Building a Skilled and Competitive Workforce:

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Building a Skilled andCompetitive Workforce
Montanas Strategic Direction for Career and
Technical Education
By Hans Meeder
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Vision and Mission for CTE in Montana

• Our Vision A Skilled and Competitive Workforce
  in Montana
• Our Mission To strengthen the quality of CTE
  programs and align them to education reform,
  workforce quality and economic competitiveness

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Values of CTE Leaders and Educators in Montana

• We value collaboration among educators,
  administrators, and leaders.
• We value continuous improvement of our programs.
  
• We value empowering educators to find and
  implement best practices.
• We value students as full partners and the owners
  of their own educational and career goals.

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Strategic Objectives

• Create the best system and supports possible
• Strengthen education and employment opportunities
• Help Montanans make smooth transitions between
  education and careers
• Meet the demand for and strengthen the quality of
  CTE teachers

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Strategic Objective 1 Create the best system and
supports possible

• 1.1 Develop a collaborative State Leadership
  Structure

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Putting the Puzzle Together!
input
State Leadership Board OCHE/OPI
Funding Streams
State Advisory Committee
Local Programs
Staff
input
Reserve
State Leadership
Peaks To Plains Consortium Tech Prep
Programs of Study
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Strategic Objective 1 Create the best system and
supports possible

• 1.1 Develop a collaborative State Leadership
  Structure
• 1.2 Build a culture of continuous program
  improvement
• 1.3 Improve data quality and usefulness to
  educators
• 1.4 Use data to establish program improvement
  goals and accountability
• 1.5 Create a structured system of technical
  assistance for improvement
• 1.6 Update and upgrade program expectations

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Strategic Objective 2 Strengthen Education and
Employment Opportunities

• 2.1 Align CTE to economic opportunities within
  Montana
• 2.2 Create and implement Big Sky Pathways,
  utilizing Tech Prep as a focused resource
• 2.3 Expand business and industry involvement at
  all levels

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The New Tech Prep for Montana

• Pathways from Peaks to Plains
• The Big Sky
• East-West Consortium for Educational Advancement

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Montana Career Fields and Clusters Model
Environmental Agricultural Systems
Business Management
Human Services Resources

• Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources

• Law, Public Safety and Security
• Government and Public Administration
• Human Services
• Education and Training

• Marketing, Sales, and Services
• Business, Management, and Administration
• Hospitality and Tourism
• Finance
• Information Technology

• Marketing, Sales, and Services
• Business, Management, and Administration
• Hospitality and Tourism
• Finance
• Information Technology

English (4) Math (2) Science (2)
Social Studies (2) PE (1) Health (1)
Arts (1) Vocational (1)
Career

• Foundation
• Knowledge and Skills
• Interpersonal Relationships
• Information Literacy
• Problem Solving
• Critical Thinking
• Teamwork

Industrial, Manufacturing, Engineering Systems
Electives
Communication Information Systems

• Manufacturing
• Transportation, Distribution Logistics
• Architecture and Construction
• Science, Technology, Engineering Mathematics

• Arts, A/V Technology and Communications

Health Sciences

• Health Science

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The New Tech Prep for Montana

• One statewide consortium Two institutions
  dividing responsibilities for program development
  east to west
• One institution will serve as lead applicant and
  fiscal agent
• Flathead Valley Community College (Lead)
• MSU Billings College of Technology

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Strategic Objective 3 Help Montanans make smooth
transitions between education and careers

• 3.1 Offer career development tools and
  individualized education plans
• 3.2 Create seamless pathways
• 3.3 Build supports to help all students succeed
• 3.4 Connect CTE w/ high school mission
• 3.5 Support strong orientation and counseling
  services for high school and college CTE students

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Strategic Objective 4 Meet the demand for and
strengthen the quality of CTE teachers

• 4.1 Build communities of practice among
  secondary and postsecondary educators
• 4.2 Use benchmarking strategies to implement
  promising practices
• 4.3 Create structured and ongoing professional
  development re academic integration
• 4.4 Align all professional development
  activities and opportunities within Montana
• 4.5 Improve recruitment and induction of new
  teachers, and draw upon the expertise of seasoned
  teachers.

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• Few will have the greatness to bend history
  itself but each of us can work to change a small
  portion of events, and in the total of all those
  acts will be written the history of this
  generation.
• -- Robert F. Kennedy

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Building a Skilled andCompetitive Workforce
Montanas Strategic Direction for Career and
Technical Education
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