Professional Development

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CTE Works! 2013 A Minnesota Summit on Excellence in Career and Technical Education - Call for Presentations

CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS OPEN

September 20, 2013 - deadline to submit your proposal.
September 30, 2013 - Proposals will be peer-reviewed and presenters notified of their acceptance.
Your proposal submission for a one-hour concurrent session should address promising practicies in one of the following conference strands: Partnerships & Policy, College and Career Readiness, Workforce Development, Teaching and Learning Strategies, and Data Informed Improvement.

Visit the conference page for full conference details and registration.

NEW!

Gender Tune Up Part I (for student organization advisors)

Learn the tools necessary to better recruit and retain students for your nontraditional career courses and programs. (Nontraditional careers are those in which males or females are significantly underrepresented in an occupation or field of work.) Through an interactive discussion, you will be engaged in utilizing presentations, self-assessments, case studies to...

Examine how gender equity issues relate to career decision-making - and what you can do to even the balance.
Use self-studies to assess yourself, your classroom, and your school for gender equity - and learn some easy "fixes".
Take away strategies to increase enrollment and retain students in nontraditional classes and programs.

Gender Tune Up Part I: go to http://tinyurl.com/CTSO-GenderTune-Up to register and access the recording for the introduction to strategies to support nontraditional career students.

Gender Tune Up Part II (for student organization advisors)

During this exciting webinar you will explore how you can apply the strategies you learned through the initial Gender Tune Up webinar - and get results! Chart your path to better recruit and retain students for your nontraditional career courses or programs and walk away with ideas for an action plan designed to shift your nontraditional enrollments and retention into high gear.

Gender Tune Up Part II: go to http://tinyurl.com/CTSO-Gender-TuneUp-Part-II to register and access the recording for the follow up strategies to support nontraditional career students.

June 5, 2013

Rigorous Programs of Study Workshop RESCHEDULED
9:30am - 3:00pm
Alexandria Technical College (Room 211)

FOLDER CONTENTS

Expectations for Rigorous Programs of Study Memo
Minnesota Rigorous Programs of Study Guide
Presentation: Rigorous Programs of Study in the Context of State and Federal Initiatives
Rigorous Programs of Study Components Overview
Handbook: Rigorous Programs of Study for CTE Professionals
MN Programs of Study Website
Clusters & Pathways Framework (Revised September 2012)
Alignment of Curriculum
TSA Process Model
MnSCU-MDE Position on TSA Implementation

For more information about this workshop contact Debra Hsu, CTE Professional Development Director (651) 201-1686 or debra.hsu@so.mnscu.edu.

Sept. 26, 2012
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Perkins Accountability II - Secondary
The webinar will be a one hour detailed presentation of Perkins Accountability data collection and reporting for secondary Consortium Coordinators and Contacts and administrators.
Lead Presenter(s) - Marlys Bucher and Dan Smith

Presentation
Evaluation
Watch the recording

Sept. 27, 2012
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Perkins Accountability II - Postsecondary
The webinar will be a one hour detailed presentation of Perkins Accountability data collection and reporting for postsecondary Consortium Coordinators and Contacts and administrators.
Lead Presenter(s) ? Katie Vaccari, Joshua Nordaune and JoAnn Simser

Presentation
Accessing Data Using Hyperion Instructions
Evaluation
Watch the recording

Oct. 1, 2012
Technical Training Webinar: Using mnprogramsofstudy.org

The webinar is intended for POS Developers, Consortium Leaders, POS Coordinators to learn how to use the administrative functions for entering Programs of Study on the new MN Programs of Study website including how the website may be used by students, parents, teachers and counselors. Registration is required.

Watch the recording
Evaluation

For more information, contact Debra Hsu, CTE Professional Development Director (651) 201-1686 or debra.hsu@so.mnscu.edu

CEU credits will be given after the training upon completion of an evaluation. The link to the evaluation will be given to those in attendance on the day of the training. All CEU requests for this training will go directly to Judee Ferguson at the Minnesota Department of Education at (651) 582-8865.

