For Immediate Release From Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education!
Prepping Students for CHIPS-Aligned Careers
Ready to help your students connect the dots between career clusters and CHIPS-aligned careers? Not sure if you have everything you need to prep your students?
Join the CTE CHIPS Challenge
Challenge Overview
The What, Why, How, When, and Who What
The CTE CHIPS Challenge, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, is a multi-phase $1 million prize competition that will empower you to expand your student recruitment, training, and placement strategies in semiconductor fabrication (fab) construction and advanced manufacturing careers that align with the CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS).
Join us for our CTE CHIPS Challenge Info Sessions to learn more.
Info Session 1
Challenge Overview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrmTrjfzEP... View Recording Info Session 2
Connecting the Dots Between CTE Career Clusters and the CHIPS-Aligned Careers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY41-9cjh9... Nov. 13, 2024
View Recording Info Session 3
How to Submit Your Action Plan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGy9dcX7Px... Office Hours
Working on your submission and have questions? Join us for Office Hours! Attend for the entire hour or drop in as your schedule allows to get your questions answered.
Dec. 11, 2024 at 12:30PM ET and/or Dec. 16, 2024 at 12:30PM ET:
SIGN UP HERE!:
https://kaptivate.zoom.us/meeting/register... Why: There are lots of benefits to becoming a challenge participant.
1) Connect your students with exciting careers.
2) Network with peers across the country.
3) Learn from subject matter experts:
Receive technical assistance.
Access free resources.
Compete for cash prizes.
Feature your work on a national scale.
How:
Submit an innovative action plan to: (a) increase your students’ opportunities to develop skills and experiences that better prepare them for the careers aligned with CHIPS; (b) expand your student recruitment, training, and placement strategies in these careers; and (c) support your teachers in building out CTE programs.
Get Ready to Submit and Submit Action Plan
When:
Submit your action plan from Oct. 17, 2024 at 8AM to Dec. 20, 2024 at 8PM ET. Check out the Get Ready to Submit page for details.
Challenge Timeline
Phase 1
Registration, Submission, and Selection
Submission period:
Oct. 17, 2024 at 8AM ET –
Dec. 20, 2024 at 8PM ET
Semi-finalist announcement: Feb. 2025
Phase 2
Incubation, Results, and Selection
Technical assistance: Mar. – Dec. 2025
Finalist announcement: Feb. 2026
Phase 3
Presentations, Acceleration, Impact, and Prizes
Technical assistance: Mar. – Dec. 2026
Prize awards: Feb. 2027
Who:
The U.S Department of Education seeks innovative action plans from career and technical education programs, schools, nonprofits, workforce boards and more.
Not sure if you qualify for this challenge? Check out the Official Rules, Terms and Conditions.
Learn more and join CTE Community HERE!:
https://ctechipschallenge.com/ Questions? Email us at: hello@ctechipschallenge.com
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View Grant Opportunity and View similar opportunities 2025-NIST-MEP-01
MEP Center State Competition
Department of Commerce
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number: 2025-NIST-MEP-01
Funding Opportunity Title: MEP Center State Competition
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation:
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 11
Assistance Listings: 11.611 -- Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes
Version: Synopsis 1
Posted Date: Oct 11, 2024
Last Updated Date: Oct 11, 2024
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jan 09, 2025
Current CLOSING Date for Applications: Jan 09, 2025
Learn more HERE!:
https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/3... ****
Overview:
As career and technical education (CTE) continues to expand in schools, research is needed to guide policy and practice. The FY 2023 Extending the Reach of CTE Research Network will build off of the momentum initiated under an earlier research network, the Expanding the Evidence Base for Career and Technical Education Network, which was established in FY 2018. The new network will continue to provide information and evidence to the CTE community about what works, for whom, and why.
This research network comprises a network lead team and six research teams. The network lead will not only conduct its own research but also engage its members in conversations and collaborations around CTE research issues, train new CTE researchers, and disseminate research findings to a wide variety of audiences. Each network research team will conduct an exploratory study of available career development opportunities (CDOs) for secondary students in a large school district, followed by an impact study to examine the effects of one or more of the CDOs on student outcomes. CDOs can include CTE coursework and programs of study, work-based learning (WBL), career technical competency assessments (such as CTE end-of-course exams, certifications, microcredentials), career advising, or tracking tools (such as digital credential wallets, digital transcripts, dashboards).
