Career and Technical Teacher Education
CTE Advisory Committee

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Experienced Career and Technical Education teachers and administrators serve on South’s Advisory Committee, which oversees the program and is instrumental in its design. See below for a list of current advisory council members.
The purpose of South’s CTE Advisory Committee is to ensure that the curriculum meets State standards, and to assure program continuity with students and staff. Student satisfaction is important to the entire program and the committee continually looks for ways to gain a long-lasting satisfaction level.
The quality education of each high school student in a CTE classroom is the ultimate goal for the Advisory Committee. The group focuses on program improvements and working to have each teacher candidate fully qualified to apply for CTE Teacher Certification, prepared to walk into a high school classroom ready to teach courses preparing each student to succeed in today’s workplace.

Please feel free to contact any committee member with concerns and success stories.

Renée Florio, Committee Chair
Email: rflorio@rtc.edu
Instructor, Renton Technical College
In addition to leading the South Seattle Community College CTE Certification Advisory Committee, Renée Florio teaches in a CTE classroom for computer applications. Over the years she has taught computer applications, office skills, business management/accounting and Web development at Renton Technical College, Northshore School District and the Seattle Indian Center. Ms. Florio has a BS in secondary education and a M.Ed in educational technology. Having received CTE certification from South’s program, Ms. Florio finds herself continually applying what she learned here in the Teacher Education Program, and feels that our program is “all about sending out quality teachers to the young people in CTE classrooms around the State.”

Mary Davison
CTE Teacher Seattle Public Schools

Patsy Ethridge-Neal
School to Work Specialist; Seattle Schools (ret.)
Patsy Ethridge-Neal is a retired School to Work Specialist for Seattle Schools supporting Business, Marketing and Information Technology. She has taught Business and Marketing courses for 24 years. Ms. Ethridge-Neal has been recognized with an Outstanding Service Award and was inducted as a member of the WA-DECAWashington State Delta Epsilon Chi Hall of Fame and served on the Washington State Future Business Leaders of America Executive Committee for three years. Ms. Ethridge-Neal has a BA with a major in business education and a Masters of Education in vocational education from the University of Washington College of Education. Currently she is vocationally certificated to teach Business, Marketing, Applied Math and Work-Based Learning.

Susan Longstreth, Ph.D.
Director, Career & Technical Education; Bremerton School District
Dr. Susan Longstreth has worked in career & technical education for over thirty years. She is currently the Director of Career & Technical Education for the Bremerton School District, working with the district’s CTE programs at Bremerton High School and Renaissance High School. Previous work experience includes serving as the Executive Director of the Washington State Council on Vocational Education and the Associate Dean of Continuing Education and Contracted Services for Front Range Community College in Ft. Collins, Colorado. She has a Master's degree in education and a Ph.D. in vocational education administration from Colorado State University.

Barbara Lynch
CTE Teacher; Seattle School District
Barbara Lynch's background includes a BA in sociology/psychology and a BS in business education and marketing from Central Washington University, an MBA in information systems from City University, as well as continuing education in the computer and technology field. She has been an entrepreneur for many years in the computer industry, and has taught in the high school, community college, and four-year university and graduate level educational environments and enjoys teaching very much. Ms. Lynch is a member of the faculty of Franklin High School in the Seattle School District and has been very involved in Career and Technical Education programs.

Dennis Milliken
Director, Instructional Services; Northshore School District

Thomas Mosby, Ph.D.
Director of Professional and Technical Education; South Kitsap SD #402
Thomas Mosby is Director for Professional and Technical Education for the South Kitsap School District, and is adjunct faculty for Argosy University in Seattle. He teaches in the Education Masters in Co-Psych Department as well as in the Education Administration and Leadership Doctorate programs. He has been involved in public education at the elementary, middle, secondary and post secondary levels as a teacher, counselor or administrator for over 18 years. Dr. Mosby graduated with a BA in journalism public relations from Western Washington University in Bellingham, a Masters in education counseling psychology and a Doctorate in education administration and leadership, both from Washington State University in Pullman.

Shepherd Siegel, Ph.D.
Manager, School to Work Systems; Seattle Public Schools
Shepherd Siegel leads the CTE effort for Seattle Public Schools. With a background in music, disability, research, and writing, Dr. Siegel developed the Career Ladders transition program for students with special needs and managed the San Francisco Bridges from School to Work project for the Marriott Foundation. Shortly after completing his doctorate at UC Berkeley, his Career Ladders program received a national award from the Department of Labor, and the associated video won a Bronze Apple from the National Educational Film and Video Festival. Leadership of the King County Vocational/Special Education Cooperative directly preceded his tenure with Seattle, where the development of Personalization, Adult World Immersion, and Common Intellectual Mission—the three Design Principles of the New Urban High Schools—have unified CTE activities with the broader high school reform initiative in Seattle. Dr. Siegel has worked to strengthen academy development, work-based learning for all high school students, career pathways, and tech prep at the secondary level. He has also promoted a number of programs and systemic changes at the elementary and middle schools. In 2002, he participated in the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Tomorrow program, and in 2004, joined with Seattle University’s Dean of Engineering to co-chair the Washington State Coalition for Engineering Education. In 2005, Dr. Siegel received the Outstanding Career and Technical Educator Award for Region V of the Association for Career & Technical Education. Dr. Siegel is currently President of Washington Association of Vocational Administrators (WAVA)—an association of CTE administrators, and chairs the board of the UMO Theater Ensemble. He is also writing a book about the socially transforming power of play.

Program Administrator
Luisa Motten
Director of Continuing Education
South Seattle Community College
206-768-6782
lmotten@sccd.ctc.edu

Questions?
Contact South’s Continuing Education Department at 206-764-5339 or CEDstaff@sccd.ctc.edu.
Frequently Asked Questions about South’s CTE program.
Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) Web site.