Acknowledgments and Copyright Information

The components of this instructional framework were developed by the following curriculum development panelists:

Megan Atkinson, CTE and Business Partnerships Administrator, Montgomery County Public Schools

CAPT Mark E. Black (USN, Ret.), President, Fork Union Military Academy, Fork Union

Maj Nicholas Cataldo (USAF, Ret.), Instructor, Auburn High School, Montgomery County Public Schools

LTC Edward J. Gawlik III (USA, Ret.), Instructor, Poquoson High School, Poquoson Public Schools

CAPT James P. McGrath III (USN, Ret.), Director, Major General W. Thomas Rice Center for Leader Development, Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg

COL Oliver Norrell III, JD, PhD (USA, Ret.), Leadership Consultant, Army JROTC, Richmond

Megan Seibel, PhD, Director, Virginia Agriculture Leaders Obtaining Results (VALOR) Program, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Blacksburg

CDR Keith I. Shockley (USN, Ret.), President, Shockley Enterprise & Government Services Company (SEGSCO), Washington, DC

SSgt Daniel Strong (USMC, Ret.), Instructor, Goochland High School, Goochland County Public Schools

Lt. Col. Paula A. Tucker, PhD, Assistant Director for Leadership, Ethics, and Character Development / LEAD Fellow, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington

LtCol Kevin A. Williams (USMC, Ret.), Senior Marine Instructor, Goochland High School, Goochland County Public Schools

Correlations to the Virginia Standards of Learning were reviewed and updated by the following:

Cari M. Marks, English Instructor, State Operated Programs

Anne F. Markwith, New Teacher Mentor (Science), Gloucester County Public Schools

Brett Sherfy, Mathematics Instructor, Montgomery County Public Schools

The framework was edited and produced by the CTE Resource Center:

Averill P. Byrd, Writer/Editor

Kevin P. Reilly, Administrative Coordinator

The development of this framework was overseen by the Virginia Department of Education Office of Career and Technical Education:

LaVeta Nutter, Specialist, Agricultural Education

Kelly C. Davis, Associate Director, Curriculum, Instruction, and Innovation

Dr. J. Anthony Williams, Director

The CTE Resource Center is a grant project of the Virginia Department of Education Office of Career and Technical Education and is administered by Henrico County Public Schools.

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Director of Human Resources
Virginia Department of Education
P.O. Box 2120
Richmond, Virginia 23218-2120
Phone: 804-774-4280

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