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CTEA Annual Conference - 2012
The 2012 Colorado Technology Education Association held it's 2012 Annual Conference November 8-9 at Warren Tech in Lakewood Colorado. Click here to view photos of the event.
Post Conference Survey
The CTEA Board invites this year's conference attendees to complete the post-conference survey which can be accessed by clicking here.
Sad News...Gene Abbott
To all:
At our last CTEA conference I asked if anyone know how Gene Abbot was doing, hearing that he hadn’t been doing too well lately. Unfortunately I found out too late that he passed away just a week after I was asking about him. Gene had been part of the CTEA conference since before I started attending in the '80s as a college student. He was the one who would get all of the wonderful door prizes from the vendors. You could talk to Gene about any motor, machine or tool and get the best advice along with a great story. Gene was a great supporter of our association and even though fighting the cancer was hard on him, he would be at our conference with energy and a laugh. I am just sorry I wasn’t there to represent CTEA at his service. I will miss him.
Jill Parker
Lewis E. 'Gene' Abbott
Aug. 25, 1950-Nov. 16, 2012
AURORA, Colorado -- Gene Abbott, 62, died Friday (Nov. 16, 2012), in Aurora, Colorado, after a long battle with carcinoid cancer.
He was born Aug. 25, 1950, to Thelma J. Zimmerman and Delbert Abbott in McCook, Nebraska.
He attended school in McCook, Nebraska. Following high school he enlisted in the army and served his country from 1969-1972. After serving his country he moved to Denver, Colorado, where on April 7, 1973, he married Julie Houghton.
He was a member of the Colorado FCRV Camping club since 1979. (Sundowner Group). He also was an active member of the Colorado Patriot Guard and played Santa Claus for many years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Thelma J. Zimmerman and Delbert Abbott.
Survivors include his wife Julie, of Aurora Colorado; his sister, Nancy Zimmerman of Scottsdale Arizona; two brothers, Charles Campbell of Phoenix, Arizona, and Dale Abbott of Gibbon, Nebraska; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorials are suggested to Carcinoid Cancer Foundation, NCCE 3223 Muskrat Creek Dr., Fort Collins, CO 80528. Or to the local Dumb Friends League.
Gene is buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery - Plot: Section 30D, Site 694.
CTEA Annual Conference - 2013
Mark your calendars now: The annual conference will be held at Warren Tech in Lakewood, CO on October 3 & 4, 2013! News and updates on the 2013 annual conference will be forthcoming and posted here. Check back soon!
We are starting our search now for presenters next fall for the 2013 conference! If you would like to present a sesson or share a lesson you teach, sign up to be a presenter! Simply click here, fill out the form and submit it! That's all there is to it! And it doesn't have to be anything outlandish -- it could be something as simple as a lesson you use in your classroom! It's simple and it's easy and you never know what ideas you may take home to use in the classroom tomorrow!
Classroom Improvement Grant
The Colorado Technology Education Association, in cooperationg with supporting vendors, has created and funds the CTEA Classroom Improvement Grant program. The purpose of this grant is to support teachers for classroom improvements to purchase supplies and materials, repair equipment or to provide professional development to its members in order help improve the educational setting for their students in their classrooms.
To apply for a CTEA grant, you can complete the form here. The deadline to register is September 15, 2013. Applications must be receieved by 5 p.m. to be considered for the grant.
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Jobing.com Board for CTEA
A new addition to the CTEA website is a Jobs link. Thanks to a unique partnership with Jobing.com, we are able to offer a way for technology education teachers to find their way into Colorado schools. Check it out!!!
