Southwest Area Group

Serving: Clark, Cowlitz, Pacific (partial), Skamania, and Wahkiakum counties

Districts: Battle Ground, Camas, Castle Rock, Cascade Technical Academy, Evergreen, Green Mountain, Hockinson, Kalama, Kelso, La Center, Longview, Mill A, Mount Pleasant, Raymond, Ridgefield, Skamania, South Bend, Stevenson-Carson, Toutle Lake, Vancouver, Wahkiakum, Washougal, Woodland

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Meeting Dates and Locations:

We Second Friday of each month September through June at 9:00AM.

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  • Area Group Leaders

  • Kevin Doyle, Battleground

Committee Representatives

Awards

Joan Huston, CTA

In-service/Conference

Cindy Arnold, Battleground

CTE Administrative Program Advisory

Katie Morrison-Siewert, Vancouver

Legislative

Tiffany Gould, Ridgefield

Derek Jaques, Camas

Scholarship

Kyle Hurley, Wahkiakum

Shawn Stern, Ocean Beach

Scholarship

Shawn Stern, Ocean Beach

Marketing & Communications

Bill Ofstun, Longview

What do Area Group Leaders do?

  • Participate in WACTA meetings:
    • WACTA Executive Board/Group Leader meetings
    • Area Group Leader conference calls
    • WA-ACTE Legislative GoTo Meetings (if Legislative Representative cannot)
  • Establish or update Area Group communication tree:
    • Member telephone numbers (work and home)
    • Member mailing addresses (work and home)
    • Member e-mail addresses (work and home)
    • Contact system
  • Identify Area Group legislative representative and inform them of their responsibilities
  • Conduct local area group meetings:
    • Develop agenda
    • Communicate meeting dates, time, and location to members and OSPI Career & Technical Education staff
    • Share WACTA Program of Work and current issues (including legislative)
  • Develop or solicit submittals for WACTA Board meetings and website
    • Area Group report for WACTA Board meetings
    • Informational articles for posting on WACTA website
  • Organize Area Group door prize contributions to Fall and Spring Conferences if area group is asked to assist
  • Organize Area Group participation in WACTA Awards and activities:
    • Scholarships
    • Administrator of the Year Award
    • Annual Program of Work committee assignments
  • Facilitate communication of state level CTE issues to Area Group members, as well as local Area Group concerns/input to WACTA Executive Board