Perkins IV

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Carl D. Perkins Career & Technical Education Act of 2006

The President signed the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 2006 into law on August 12, 2006. The new Act will provide an increased focus on the academic achievement of career and technical education students, strengthen the connections between secondary and postsecondary education, and improve state and local accountability. Access the official law here.

RESOURCES for LOCAL PLAN DEVELOPMENT

Minnesota State Five-Year Plan (View it here)

PowerPoint Presentations:

• Perkins IV: Local Application Training Meetings (pdf) - March 2008 Training Sessions
• Teaching Across the High School and College Career & Technical Education Curriculum (pdf) - presented at the Realizing Student Potential/ITeach 2008 conference
• Career and Technical Education in Minnesota (pdf) - Presented to the Board of Trustees on April 18, 2007.
• Perkins IV: The New Law (pdf) - Regional Meetings.
• Minnesota's Five Goals (pdf) - Regional Meetings.
• Minnesota's Rationale (pdf) - Regional Meetings.
• Minnesota's New Direction (pdf) - Regional Meetings.
• "Did You Know" by Karl Fisch (scroll down and click on the edited version by Scott McLeod)

Preparation for the new Perkins IV Law:

• MnSCU Board of Trustees Agenda Item Summary Sheet (pdf) - Summary of the May 2007 Board of Trustees Agenda item regarding the Perkins IV Minnesota State Transition Plan.
• Guiding Assumptions - Overview of Perkins IV Impact on Local Recipients (Colleges and High Schools)
• Additional website resources:
  • States' Career Clusters
  • Nationtional Association of State Directors of CTE Consortium
  • ACTE Online
• Math-In-CTE Model (pdf)

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