Center for Technical Education
Positive Achievements of Career Academies Conference
Andrew Smiles will discuss the value of career academies which have been established in academic and technical education schools throughout the United States. Career academies improve students’ academic and vocational-technical achievements by taking an in-depth approach to the United States Office of Education career clusters. This presentation will provide the background for attendees to establish a career academy in their school system in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Speaker
Andrew Smiles is a Program Officer for U.S. Programs at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, where he directs investments in school design and reform, as well as state education policy on the East Coast. Mr. Smiles taught high school at Colegio Lincoln in Costa Rica and directed Community Impact!, a college access program serving students in Washington DC high schools. Smiles helped start VolunteerMatch, an internet service connecting nonprofits and volunteers, where he served as Executive Officer and CFO. Mr. Smiles received his Bachelor of Arts from Brown University and his Masters from the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley.
