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Minnesota MBITE (Marketing, Business, and Information Technology Educators) is your professional business teacher organization in Minnesota! This year's Fall Conference will take place on Friday, October 6, and again will be held at the Bethel University Anderson Center. Conference strands will be offered in several areas, including personal finance, technology, and Program Approval/Perkins V.
Seven CEUs are available for conference attendance. Discounted registration rates apply for MBITE members. For more information on MBITE membership or to register for the conference, contact MBITE President Justin Wittrock or visit the Minnesota MBITE website.
Program Approval renewal applications are being developed this summer by CTE teachers with approved programs in school districts who are members of the following Perkins Consortia: Great River, Mid-Minnesota, Northeast Metro, Oak Land, Pine Technical, and St. Paul. The deadline for these application renewal submissions is November 1. Two training sessions were recorded to assist with development of application materials:
Part 1 Training: Preparing Your Application (no password required)
Part 2 Training: Completing Your Application (For Business and Marketing Teachers) Use Password CTE2023!
A key purpose of MDE’s review for Program Approval is to verify the alignment of CTE courses to high-level standards such as the Minnesota Business Frameworks. New legislation passed this session (Minnesota Statutes 2023, section 120B.022, subdivision 1) now specifies that school districts “…must establish and regularly review [its own] standards for career and technical education (CTE) programs. Standards must align with CTE frameworks developed by the Department of Education, standards developed by national CTE organizations, or recognized industry standards.”
MDE specialists seek evidence of this required curriculum alignment and CTE program design elements in submitted course syllabi. (If the information is not found in course syllabi, it should be included in other course/curriculum documents.) The change in MDE guidance based on this new legislation means that syllabi that were approved as part of Program Approval applications in previous years may need to provide some additional information when submitted as part of Program Approval renewal applications. Contact MDE Business and Marketing Specialist Dean Breuer for more information.
With all the work that is often involved with “Program Approval,” it can be easy to forget that Program Approval is actually a five-year process…it is not intended that ALL the work be completed in a single year! While the application materials for renewal must be completed and submitted by a specific deadline, the work of improving our CTE programs should not be limited to the single year in which those applications are being developed. A key goal of the Program Approval process is to identify program aspects as continuous improvement opportunities so that your program is stronger five years from now than it is today!
MDE Business and Marketing Specialist Dean Breuer has developed a set of training materials that can guide program development over the four years after your program application has been approved—so you don’t have to “do it ALL” in the ONE YEAR when your next application is due.
If you are interested in professional development that will help you strengthen your program AND make the “Program Approval year” less stressful, contact Dean Breuer to learn more. Possibilities for regional in-person and virtual training options can be explored.
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE), in partnership with the Minnesota Association of Career and Technical Educators (MNACTE), is again offering a statewide professional development program for new CTE teachers. The purpose of the Minnesota Career and Technical Educators Teacher Induction Program (CTE TIP) is to function as a professional learning community for early career teachers in career and technical education—and to support their development, success, resilience, and retention. The program provides funding for participation including reimbursement of substitute teacher costs, mileage, lodging, meals, and supplies. Teachers participating in the program last year had a 96% retention rate of returning to their teaching positions for the upcoming 2023-24 school year.
Important program dates:
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Orientation meeting (select one option): August 17, September 5, or September 11. (Each meeting will be from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.)
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Induction Seminar (St. Cloud): Sunday, September 17 – Monday, September 18
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Monthly Virtual Meetings (4 p.m. start time): October 2; November 6; December 4; January 8; February 5; March 4; April 8; and May 6.
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Summer Seminar (St. Cloud): Monday, June 10 – Tuesday, June 11
If your district has new or “newer” CTE teachers joining your staff this fall, mention this program to them and to their principals and encourage these teachers to participate! Space is limited. Tier 1, Tier 2, and Out of Field Permission applicants will receive priority but all early-career teachers in CTE were encouraged to apply. The program is always looking for experienced mentor teachers as well. For more information on new teacher participation or to serve as a mentor, please contact Lavyne Rada (Minnesota TIP Director) at 605-695-1861, or Shelli Sowles (MDE CTE Coordinator) at 651-582-8403.
This year MDE will facilitate a series of five webinar topics delivered by experienced Minnesota Business teachers. Some dates are confirmed and others are being finalized. The goal will be to offer three sessions between October and November, and two (or more) others between February and March. Anticipated topics include:
- Project Management (October 11)
- Work-Based Learning
- Programs of Study (November 15)
- Entrepreneurship
- Authentic Assessments and Industry-Recognized Credentials (February 21)
- Program Approval, Frameworks, and Syllabi
Sessions will be scheduled from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. Zoom links will be sent via email by MDE Business and Marketing Specialist Dean Breuer.
Funding for many new and renewed grant programs was passed during the last legislative session this spring. The volume of grant programs means it may take a while before application forms and processes are announced.
Schools and teachers can stay informed on the latest information regarding available Minnesota education grants by viewing the MDE Grants website. Information on the many education-related pieces of legislation passed in the last session can be found on the MDE 2023 Session landing page.
Media Literacy, Digital Citizenship and "Fake News"
Resources:
Fake News Resource Slides: Presentation at ISTE 23 National Conference
Computer-Reinforcing Bias:
TheirTube: This is a YouTube filter bubble simulator that provides a look into how videos are recommended to other people when they use YouTube.
Gendered Advertising Remixer: Empowers youth of all genders to recognize and better understand highly gendered messages directed at them in television commercials.
Information Literacy-AI Images and Deep Fakes:
Tin Eye: This is a reverse-image search engine that uses image recognition to identify the original source of images posted on the internet.
Hoax Photo Archive: Database organized for the exploration of hoaxes and misinformation throughout history.
Bias in the News:
AllSides: Presents each news story from sources with political affiliations from the left, the right, and center of the political spectrum to allow students to examine each perspective side-by-side.
NewsCompare: Users can filter liberal, conservative, and balanced news sources to compare hourly changes to the news and perspectives posted to their websites.
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