CTE Professional Development
We offer professional development activities and topics geared towards Perkins Coordinators, the CTE professionals responsible for administering and implementing the Perkins V Legislation to improve career and technical education.
To request or suggest a professional development topic, contact Yingfah Thao, Director of Professional Development.
Professional development webinars provide Perkins consortium members with relevant information needed to implement Perkins V. See the list of dates and sessions using the link below.
Perkins Leaders meetings occur twice a year and are developed under the direction of Karl Ohrn, State Director of CTE, who oversees the agenda, topics, presenters, and meeting outcomes.
October 1, 2024 General Session Presentation (PDF)
October 1, 2024 Perkins Data Presentation (PDF)
More Information
For information about these annual meetings, contact Karl Ohrn, State Director for CTE at Karl.Ohrn@MinnState.edu. For location, registration, and logistics, contact Jared.Reise@MinnState.edu.
The annual Career and Technical Education Summit is held in November every year. It is the largest conference in Minnesota, bringing together CTE teachers, faculty, administrators, business and industry sectors, and the workforce development community.
More Information
For information about the annual Summit, contact Yingfah Thao, Director of Professional Development, at Yingfah.Thao@MinnState.edu.
Modeled after the ACTE Leadership Training Program, this mentor/mentee program focuses on critical information and strategies to help new leaders succeed. The Perkins Coordinator Mentor/Mentee Program assists new Perkins Coordinators with the leadership skills needed to successfully administer the Perkins V federal grant, lead or influence Rigorous Program of Study curricula, and participate in regional career pathway and other initiatives related to Career and Technical Education.
Get Involved
The System Office asks for volunteers annually to be mentors and assigns mentors to new consortium leaders. Responsibilities of the program include the following:
- Mentors provide one-on-one mentoring with their assigned mentee, virtually or in-person
- Both mentors and mentees are expected to attend professional development meetings throughout the year conducted by System Office personnel
- Attendance at the annual Consortia Leaders’ Meeting in October/November
- Mentees are encouraged to attend one of three professional development conferences in the spring (, , or the ).
More Information
For information about this program or to sign up to be a mentor/mentee, contact Sue Selland-Miller, Associate Director for CTE at Sue.Selland-Miller@MinnState.edu.