NAPE news
Dear NAPE Members,

I hope this message finds you well. It is hard to believe that we are only 6 weeks away from this year's National Summit for Educational Equity, which will be our 40th convening. See below for information about the Summit and be sure to register and book your hotel if you have not done so already. The NAPE staff and I, and the NAPE Executive Committee, look forward to seeing you there!

As I mentioned in the last Update, we continue to add new resources to the Perkins V webpage to assist states and local education agencies with Perkins V planning. The latest tools include state-level data dashboards at the cluster level for secondary and postsecondary concentrators disaggregated by gender, and concentrator data at the state level disaggregated by gender and by race and ethnicity. These dashboards provide graphical visualizations, tabular data, and "How to" instructions. Please share these widely and use them in your state and local planning. All data were derived from the Perkins Collaborative Resource Network.  Our newest CTE State Fact Sheets will be available in time for the Summit, so keep your eyes out for the announcement about those early next month!

This month's ACTE Techniques magazine, which focuses on "Advancing Access and Equity" in career and technical education, features articles that will build our capacity to identify and address equity gaps in CTE. Included are features from NAPE Director of Professional Learning, Dr. Ricardo Romanillos, whose article on "Leading for Equity" focuses on the levers that secondary, postsecondary, and state-level leaders can pull to place equity at the center of their leadership. Our new Leading for Equity toolkit will be released at this year's Educational Equity Leadership Institute at the Summit! In addition, Snehal Bhakta of the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada, who is a member of the IMSTEM Steering Committee, wrote an article on "TECHNOLOchicas & the Future: Girls in STEM and Technology" and the exciting work in Southern Nevada focused on broadening participation in STEM for Latina women and girls. His goal is "(e)ventually ... to reach every single young woman, including Latinas, in southern Nevada--to make her aware of, expose her to, and encourage her to look at careers in STEM, because women will be and must be an integral part in creating the future of technology." Yes, indeed!

Please see below for additional resources that can help you in your work to expand access, deepen educational equity, and increase workforce diversity through CTE and STEM.

Warmest regards,
Ben
Publications
As States Gear Up for Perkins Planning, Advocates Can Help Shed Light on Role of Adults in Postsecondary CTE
 Anna Cielinkski (CLASP) and Amanda Bergson-Shilcock (National Skills Coalition)
Skills advocates can inform and improve the upcoming planning process for CTE programs by analyzing information about the demographics and needs of adult postsecondary students.
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5 Ways to Increase the Number of Women in the Manufacturing Industry
Pamela Kan, Machine Design
While women were introduced into the manufacturing workforce with World War I, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2014) notes that while women represent nearly half of the total U.S. labor force (47%), they comprise less than a third (27%) of the manufacturing jobs. In nearly 100 years, there has been a meager 8% increase in the number of female employees in the manufacturing industry. