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CTE Update | 06.10
A monthly newsletter from Career and Technical Education - Washington |
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2010-11 CIP Code Chart / Course Approval Process & Schedule Online Visit the CTE Web site or click here for the 2010-11 CIP Code chart.
Click here for the Course Approval/Re-Approval Process and Schedule for 2010-14. |
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CTE Grants -- End of Year Reports / Perkins Applications
END OF YEAR REPORTS
The following form package has been added to the list of available iGrants form packages: Career and Technical Education (End Of Year Report), Form Package 474. Purpose: For districts to report activities related to high demand and course equivalency grants during the 09-10 school year. Due Date: July 9, 2010. For more information contact Betty Klattenhoff, CTE Director, at (360) 725-6245 or [email protected]; or contact Phouang Hamilton, Program Supervisor, at (360) 725-6253 or
[email protected].
PERKINS 5-YEAR APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY ALLOCATION
Both Perkins 5-Year Application Plan and Preliminary allocation are available via iGrants. We sincerely apologize that pre-population of texts from previous year did not transfer to the 2010-11 Perkins Application.
PERKINS LOCAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
Local performance indicators became available June 3, 2010, for districts to view. Notifications will be released the week of June 14, 2010 to district superintendents and assessment and CTE directors/coordinators.
GRANTS COMING SOON
- Perkins End-of-Year Report (form package 477)
- Washington First Grants (form package 424)
- First LEGO League
- First Tech Challenge
- First Robotics
- NonTraditional Fields Competitive Grant (form package 461)
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Agriculture Education Report
For the first time the annual Agriculture Education Report is on iGrants for those teaching Agriculture Education courses.
The report is iGrant form package 425, and it is at the school level. The report is due June 30, 2010.
Thank you for helping your teachers access, complete and submit this report. For further information, contact Wayne Gilman, Agriculture Education, at (360) 725-6244 or [email protected]. |
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Building Communities Fund (BCF) Program The Building Communities Fund provides capital facilities grants for community-based, nonresidential community and social service projects. The BCF program was created by the Legislature in 2008 (RCW 43.163A.125) to provide a means of identifying qualified community and social service capital projects, and providing capital support to nonprofit agencies and their partners to develop or improve these facilities. These investments will play a key role in improving the economic, social, and educational climate in distressed communities and other areas that serve low-income persons.
This program awards state grants to nonprofit, community-based organizations to defray up to 25 percent or more of eligible capital costs to acquire, construct, or rehabilitate nonresidential community and social service centers. There is no minimum or maximum grant award amount.
The application and guidelines for the Building Communties Fund are now available: 2010 BCF Grant Guidelines. Workshops for projects that may be funded in the 2011-2013 Capital Budget: June 8, 2010 -- Spokane Community College; June 9, 2010 -- Seattle Center; June 10, 2010 -- Vancouver, WA.
Please RSVP at [email protected]. For more information, contact Capital Program staff at (360) 725-3075. |
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Limited Allowable Budget Revisions on iGrants The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) is considering limiting the number of budget revisions that a district and an educational service district (ESD) may make per iGrant form package per year, to three. The three budget revision limit includes two regular budget revisions and one budget revision to incorporate carry-over. The purpose of limiting to three revisions is both to underscore the importance of planning and to ensure that OSPI staff can serve districts and ESDs in a timely and efficient manner. At present, we are approving over 4,000 budgets a year-not including the budget revisions. To be sure, if there were extenuating circumstances, the individual grant program office would work with a district or an ESD to allow a needed revision.
Before a final decision is made, we would like feedback from you about this topic. Please submit your comments via email, by June 11, 2010, to Jami Peterson, Executive Assistant for Special Programs & Federal Accountability at [email protected]. Thank you in advance for your consideration and feedback. |
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Project Management in Secondary Schools Teachers and administrators, join us at the Double Tree in Spokane after the conference on Wednesday afternoon, Thursday, and Friday morning for a free training workshop sponsored by the Project Management Institute (PMI) Educational Foundation.
Workshop Agenda
- Explore project management philosophies, tools and techniques as life skills.
- Prepare to teach a new CTE course under development,
Become a part of an on-line learning community of educators preparing to earn a Project Management Institute certification.
This workshop is based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK�), and the industry-recognized certifications: the Project Management Professional (PMP�), and the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM�). Individuals with the PMP� and CAPM� certifications are in high demand both in the United States and throughout the world.
CTE programs of study ranging from IT, Engineering and Business/Marketing to Construction, Ag Production, and Hospitality/Event Planning can benefit from a year-long Preparatory-level CTE course that is in the planning stages with OSPI.
Individuals can benefit by learning to better plan a wide range of projects. Administrators in Education can add tools to their professional toolbox.
Registration for conference attendees only required through WA-ACTE. |
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2010 WA-ACTE Summer Conference Registration is now open for the 2010 WA-ACTE Summer Conference, August 8-11, Spokane, WA. Save $50 by registering before July 15, 2010. Conference includes pre-conference sessions, breakout sessions, exhibit trade show, exciting speakers, and more.
