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          February 25, 2015        2015 EDUCATION MAGAZINE           LINCOLN DAILY NEWS.com
        
        
          LTEC has eight consolidated school
        
        
          districts participating in career
        
        
          programs -- Lincoln, Williamsville,
        
        
          Hartsburg-Emden, Mount Pulaski,
        
        
          Illini-Central, Greenview, Athens
        
        
          and PORTA/Ashland-Chandlerville
        
        
          Central high.
        
        
          Since a number of Olympia students
        
        
          are from Logan County, Olympia
        
        
          is being included for the  LLCEO
        
        
          program.
        
        
          Hake said that Mr. Bagby “is the
        
        
          reason the program has been able to
        
        
          jump off as quickly as it has; he’s a
        
        
          huge proponent.”
        
        
          
            Facilitator/instructor
          
        
        
          In other updates, the position for a
        
        
          facilitator (teacher) for the class was
        
        
          posted with applications due in by
        
        
          Feb. 28. There are several candidates
        
        
          already and they will be interviewed in
        
        
          March.
        
        
          
            Students who may be interested
          
        
        
          Guidance counselors at all the schools
        
        
          have applications.  There have been
        
        
          juniors expressing interest, including
        
        
          a number from Olympia and Illini
        
        
          Central.  More awareness is needed
        
        
          and there are people who will to go
        
        
          to students to explain this unique
        
        
          program.
        
        
          Hake hopes that more students will
        
        
          look into joining this first program.
        
        
          Presentations include testimonials of
        
        
          current and former students that are
        
        
          persuasive.
        
        
          
            Student applications are
          
        
        
          
            due in by Mar 11.
          
        
        
          Board members will not participate in
        
        
          choosing the participating students.  A
        
        
          Selection Committee with representation
        
        
          from each community will be formed and
        
        
          they will use a blind process to evaluate
        
        
          student applications.
        
        
          Identifying information will be removed
        
        
          from the student applications; so
        
        
          Continued