In the February interim session, the Oregon Legislature provided an additional $2 Million for CTE Revitalization Grants. The CTE Revitalization Grant Advisory Committee used the process and applications submitted through the original competition to recommend projects for funding. These eight projects will continue to expand opportunities for students, schools and business partners to participate in educational programming relevant to the career interests of students and the workforce needs of the state. Below are descriptions of each project provided by the awardee.
CTE Expansion and RevitalizationWillamette High School, Shasta Middle School
Award Amount:$413,291 / Anticipated Matching Funds: $ 46,087
Fiscal Agent: Bethel School District
Bethel School District will engage a wide range of students through 5 enriching CTE programs. Middle school students will learn Biomimicry concepts through a STEM laboratory. Willamette High School will develop a rigorous 2-year engineering and technology program in electronics, robotics, and computer engineering. The Women’s Engineering Cruise course will allow young women to “sample/explore” course offerings through hands-on projects and explore the fields of engineering available to them. Willamette’s After School Metals program will provide students extra time to complete independent or expanded programming in metals and offer students with full schedules the opportunity to continue learning advanced metals skills. And Motion Graphicsbuilds upon the remarkably successful WHS Visual and Graphic Arts CTE program. Partners include the University of Oregon, Lane Community College, DATALOGOC, 99 Productions, Western Pneumatics, Coyote Steel, OBEC Consulting Engineers, Knife River Prestress, City of Eugene, and Lane Education Service District.
Growing Natural Resources and CTE in Jefferson County Schools
Madras High School, Jefferson County Middle School, Warm Springs School
Award Amount:$30,000*
Fiscal Agent: Jefferson County School District
* CTE Revitalization Grant funds were used to supplement a concurrent STEM/STEAM/CTE Grant
“This project will expand professional growth and career opportunities for students, increase the adult workforce employability, and support the economic vitality of our community.” Melanie Widmer, Mayor of Madras. Natural resources is the second-largest employment segment in the Jefferson County private sector and our community partners and local workforce data all point to the revitalization of our Natural Resources Program. This project will restore the Natural Resources program at Madras High School and expand the career-exploration opportunities for our middle and high school students. Students will be provided with opportunities from CTE lab experience to out-of-school job shadowing, field trips, internships, leadership opportunities, and college campus visits. The students prevail because they can design and jump-start the careers that will provide their economic future. Jefferson County wins because its future workforce will be engaged in real-world learning and ready to fill the demand.
Greenhouse: Growing Minds, Skills and Community
Joseph Charter School
Award Amount:$72,320 / Anticipated Matching Funds: $ 10,150
Fiscal Agent: Joseph School District
JosephCharterSchool’s Greenhouse: Growing Minds, Skills, and Community is an innovative project that will pull together community businesses, non-profit organizations, and our school community to construct a new multi-use educational greenhouse that will be used as a context for learning across the curriculum. Three CTE programs will benefit from the new learning laboratory: the CTE Agricultural Sciencesstudents will have year-round experiences working with a greater diversity of plant-life and will be expanded with new course offerings, the CTE Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS)students willusecampus-grown herbs and vegetablesfor food preservation education, and the CTE Business/ITstudents will gain experiences in marketing, 3-D design, and sales. Partners will provide grassroots support for greenhouse development, CTE expansion, and meaningful work-based educational experiences. Partners involved in this project include: Alder Slope Nursery, Grand Ronde Model Watershed, Wallowa County Nursery, WallowaCountyMagicGarden, and the JosephyCenter for the Arts. The potent combination of experiential education, high-quality professional development, technical-skill development, and real-life learning opportunities and exploration in the community will prepare students with the skills and abilities to prosper in Oregon’s rural economy.
Lane County Construction Engineering Technology Program of Study
Cottage Grove High School, Creswell High School, Crow-Applegate-Lorane Middle/High School, Junction City High School, Kalapuya Alternative School, Lowell High School
Oakridge High School, Pleasant Hill Middle/High School, Siuslaw High School, Thurston High School, Triangle Lake Charter School, West Lane Tech
Award Amount:$409,612
Fiscal Agent: Lane Education Service District
Thirteen Lane County high schools, the Lane ESD, Lane Community College, the Lane Workforce Partnership, Registered Apprenticeship Training programs, and construction employers will improve existing Construction or Engineering Technology Programs of Study. They plan to (1) infuse, embed, or replace existing Construction and Engineering Technology Programs of Study curriculum and instruction with New Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Engineering Design; WorkKeys© tasks related to heavy and bridge construction and civil engineering technology, the Oregon Skills Sets, and a set of industry-vetted knowledge and skill competencies identified by the Strategic Economic Development Corporation (SEDCOR) based in Salem, Oregon. (2) provide professional development and structured curriculum development work sessions for high school teachers and Registered Apprenticeship trainers; (3) facilitate two course articulation work sessions for high school and community college teachers, (4) offer four Registered Apprenticeship Youth Trainings and two open houses, and (4) promote the improved Programs of Study using social media. A concerted effort will be made to recruit additional construction employers in the Lane County region.
