Conference Session

Military and Veterans Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Vukica M. Jovanovic, Old Dominion University; Michael Anthony Crespo, Granby High School, Norfolk Public Schools, Norfolk, VA; Drew E. Brown, Old Dominion University; Deborah Marshall, Norfolk Public Schools Career & Technical Ed. Dept.; Otilia Popescu, Old Dominion University; Murat Kuzlu, Old Dominion University; Petros J. Katsioloudis, Old Dominion University; Linda Vahala, Old Dominion University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Military and Veterans

technology and a real world, experiential learningexperience. They acquire skills needed for their future employment. Veteran teacher coachesprovide valuable leadership, guidance, attention to detail, and professionalism, which are allhighly sought by the industry. Soft skills go beyond just regular classroom experience andparticipation in such experiences is beneficial to both students and teachers.ConclusionAfter departing the military, veterans have a broad range of needs in terms of future careers. Agood number of them join the Career Switchers programs, in which they establish new skills andget training to become future career and technical education teachers. However, current curriculain career switchers programs focus on pedagogy and