Professional Development & Training Opportunities
Perkins Accountability Workshops
October 5, 2009
Location: MnSCU (Wells Fargo Place, St. Paul)
Room: Conference Rooms 3304/3306
Time: 10:00am - 2:30pm
Map and driving directions
Parking - We can validate your parking ticket only if you park in the World Trade Center parking ramp located on the northeast corner of 7th and Wabasha streets, kitty corner to the Children's Museum, and connected to the Museum by skyway. Enter the left lane of the ramp from Wabasha Street. Note: The World Trade Center parking ramp does not accept credit cards.
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Agenda
These workshops are intended to assist you in the negotiations process. Workshops will include a discussion of the negotiation process and a breakout session to go over secondary and post-secondary data in detail. Each consortium should plan for the coordinator and a secondary and post-secondary staff who work with the accountability data.
A demonstration of Hyperion/BRIO and access to your Perkins data will be lead by Michele Dorschner, System Developer ITS from MnSCU. You will need to be sure you have the credentials to log into the software. This session will be part lecture, part hands on using our computer lab. Hyperion/BRIO 8.3 users need to contact Tom Keegan (651) 201-1430 to obtain a new password for the newest Hyperion/BRIO 9.3 version.
New user? Any new users will need to go through the normal process of obtaining "Oracle REPL & Hyperion/BRIO" authorization. The form can be found under the heading "Security." Get new user form
Contact Susan Carter (651) 297-4415 for more information or Florence Newton (651) 296-3906.
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September 30 and Oct. 1, 2009
VTECS Training
Location: Minnesota Department of Education
Room: Computer Conference Room
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There are four training sessions available:
Sept. 30 (9:00am - 12:00pm) VTECS Connect 2.2
Sept. 30 (1:00pm - 4:00pm) VTECS Direct 5.2
Oct. 1 (9:00am - 12:00pm) VTECS Direct 5.2
Oct. 1 (1:00pm - 4:00pm) VTECS Connect 2.2
The VTEC system is both a management and career development system.
With the need each year to acquire student data for both local and
state Perkins reporting, this system can be that tool that makes it
easier each year to identify those students that participate in a Career
and Technical Education class. More...
For more information about VTECS software and training, contact Al Hauge at the Minnesota Department of Education (651) 582-8409.
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October 12, 2009
Minnesota New Look Program Improvement Process Training
Eisenhower Community Center
1001 Highway 7
Hopkins, MN 55305
Time: 8:00am - 5:00pm
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Agenda
The 5-Step Process is designed to help state education agencies, schools and colleges use data to improve performance on the Perkins IV core indicators. This training will provide and in depth look at how to use the 5 Step Process to improve nontraditional performance.
Presenters: Mimi Lufkin, Chief Executive Director, National Alliance for Partners in Equity, Lynn Reha, Director, Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support and Howard Glasser, National Alliance for Partners in Equity.
Lodging
Sheraton Minneapolis West Hotel
12201 Ridgedale Drive
Minnetonka, MN 55305
Reservations (952) 593-000 or toll free 1-800-325-3535
A block is reserved under "5 Step Training."
$106.20/night (This price already includes tax)
Deadline to reserve a room is Oct. 2, 2009.
Breakfast, lunch, and break on Monday will be provided.
For more information about this training opportunity, contact Eva Scates-Winston (651) 297-3792
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October 19, 2009
Perkins Fiscal Training for Perkins Fiscal Hosts
Secondary and Postsecondary
Location: Minnesota Department of Education
Room: Conference Room 13 & 14
Time: 9:30am - 2:30pm
Map and Driving Directions
PARTICIPANTS
Local consortia chief fiscal agents, secondary and post secondary (2) plus up to 2 additional persons from each consortia invited by the fiscal agents.
Goals for this training:
- Review State and Federal fiscal regulations and legislation, Board of Trustees policies and MDE regulations regarding MN Career & Technical Education and Perkins fiscal procedures.
- Review MN state allocation and local consortia distribution of funds.
- Review and discuss requirements to receive funds and the requirements for uses of funds.
- Utilize procedures for assessing funds through the secondary and postsecondary systems.
- Provide suggestions for MN Career & Technical Education fiscal policy and procedures
For more information, contact JoAnn Simser (651) 297-2285 or Dan Smith (651) 582-8330.
