Career & Technical Education
Welcome to the career and technical education division at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. We partner closely with the Center for Postsecondary Success at the Minnesota Department of Education to prepare students to enter high skill, high wage or high demand employment in Minnesota.
The information provided on this site will be helpful to career technical education leaders, consortia coordinators, secondary and postsecondary administrators, teachers and faculty, policymakers and business industry partners. Students interested in career technical education careers and academic programs should visit our student site at www.learningthatworks.org.
What's new?
FY12 Perkins IV Postsecondary Leadership Funds Request – Professional Learning Communities
The Office of the Chancellor seeks applications for faculty/ teacher development grants to enhance teaching and learning strategies in career and technical education (CTE) programs. The intention of these grants are to help consortia teams produce and demonstrate practices that will improve student outcomes in CTE by utilizing professional learning communities and student learning communities as effective approaches to increase student success.
Application
RFP
RFP Definitions
Helpful Guidelines
Uses of Funds
CTE Goals
Deadline to apply - January 30, 2012
For more information, contact Eva Scates-Winston at eva.scates-winston@so.mnscu.edu
or 651-201-1680.
Minnesota participates in Career and Technical Educators Using a Data Driven Improvement Model (CTEDDI)
During the 2011-2012 academic year, the National Research Center for CTE will offer CTEDDI to states as a technical assistance option. CTEDDI will provide educators from participating states with professional development to increase their knowledge and skills in the use and interpretation of assessment data for making instructional improvements. CTEDDI will be delivered by facilitators who will also serve as coaches as the educators apply their initial training at their school sites.
To learn more about this project, contact Debra Wilcox Hsu, Director of Professional Development, at debra.hsu@so.mnscu.edu or (651) 201-1686.
Pathways to Success: A guide for Minnesota parents (Fall 2011 version)
This guide was developed in partnership with iSEEK and the Minnesota Department of Education to help parents talk to their teen about career pathways, the career development process and today's labor market. This is our second version with updated information. This publication has been distributed to our Perkins Contacts at the colleges and school districts. Download the 2011 and 2010 versions here.
For more information, contact Eva Scates-Winston at eva.scates-winston@so.mnscu.edu.
Fall Career Technical Education Conference - Post-conference Presentations
Handouts from presenters from the breakout sessions will be posted shortly. If you presented at the conference, please submit your powerpoint presentations and any related handouts to deegee.frenzel@so.mnscu.edu.
For other information related to professional development, please contact Debra Wilcox Hsu, Professional Development Director at debra.hsu@so.mnscu.edu.
Resources for consortium coordinators and their partners - CTE: Learning that works for Minnesota Campaign
Resources are available to consortium leaders, coordinators and their consortium members to use in promoting career techncial education. Please visit our campaign resources section to view and download the campaign materials.
CTE: Learning that works for America - The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and the Minnesota Department of Education, together, launched an awareness campaign to showcase career technical education programs across the state of Minnesota. The campaign messages are geared primarily towards students, those still in high school and adult workers, encouraging them to visit www.learningthatworks.org, a website developed by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, providing broad information about career technical education programs across Minnesota colleges and high schools. This video was created by the National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc).