More information is available at the WA-ACTE Summer Conference Web page. Register here. |
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STEMester of Service Grants Funded by Learn and Serve America, a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service, STEMester of Service incorporates Youth Service America's (YSA) semester-long service-learning framework to engage educators and students in addressing critical environmental needs and connecting them to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) curricula, specifically science and technology.
YSA is seeking 10 middle schools with large populations of disadvantaged youth to join 20 returning STEMester of Service grantees. STEM schools must be located in one of the 12 states with highest dropout rates (Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, and Washington).
The $5,000 grant (that includes travel and training at YSA's Youth Service Institute in Detroit in October) supports teachers as they engage local partners and guide students in addressing local needs through planning and implementing sustainable service projects that launch on Martin Luther King, Jr Day of Service (January 17, 2011) and culminate on Global Youth Service Day (April 15-17, 2011).
Applications are due July 15, 2010. Grants will be announced in late July. |
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Sustaining Innovation Best Practices Summit The Washington State Energy and Construction Centers of Excellence look forward to celebrating our 5th Annual Best Practices Summit June 24 and 25, 2010, at the Regional Education and Training Center, Satsop Campus, Elma, WA.
No registration fee.
The 2010 conference theme is "Sustaining Innovation," featuring David Allen and Charlie Earl as Keynote speakers.
June 24: David E. Allen is Executive Vice-President of McKinstry Company, a Seattle based firm that is the market leader in the Pacific Northwest for design-build mechanical construction, energy services and facility operation and management. David is widely respected for his contributions to creating the McKinstry positioning strategy that has resulted in the firm's national reputation as a leader in integrated facility services delivery and engineered solutions in the clean technology sector
June 25: Charlie Earlis Executive Director of the Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges. Charlie brings a broad perspective of interfacing the community college system with industry in his present position and as former President of Everett Community College. His special interest in the energy industry was gained as General Manager of Snohomish Public Utility District No. 1 and with government as a Deputy King County Executive.
Exhibitor tables available.
Register now at www.centralia.edu/coe/summits.html or contact Shana Peschek at [email protected] or (425) 235-2352 ext. 5582. |
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AFCEA Education Scholarships for Teaching STEM The AFCEA Educational Foundation will offer at least 35 scholarships of $5,000 to students actively pursuing an undergraduate or graduate education degree for the purpose of teaching STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) subjects at a U.S. middle or secondary school.
Applications Deadline: June 10, 2010. Apply here.
Eligibility: Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, attending an accredited college or university in the United States as a traditional student and majoring in secondary education for the purpose of teaching STEM subjects in a U.S. middle or secondary school. Undergraduate applications will be accepted from current sophomore and junior students - minimum second-year students please. Graduate candidates must be currently enrolled in at least two (semester-equivalent) classes at an accredited U.S. college or university.
A minimum overall GPA of 3.0 is required.
In addition to the STEM Teacher Scholarship, each graduating AFCEA STEM Teacher Scholar will receive a $1,000 AFCEA Science Teaching Tools grant per year for 3 years, on the condition they remain teaching a STEM subject. Grants can be used for a variety of purposes including: purchase of STEM-focused classroom supplies, purchase of hardware/ software, or to support STEM extra-curricular activities and clubs.
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The 2010-11 Real World Design Challenge  The Real World Design Challenge (RWDC)
is an annual competition that provides high school students, grades 9 - 12, the opportunity to work on real world engineering challenges in a team environment. Each year, student teams will be asked to address a challenge that confronts our nation's leading industries. Students will utilize professional engineering software to develop their solutions and will also generate presentations that convincingly demonstrate the value of their solutions. The RWDC provides students with opportunities to apply the lessons of the classroom to the technical problems that are being faced in the workplace.
Teams can now sign up to participate in next year's 2010-2011 Real World Design Challenge. Every team that wants to participate needs to register to participate even if they participated in the past. Teams can register by clicking the following link Registration is now open for the 2010-2011 Challenge or by going to www.realworlddesignchallenge.org and following the registration link there.
Teachers can then go to www.ptcacademy.com for free online training and to begin downloading the software.
The competition will begin in Fall 2010. |
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Auburn High School DECA Takes International Financial Literacy Award
Financial Literacy Champions Alyssa Opland and Haylee Rice | LOUISVILLE -- Auburn High School (AHS) DECA Chapter was awarded first place for their financial literacy project, "Road To Riches," during the DECA International Career Development Conference in May. Over 14,000 students from as far away as Germany attended the competition in Louisville. 150 of the top financial literacy projects were entered into the competition. The AHS team cleared the preliminary round and were one of 20 teams to compete in the finals.
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Washington-Focused Scholarship Clearinghouse  The Washington Scholarship Coalition has launched theWashboard.org, a new, free, web-based scholarship matching clearinghouse that is Washington-focused.
TheWashboard.org is for students, as well as for for scholarship providers, counselors, and career specialists. For more information, visit online or contact Mary Beth Lambert,
Marketing & Communications Consultant, Washington Scholarship Coalition, at (206) 335-0191. |
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Career and Technical Education - Washington does not discriminate and provides equal access to its programs and services for all persons without regard to race, color, sex, religeion, creed, marital status, national origin, sexual preference/orientation, age, veteran's status or the presence of any physical, sensory or mental disability. | |
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