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Texas Council on Vocational Education - NewsLine - Page 3
T/COVE Names Lynda S. Rife
as Interim Executive DirectorLynda S. Rife has been
named Interim Executive Direc-
tor of the Texas Council on Voca-
tional Education, effective June
1. The decision was made by the
Council at its February 21 meet-
ing in Huntsville.
Rife, who has served as the
Council's chief researcher since
1990, replaces Will Reece, who
announced plans last Septem-
ber to leave the post he has held
since 1983. Reece is joining the
Texas Employment Commission
Intergovernmental Relations -
Policy Research Department.
The Council, in elevatingLynda Rife
Interim DirectorRife to the interim position, post-
poned a decision on when a
permanent replacement might be
named, pending the outcome of
legislation before Congress that
could alter the Council's future
role and scope.
Rife served a one-year in-
ternship on the Council staff in
1989 while a graduate student at
the University of Texas LBJ
School of Public Affairs. She
became a full-time staff member
in 1990.
"Lynda has excellent com-
munications skills, an outstand-
ing grasp of the big educationWill Reece
TEC Boundand training puzzle, and very
strong interpersonal relationship
skills," said Reece. "The Council
and citizens of Texas will benefit
greatly from Lynda's expertise
and enthusiasm."
Rife, a former program plans
analyst and adopt-a-school co-
ordinator for the Lockheed Cor-
poration, has coordinated sev-
eral Council evaluation projects,
addressing such topics as the
adequacy and effectiveness of
the vocational education and Job
Training Partnership Act deliv-
ery systems, the impact of the
Master Plan for Vocational Edu-
cation on local schools, criteria
to measure the performance of
high school graduates in the work
place and further education, and
the division of federal vocational
funds between the secondary
and postsecondary levels.
"Texas is competing in anew
economic order and the critical
ingredient is the workforce," says
Rife. "The Council can play an
important role in helping every
student develop a pathway to
success and become productive
workers in this new economy. I
enjoy working with the Council
and am eager to face the chal-
lenges ahead."News Briefs
Betty Helton
Helton Celebrating
AVA Teacher of
the Year Selection
Betty Helton, a Marketing
Education teacher at McCallum
High School in the Austin Inde-
pendent School District, is cele-
brating a year-long reign as the
American Vocational Association
Teacher of the Year. She was
named recipient of the prestig-
ious award this past December
at the annual AVA convention in
Los Angeles.
Helton, who has taught at
McCallum High School since
1974, says "the job of the teacher
is to invite and challenge every
student to understand how good
he/she is." She believes "teach-
ing is not a doing forprocess, but
is a doing with process." Her
marketing students have won 58
district and 16 state Distributive
Education Clubs of America
competitive event awards.Coordinating Board Approves Community College Graduate Guarantee Policy
The Texas Higher Educa-
tion Coordinating Board, at its
April 23-24 meeting in Austin,
approved a graduate guarantee
policy for community and techni-
cal colleges.
Graduates of associate of
applied science degrees, who
are judged by an employer to be
lacking in technical job skills
identified as exit competencies
for a specific degree program,
will be provided up to nine tuition-
free credit hours of additional
skill training. To qualify, gradu-
ates must gain employment
within 12 months after gradu-
ation and the skills must be iden-tified within 90 days of employ-
ment. Colleges wishing to guar-
antee the graduates will be ad-
vertised through a hotline.
Meno Proposes New
High School Curriculum
Commissioner of Education
Lionel "Skip" Meno has unveiled
a proposed new core curriculum
for Texas high schools which
focuses on three areas of spe-
cialization: college preparation,
career preparation, and techni-
cal preparation.
Each of the three areasconsist of 241/2 credits. The first
181/2 credits in each area would
be the same rigorous academ-
ics: English Language Arts (4);
Mathematics (2); Science (2);
Social Studies (4); Foreign Lan-
guage (3); Health (1/2); Fine Arts
(1/2); Physical Education (1 1/2);
and Computer Science (0-1);
The remaining six credits
that students must earn vary
depending upon the area of
specialization. The college prep
curriculum requirestwo additional
math credits, one more science
credit, 1/2 additional credit in fine
arts, and allows students 2 1/2
credits for electives.The career prep specializa-
tion requires six credits of a
coherent sequence of vocational
and applied technology educa-
tion courses of which four credits
would be occupationally specific.
The tech prep curriculum re-
quires a minimum of one addi-
tional math credit, allows for a
minimum of one additional sci-
ence credit, and requires five
credits of a specific coherent
sequence of technology courses
and additional math and/or sci-
ence courses, if applicable, re-
quired for continuation in a tech-
prep program in a postsecon-
dary institution.
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