Descriptions of Extending the Reach of CTE Network Projects:
Extending the Reach of the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Research Network-Research Network Lead 2.0
Principal Investigator: Katherine Hughes, American Institutes for Research (AIR)
The Extending the Reach of CTE Research network lead will move the CTE research field forward by coordinating the work of IES-funded CTE research teams and supporting the development and dissemination of new research knowledge. The network lead team will coordinate a learning community of its members, conduct an evidence review of work-based learning (WBL), offer a research training institute with a focus on equity, and bridge research and practice by developing and disseminating engaging products to share the new research findings broadly.
Career Development Opportunities in Delaware: Implementation, Impact, and Cost
Principal Investigator: Benjamin Dalton, Research Triangle Institute
This network research team will explore and evaluate CDOs offered in New Castle County in metropolitan Wilmington, Delaware.
Career Development in Chicago Public Schools: Advancing Equity in Opportunities and Outcomes
Principal Investigator: Amy Arneson, University of Chicago
This network research team will explore and evaluate the CDOs offered in middle and high schools in Chicago Public Schools.
Learn more HERE!:
https://ies.ed.gov/ncer/projects/program.a... Contact:
Dr. Corinne Alfeld
(202) 987-0835
Corinne.Alfeld@ed.gov
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We’re encouraged by the adoption of Ability to Benefit (ATB) to support adult students earning postsecondary credentials. We continue to see ATB as a powerful strategy for further education and training.
Ability to Benefit 101: Students without a high school diploma or recognized equivalent can be eligible for Title IV aid if they are enrolled in an eligible career pathway program and meet one of the following: (1) Passes an independently administered approved test;
(2) Completes at least 6 credit hours or 225 clock hours; or (3) Completes an approved State process.
State Process: In 2023, Final Regulations
(https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/31/2023-22785/financial-responsibility-administrative-capability-certification-procedures-ability-to-benefit-atb) were published implementing this statutory change. In 2024, ED published guidance on the state process and eligible career pathways programs (https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/dear-colleague-letters/2024-06-12/ability-benefit-state-process-and-eligible-career-pathway-programs).
Credit-Hour Provision: Once a student completes six credit hours in an eligible career pathway program, they qualify to apply for federal student financial aid. Read the latest on A2B4Equity, a pilot project that supported implementing this provision at community colleges: Evaluation & Lessons Learned (https://skilledwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ATB-How-To-Guide-July-3-2024.pdf).
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ES Research Grants
Education Research Grants continue to expand the evidence base on career and technical education. As part of its Research Networks program, the National Center for Education Research (NCER), in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), has awarded grants to six research teams who will conduct exploratory and impact studies on a variety of career development opportunities (CDOs) in large school districts across the U.S.
These grantees are part of the second iteration of the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Research Network (https://ies.ed.gov/funding/grantsearch/details.asp?ID=5904). OCTAE supports leadership of the CTE Research Network (https://cteresearchnetwork.org/), which also includes training and dissemination. NCER is expanding the evidence base on CTE and related activities through other investments as well. IES awarded grants to study:
The implementation and impact of technical skills assessments in Pennsylvania (https://ies.ed.gov/funding/grantsearch/details.asp?ID=5945).
The implementation of new career pathways initiatives in New York City (https://ies.ed.gov/funding/grantsearch/details.asp?ID=5969).
The extent to which college credits earned in high school are transferred to a postsecondary institution and applied to a degree or major in North Carolina (https://ies.ed.gov/funding/grantsearch/details.asp?ID=5844).
School-to-work pathways in Washington State (https://ies.ed.gov/funding/grantsearch/details.asp?ID=5938).
Educator preparation pathway programs in Maryland (https://ies.ed.gov/funding/grantsearch/details.asp?ID=5942).
VISIT:
https://www.ed.gov/
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Wednesday, November 27th 2024 at 2:57PM
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