Oct. 9, 2012
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Perkins Governance (2012-2012 Funding and Requirements)
Overview: Perkins Fiscal Training Part I
Presenters: Dan Smith, JoAnn Simser and Shannon Kohlman

Presentation
FY13 Perkins Budget
Watch the recording
Evaluation

Oct. 15, 2012
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Perkins CTE Distribution and Uses of Funds
Overview: Perkins Fiscal Training Part II
Presenters: Dan Smith, JoAnn Simser, Nicole Blanchard and Shannon Kohlman

Presentation
Distribution Sample
Evaluation
Watch the recording

Oct. 17, 2012
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Treatment of Money Detail - Postsecondary
Perkins Fiscal Procedures and Requirements - Postsecondary.
Presenters: JoAnn Simser, Nicole Blanchard and Shannon Kohlman

Register or Join
Call toll-free 1-866-469-3239
Presentation
FY13 Perkins Budget Submitted April 13, 2012
FY13 Perkins Budget Summary
Fiscal Postsecondary Desk Audit
Financial Requirements (Operational Handbook Section III)
Evaluation

Oct. 24, 2012
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Treatment of Money (Secondary)
Perkins Fiscal Procedures and Requirements II - Secondary.
Presenters: Dan Smith and Laurie Rheault

Minnesota CTEDDI

Find out what Minnesota is doing on career technical education data driven improvement and sign up for the upcoming CTEDDI webinar series here.

Webinar on Migration of MNPOS to mnprogramsofstudy.org

Monday, May 7 or Tuesday, May 8
2:00p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CST
Listen to Recording Now

These webinar sessions are for Perkins Consortia Leaders and Coordinators. Registration is not required to attend the webinars and you need only to attend one session.

If you have more questions about this event, contact Debra Hsu at (651) 201-1686. If you need more information on Minnesota Programs of Study, contact Ginny Karbowski at (651) 201-1661.

Micro messaging and Non-traditional Student Success Webinar

Monday, February 27, 2012
10:00a.m. - 11:00a.m. CST

Webinar Flyer (pdf)
Presentation (ppt)
Peer Observation Checklist: Facilitator Notes (pdf)
Recognizing Your Cues (pdf)
Evaluate the Webinar

Technical Skill Assessment Workshop

Tuesday, February 14, 2012
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Full Agenda (pdf)
Participating Vendors (ppt pdf)
2012 Technical Skill Assessment Handbook (pdf)
Using Assessment (and other) Data to Improve Instruction (pdf)

The workshop is intended for teachers, faculty, administrators, Perkins consortia leaders/ coordinators, chief academic officers and curriculum & assessment specialists/coordinators to learn more about the Minnesota Technical Skill Assessment project with a special focus on the selected FY10 and FY11 career pathways where core competencies and state-approved technical skill assessments have been identified.

CEU's will be provided (please note when you register).

CTE Professional Development Director
651-201-1686 debra.hsu@so.mnscu.edu

Fall Career Technical Education Conference

CTE: Learning that works for Minnesota
November 10, 2011

Conference Program (pdf)

Annual Perkins Consortium Coordinators Meeting

November 9, 2011
Hennepin Technical College North Brooklyn Park, MN
Agenda (pdf)

Recent Presentations

"The New Professional Development in Career Technical Education: High-quality, Sustained, Intensive and Classroom-focused" (ppt)
CAO/CSAO/Deans Meeting, October 27, 2011

"MN Data Driven Improvement" (ppt)
Consortium Team Leaders' Training
Oct/Nov 2011
MN Data Driven Improvement Project
Teacher & Faculty Task List
Team Leader Task List

Perkins Fiscal Webinars

Perkins Law, Governing Documents & MN Perkins Funding for 2011-12
Overview: Perkins Fiscal Training Part I
October 4, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Dan Smith, JoAnn Simser, Lou Urban and Rekha Dixit
Perkins Fiscal Training Part I - this session covers slides 1-29 (ppt)

Requirements to Receive Funds, Local Distribution of Funds & Uses of Funds
Overview: Perkins Fiscal Training Part II
October 6, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Dan Smith, Pam Schneider, JoAnn Simser and Lou Urban
Perkins Fiscal Training Part II - this session covers slides 30-87 (ppt)
Local Consortium Application Section III Resources-Financial (pdf)

Treatment of Money Detail
Perkins Fiscal Procedures and Requirements II - Secondary
October 13, 1:30-2:30
Dan Smith and Pam Schneider
Secondary Processes (ppt)
Budget Instructions (pdf)
Budget Summary (pdf)
Operational Handbook-Financial Requirements (pdf)

Treatment of Money Detail
Perkins Fiscal Procedures and Requirements - Postsecondary
October 17, 11:00- 12:00
Lou Urban, Rekha Dixit and JoAnn Simser
Register Now or Join Meeting
Perkins Fiscal Presentation (ppt)
FY12 Perkins Budget MN (pdf)
Fiscal PS Desk Audit-Documentation for Monitoring Visit (pdf)
Operational Handbook-Financial Requirements (pdf)

Perkins Accountability Webinars

You will find the handouts and recordings for the Accountability Webinars in the Events Archive

Minnesota Career and Technical Education