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Vocational Fund for Alaska's Future - Grant Opportunity

10/23/2015

Deadline for Applications: 5:00 PM, November 9, 2015
Request Amount: Between $10,000 and $50,000

The Vocational Fund for Alaska’s Future (VFAF) grant program seeks applications from eligible organizations for projects that sharpen vocational skills and contribute to the competitiveness of Alaska’s natural resource and overall economy. Proposed projects should be focused on building skills of relevance to natural resource development industries such as oil & gas and mining. Projects that build and refine skills that are cross-cutting across a variety of industries and sectors will be especially competitive.

Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) nonprofit or equivalent organizations located in the state of Alaska. Equivalent organizations may include tribes, schools, churches, local government agencies and programs.

Details here.

Real World Design Challenge Registration Now Open for 2015-2016!

10/16/2015

The Real World Design Challenge is a free annual high school competition run by a public-private partnership with the goal of sustainably increasing the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforce. Teams of 3-7 secondary school students design a plane (this year an Unmanned Aerial System) to accomplish a specific task. Each team is supported by professional mentors. The Real World Design Challenge partners bring a broad base of resources and expertise from business, government, and academia. RWDC students have received recognition for their work from leaders in government, industry and education.

The Challenge is free to teachers and students. Each teacher gets $1 million in professional engineering software and teams get access to professional mentors. Thirty-nine governors have supported the “Governor’s Challenge” at the state level. There is no cost to the tax payers of the state. The national competition is held each year in Washington, D.C., and each student on the winning team will receive a $50,000 scholarship from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

The Challenge is “Real World” in the following ways:

Real Problem: An Industry defined problem provides a practical application of classroom curricula;
Real tools & Resources: Inspire students by showing them what is at their fingertips;
Real Roles for Students: Require teamwork, leaderships, Innovation & problem solving skills;
Real Contribution: Students can make a difference, solving industry-based problems.

For more information, read the attached challenge statement, visit the website at http://realworlddesignchallenge.org/2015-2016_RWDC_US_Getting_Started_Page.php, or contact Bjørn Wolter (bjorn.wolter@alaska.gov).

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Public Workforce Information and Planning Meetings

10/16/2015

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Public Workforce Information and Planning Meetings
The meetings will be held from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM as scheduled below:

Tuesday, November 3, 2015
1:00 - 4:00 PM
Centennial Hall Convention Center
Ballroom 2
101 Egan Drive
Juneau, Alaska 99801

Thursday, November 5, 2015
1:00 - 4:00 PM
University of Alaska
Butrovich Building
Board of Regents Conference Room 109
910 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks, Alaska 99701

Wednesday, November 18, 2015
1:00 - 4:00 PM
William A Egan Civic & Convention Center
Lower Level located in Summit Hall
555 West 5th Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99501

For more information please contact Marcia Olson at marcia.olson@alaska.gov.
For more information about the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, please visit the US Department of Labor website at http://www.doleta.gov/wioa/.
Persons with disabilities requesting accommodations should contact Bejean Page at (907) 269-7327 no later than 5 days before the accommodation is needed.
For the full online public notice, please visit https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=178382.

ACT College and Career Readiness Campaign

10/16/2015

The annual ACT College and Career Readiness Campaign celebrates achievement and creates awareness around the goal of college and career readiness for all. The Campaign recognizes exemplary college and career readiness efforts by employers, community colleges, high schools, and students in participating states. This is a national campaign, which culminates in both state exemplars and national exemplars.

The Alaska ACT Council is currently inviting applicants from across the state. If you know a student, high school, community college , and/or employer who are making a positive impact on their communities through their efforts to advance college and career readiness, we would love to hear from them! Applications are online and can be found here. The student who is named the Alaska Student Exemplar will be awarded a $500 scholarship, with the opportunity to move onto the semifinal and final stages, where the scholarships are $1,000 and $4,000, respectively. Deadline to apply is November 13, 2015.

CTE Plan September '15 Quarterly Update

10/1/2015

The September 2015 CTE Plan Quarterly Update is now available! Please click here to view or download the 3-page PDF document.

Mat-Su CTE High School One of Three Alaska Blue-Ribbon Schools

10/1/2015

From the October 1, 2015 Press Release issued by the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development -

The U.S. Department of Education has honored Bear Valley Elementary School in Anchorage, Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Sciences in Kenai, and Mat-Su Career and Technical High School in Wasilla as Blue Ribbon Schools for 2015. The national award honors public and private elementary, middle, and high schools in two categories: 1) exemplary high-performing schools that are among their state’s highest-performing schools as measured by state assessments or nationally-normed tests; and 2) exemplary improving schools, . . .

All three Alaska awardees were recognized as exemplary high-performing schools.

Mat-Su Career and Technical High School serves approximately 460 students in grades 9-12. It is not a charter school, but students apply for entrance. Mat-Su CTHS’ application said: “Our instructional goal is that student learning is either hands-on or part of our guaranteed and viable curriculum. Academic courses share grading and content goals. Direct instruction, cooperative learning, differentiated instruction, and projectbased learning are seen in abundance every day in our classrooms.

For the full Press Release, visit this link.

Vocational Fund for Alaska's Future - Grant Opportunity﻿

Real World Design Challenge Registration Now Open for 2015-2016!

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Public Workforce Information and Planning Meetings

ACT Colleg﻿e and Career Readiness Campaign

CTE Plan September '15 Quarterly Update

Mat-Su CTE High School One of Three Alaska﻿ Blue-Ribbon Schools

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