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 Get current,
 Review and adequately study
all relevant questions
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 Ensure robust response to question 3A
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How to expedite, laser focus:
• Application must address all nine required uses of funds in question #1 (found in sec.135(b)
• Per required use, identify if Perkins dollars will be used to implement
• Example follows:
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(1) Describe how one or more of the Nine Required Uses of
Funds will be carried out with funds received under this title. (Note: Focus funding on any one or more of the
Nine Required Uses) vs. Updated language :
1. Describe how the career and technical education programs required under section 135(b) will be carried out with funds received under this title;
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• Application must address all nine required uses of funds in question #1 (Required uses, found in sec.135(b)
• Per required use, identify if Perkins dollars will be used to implement within each response.
Example for response to question 1:
• Required use1. School will strengthening the academic, and career and technical skills of students participating in CTE programs through the integration of academics with CTE programs. Curriculum improvement and updates to reflect current industry practices and technology. Collaborate with other disciplines (English, math) to infuse essential communication and computation competencies into CTE courses. Provide tutoring and mentoring to ensure that students are mastering essential competencies. Strategies to implement include … FUNDS?
• Required use 2. School will link CTE at the secondary and the postsecondary levels, including by offering elements of not less than one program of study. Developing and maintaining 2+2 articulation agreements with relevant secondary CTE programs in service area. Participate in Outreach and CTE Transitions events promoting secondary-college CTE pathways. Funds will be used for professional development July 2016 for outreach in strengthen agreements and associated activities. Coordinated meetings with stakeholders will be planned and an orientation held to review activities ongoing throughout the year. Strategies to implement include … FUNDS?
• Required use 3. School will provide students with strong experience in and understanding of all aspects of an industry, which may include work-based learning experiences. School will incorporate laboratory, internship/externships, or other practicums into CTE programs. We will invite participation from industry experts and professionals to share their outlook on the breadth of career opportunities in a given field. Strategies to implement include … FUNDS?
• Required use 4. School will develop, improve, or expand the use of technology in CTE, which may include training to use technology, providing students with the skills needed to enter technology fields, and encouraging schools to collaborate with technology industries to offer internships and mentoring programs. Strategies to implement include … FUNDS?
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Question 1
Example continued:
• Required use5. School will provide in-service and pre-service professional development programs to faculty, administrators, and career guidance and academic counselors involved in integrated CTE programs, on topics including effective integration of academics and CTE, effective teaching skills based on research, effective practices to improve parental and community involvement, effective use of scientifically based research and data to improve instruction. Professional development should also ensure that faculty and personnel stay current with all aspects of an industry; involve internship programs that provide relevant business experience; and train faculty in the effective use and application of technology. Strategies to implement this use include … FUNDS?
• Required use 6. School will develop and implement evaluations of the CTE programs carried out with
Perkins funds, including an assessment of how the needs of special populations are being met.
Strategy to implement this use is … FUNDS?
• Required use 7. School will Initiate, improve, expand and modernize quality CTE programs, including relevant technology. Strategy to implement this use is … FUNDS?
• Required use 8. School will provide services and activities that are of sufficient size, scope and quality to be effective. Strategies to implement this use are… Funds will be used for dissemination of information … FUNDS?
• Required use 9. School will provide activities to prepare special populations, including single parents and displaced homemakers enrolled in CTE programs, for high-skill, high-wage or high-demand occupations that will lead to self-sufficiency. Strategies to implement this use are… FUNDS?
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(2) Describe how the career-technical education activities of your organization will be carried out in order to meet state and local adjusted levels of performance as shown in the attached Performance Measures Form.
vs. Updated language :
2. Describe how the career and technical education activities will be carried out with respect to meeting State and local adjusted levels of performance established under section 113 (Accountability);
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Question 3A Requires specific attention based on audit!
