Rangel attends conference for Kan. business educators

The Kansas Business Education Association’s annual two-day convention convened on Oct. 15, at the Olive Garvey Business and Technology Building at Friends University in Wichita. Local business teachers in attendance included Melinda Rangel of Newton High School.

At Thursday’s session, business and technology teachers from across the state attended hands-on training sessions in subjects, such as iMovie, iDVD, InDesign, Vegas Movie Studio 9, Career Clusters, Illustrator, Quickbooks and new technologies promoting student interaction.

Friday’s opening session at the Wichita Airport Hilton featured keynote speaker, Debbie Silver.

Afterwards, breakout sessions provided opportunities for teachers to increase their knowledge base in the areas of digital media, blogging, The Money Circle and issues in business education.

The Kansas Business Education Association is made up of business and technology teachers from more than 120 colleges, universities, technical schools, high schools and middle schools in the state of Kansas.

It is the goal of the Kansas Business Education Association to promote and facilitate programs and activities within the state of Kansas designed to assist all business teachers with professional growth.

Business teachers are encouraged to submit a new and innovative lesson plan to share with other teachers across the state. Entries are judged, and the top three announced at the state conference. Melinda Rangel won first place with her lesson plan on using the Kansas Career Pipeline for career assessment.