Critical Conversations in CTE

1. Critical Conversations in CTE Doing What Matters – Pending Efforts in the CCCCOEWD/CTE Division and Federal OVAE/Perkins Wheeler North, ASCCC Executive Committee Phil Smith, ASCCC Executive Committee

2. 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)

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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.

6. New Sectors • 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

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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?)

11. Federal OVAE – Perkins Blueprint • 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.

12. 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

13. Questions • Thank you!