(3) Describe how your organization will:
(A) Offer the appropriate courses that incorporate secondary and postsecondary elements, includes coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant CTE content, includes opportunity for dual or concurrent enrollment, and leads to an industry recognized credential or certificate at the postsecondary level, or an associate or baccalaureate degree.
vs. Updated language:
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3. Describe how the eligible recipient will-
A. offer the appropriate courses of not less than 1 of the career and technical programs of study described in section 122(c)(1)(A);
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(1) describes the career and technical education activities to be assisted that are designed to meet or exceed the State adjusted levels of performance, including a description of—
(A) the career and technical programs of study, which may be adopted by local educational agencies and postsecondary institutions to be offered as an option to students (and their parents as appropriate) when planning for and completing future coursework, for career and technical content areas that—
(i) incorporate secondary education and postsecondary education elements;
(ii) include coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant career and technical content in a coordinated, non-duplicative progression of courses that align secondary education with postsecondary education to adequately prepare students to succeed in postsecondary education;
(iii) may include the opportunity for secondary education students to participate in dual or concurrent enrollment programs or other ways to acquire postsecondary education credits; and
(iv) lead to an industry-recognized credential or certificate at the postsecondary level, or an associate or baccalaureate degree;
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Question 3B,
Describe how your organization will -
(B) Improve the academic and technical skills of students participating in CTE programs by strengthening the academic and CTE components through the integration of coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant CTE programs to ensure learning in core academic and CTE subjects. (Note: This question relates to
Required Use 1) vs. Updated language:
Describe how the eligible recipient will -
B.
improve the academic and technical skills of students participating in career and technical education programs by strengthening the academic and career and technical education components of such programs through the integration of coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and
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relevant career and technical education programs to ensure learning in-the core academic subjects (as defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965);
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and career and technical education subjects;
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Describe how your organization will -
(C) Provide students with strong experience in, and understanding of, all aspects of an industry. (Note: This question relates to Required Use 3) vs. Updated language:
Describe how the eligible recipient will -
C. provide students with strong experience in, and understanding of, all aspects of an industry;
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Describe how your organization will -
(D) Ensure that students who participate in such career and technical education programs are taught to the same coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards as are taught to all other students. (Note: This question relates to
Required Use 1) vs. Updated language:
Describe how the eligible recipient will -
D. ensure that students who participate in such career and technical education programs are taught the same coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards as are taught to all other students;
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Describe how your organization will -
(E) Encourage career and technical education students at the secondary level to enroll in rigorous and challenging courses in core academic subjects. (Only Secondary Institutions need to respond to this question.) (Note: This question relates to Required
Use 1) vs. Updated language:
Describe how the eligible recipient will -
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encourage career and technical education students at the secondary level to enroll in rigorous and challenging courses in core academic subjects (as defined in section 9101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965);
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(4) Describe how comprehensive professional development for career and technical education, academic, guidance, and administrative personnel will be provided that promotes the integration of coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant career and technical education (including curriculum development). (Note: This question relates to Required Uses 4 and 5) vs. Updated language:
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Describe how comprehensive professional development (including initial teacher preparation) for career and technical education, academic, guidance, and administrative personnel will be provided that promotes the integration of coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant career and technical education (including curriculum development) ;
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Question 5,
(5) Describe how parents, students, academic and career and technical education teachers, faculty, administrators, career guidance and counselors, representatives of tech prep consortia (if applicable), representatives of the entities participating in activities described in section 117 of
Public Law 105-220 (if applicable), representatives of business (including small business) and industry labor organizations, representatives of special populations, and other interested individuals are involved in the development, implementation, and evaluation of career and technical education programs assisted under this title, and how such individuals and entities are effectively informed about, and assisted in understanding, the requirements of this grant, including career and technical programs of study. (Note: This question relates to Required Use 5) vs. Updated language:
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Describe how parents, students, academic and career and technical education teachers, faculty, administrators, career guidance and academic counselors, representatives of tech prep consortia (if applicable), representatives of the entities participating in activities described in section 117 of Public Law 105-220 (if applicable), representatives of business (including small business) and industry, labor organizations, representatives of special populations, and other interested individuals are involved in the development, implementation, and evaluation of career and technical education programs assisted under this title, and how such individuals and entities are effectively informed about, and assisted in understanding the requirements of this title, including career and technical programs of study;
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(6) Provide assurances that the eligible recipient will provide a career and technical education program that is of such size, scope, and quality to bring about improvement in the quality of career and technical education programs. (Note: This question relates to Required
Uses 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8) vs. Updated language:
6. Provide assurances that the eligible recipient will provide a career and technical education program that is of such size, scope, and quality to bring about improvement in the quality of career and technical education programs;
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(7) Describe the process that will be used to evaluate and continuously improve the performance of your organization. (Note: This question relates to Required Uses 6 and 7) vs. Updated language:
7. Describe the process that will be used to evaluate and continuously improve the performance of the eligible recipient;
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(8) Describe how your organization will:
(A) Review career and technical education programs, and identify and adopt strategies to overcome barriers that result in lowering rates of access to or lowering success in the programs, for special populations.
