Carl Perkins and State CTE Funding
Carl D. Perkins Grant is OPEN
The wait is finally over! Perkins 2023 Application is now open and will remain open until September 1, 2022. This year’s application will require a new CLNA upload, and we have created a separate tab just for uploads. Please note that the allocations are preliminary, and we will not have final allocations until fall, after the Final Expenditure reports from Perkins 2022 are submitted.
Here are the links for newest version of the CLNA worksheet as well as the CTE Specialist assigned to your school for Perkins. Many videos, resources, preliminary allocations, and CTE report cards are also available on our Perkins V website. (Please forward this on to any new Perkins Contact.)
Reminder for Carl Perkins Fiscal Year 2022
- Last Date to liquidate funds: July 31
- Final Expenditure Reports are due no later than August 10.
Please reach out to Becky Belling if you need assistance with your Final Expenditure Report.
Rural Reserve Grant 2022-2023
Purpose: To create career awareness, recruit, and retain students within a CTE Secondary Program of Study that leads to a high skill, high wage, or in-demand occupations.
There are currently 176 schools offering over 260 Career and Technical Education courses to students in grades 5-8 in our Montana schools. The most offered course is in career exploration. Since Montana does not receive enough funding to allow us to provide Perkins funding for middle school programs this year’s Rural Reserve Grant will be to encourage pathway work for the middle grades.
Schools could use the funds to help:
- establish innovative delivery methods for career exploration
- expose students to employability skills earlier
- establish foundational elements for work-based learning
- improve transitions from middle grades into secondary Career and Technical Education pathways.
Awards: Grants of up to $5,000 each will be available to secondary Perkins eligible school districts to support CTE work in the middle grades (5-8). Schools will have had to complete the Perkins Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment (CLNA), and their E-Grant application must be approved for the 2022-2023 Grant cycle before applying.
Schools that were awarded in previous years are eligible to apply, however, preference will be given to new applicants.
CTE New Professionals Workshop 2022
A free professional development event for Montana Career and Technical Education professionals within their first five (5) years in the classroom.
The Office of Public Instruction’s Career and Technical Education Division invites all new Montana Career & Technical Education professionals to a FREE one-day professional development experience coming this September/October. More details to come.
The New CTE Professionals Workshop offers early-career professionals—those new to the classroom, as well as those with five years or less of experience—the ability to develop essential knowledge and skills for success in the classroom and in the Career & Technical Education teaching profession. Individuals who may have participated in the past are invited to attend again. Participants will also learn about the leadership and professional growth opportunities available for themselves and their students.
Culinary Industry Immersion Experience
for FCS Teachers
July 11-13, 2022
Fifteen Family and Consumer Sciences teachers met in Kalispell, MT at the Culinary Institute of Montana located at the Flathead Valley Community College (FVCC) to gain industry experience for incorporating into their culinary classrooms.
Event participants practiced knife skills, mise en place, and followed industry food safety and sanitation within a culinary training kitchen environment, as they would replicate similar experiences with their students. Food science was a major component of the numerous cooking labs, with baking science a focus. Herb and spice usage was included as attendees paired both savory and sweet dishes, as well as sampling items prepared.
Filleting salmon, steaming fish, trussing, and roasting chickens, following processes for producing successful baking products involving the role of bubbles, dough manipulation and shaping were just some of the experiences. A highlight was a chef’s table, a five-course meal cooked and served by the FVCC culinary students. This high-dining experience demonstrated the range of which the culinary technical knowledge and skills and can be utilized.
Instructors Chef Manda Hudak, Executive Chef Howard Karp, and Chef Dan Moe, along with the assistance of culinary students created an exceptional and engaging learning environment. Thank you to FVCC for this deep dive into the culinary industry.
Culinary Arts is part of the Hospitality and Tourism pathway, the second largest industry in the State of Montana. Locally, secondary culinary students learn industry recognized techniques and procedures as part of their career and technical education pathway program of study. Hospitality and Tourism is one of four pathways that fall under the Family and Consumer Sciences program in Montana.
Implementing Culturally Responsive
Computing through Ledger Art
Teacher development to engage all Montana students in learning computer science using design-based projects.
The Storytelling Project is offering a week-long workshop that will support all teachers in delivering existing computer science curriculum rooted in Indian education. This curriculum introduces students in grades 4-6 to computer programming using design-based physical projects and basic circuitry, leveraging past and contemporary ledger art by tribal members of Montana.
Who: Any teacher grades 4-6
When: August 1-5
What: Online meetings and independent work
How: Visit montana.edu/storytelling/teachers.html
During the workshop, you can expect to:
- Learn how to program LEDs and sensors on circuits you design,
- Make connections between tribes in Montana and computer science,
- Practice inclusive pedagogy to support all learners,
- Connect to other teachers with similar interests.
Teachers will earn 25 renewal units for completing this workshop. Teachers who complete the workshop will receive a stipend of $100, with an additional $300 for teachers who implement the curriculum in the classroom, and an additional $150 for teachers who serve as a facilitator at a future professional development workshop.
Email storytelling@montana.edu with any questions.
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Postsecondary CTE Convening
Join postsecondary CTE professionals from across the nation this Oct. 6–7 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, to address expanding career pathways, building apprenticeships, closing access and equity gaps, and supporting faculty recruitment and retention. The convening will feature expert panel presentations, engaging professional development sessions, and numerous networking working sessions.
Save the Date
Mark your calendar for these upcoming free webinars covering innovative best practices and inclusion, access, equity, and diversity in CTE.
- Academic Esports – An Evolving Technology in CTE Pathways: Student Gamers on Sept. 13 at 4:00 p.m. ET
- Academic Esports – An Evolving Technology in CTE Pathways: Research in Academic Esports on Oct. 12 at 4:00 p.m. ET
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, Relay Service: 711.
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