Teacher Pathway Initiative Grants Awarded by OCTAE

Earlier this summer, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education launched the High School Career and Technical Education Teacher Pathway Initiative (CTE-TPI). This initiative, funded out of Perkins National Programs dollars, was launched in response to numerous states reporting to OCTAE that they were experiencing a shortage of teachers in key CTE areas. A grant competition was opened to help increase the supply of high school CTE teachers available to teach students in CTE programs that align to in-demand industry sectors or occupations in States and communities where shortages of such teachers exist.

After reviewing applications, OCTAE recently announced the five winners of the grant competition, who will receive a total of $4,046,951. The five individual grants each cover a three-year project period. Below you can find a list of the winners and a short summary of their project plans (drawn directly from information posted by the Department of Education). Full details can be found at http://cte.ed.gov/initiatives/high-school-cte-teacher-pathway.

• The School Board of Broward County: The Broward Educating Superior Technology Teachers (BESTT )program seeks to increase the supply of high school CTE teachers in Computer Science (CS) and Information Technology (IT) because CS/IT In-Demand industry occupations compose approximately 39% of the hard and system specific skills gap in Broward County, Florida.
  
  
• Southeast Kansas Education Service Center: Southeast Kansas Education Service Center seeks to create a Kansas Statewide CTE Mentoring Network to improve retention of CTE teachers in program areas aligned with Kansas' In-Demand occupations.

• New Jersey Department of Education: The New Jersey Department of Education's High School CTE Teacher Pathway Initiative project seeks to increase the supply of high school CTE teachers in program areas aligned with New Jersey's In-Demand industry sectors of Advanced Manufacturing; Life Sciences; Healthcare; Technology; Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics; Food Manufacturing; and Construction & Utilities.
  
  
• Portland Community College: The Oregon High School CTE Teacher Pathway project seeks to increase recruitment and retention of skilled high school CTE teachers in the Portland Metropolitan Area and Lane County, Oregon in program areas aligned with the In-Demand industry sectors of Healthcare, Construction, Advanced Manufacturing, and Information Technology.
  
  
• Tennessee Department of Education: The Tennessee Department of Education's Experienced Professionals in the Classroom (EPIC) project seeks to improve recruitment, preparation, and retention of effective CTE educators for program areas aligned with Tennessee's In-Demand industry sectors of Advanced Manufacturing, Health Science, and Information Technology.

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