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Important News and Informatin from OVAE's Division of Academic and Technical Education (DATE) August 2007
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Editor: Ellen Kelly-Holland
Correspondents: Barbara Gilbert, Nancy Essey, and Clara Lawson-Holmes
- Message from the Director
- Perkins Monitoring Team Visits Mississippi and Arkansas
- League Receives Proposals for New STEM Project
- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Published for Academic Competitiveness and SMART Grants
- Spotlight on Michigan’s Ford PAS
- Mark Your Calendar! Meetings and Conferences
Message from the Director
As the summer winds down, DATE staff is busy preparing the supplemental grant award notification letters that will be issued to States on October 1, 2007, with the second and final installment of Perkins basic grant (Title I) funds. Letters will include special terms and conditions to address any lingering accountability deficiencies, if applicable. Attached to each State’s grant award letter will be its Final Agreed-Upon Performance Levels (FAUPL) form which will be updated to include a State’s levels of performance for program year two (July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009) for the core indicators of performance that are tied to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB): academic attainment in reading/language arts, academic attainment in mathematics, and graduation rates. DATE’s Regional Accountability Specialists (RASs) will be working with you through mid-September to negotiate these final levels.
Meanwhile, we hope that you had the opportunity to enjoy the summer, take a long-awaited vacation, or otherwise curl up and just read a good book! We now look forward with renewed energy to the beginning of a new program year and seeing everyone at the national leadership meeting in Charlotte!Sharon Lee Miller
Director, DATE
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Perkins Monitoring Team Visits Mississippi and Arkansas
The Perkins monitoring team conducted a site visit in Mississippi during the week of July 23-27, 2007. They are spending this week (August 20-24) in Arkansas, where they are conducting a joint monitoring visit with their colleagues from OVAE’s Division of Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL). Up next on their busy monitoring schedule will be North Dakota in mid-September!
Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) Published for the Native Hawaiian CTE Program
The Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) for the Native Hawaiian Career and Technical Education Program (NHCTEP), published in the Federal Register on July 5, 2007, resulted in 10 eligible applications for review. A panel of experts convened on Monday, August 20 to review and score the applications. Awards will be made before September 30, 2007. The Notice can be reviewed on the Web at: http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/
announcements/2007-3/070507c.pdf
League Receives Proposals for New STEM Project
The League for Innovation in the Community College, OVAE’s grantee for the College and Career Transition Initiative (CCTI), recently received proposals designed to create curriculum strategies that ensure mathematics and science rigor in the community college science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)-related career cluster areas. The project will also provide strategies that integrate real world application into general education math and science courses. The League is presently reviewing the proposals; the award will be made in early September.
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Published for Academic Competitiveness and SMART Grants
On August 7, 2007, the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) published the Department’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the American Competitive Grants (ACG) and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) Grant programs in the Federal Register. Public comments on the NPRM are due by September 6, 2007. The Notice can be reviewed on the web at: http://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/reg/hearulemaking/2007/acg.html
Spotlight on Michigan's Ford PAS
Members of the Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies (Ford PAS) recently visited OVAE to learn more about the 16 career clusters and programs of study in order to align their programs with the cluster standards. Since 1990, the Ford Motor Company has actively encouraged high school students to build successful careers in business, engineering, and technology by pursuing higher education goals. As part of that effort, Ford partnered with the Education Development Center (EDC) to develop Ford PAS, an academically rigorous, standards-based program that introduces students to the concepts and skills necessary for future success in postsecondary education and/or in meeting workplace expectations as adults, the same goals as those in the career clusters and programs of study.
Patty Cantu, Michigan’s State CTE Director, highly recommends the program, stating that, "Ford PAS is an excellent example of educational materials that are developed through strong partnerships between K-12, postsecondary institutions and business/industry. The curriculum provides an opportunity for students to apply rigorous academics through problem solving and critical thinking skills that are crucial in today’s workplace. The program supports our efforts in CTE to prepare high school students for both postsecondary education and the workplace.” Ms. Cantu cited the program at the Livonia Career Tech Center in Livonia, Michigan, as an effective model that offers high school CTE programs and partners with Holmes Middle School and the University of Michigan-Dearborn. In addition, there are about 113 other Ford PAS sites throughout Michigan and programs are currently being used in 23 states, reaching approximately 15,000 students. The state of Ohio uses the Ford PAS curriculum as the core of its manufacturing career and technical programs.
New Ford PAS modules will be available in fall 2008. If you are interested in piloting one or two science modules, contact Rebecca Lewis at rlewis@edc.org; if you would like to pilot the eight-week financial literacy module in January 2008, contact Anne Shure at ashure@edc.org
For more information on Ford PAS courses, modules, and resources, visit their website at www.fordpas.org
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Mark Your Calendar!
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| Next Steps Work Group - OVAE | Via conference call July 12, 2007 2:00 pm - EST |
john.haigh@ed.gov |
| National Association for State Directors of Career and Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) Fall Meeting – NASDCTEc (OVAE will be conducting a few sessions at this meeting) |
Charlotte, NC September 11-15, 2007 |
http://www.careertech.org/ |
| National Career Pathways Network Conference: Pathways to the Winner’s Circle – NCPN (OVAE will be conducting a few sessions at this conference, including a pre-conference “how to approaches” session on tech prep and accountability on October 9) | Louisville, KY October 10-13, 2007 |
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| Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) Convention and Career Tech Expo – ACTE (OVAE will be conducting a few sessions at this conference) | Las Vegas, NV December 13-15, 2007 |
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