<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">CTE invites you to join us! </b><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="color:black">Here is the start of our CTE September workshops </span>and our guest speaker information:</b></div><p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="color:black"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Wednesday, September 6</font></span></b></p><p role="presentation" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4"><span style="color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">  </span></span><span style="color:black">2 p.m. “Using Un-essays to Increase Student Engagement and Inclusion”</span></font></span></p><p role="presentation" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4"><span style="color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">  </span></span><span style="color:black">4 p.m. IN-PERSON @ THE CTE “Alternatives to Timed Exams”</span></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4"><b><span style="color:black">Thursday, September 7 </span></b><b><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41)">GUEST SPEAKER<br>12-1 p.m. “</span></b><b><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67)">A Business Professor's Teaching Tools for Increasing Students' Understanding of Diversity” </span></b><span style="color:rgb(33,37,41)">Everyone is invited to this Zoom presentation and discussion facilitated by Michele Thornton, Associate Professor of Health Services Administration at SUNY Oswego.</span></font></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0in 0.5in"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">         </span><span style="color:black">Michele Thornton attended Illinois Wesleyan University for her undergraduate studies in Psychology. After that, Michele returned to her hometown of Chicago, IL to complete her M.B.A. in Health Sector Management at DePaul University in 2010. Michele then went on to her doctoral studies at the University of Illinois in Chicago – School of Public Health in Health Policy and Administration.  She enjoys teaching both in-person and online – classes ranging from Health Insurance and Employee Benefits, Health Economics, Health Policy, and Public Health Administration. Before joining SUNY Oswego in 2017, Michele worked as a health insurance and employee benefits consultant, focused on the small business and individual sectors.  In addition to continuing this work with small employers, Michele enjoys tackling independent health policy consulting & training engagements. Recent projects include: The Small Business Health Collaborative with Health & Disability Advocates; Developing and delivering the ACA Navigator Certification program for Get Covered Illinois; and an appointment to the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) National Legislative Council.</span></font></p><p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="color:black"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Friday, September 8</font></span></b></p><p role="presentation" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4"><span style="color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">  </span></span><span style="color:black">12 p.m. “Using Un-essays to Increase Student Engagement and Inclusion”</span></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal"><b><span style="color:black"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Monday, September 11</font></span></b></span></p><p role="presentation" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4"><span style="color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">  </span></span><span style="color:black">9 a.m. “5 Ways to Increase Inclusivity and Learning” </span></font></span></p><p role="presentation" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4"><span style="color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">  </span></span><span style="color:black">1 p.m. IN-PERSON @ THE CTE “5 Ways to Increase Inclusivity and Learning”  </span></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal"><b><span style="color:black"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Tuesday, September 12</font></span></b></span></p><p role="presentation" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4"><span style="color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">  </span></span><span style="color:black">11 a.m. IN-PERSON @ THE CTE “5 Ways to Increase Inclusivity and Learning”  </span></font></span></p><p role="presentation" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4"><span style="color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">  </span></span><span style="color:black">12 p.m. “5 Ways to Increase Inclusivity and Learning”</span></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal"><b><span style="color:black"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Wednesday, September 13</font></span></b></span></p><p role="presentation" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4"><span style="color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">  </span></span><span style="color:black">8 a.m.“5 Ways to Increase Inclusivity and Learning” </span></font></span></p><p role="presentation" style="margin:0in 0in 0in 47.25pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4"><span style="color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">  </span></span><span style="color:black">12 p.m.“5 Ways to Increase Inclusivity and Learning”  </span><br><br></font></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4"><b>NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED </b>This year you can attend most CTE-sponsored workshops or events with no registration required. For everything taking place in Zoom, the links and passwords will be available on the CTE Brightspace schedule. </font></p></div>