Department of Agricultural Education

WEDO

The Workforce Education Development Office (WEDO) was established in January 2007 to provide research and leadership, deliver professional development, and establish a state skills assessment system that meets the needs of Career and Technical Education in Arizona. The outcome ensures industry-validated standards for all CTE programs and an online skills assessment delivery system that serves secondary, comprehensive Career and Technical Education, Joint Technological Education Districts, Community Colleges, and Arizona Department of Economic Security One-Stop Centers. Working principally with the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) Career and Technical Education (CTE) unit and the Arizona Skill Standards Commission, WEDO collaborates with multiple in-state and out-of-state entities to strengthen human capital development within the Arizona education system. The Arizona CTE delivery system includes Joint Technical Education District (JTED) comprehensive high schools within unified and union high school districts in the state, and other state-funded CTE providers. Articulation between secondary and post-secondary institutions (community colleges, trade and technical schools, and four-year colleges) is required by both state and federal mandates and within the WEDO scope of work.

WEDO works closely with Arizona business and industry to validate skill standards and measurement criteria and award certification of skills to students completing one of approximately 70 CTE programs.  The Arizona Skill Standards Commission was established to validate and recognize state-established skill standards that guide curriculum development, skill assessment specific to CTE programs, and documentation of skill attainment for students preparing to enter the workforce and/or transitioning to post-secondary education
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Phone: (602) 827-2333
General Email: cals-wedo@email.arizona.edu
Fax: (602) 827-2304
Mailing Address:
Workforce Education Development Office
University of Arizona
714 E Van Buren Street
Phoenix, AZ 85006-3364

Events

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Staff:

Maggie Mangini, Executive Director maggiemangini@email.arizona.edu; (602) 827-2332
Robert Keim robertkeim@arizona.edu; (602) 827-2330
Judy Balogh judybalogh@email.arizona.edu; (602) 827-2328
Melanie Ohm ohmm@email.arizona.edu; (602) 827-2331

Lynne Bodman Storms

Main Number

lynnestorms@email.arizona.edu; (602) 827-2329

(602) 827-2333