BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1990010:Event:29067 DTSTAMP:20260417T070730Z SUMMARY:THE CRITICAL STATE OF EDUCATION IN NEW YORK AND HOW IT MAY AFF ECT THE FUTURE OF CTE DESCRIPTION:Dinner ConferenceSponsored by the Long Island Business Tea chers Association\"THE CRITICAL STATE OF EDUCATION IN NEW YORK AND HOW IT MAY AFFECT THEFUTURE OF CTE\"KEYNOTE SPEAKER: SENATOR JOHN FLANAGA NChairman, NY State Senate Standing Committee on EducationThursday, Fe bruary 17, 2011 ~ 4 - 6 PMPRICE:  $25 per person by February 14, 2011 (sit-down dinner included) ($30 after February 14th)Melville Marriot t - Route 110 at the LIELIMITED SEATING - Register today at www.longi slandbta.orgMake check or money order p ayable to LIBTA and mail to:Mary Pat GrafsteinSmithtown High School Ea st10 School StreetSt. James, NY 11780Any questions please call: (631) 382-5212Deadline for payment is Monday February 14, 2011Senator John F lanagan (2nd Senate District), who has been a leader in thefight to se cure Long Island's fair share of state education aid, has beenselected as the Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Education.  Thes election will help Senator Flanagan expand his role in the fight to pr otectthe educational system of both Long Island and the entire State o f New York.In this new position, Senator Flanagan will have a clearer and moreeffective voice in shaping the educational goals of our state and the futureof our children.The goal of this Conference is to provid e a VOICE for all CTE Teachers.  Weurge ALL CTE area teachers (Busine ss, Family & Consumer Science andTechnology) to come together for this conference to hear Senator Flanaganspeak and to voice our concerns ab out the importance of CTE within oureducational system in NY State.   Our jobs depend upon having our voicesheard loudly and clearly by NY S tate. Get involved TODAY!Come share your experiences in the classroom and beyond! We hope that byhaving Senator Flanagan understand what Car eer and Technical Education is,he will be able to use his position as a leader on the Education committeeto save our programs and keep our s tudents in some of the most importantclasses that they will take durin g high school.  By participating you willreturn to your classrooms en ergized and ready to empower the 21st Centurylearners!WHY ALL CTE TEAC HERS ON LONG ISLAND SHOULD ATTEND:THE FUTURE OF CTE IS IN JEOPARDY!*           Support. Find out the ways that we can band together to s upportour CTE programs in this time of academic focus, but financial r estraints.*          Information, information, information. Keep current withlegislation that directly impacts CTE programs. It's bette r to be proactive!We need to show how important our courses are to a c omprehensive education.*          Text Box: DIRECTIONS TO THE MEL VILLE MARRIOTTMelville Marriott ~ 1350 Old Walt Whitman Road ~ Melvill e, NY 11747 ~(631)423-1600Exit 49 So off Long Island Expressway; North side service road to Old WaltWhitman Road Make a right; the hotel is on the right side.It's not what you know, but who you know.  Meet Sen ator Flanagan and haveyour voices heard!\n\nFor more information visit https://schoolleadership20.com/events/the-critical-state-of DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20110217T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20110217T180000 CATEGORIES:dinner, conference LOCATION:Melville Marriott - Route 110 at the LIE WEBSITE:http://www.longislandbta.org/ URL:http://www.longislandbta.org/ CONTACT: ORGANIZER:LI Works ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg": ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Michael Keany":https://schoolleadership20.com/profile/MichaelKeany91 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR