CTE November Newsletter
All things CTE in Montana
Montana CTE Teacher of the Year!
Montana Business Educator Named Montana's CTE Teacher of the Year
Nicole Bogunovich, Business Educator, BPA chapter advisor, and Technology Integration Specialist at Billings West High School was named the 2019 Montana Career & Technical Education Teacher of the Year by the Montana Association for Career and Technical Education during the Montana ACTE 2019 Fall Institute in Great Falls, October 17-18.
Nicole also teaches business courses for Montana State University Billings and has been instrumental in growing the various dual enrollment courses at Billings West High, such as the first Accounting 201 dual credit offering in Montana. Nicole is constantly searching for new tech tools and innovative ways to integrate those tools in her classroom and school.
Nicole received a B.S. in Business-Finance from MSU Billings, her B.S. in Business Education and Computer Applications from UM Western, and an M.Ed. Educational Technology from MSU Billings. This past spring, she completed her MBA from the University of Montana. Nicole recently won the Golden Apple Award for high school, which is awarded to one high school teacher in the Billings, MT district each year. In the past, she has been nominated for Life Changer of the Year, MBEA Young Business Teacher of the Year, and the Montana ACTE New Teacher of the Year.
Nicole competed against other teachers from Montana's career and technical education program areas and will now advance to represent Montana at the ACTE Region V Leadership Conference in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, in April 2020.
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SkillsUSA Students Receive Unique Opportunity
 The SkillsUSA students and the seniors are working on machining aluminum cylinder heads, these heads fit 1937 to 1954 Chrysler and DeSoto 25” engines. The students are also machining Dodge or Plymouth 23" cylinder engine heads that fit 1933 to 1959 Dodge and Plymouth engines. The students are getting a unique opportunity to work on a high-end production head used in old hot rods and reproductions. The ability to bring new CNC technology and skills to revive an old engine is both challenging and rewarding experience. This project has allowed both the students and the instructor a chance to learn new ways of machining parts and hone and practice good machining techniques.
MT Agriculture Ed. Shines on the National Stage
During the National FFA Convention, held in Indianapolis, IN October 27-November 1, 2019. Montana members represented the Treasure State very well. During this convention FFA celebrated 50 years of women in FFA. At the end of the week the National FFA elected Mamie Hertel from Moore, MT to serve as the Central Region Vice president for 2019-2020 year. Mamie is the first female to serve from Montana. She served as the Secretary for the Montana FFA Association 2018-2019 and is currently studying finance engineering at Montana State University.
Montana also finished well in many areas of national competition:
1st place individual in Food Science Career Development Caroline Roeder, Choteau.
2nd place individual in Farm Business Management Career Development Event- Cole Dykhuizen, Kalispell.
4th place in Employment Skills from Hobson FFA Claire Stevenson.
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Montana's New Educators Attend 2019 New CTE Professionals Workshop in Great Falls
The OPI’s Career & Technical Education division’s specialists and staff presented the New Career and Technical Education (CTE) Professionals 2019 Workshop in Great Falls at the Heritage Inn, October 16, 2019.
Secondary career and technical education pre-professionals, classroom teachers, and school administrators, as well as Career and Technical Student Organization state directors and local chapter advisors, from around the state attended the free one-day workshop to gain information on the many hot topics of career and technical education at the state and national levels. The 60 professionals in attendance represented various career and technical education areas including agriculture education, business education, family and consumer sciences education, health science education, and industrial technology education.
The workshop was a great success with quality information being passed on to the classroom teachers and with quality discussions during the sessions. The workshop also provided an excellent venue for new career and technical education professionals to network and build professional relationships they can draw upon as they continue their careers within the career and technical education professional.
After Losing Mom at Young Age, Columbus FCCLA Student Finds Strength in Coping with Loss
COLUMBUS — RaiLeigh Strommen had to grow up early.
Her mother died when Strommen was 5. Strommen had to help care for her siblings, alongside her grandparents. Her mother's boyfriend became her adoptive father.
"I wouldn't want to go back and change things, even though that sounds terrible," she said. To be clear, Stommen misses her mom, especially during milestones like prom.
"I can't go dress shopping with my mom," she said. But she learned to move forward, and believes that working through painful experiences have made her stronger. "You wake up in the morning and you think it's going to be a good day," she said...
Health Science - Biomedical Science Program
 Flathead high school held an open house for the community to see firsthand the biomedical science program. Students in years three and four received white lab coats that are worn in class. Projects covered topics from brain anatomy and dissection, to hearing loss, antibiotics, nutrition, heart health and monitoring and crime scene analysis. Families toured around the room as they learned about the four year program. It was a great turn out and the students show so much pride and ownership that it is a lot of fun to watch!
Montana Business Education Association Elects New
Vice President & Secretary
Members of the Montana Business Education Association (MBEA) elected a new slate of officers for 2020 during the MBEA 2019 Business Meeting. The MBEA 2019 Business Meeting was held in Great Falls on Thursday, October 17 during the Montana ACTE 2019 Fall Institute.
The 2020 MBEA officers include
- President: Casey Donahue, Polson
- President Elect: Mandy Wichman, Hobson
- Vice President: Stephanie Hess, Ennis
- Secretary: Cathy Workman, Cascade
- Treasurer: Terri Norman, Capital (Helena)
- Membership: Director: Jeanette Barreto, Hardin
- Past President: Calie Wineinger, Froid
Both Casey and Mandy will represent the Montana Business Education Association on the Western Business Education Association’s Executive Board when the WBEA Executive Board meets in February during the WBEA 2020 Conference.
John Deere Ag. Expo: November 14 - 16
Montana Agricultural Education students will be participating in the John Deere Ag. Expo November 14-16, 2019 at Montana State University in Bozeman. Over 1,500 middle school and high school students will be competing in 23 Career Development Events, attend leadership workshops, a career fair and listen to a key note address from Past National Officer Jason Wetzler. It is a great opportunity to work with students and see just how Career an Technical Education is preparing tomorrows workforce.
Montana Ag. in the Classroom - Wild Bees of Montana
Wild Bees of Montana education project through MSU Bozeman reaches out to one room schoolhouses across Montana to work with students on pollinator education, research and identification. The purpose of this project is to engage students such as our two pollinator researchers pictured participate in identifying wild bees of Montana, and to understand more about bees in the environment. More at: http://mtent.org/room/index.html Educators have then incorporated the Montana Pollinator Education program into their curriculum to continue investigation of pollinators through this visual based science project. The Montana Pollinator Education Project can be found at: https://agr.mt.gov/Ag-in-the-Classroom located under the K-8 Projects tab.
For questions, please contact:
TJ Eyer, Division Administrator - 406.444.7915
Shannon Boswell, Agriculture Education Specialist - 406.444.4451
Renee Erlandsen, Health Sciences Education Specialist - 406.994.6986
Ian Beagles CTE/Perkins Data Control Specialist - 406.444.9019
Mike Houghton, Industrial Technology Specialist - 406.444.4452
Austin Schweitzer, Marketing Program Coordinator - 406.444.2059
Eric Swenson, Business Education Specialist - 406.444.7991
Megan Vincent, Family & Consumer Sciences Education Specialist - 406.444.3599
The OPI is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation, require an alternate format, or have questions concerning accessibility, contact the OPI ADA Coordinator, 406-444-3161, opiada@mt.gov, TTY 406-444-0235.
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