2023-24 CTE-Perkins Office Hours
Every Wednesday 7:00am-5:00pm
Our Office hours are a great place to jump on and ask any question regarding the Perkins process or application. Our Specialists are there to help with one on one instruction!
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The Montana Chamber Foundation is excited to announce the 2024 edition of The Prospects, an entrepreneurship competition. With over $75,000 in cash, prizes, and scholarships available, this is a great opportunity to get your students’ ideas exposed to business leaders in Montana. Click to edit this placeholder text.
Friday, December 1 is the Date for the First Submissions for The Prospects 2024
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Tiana Yates (tiana@montanachamber.com), the Montana Chamber Empowered Coordinator, will be your main contact for this year’s competition. You do not have to be teaching Empowered to participate in the contest.
The Prospects includes both a high school and a middle school division. The Fall competition is open now with submissions being accepted beginning December 1, 2023. Submissions will be judged as they are submitted with finalists being announced on February 1, March 1, and April 1. The 2024 Virtual Awards Ceremony will be held on April 24, 2024.
Key Dates for The Prospects 2024
- December 1: First Submission Date
- February 1, March 1, & April 1: Advancements Announced
- March 15: Final Submission Date
- April 25: Virtual Awards Show
- May 19-21: In-person competition in Bozeman for the Grand Champion prize
The Prospects categories for the High School level include
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Existing Business Idea: Any high school students already running their own small business. Pitch your business and how you intend to grow and sustain it moving forward.
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New Business Idea: Do you have the next big thing? We want high school students to reach for stars and come up with the next amazing, new idea.
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Hack My State: Take time to help us come up with solutions for one of our state’s biggest concerns right now, Childcare. Come up with a solution that could help solve the problem for finding childcare all across Montana.
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School Enterprise: Does your school, class or club run a business? If so, tell us why it exists and ways to improve or expand to benefit your school.
At the Middle School level, the Junior Prospects competition categories include
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Design Challenge (6th grade only): 6th graders will be tasked to combine three items and let their creativity shine. Create the next big thing and help innovate Montana.
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Hack My School (7th & 8th grade): Let’s be solution makers. We want you to take a deep dive into your school and come up with a realistic and attainable solution to make your school better for everyone.
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Vacant Lot (7th & 8th grade): Like Hack My School, but we want you to look at your community to be the next generation of change makers. Look at the vacant lots, existing buildings, and other areas of your community and pitch to us your solution to make your hometown better.
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Existing Business Idea (6th-8th grade): Any middle school students already running their own small business. Pitch your business and how you intend to grow and sustain it moving forward.
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Eligibility: Any of Montana's high school and middle school students are encouraged to submit their innovative ideas and solutions or enter their existing businesses.
Submissions: Pitch Video (2 minutes or less), Business Summary (1,000 words max.), a Waiver Form signed by an Educator and/or Parent or Guardian, and a completed W-9 Form.
Complete contest and submission details can be found on The Prospects page of the Montana Chamber Foundation website.
For questions, please contact Tiana Yates at tiana@montanachamber.com.
Having opportunities to train students in different aspects of leadership while exposing them to different facets of industry is so important for our emerging workforce. This conference did just that! During this conference in Eastern Montana students planned, implemented, and completed general sessions. Planned community service projects, worked on fundraiser ideas, went over the process of officer elections. They were introduced to the process and importance newspaper articles & social media, talked at length about technical standards and Montana contests & competitions. They also looked at how business and industry can work with their chapters.
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Then the group had the opportunity to learn from the CDL Program Coordinator through the Miles City Community College. During this tour/training students were able to immerse themselves in the VR version of Semi Truck driving as well as learning the pre check process to get your CDL.
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During the Conference Students and advisors also took an in depth tour of Transco a Railway Expertise Company. They are a first-rate railcar services company who offer service on time, every time. They perform high-volume contract business involving a variety of services for their customers’ entire fleet of railcars. Including Freight & tank car maintenance, Expert consultation as well as Parts fabrication.
This tour gave students and advisors a up close and personal experience of the railcar industry, it was a fantastic tour and I would encourage any Industrial Tech Teacher in the area to reach out to Transco for a tour, they were very interested in getting young adults involved in their program.
