Governors Academy

Governor's Career and Technical Academy Arlington (GCTAA)

The Governors Career and Technical Academy Arlington (GCTAA) is a joint project of Arlington Public Schools and Northern Virginia Community College that encourages Arlington Public Schools (APS) high school students to pursue Academy pathways and earn college credit while still in high school. To learn more about the Governor's Academy, please contact Nancy Opsut at 703.228.5730 or via email: nancy.opsut@apsva.us.

GCTAA Courses

GCTAA Summer 2013 Academy at NOVA-Alexandria/Arlington Career Center (PDF Flyer and Application)

GCTAA Handouts

GCTAA Goals	pdf graphic
GCTAA Venn Diagrams: Past, Present and Future	pdf graphic
GCTAA Innovation Structure	pdf graphic
Comparison of Virginia Commonwealth Diploma Types	pdf graphic

GCTAA Presentations

ACC Opportunities for Gifted Students

pdf of PowerPoint from 4-10-2010 preso

GCTAA "Stretch" Projects

Little Green House	Rolling "green" exhibit built by students in the Construction Trades
"Stretch" Projects Homepage	www.careercenter.arlington.k12.va.us/gctaa/projects.htm

GCTAA Links

College Credit / Dual-Enrollment	college credit page of www.apsva.us/careercenter
Press Releases	www.careercenter.arlington.k12.va.us/gctaa/press.htm
Integrative STEM (I-STEM) Education	www.careercenter.arlington.k12.va.us/gctaa/stem.htm

GCTAA Videos

Title	Description	Windows Media Player version*	Quicktime (iPod) version*	Browser (Explorer/ Firefox, etc.) version
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine visit to the GCTAA	News Channel 8 coverage on Jan. 27, 2009 (2-mins. 22-secs.)	wmv (8 Mgs)	iPod (6 Mgs)	Flash (4 Mgs)
Bee Project	Example of a GCTAA "Stretch Project"	wmv (5 Mgs)	iPod (4 Mgs)	Flash (6 Mgs)
GCTAA Instructor	Jeff Elkner 1-min. statement to become a "Google" Teacher	wmv (4mgs)	iPod (3 Mgs)	Flash (2.3 Mgs)
APS STEM "3 Voices"	Focus on 3 GCTAA students in STEM pathways for the APS "STEM Convocation," Mar. 3, 2008	wmv (20.3mgs)	iPod (16.6 Mgs)	Flash (10 Mgs)

* Both the Windows Media Player and Quicktime (iPod) versions may be downloaded to your local computer. In order to download them, right click the links and choose "save link as" in the drop down menu. The iPod version may then be transferred to your iPod, or any other device that plays mp4 files.

Last Modified on February 11, 2013