Teachers from culinary arts, health occupations, and early childhood education programs worked for two days with mathematics and English language arts (ELA) teachers to find points of intersections where students can demonstrate proficiency of Maine student learning standards. Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs have always been proficiency-based as students gain knowledge and skills that leads directly into post-secondary programs and professional licensing. Demonstrating proficiency in CTE programs often involves both an academic approach to gathering information and sharing knowledge, as well as performance assessment that reflects skill with various tools including a variety of technologies and human interaction.
Category: Career & Technical
FFA opportunities brought to Foster Technology Center
Members of the Maine FFA Association (formerly known as “Future Farmers of America”) had a chance to share more about their organization with students in the forestry program at the Foster Technology Center in Farmington.
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CTE safety program grant
The Maine Career and Technical Education team is pleased to be able to offer secondary CTE schools an opportunity to update and renew their safety checklists and policies. The CTE team has provided a Perkins targeted grant to David Dorr, Director, Somerset Career and Technical Center to facilitate this joint project.
2015 Craft Championships showcases students at work
Career and Technical Education students demonstrated their skills at the 16th Annual Craft Championships at the Augusta Civic Center last month.
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Mid-Maine CTE promotes new student video production
Career and Technical Education media programs allow student to learn how to produce communication videos. The schools with these programs use their expertise and training to produce promotional videos that explain the benefits of CTE for all students. The following school is one example of this student work and showcases the value of CTE. The program offered to students in Mid-Maine Technical Center (MMTC) is a great example of what students can learn in a CTE program.
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Regional school calendars due by May 6
School administrative units and private schools approved for tuition purposes are expected to establish regional school calendars, in coordination with their local secondary career and technical education school, by May 6, 2016.
Aspire Higher Maine events kick off in November
Twenty-five Maine high schools and career and technical centers will participate in Aspire Higher Maine to build excitement and awareness surrounding the college exploration and application process next month.
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Numbers of Career and Technical Education (CTE) students earning postsecondary credit increases
Approximately 250 high school students enrolled in a Career and Technical Education (CTE) program will earn nearly 3,000 postsecondary credits during the 2015-16 school year due to continued funding from Governor Paul LePage and the Maine Legislature for the Bridge Year Program. Nearly 40 percent of these students are in their second year of the program and are on course to graduate high school, in June of 2016, with up to 30 college credits. This will put them well on their way to earning an associate degree within 12 months after graduation.
Maine DOE provides $1M in grant funds to CTE schools
Maine DOE is pleased to announce 27 Career and Technical Education schools will receive their share of $1 million in grant funds in FY 2016. These funds may be used for upgrading equipment needed to complete the standards, certifying programs and teachers to be able to offer Industry Recognized Credentials (IRCs) and for student skill assessments related to the mandated standards. The grant fulfills the CTE standards requirement required in Title 20-A, section 8306-B.
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Three Maine CTEs to offer plumbing programs
Career and Technical Education (CTE) centers in Farmington, Norway and Lewiston will begin offering new plumbing programs to students as a result of restitution funds from a settlement reached with the Maine Attorney General’s Office.
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