-to-peer educational programs help students develop real-world skills for life within Family and Consumer Sciences education. Each National Program has been designed to be integrated into course work to help reinforce lessons that provide opportunities for hands-on practice. These programs also give chapters a way to achieve the Ultimate Leadership Experience.
Recognition:
If your chapter completes one or more of FCCLA Seven IncREDible National Programs, chapter members can submit the National Program Award Application by March 1st to possibly earn cash awards at the state and national level along with stage recognition at the state level.
Seven IncREDible National Programs:
- Career Connections
- Community Service
- FACTS
- Families First
- Financial Fitness
- Stand Up
- Student Body
Applications can be found in the FCCLA portal under Program Awards.
Education and Training Course to National Program Alignment
Hospitality and Tourism Course National Program Alignment
New This Year – Project Summary Form
Has your chapter developed a National Program-related project? Tell us about it in the FCCLA Portal. (FCCLA Portal > Program Awards> Project Summary Form) Ohio FCCLA wants to hear about your projects, even if you do not want to complete the form to be submitted for National Program Awards. There are only four questions to answer, and it helps Ohio and National FCCLA know how many chapters are active across the country! This option does not enter your project into the process of being evaluated for a National Program Award monetary prize.
FranklinCovey FCCLA Leadership Academy PILOT PROGRAM CONTINUING IN 2022-2023
In partnership with FranklinCovey, FCCLA is continuing a unique pilot program for a limited number of members utilizing an interactive learning management system. FranklinCovey Leader in Me® materials offer self-paced, on demand courses that can be used as leader-led training or as standalone learning options. The Leader in Me® learning platform’s Student Leadership Courses provides members with in-depth training on the life-readiness skills that will benefit them as members and throughout their life. Registration closes February 3, 2023.
FCCLA will require members participating in the Leadership Academy to begin with the Life Readiness course, Leading Your Life, as it takes students through an in-depth look into the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens and is the foundation of all the courses. New this Fall, FCCLA is offering the Leadership Readiness course to those members that have completed the Life Readiness Course. The additional courses within the platform will be available at a future date as we continue the Leadership Academy program. To learn more about each of these courses, please visit the website.
Become an Ethics Integration Specialist!
Working with the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative, MBA Research is looking for ten (10) Career-Technical Education (CTE) teachers from around the U.S. to become advocates for bringing ethics into the classroom. Upon completing in-depth Ethics Integration Specialist training, provided free of charge by MBA Research, participating teachers will be expected to share their knowledge of ethics with other educators in their state via presentations at professional conferences, webinars, local district professional development events, etc.
What Is the Incentive for Participating in the Ethics Integration Specialist Training?
MBA Research will pay up to a $1,500 stipend to each participating teacher, which will be distributed as follows:
- $500 for attending and participating in the 2-day training on March 31–April 1, 2023, in its entirety
- $1,000 upon completing the Roles and Responsibilities of an Ethics Integration Specialist
CTE teachers interested in integrating ethics into current curricula through an ethical leadership course are encouraged to apply.
The application deadline is January 13, 2023.
Click here to apply and learn more information about this opportunity.
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