(See Definitions, Appendix N) (Note: This question relates to Required
Use 6) vs. Updated language:
8. Describe how the eligible recipient will-
A. review career and technical education programs, and identify and adopt strategies to overcome barriers that result in lowering rates of access to or lowering success in the programs, for special populations;
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Describe how your organization will -
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(8) Describe how your organization will:
(B) Provide programs that are designed to enable the special populations to meet the State adjusted levels of performance. (Note: This question relates to Required
Use 6 and 9)
(C) Provide activities to prepare special populations, including single parents and displaced homemakers, for high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand occupations that will lead to self-sufficiency. (Note: This question relates to Required Uses 6 and 9) vs. Updated language:
Describe how the eligible recipient will -
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Describe how the eligible recipient will-
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provide programs that are designed to enable the special populations to meet the local adjusted levels of performance; and
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provide activities to prepare special populations, including single parents and displaced homemakers, for high skill, high wage, or high demand occupations that will lead to selfsufficiency;
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9) Describe how individuals who are members of special populations will not be discriminated against on the basis of their status as members of the special populations. (Note: This question relates to Required Uses 6 and 9)
10)Describe how funds will be used to promote preparation for nontraditional fields. (See Non-traditional Programs, Appendix M and
Definitions, Appendix N) vs. Updated language:
9. Describe how individuals who are members of special populations will not be discriminated against on the basis of their status as members of the special populations;
10.Describe how funds will be used to promote preparation for nontraditional fields;
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11. Describe how career guidance and academic counseling (through the
New Mexico Next Steps Plan) will be provided to career and technical education students, including linkages to future education and training opportunities. (Note: This question relates to Required Use 2) vs. Updated language:
11.Describe how career guidance and academic counseling will be provided to career and technical education students, including linkages to future education and training opportunities; and
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(12) Describe efforts:
(A) To improve the recruitment and retention of career and technical education teachers, faculty, and career guidance and academic counselors, including individuals in groups underrepresented in the teaching profession.
(B) To improve the transition to teaching from business and industry vs. Updated language:
12. Describe efforts to improve -
A. the recruitment and retention of career and technical education teachers, faculty, and career guidance and academic counselors, including individuals in groups underrepresented in the teaching profession; and
B. the transition to teaching from business and industry.
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13. Please describe how you include and involve Charter Schools with the implementation of your Perkin’s Grant.
14. Please refer to section 135c and describe how your institution will use funds for one or more of the twenty permissible elements.
15. Describe how your institution will develop initiatives that facilitate the transition of sub-baccalaureate career and technical education students into baccalaureate degree programs.
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 PED is looking for sub-grantees to questions;
Lasor focus on Question 1 and 3A.
strengthen all
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 Consider your improved response to integrate academic and technical skill standards
Standards integration needs to be evident
 Common Career Technical Core standards
 6.29.3 NMAC CTE Standards
 Industry standards also count
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 PED is looking for sub-grantees to address
 Programmatic Standards
 Fiscal Standards
 Program performance Standards
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