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PERKINS FEDERAL CTE GRANTS IN 3-D. Lorrie Toni, Perkins Director, CCCS September 16, 2010 For The CACTA Task Force Meeting. Purposes By Law. Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Section 2:
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PERKINS FEDERALCTE GRANTS IN 3-D Lorrie Toni, Perkins Director, CCCS September 16, 2010 For The CACTA Task Force Meeting
Purposes By Law Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Section 2: • Develop challenging academic and technical standards; assist students in meeting them; including preparation for high skill, high wage, or high demand occupations in current or emerging professions
Purposes By Law Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Section 2: • Services and activities that integrate rigorous and challenging academic and CT instruction and link secondary and postsecondary for CTE students.
Purposes By Law Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Section 2: • Increase State and local flexibility in providing services and activities designed to develop, implement, and improve CTE
Purposes By Law Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Section 2: • National Research – • www.nrccte.org • Dissemination of best practices that improve CTE
Purposes By Law Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Section 2: • Technical Assistance that • Promotes leadership, initial preparation and professional development at State and Local levels • Improves the quality of CTE teachers, faculty, administrators, and counselors
Purposes By Law Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Section 2: • Support partnerships among secondary schools, postsecondary institutions, baccalaureate degree granting institutions, technical colleges, workforce investment boards, business and industry, and intermediaries
Purposes By Law Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Section 2: • Provide individuals with opportunities throughout their lifetimes to develop, in conjunction with other programs, the knowledge and skills needed to keep the United States competitive.
Performance Metrics in Law Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Section 113, Secondary Institutions: • Academic Attainment • Technical Skills Attainment • Secondary School Completion • Graduation Rates
Performance Metrics in Law Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Section 113, Secondary Institutions: • CTE Program Completers Placement • Postsecondary or Advanced Training • Employment • Military Service
Performance Metrics in Law Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Section 113, Secondary Institutions: • Participation in and Completion of CTE programs that are Non-Traditional for an underrepresented gender (gender stereo-typed career fields)
Performance Metrics in Law Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Section 113, Postsecondary Institutions: • Technical Skill Attainment • Completion of Certificates or Degrees • Retention in Postsecondary Education
Performance Metrics in Law Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Section 113, Postsecondary Institutions: • CTE Program Completers Placement • Postsecondary or Advanced Training • Employment • Military Service
Performance Metrics in Law Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Section 113, Postsecondary Institutions: • Participation in and Completion of CTE programs that are Non-Traditional for an underrepresented gender (gender stereo-typed career fields)
Local Uses Requirements in Law Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Section 135 • Integration of Academics • Secondary and Postsecondary Linkages • All Aspects of Industry • Expand Use of Technology
Local Uses Requirements in Law Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Section 135 • Professional Development for teachers, faculty, administrators, career guidance and academic counselors • Evaluation of CTE programs including assessment of meeting needs of special populations
Local Uses Requirements in Law Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Section 135 • Initiate, improve, expand, modernize quality CTE programs • Services and activities that are of sufficient, size, scope and quality to be effective
Local Uses Requirements in Law Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Section 135 • Prepare special populations enrolled in CTE for high skill, high wage, or high demand occupations that will lead to self-sufficiency.
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CONTACT:LORRIE TONI, PERKINS DIRECTORE-mail: lorrie.toni@cccs.eduPhone: 303-595-1565Colorado CommunityCollege System (CCCS)9101 E. Lowry Blvd.Denver, CO 80230