Perkins Update

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Perkins Update

• Funding FY05
• Slight increase over FY04
• Reauthorization
• Spring Congressional Hearings
• GEPA one-year extension
• State Planning
• Extension Revision of Current Plan
• Local Planning

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State Plan Guidance

• Submission to USDE by April 30
• Letter to Extend Current Plan
• Budget
• FY05 Performance Targets
• State Plan Revision
• Perkins Tech Prep Initiatives
• Update to address economic federal educational
  policy changes since 1998

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Four Key Areas

• ACHIEVEMENT
• NCLB, Ensuring challenging academics, Special
  Populations
• TRANSITION
• Aligning secondary/postsecondary, college
  academic preparation, articulated paths
• OCCUPATIONAL PREPARATION
• Alignment support of programs to prepare for
  occupations In demand with family supporting
  wage
• HIGH QUALITY PROGRAMS
• Resource investment and monitoring criteria to
  assure local programs of sufficient size, scope
  and quality

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Ohio Response

• Engagement of agency leadership ODE OBR
• Development of a Revision to the State Plan for
  Career-Technical Education
• Matrix aligned with Ohios Policy Advances
  Critical Initiatives

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Aligning Local Planning

• Letter of Intent to Extend Current Performance
  Plan June 15th deadline
• Plan update electronically through the
  CCIP-CTAE grant application process

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Key Area -- Achievement

• Possible Strategy
• Strengthen academic, career technical skills
• Action Steps
• Project based learning or assessment
• Collaborative planning with academic/technical
  teachers
• Curriculum alignment with Academic Content
  Standards

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Key Area -- Transitions

• Possible Strategy
• Link secondary and postsecondary education
• Action Steps
• Development of articulation agreements
• Joint planning secondary/postsec faculty
• Implement 11-14 pathways align curriculum

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Key Area -- Occupation

• Possible Strategy
• Provide programs that address all aspects of an
  industry
• Action Steps
• Engagement of stakeholders, advisory councils in
  program development
• Teacher externships
• Development/support of interagency or economic
  initiatives

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Key Area High Quality

• Possible Strategy
• Provide services of sufficient size, scope and
  quality
• Action Steps
• Dual/concurrent enrollment early college designs
• Curriculum alignment with economic clusters,
  industry accreditation
• Equipment upgrades to meet industry needs

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Perkins Simulation

• Plan Construction Checklist
• Do the strategies align with the goal, the
  districts needs the legislative requirements?
  
• Do the action steps relate to the four key areas?
• Do the actions steps address the required
  activities in the application?
• Do the number of action steps equal or exceed the
  number of activities checked in the application?
• Will resources be appropriately allocated to
  achieve the planned action steps?

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Seven Step Input Process

• Review/edit district planEstablish goals,
  performance measures, strategies
• Review CTAE funding sources available
  allocations
• Complete grant application pagerequired and
  fundable activities
• Add fiscal resources to district plan
• Complete action steps
• Construct program budget
• Validate Application /Review Plan

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FY04 Fiscal Closures

• FERs and PCRs (Website)
• FY04 Budget Revisions deadline (May 30)
• http//www.ode.state.oh.us/ctae/Funding/default.as
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Performance Reporting

• For FY05 Same Performance Targets and Indicators
• Perkins Performance Report
• FY04 Performance Report (Feb-March)
• Conduct stakeholders meeting by April 1

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Carl D. Perkins Monitoring Four Step Process
1. Self-Assessment 2. Desk Audit 3. Telephone
Audit 4. On-Site Review
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The Monitoring Process
Self Assessment
Monitoring Summary Report
NO
Received on Time?
Corrective Action Needed?
NO
YES
Desk Audit
OFI or Questions?
NO
End
YES
YES
Submit Corrective Action Plan
Phone Audit
NO
District Selected
YES
AFS Tracking Logs and Follow-up
Site Visit
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Perkins Monitoring

• FY05 list of participants
• Highlights of monitoring visits
• Organize information (Files, box, etc.)
• Courses of study with revised dates
• Self-assessment is crucial (facilitates process)
• Monitoring is based on latest performance report

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Monitoring Continued

• Corrective Action Plans (CAP)
• Mention activities to address issues
• Follow up by self set deadline
• Fax proposed CAP to OBR Perkins Grant
  Administrator
• http//www.ode.state.oh.us/ctae/treasurer/administ
  rative_field_services/Federal_Funding/default.asp

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Thank You!