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Throughout Fall Leadership Students learned all the necessary elements to have a successful chapter through the National Program of Work (POW). Students and Advisors had many opportunities to network and interact with students/advisors from other towns. This conference was open to state and local officers, advisors and students who want to become better leaders.
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It gave advisors a chance to learn from each other as well as the many contacts that came to present quality information to the group. This was a Process Driven Conference which means in its purpose it was designed to give attendees the tools to take back to their own schools and chapters to excel at implementing SkillsUSA within their community.
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I would highly recommend this conference to any advisor and students for next fall!
If you are an Industrial Technology Education teacher and interested in Joining SkillsUSA, Please reach out to the
State Director Roberta Tilleman statedirector@skillsusamontana.org
Also feel free to check out the Montana SkillsUSA Website
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The National Consortium for Health Science Education is a nationwide collaboration of industry professionals, health science teachers, and organizations with a vested interest in health science education. The consortium was organized in 1991 to stimulate creative and innovative leadership for ensuring a well-prepared healthcare workforce.
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The NCHSE Conference is a 100% health science focused annual convention loaded with keynote speakers, exhibits, concurrent sessions, and networking opportunities. Montana had nine health science teachers attend the conference in Seattle, WA in October. The conference was strategically designed to enhance health science curriculum delivery, support high-quality health science education programs, create meaningful student experiences, and meet the needs of educators and the healthcare industry. Attendees heard from experts in the field, engaging partners, and outstanding classroom teachers.
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Teachers had the opportunity to compete in a Knowledge and Skills competition to display mastery of health science content. This NCHSE Knowledge and Skills Competition was sponsored by YouScience and Goodheart-Wilcox. Montana had nine health science teachers attend the conference in Seattle, WA this year.
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Fiscal Year 24 Carl Perkins Grant Requirement and State Vo-Ed Funding
Data and Fiscal Due Dates:
- First quarter cash request due: September 25
- Fall Teacher Class Data Collection: October 30-November 10
- Fall CTE Post-program Status Collection: November 1- December 31
- Second quarter cash request due: December 26
- Spring Teacher Class Data Collection: March 4- March 15
- Third quarter cash request due: February 25
- Intent to Apply for Carl Perkins & State Vo-ed fund Acceptance FY25: April-May
- Carl Perkins E-grant opens for 2024-2025 School year: May 1
- Carl Perkins E-grant application must be created by: May 15
- Fourth quarter cash request due: May 25
- CTE End of Year Data Collection: May 13-June 21
- Last day to request budget amendment for FY 24 application: June 1
- Second June cash request due: June 23
- Last day to obligate Carl Perkins FY 24: June 30
- School year 2024-2025 Carl Perkins grant application due: June 30
Final Expenditure Reports are Due no later than August 10. Districts are encouraged to complete all spending and fiscal reports as early as possible.
Montana State Plan Revision Timeline
September 2023 - Create and Distribute a Perkins Stakeholder Survey
September 2023 - Data Review for State Determined Levels of Performance
October 2023 - First Perkins State Plan Committee Meeting
October 19-20, 2023 - Montana ACTE Institute (Secondary CTE Teacher Engagement)
November 6, 2023 - Second Perkins State Plan Committee Meeting
November 27, 2023 - Third Perkins State Plan Committee Meeting
December 2023 - Consultation with the Governor’s Office
December 11, 2023 - Fourth Perkins State Plan Committee Meeting
January 4, 2024 - Fifth Perkins State Plan Committee Meeting
January 2024 - State Agency Leadership Consultation - OPI, SWIB, DLI, Commerce
February 1, 2024 - First Public Hearing
February 15, 2024 - Second Public Hearing
February 19, 2024 - Sixth Perkins State Plan Committee Meeting
March 1, 2024 – Consultation with Governor’s Office (opportunity for signature)
March 1, 2024 - State Plan Posted for 60-Day Public Comment
March 2024 Board of Regents Meeting - Board Approval of State Plan
May 10, 2024 - Submission of State Plan is due
This is a revision year for the Montana Carl Perkins State Plan. More information will be available as committee meets. Please be on the lookout for updates.
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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