Director’s Message 
Career and Technical Education
Jon F. Wehde
Directorof Career and Technical Education
Northwest Arctic Borough School District
Jon Wehde(pronounced: wade) is the new Director of Career and Technical Education at the Northwest Arctic Borough School District with experience as a teacher and a school leader and brings a passion for serving rural Alaskan students and their families. Jon has completed graduate studies at South Dakota State University in Education and at the University of Alaska-Anchorage in Vocational Education. He has 20 years of experience as a high school vocational instructor in rural Alaska and the Lower 48 plus 10 years in public school administration in Alaskan rural schools. Jon was Alaska’s career and technical education Advisor of the Year in 2003 and has helped lead state level efforts to address the needs of vocational education for students in Alaska’s villages.
July 15, 2011
Dear Students, Teachers, Parents, and Village Community Members,
It is a pleasure to be onboard with NWABSD and to be part of the exciting work this district is doing in Career and Technical Education(CTE). One question I hear often at student/parent conferences is about the future and what comes after high school. Everyone is eager to know about and to be ready for what comes next after graduation. Some students take the time-honored trail of homemaking and full-time or seasonal employment in the home village. Others may look to the armed services, trade schools, junior colleges and universities as their next activity.
Our School Board and Superintendent have set ambitious goals in CTE that include each student having a personal learning and career plan (PLCP) that begins in grade six and carries right though to graduation. It is to be a map of their junior and senior high school years to help guide them to employment, post-secondary education and insure career pathways will be open for them in our region when they are ready. The next step at my office is to support and create classes to put on their PLCP maps. I shall look forward to meeting with you all during the upcoming year. Please stop in to visit about your students and school soon. Thank you!
Jon Wehde