CTE 21
Chehalem Valley Middle School, Mountain View Middle School, Newberg High School
Award Amount:$496,266 / Anticipated Matching Funds: $ 206,121
Fiscal Agent: Newberg School District
The “CTE 21” project will create a pre-engineering CTE pathway in the Newberg School District by introducing Project Lead The Way IED and POE courses, as well as creating a series of after school programs for middle school students focused on developing and marketing a product using a common engineering design model. The award will also fund the creation of a School-to-Business Specialist who will help connect students and teachers to internship and shadowing opportunities. District K-12 teachers, along with higher education and community partners, will introduce the Champions for STEM program to Oregon with the goal of providing the best STEM teaching and learning experience possible, equipping all our CTE pathways for the 21st century. We look forward to changing education in our community with the help of our partners: A-Dec, Climax Portable Machining and Welding Systems, City of Newberg, PPM Technologies, Portland Community College, A.R.E. Manufacturing, Chehalem Chamber of Commerce, and Oregon Department of Transportation.
Columbia Forestry and Watershed Conservation Project
Clatskanie Middle/High School, Rainier Jr./Sr. High School, North Columbia Academy
Award Amount: $341,891 / Anticipated Matching Funds: $176,000
Fiscal Agent: Rainier School District
This project will expand and revitalize the forestry program at Clatskanie Middle/High School and create a CTE watershed management and conservation program based at Rainier Junior/Senior High School. The agricultural program at Rainier Junior/Senior High School will also be enhanced and expanded, and will include the creation of a native plant nursery to provide stock for replanting riparian and mountainside lands that have been impacted by natural resource utilization. The forestry program will include the purchase of a portable sawmill for applied practice in the field of the skills and knowledge necessary to enter the forest products industry. Business, Industry and Community Partners include Stimson Lumber Company, Oregon State University Agricultural Extension, Columbia Soil and Watershed Conservation District, and Greg’s Gardens.
Advancing STEM Through Modern Equipment
Sisters High School, Sisters Middle School
Award Amount: $196,500
Fiscal Agent: Sisters School District
The Sisters School District is developing an Integrated Engineering Curriculum program that will engage students in the areas of manufacturing and engineering design utilizing an interdisciplinary approach. The purpose of the program is to equip students with the personal, mechanical and professional skills needed for success with post-secondary goals a student might have. The CTE Revitalization Grant will allow our district to enhance our current Manufacturing, Engineering and Design program by increasing opportunities for students to take an integrated series of classes in the CTE field and integrating other CTE related classes with math and science curriculum, starting during middle school, extending through the end of their senior year. Specifically, this grant will enable Sisters High School to construct a new learning studio equipped with state-of-the-art engineering technology and equipment, which will enable our students to work with modern tools they will encounter in the professional environment. While some portions of the Revitalization Grant will be used to develop skills of our teaching staff, our grant proposal also includes extensive outreach into the Sisters community to increase our business partnerships.
Tillamook High School Career and Technical Education Center
Tillamook High School, Tillamook Junior High School
Award Amount:$276,500 / Anticipated Matching Funds: $200,578
Fiscal Agent: Tillamook School District
The CTE Revitalization Grant allows Tillamook School District to fully develop a Career and Technical Education Center on the campus of Tillamook High School that will expand both high school and college CTE programs, and provide a valuable training resource for local industry partners. With generous support from numerous community organizations, the school district and Tillamook Bay Community College have collaboratively developed a 9-14 Industrial Maintenance Technology (IMT) pathway that helps recruit high school students into high-skilled, high-wage jobs needed by local businesses, and offers professional development opportunities for current industry employees. The CTE Grant allows for significant expansion of the IMT Program through updates in infrastructure and the purchase of industry-standard training equipment. These upgrades will result in the development of a series of high school and dual credit courses that will provide skills to students in areas such as robotics, electrical control systems, mechanical fabrication, hydraulics, computer aided design, and unmanned aerial systems. In addition, the grant supports the establishment of a CTE course at Tillamook Junior High School that will introduce students to topics in sustainable energy, electronics, and robotics. Project partners include Tillamook County Creamery Association, Near Space Corporation, Hampton Lumber Mill, Stimson Lumber Mill, and Tillamook Bay Community College.
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