Council on Occupational Education (COE) 2024 Highlights

  • iFTI received notice in February 2024 of COE reaffirmation for the next 6 years after the COE Reaffirmation Team Visit in October 2023
  • Meeting with the COE Advisory Committee in December 2024 to discuss and update the current iFTI plans based on the COE 10 Standards of Accreditation. 
  • Attended the COE Summer conference in Kansas City, Missouri.
  • Attended the COE Fall Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • In November 2024, Lisa Berlin, Thomas Aasheim and Anders Grondsted, PhD, conducted a presentation on the use of Virtual Reality in Apprenticeship and Technical Education and how it can benefit and enhance student learning in these  programs at the COE Annual Fall Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • COE Workshop @iFTI
  • IUPAT Members continue their current COE positions: Tom Aasheim, Chair of Apprenticeship Affinity Group and Thomas Pfundstein, PhD as COE Commissioner.
  • The Associate Instructor Training Program has 358 graduates.
  • The Master Instructor Training Program has 15 graduates.