Here is a link for the .PPT Here is a link for the .pdf
Welding Instructors Conference/Clinic
UPDATE 6/19/21 We are good to go for the entire week! We had a few changes regarding vendors presenting but hopefully that won’t be an issue. Xiris was unable to make it and Hirebotics will be doing a presentation but we will not have a robot. Kinda bummed but still excited. Our AWS Section Meeting…
Welding Instructors Online Meeting-6 October 2020-(9 PM EST)
We will have a Zoom meeting to just get together and talk about a few how the year is going. If you are interested, register on the Eventbrite Link. The link to register is at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/welding-instructors-meeting-6-october-2020-tickets-123326812817 If you are interested in attending a monthly meeting with specific topics, please take the time to fill out…
Welding Instructors Meeting 10 June 2020
This meeting will bring up some discussion topics related to High School Students being Dual enrolled in postsecondary welding programs. I would love perspectives from HS teachers and PostSecondary teachers that are involved in dual enrollment programs. I have an longstanding opinion from before my time as a HS instructor and that feeling has been…
Welding Instructors Meeting-13 May 2020-RECORDING
The weeks meeting was from Lincoln Electric and is followed by some good discussion about teaching welding. If you have not had an opportunity to see the online offerings from Lincoln Electric yet, now would be a good time. They do a good job with the presentation and some great questions are asked. Here is…
6 May 2020 Welding Instructors Meeting-RECORDING
NOTE: this meeting was at 2:00 PM EST instead of 1:00 PM EST The audio recording is at https://anchor.fm/weldingclassroom/episodes/Welding-Instructors-Meeting-Audion-6-May-2020-CengageLarry-Jeffus-edr8ob
Northeast Tennessee High School Welding Contest-Spring 2023
On 11 March, 2023, the Greene Technology Center Welding Program and The American Welding Society Holston Valley section hosted a welding contest at the Greene Technology Center in Greeneville Tennessee. What went on! Over 30 students representing 6 schools and 5 counties participated as competitors. The competition required students to complete welds with both GMAW(Mig)…
2022 Welding Instructors Conference
The 2022 Welding instructors conference has been confirmed to happen June 13-17th . If you are planning on attending please register by the 7th of June. We will have 5 days with different areas of interest each day. These will consist of the following. I am working on some vendors to attend and a few…
How much Training to Be a Welder
I wrote the article at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-much-training-welder-gerald-austin/ a few years ago and figured it may be of interest to some here. This is not an article telling how I can help you become a welder in XXXXX time.
Welding Instructor Meeting-30 Dec 2020
discuss our 1st Covid-19 Semester.
Linking Openbook Modules
If you are using openbook and an LMS for your students, the lack of interface with your LMS is a pain. Miller has made a great free product and they are to be commended. Miller addresses how to place a course link in your LMS but I want to let you know how to place…
Quickbasic Program for Welding Info
This is a Quickbasic program I wrote many years ago that may be of interest to some other welding/computer geek out there. The ZIP file includes the .exe file and also the source code .bas. If you would like to download it, here it is. Below are some of the screens.
Welding Instructor Meeting-5 Aug 2020-1:30 PM EST
I will be hosting a Zoom meeting to just get together and talk about a few things. If you are interested, register on the Eventbrite Link. The link to register is at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/welding-instructors-meeting-5-aug-2020-tickets-115749051529 If you are interested in attending a monthly meeting with specific topics, please take the time to fill out the questions at…