Critical Conversations in CTE
Doing What Matters – Pending Efforts in the CCCCO
EWD/CTE Division and Federal OVAE/Perkins
Wheeler North, ASCCC Executive Committee
Phil Smith, ASCCC Executive Committee
Authorization and
Reauthorization
• State
– Economic Workforce and Development
(SB1402)
– CTE Pathways (SB1070)
– Perkins 1B Leadership and Other
• Federal (Everything on Hold –
Sequestering)
– Perkins – Local Perkins 1C Student Based
– TAACCCT (Trade Adjustment Assistance CC
and Career Training)
Out With the Old
• Ten EWD Initiatives now called Sectors
with some changes still being fleshed out.
• Main sectors will drive EWD work but
allow for alignment with 15 primary sectors
used by CDE and the Fed.
• Regional Consortia being revamped to
include regional decision-making beyond
curriculum.
Out With the Old
• Funding will be regionally deployed with
expectations:
– Competitive granting
– Regional integration
– Performance metrics
– “Braided” funding – intermixed or leveraged
where allowed
– Regional leveraging and partnering required
Doing What Matters
• For Jobs and the Economy
• Four parts
– Give Priority
– Make Room
– Student Success
– Innovate
• Is pretty much what we already do… in a
new pair of shoes.
New Sectors
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Advanced Manufacturing
Advanced Transportation & Renewables
*Agriculture, Water & Environmental Technologies
*Energy (Efficiency) & Utility
Health
Life Science/Biotech
*Information & Communication Technologies
(ICT)/Digital Media
Trade Export & Logistics
Small Business
*Retail/Hospitality/Tourism “Learn-and-Earn”
* = new or highly modified
Technical Assistance
• Two previous Initiatives revamped into
service units
– COE (Centers of Excellence) provide data
and research capacity to EWD/CTE needs
– Training and Development (and other
coordination )
– A third line-item effort is research and
reporting as required by the authorizing
legislation.
Critical
Conversations
• 14 already held or to be held around the
state
• Mixed results
– Hosted by college CEOs versus reflecting
regional representation
– Increasing focus on CTE and EWD role
– Have not made clear distinctions between
serving students versus serving industry
– Not empowering regional consortia all that
well
Federal OVAE –
Perkins Blueprint
• Federal Budget was built on gimmick –
default cuts of 8% January 1st.
(Sequestering)
• Includes Perkins but not Pell (Pell does
have structural problems)
• Perkins Blueprint released in April 2012 –
but funding extended to next year under
old plan
• Elections put a hold on all until after
December
Federal OVAE –
Perkins Blueprint
• ALIGNMENT between CTE and labor market
[sectors]
• COLLABORATION among secondary and
postsecondary institutions, employers, and
industry partners [via consortia]
• ACCOUNTABILITY for improving academic
outcomes and technical skills
• INNOVATION supported by systemic reform
of state policies and practices
• (Does this look familiar?)
Federal OVAE –
Perkins Blueprint
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Consortia based funding
Private sector match requirements
Intra-State competition for funding
Common data and definitions
Competitive local innovation funding
Increase State’s role in funding allocation
Required partnering with industry, agency
and educational segments.
Summary
• Greatly increasing Regional Consortia roles
• Regional Consortia currently not equally
prepared for these higher stakes
• Expectations much higher than current status
and roles of Consortia players (faculty and
deans versus CIOs and CEOs)
• Added layer of negotiations
• Competitive allocation model shifts focus
from need to performance
Questions
• Thank you!