Upcoming Meetings (In Person and Hybrid)
All meetings are 12pm-2pm
Location varies
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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Area Group Leaders
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Brad Hooper, North Thurston
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