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The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, commonly referred to as "Perkins V," created a new accountability requirement that should be impacting the work you are doing to develop and improve your Business and Marketing programs. The legislation required regular development and submission of a Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment (CLNA) to support data-driven decision-making toward program improvement, alignment with workforce needs, and progress in closing equity gaps in career and technical education (CTE).
Each Minnesota Perkins Consortium conducts a CLNA process and submits findings every two years, with last year's findings being the first submitted under the new law. The intended benefit of reviewing CLNA findings is to create an accurate picture of local CTE programs. This is intended to create opportunities to:
- Ensure that consortium programs are serving all learners equitably and to enable more intentional direction of resources toward programs that lead to high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand occupations and activities that address equity and opportunity gaps.
- Align Perkins budget with identified CLNA priorities and make certain programs are aligned with and validated by local/regional workforce needs and economic priorities.
- Provide a structured way to engage key stakeholders regularly around the quality and impact of consortium CTE programs and systems.
How your programs align to your consortia's CLNA findings – and/or how you are working toward developing stronger alignment – is a key element for the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) granting approval for Perkins equipment and curriculum requests, as well as approval of annual Perkins consortia plans. If you are not yet familiar with the CLNA findings for your consortia and are not yet using them with your Advisory Committee and other stakeholders, it would be time well spent to begin such review ahead of making plans for the 2021-22 school year and beyond. For information on your consortia's CLNA, contact your secondary Perkins Consortia leader.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has officially proclaimed February as "Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month." We have collected on Minnesota State's website several resources to help you spread the word about the great CTE work happening in your programs and your schools:
- Predesigned CTE Month Presentation Templates
- 25 Ideas for Promoting CTE Month in Less than 15 Minutes
- Ideas for Showcasing Student Success Stories
- Resources to Help You Get Involved
As part of the Governor's CTE Month proclamation, individuals and stakeholders working in, or impacted by, CTE were encouraged to share their stories about the importance of CTE in Minnesota. He encouraged the use of social media, including the hashtag #OneMinnesota, as well as tags to Governor Walz' and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan's social media accounts:
Twitter: @GovTimWalz, @LtGovFlanagan
Facebook: Governor Tim Walz, Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan
Instagram: @mngovernor
Collaboration between the Minnesota Department of Education, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, and the eight Minnesota Centers of Excellence, has produced the Online Learning Resource Center (OLRC). OLRC is a collection of instructional materials to help secondary and postsecondary educators adapt to the needs of remote or blended instruction. The resources have been curated by educators and are free to browse and use – with more materials being added regularly.
Specific categories of resources include:
- Online Learning Pedagogy
- Online Learning Technologies
- Online Learning Instructional Content by CTE Discipline (including Business)
Wallin Education Partners have announced scholarship opportunities for graduating seniors pursuing a two-year program at a partner community college in Fall 2021. The scholarships are available for up to $6,000 over two years. The application for the program is March 1–June 1. Minnesota partner community colleges include:
- Anoka-Ramsey Community College
- Anoka Technical College
- Century College
- Hennepin Technical College
- Minneapolis College
- Normandale Community College
- North Hennepin Community College
- Saint Paul College
Students can learn more about the program and register for scholarships at the Wallin Education Partners website.
Note: MDE does not endorse any resource or event that is not conducted by MDE.
BestPrep Virtual Mentoring Programs: BestPrep's mentoring programs are completely virtual this year. Contact them if you are interested in incorporating online mentoring into your distance learning, hybrid, or in-person curriculum.
CTE Learning Series (from ACTE): ACTE is showcasing CTE professional development in 30 minute webinars delivered via Zoom. Topics include: Professional Learning Communities, Developing Soft Skills, and Integrating Career Readiness.
EVERFI – New Financial Literacy Lessons: EVERFI has launched a new set of FREE (for Minnesota schools) financial literacy digital lessons titled "Money Moves: Modern Banking and Identity Protection." The set includes four digital lessons that are 15-20 minutes each, intended for students in grades 9-12. Contact Jonathan Filzen to get started with EVERFI.
iCEV Online Curriculum Resources: iCEV offers 22 standards-aligned courses in Business, Marketing, Finance, Information Technology, and Media. These media-rich courses are prebuilt and fully customizable.
Junior Achievement – Virtual and In-Person Programs: Junior Achievement is offering a variety of virtual and classroom models that provide engaging student learning. Programs are available in three pathways: Work and Career Readiness, Financial Literacy, and Entrepreneurship.
Rubin Education – Emerge Curriculum: The Emerge curriculum is a comprehensive digital platform that incorporates ebooks, instructional videos, self-paced assignments (with an evaluation rubric for each assignment), videos and quizzes.
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