The OHIO IT BUSINESS ADVISORY NETWORK provides expertise and planning assistance to the Office of Career Technical and Adult Education (CTAE) of the Ohio Department of Education. Comprised of members of the private and public sectors, the Business Advisory Network has helped shepherd two versions of the itWORKS program of study through the adoption process, and has lent invaluable aid in expanding the role of the TechPrep program in IT to broaden the curriculum for IT students.
Participants: Moderator: Patti Ross, Associate Dean of Information Technology, Edison Community College Panel: Dona Cardone, Network Systems Instructor, Medina County Career Center; Susan Caudill , Interactive Media Instructor, Upper Valley JVS; Carol Easley, Dean, Business Division, North Central State College; Shiela O’Neill, Programming and Software Development Instructor, Butler Tech at Edgewood High School; Vallie Tew, Network Systems Instructor, Wayne County Career Center; and Cherie Zieleniewski, Assistant Professor, Business, University of Cincinnati, Clermont; (Maria Schoonover, Senior Director, Foundation Systems Engineering, Lexis-Nexis - not recorded)
Panel description:
A report from the National Center for Education Statistics shows that the proportion of women in computer and information sciences has dwindled in the past 20 years. In addition, the percentage of women receiving bachelor-level degrees in computer or information sciences has declined from a peak of 35.8 percent in 1984 to 26 percent today. Among the science and engineering workforce, computer science is the only area where women's participation has declined since 1993. Please join us for a round table discussion about how we can encourage our young women to engage in careers in technology.
