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Career & Technical Education Month

In this Issue:

• Upcoming Events
• April 2023 Oregon ACTE Conference
• Job Shadow Toolkit
• Math in Construction
• Grants for Professional Development
• CTE Data in Oregon
• CTE Month and NASA HUNCH 2022-23 Student Video Challenge
• Code.org Professional Learning Program
• Grants for CTE Program Development

Upcoming Events

codeORcreate (in-person opportunity)

Teams of up to five students come together to find solutions to various community challenges. Youth are paired with an industry mentor and have 48 hours to build a website, app, or video game and then present their final project to a panel of judges. 

This is a FREE event! Please encourage students to register at this link.

April 2023 Oregon ACTE Conference

Register for the Oregon ACTE conference on April 12 - 14 at the Riverhouse on the Deschutes Convention Center in Bend, OR. 

This year's keynote speaker features Mark Perna, who has devoted his career to empowering educators and employers to unleash the tremendous potential of today’s young people, both in the classroom and on the job.

Other conference components include CCL and CTE learning sessions as well as dedicated social hours for an opportunity to network. 

Registration fee is $450. Review professional development grant opportunities. 

Job Shadow Toolkit

Math in Construction

Grants for Professional Development

NEA members can receive grant support to participate in high-quality professional development like summer institutes, conferences, seminars, travel abroad programs, or action research. Grants funds range between $1,500 and $5,000 and must be used within 12 months.

NCTM offers a teacher-leader professional learning grant for Pre-K-12 educators. The grant offers a maximum $4,000 award for the purpose of professional learning assistance.

CTE Data in Oregon

Did you know that 50% of Oregon public high school students are enrolled in CTE programs?

Advance CTE put together a variety of Career Tech data for the State of Oregon. Take a moment to learn about secondary and post secondary enrollment statistics as well as Perkins data. 

DOWNLOAD & PRINT THIS FREE CTE POSTER FOR YOUR CLASSROOM TODAY!

CTE Month and NASA HUNCH 2022-23 Student Video Challenge

Inspire students by sparking their imagination and creativity as well as broadening their knowledge about STEM careers through CTE Month and NASA HUNCH by supporting students in a video challenge, no more than 2 minutes in length.

Code.org Professional Learning Program

Grants for CTE Program Development

The Chintimini Fund supports high-potential students at school and other community organizations within Tillamook county (and beyond).

Since 2010, Nike has had the opportunity to award at least $550,000 to non-profits and public schools in the Portland-metropolitan region. 

Award amounts range from $5,000 to $25,000.

The Trail Blazers Foundation Fund gives grants to nonprofits throughout Oregon and southwest Washington to support youth and families from historically underserved and marginalized communities across three focus area.

This grant will not be available until Spring 2024.

The McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation offers academic enrichment grants designed to develop in-class and extra-curricular programs that improve student learning. 

Award amounts range from $10,000 to $20,000.

The NEA foundation is interested in supporting educators, specialized instructional support personnel, and education support professionals to develop, implement and support engaging student experiences via the Student Success grants.

Awards range from $1,500 to $5,000.

Schools in rural communities have to apply for a grant of up to $100,000. In order to be considered for the grant, schools must meet the grant focus areas.