2024-25 CTE-Perkins Office Hours
Every Wednesday 7:00am - 4:00 pm
One of our CTE Staff will be available on Zoom during office hours. You can hop on for help with Montana Career Pathways, Course Codes, Carl Perkins, Reserve Grant, Fall Data Collection, End of Year Data Collection, and more.
This is a great time to connect with our CTE Specialists- no appointment needed- just click the link above!
September 15-21, is National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week which is dedicated to raising awareness about the need for and value of adult education services.
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult Education (AE) Service Providers offer no-cost services to assist qualifying individuals prepare for the GED or HiSET, postsecondary education or training, and the workforce. These programs also help immigrants and English language learners improve academic skills in preparation for citizenship and participation in their communities.
Montana is consistently in the top quartile for national performance measures for WIOA Adult Education Programs. During the 2023-2024 academic year, WIOA Adult Education Programs in Montana collectively:
- Served almost 2400 adult learners – ages 16-60+. The largest age group served was 25-44, followed by 16-18.
- Helped approximately 1400 adult learners increase their academic preparedness level and enter postsecondary education or specialized training.
- Assisted approximately 600 adult learners to prepare for and obtain a high school equivalency diploma (HSE).
- Provided over 200 adult learners with integrated education and training (IET) opportunities aligned with specific career pathways, and over 100 of those adult learners successfully passed an exam that is required for a particular occupation. Some IET program offerings include:
- Great Falls – CNA, CDL
- Missoula – CNA, CDL, Phlebotomy, Bookkeeping, Interpreter/Translator
- Montana Department of Corrections – Automotive Pre-Apprenticeship
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Delivered over 150,000 instructional hours dedicated via in-person classrooms and remote learning opportunities.
- Fostered strong community partnerships in effort to boost economic self-sustainability for adult learners.
If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about these high-quality, no-cost services, please contact your regional WIOA Adult Education Service Provider or the Office of Public Instruction Adult Education State Staff.
The Office of Public Instruction’s Career, Technical, & Adult Education unit invites all new Montana Career & Technical Education (CTE) professionals to participate in a FREE hybrid professional learning experience.
Who benefits from the New CTE Professionals Hybrid Workshop?
- New to the CTE classroom or with five years or less of experience in Montana.
- Local administrators, counselors, and CTE or WBL coordinators
- Individuals who have participated in the past are also invited to participate again.
What are the benefits of attending the workshops?
- Discover leadership and professional growth opportunities
- The fundamentals of Career & Technical Education, federal and state funding programs, professional organizations, curriculum resources, program standards and guidelines,
- Marketing and advising Career & Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs),
- Advanced learning opportunities for CTE students through dual enrollment and work-based learning.
Both Perkins and State CTE/VoEd funding can be used to help cover costs associated with participating in the New CTE Professionals in-person Workshop at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center.
This toolkit was developed with input from childcare experts and leverages the latest in educational and childcare best practices. This comprehensive, user-friendly resource is designed to guide public and/or private schools in establishing a high-quality early care and education program on-site.
It is a great resource for anyone looking to address the childcare needs of their community directly from their educational facilities. The toolkit covers a wide range of topics including navigating the initial planning phases and operational guidelines – ensuring schools are equipped with the knowledge to offer high-quality, affordable child care.
In August, Zero to Five Montana and OPI offered online training covering the basics of the toolkit. View the webinar here. (Passcode: mZVw3k&+)
As you may have noticed there have not been any 2024-2025 Montana Career Pathway Approvals sent to schools or posted on our website currently. This is a result of a few factors, one being the data from Infinite Campus has been delayed in getting to our CTE Specialists to conduct their approval process and two we are looking to revamp the process to be more in alignment with current school year offerings. There will be more information and updates on this as we get through the approval process
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Montana ACTE provides professional development each year in various locations throughout the state. Professional Development provides the opportunity for continued learning, ensuring that each person has access to the knowledge and skills necessary for success as Career and Technical educators today, tomorrow, and in the future.
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Montana ACTE is committed to supporting and promoting ideas, methods, innovations, and curricula that help educators achieve excellence.
Keynote Speaker—Kent Julian
Cultivating Resilience in Yourself and Your Team
Success isn’t the result of everything going your way. On the contrary, true success is experienced by those who are able to turn their greatest adversities into their greatest advantages. To put it another way, in order to win in life, leadership, or business, you must learn to lead your life instead of letting life lead you. This keynote explores key tools for developing resiliency, overcoming tough challenges, and stepping into your best self!
Register Online Here!
Grant Application Period
August 15th, 2024 - February 1st, 2025
Reviews will occur as applications are submitted until all money is awarded
- Foster innovation through the identification and promotion of promising and proven career and technical education programs, practices, and strategies, which may include programs, practices, and strategies that prepare individuals for nontraditional fields; or
- To create career awareness, recruit students to a CTE Secondary Program of Study or promote the development, implementation, and adoption of programs of study or career pathways aligned with state-identified high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand occupations or industries in the middle grades.
Eligibility
High School Awards: High school districts that receive less than $15,000 in Perkins funding Schools must have completed the Perkins Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment (CLNA) and E-Grant application for the 2024-2025 Grant cycle.
Middle School Awards: Middle School programs will need to apply through their high school district to submit the application. 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 must have completed the Perkins Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment (CLNA) and E-Grant application for the 2024-2025 Grant cycle.
LEAs who have been in good standing with their local application funds for two years prior to the current application year. This includes adhering to grant application and reporting deadlines, submitting accurate data reports, and appropriate fiscal supporting documents, adherence to all Perkins V and Civil Rights monitoring.
For more information, please click here.
Allow MSU’s robotics and gaming professor, Hunter Lloyd, to share his circuitous path to robotics with your students (for free!).
“How to Train Your Robot” is a hilarious presentation (on the side he’s a stand-up comedian—no joke!) with his two robots, Looney and Ocean, that is well suited to the whole school, and is adaptable to all grade levels. It isn’t strictly a STEM presentation, although it does check that box and could certainly be combined with a STEM day or career day event. His presentations can be customized to your schedule, but are roughly 50 minutes.
If you’re interested in hosting Hunter and his robots for a fun, free, engaging school assembly, please reach out to Keri Hallau, keri.hallau@montana.edu.
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- expands personalized career & technical education opportunities for middle and high school students;
- reduces out-of-pocket costs for students and families in support of a student's post-secondary success;
- empowers students to actively engage in forming post-secondary success that aligns with their individual interests, passions, strengths, needs, and culture; and
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- authorizes elected school boards to use advanced opportunity aid to invest in Montana students by supporting individualized pathways for career and post-secondary.
The submission window for FY 2026 new applications and annual reports will open Monday, December 2, 2024, at 8am.
For questions, please contact:
OPI CTE Unit General Questions
Shannon Boswell, Career Technical and Adult Education Director
Eric Tilleman, Agriculture Education Specialist
Jamie Corley, Health Sciences Education Specialist
Kaitlin Trutzel, Industrial Technology Education Specialist
Vacant, Business Education Specialist
Gayla Randel, Family & Consumer Sciences Education Specialist
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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