Western Area Group

Serving: Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston counties

Districts: Aberdeen, Adna, Boistfort, Centralia, Chehalis, Cosmopolis, Elma, Evaline, Grapeview, Griffin, Hood Canal, Hoquiam, Lake Quinault, Mary M. Knight, McCleary, Montesano, Morton, Mossyrock, Napavine, Naselle-Grays River Valley, New Market Skills Center, North Beach, North Mason, North River, North Thurston, Oakville, Ocean Beach, Ocosta, Olympia, Onalaska, Pe Ell, Pioneer, Rainier, Raymond, Rochester, Satsop, Shelton, South Bend, Southside, Taholah, Tenino, Toledo, Twin Harbors Skills Center, Tumwater, White Pass, Willapa Valley, Winlock, Wishkah Valley, Yelm

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Upcoming Meetings (In Person and Hybrid)

All meetings are 12pm-2pm
Location varies

Related Events

Apr
21
2023
Organizer: Western
12:00 pm
May
19
2023
Organizer: Western
12:00 pm
Jun
16
2023
Organizer: Western
12:00 pm

Committee Representatives

Awards

Paula Perryman, Olympia

In-service

Lynn Green, Aberdeen

CTE Administrative Program Advisory

Gretchen Maliska, Shelton

Legislative

Brad Hooper, North Thurston

Scholarship

Brian Hardcastle, Tumwater

Marketing

Teri Pablo, Yelm

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