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CTE update: Perkins request, certifications and expanded work‑based learning highlighted
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Summary
Dr. Thomas Midgett told the board a Perkins grant request would increase personnel, benefits and equipment funding to support expanded CTE offerings; he reported nine automotive students passed ASE certification and gave work‑based‑learning hour totals for several programs.
Dr. Thomas Midgett, director of career and technical education, briefed the board on a Perkins (Strengthening Career and Technical Education) grant request and recent CTE activity.
Midgett said the Perkins request increases several line items — personnel services from $27,000 to $39,600, an equipment line about $10,000 higher — and described a proposed total Perkins allocation around $221,379. He framed the request as supporting expansion of work‑based learning, increased personnel needs and equipment for new offerings such as advanced UAS (drone) coursework.
Highlighting recent student accomplishments, Midgett told the board "all 9 of those students in the automotive class passed their ASE certification," and he gave updated work‑based‑learning hour totals: nurse‑aide clinicals projected at about 280 hours, automotive students about 216 hours, early‑childhood students roughly 984 hours, and barbering/cosmetology around 440–450 hours. He described partnerships and events that support student experiences — CMA Automotive, Niagara Bottling tours, a reverse career fair at Brightpoint, and a Shark Tank entrepreneurship event — and said some students receive modest weekly stipends (about $100) when participating in certain workforce partnerships.
Board members asked about competitions, drone course sequencing and plans to expose middle‑ and upper‑elementary students to CTE offerings. Midgett described canceled walkthrough visits due to snow and said the division will resume opportunities next year to bring feeder‑school students to CTE program sites.
The update was informational; Midgett’s figures and grant rationale will inform next steps for the Perkins application and CTE program planning.
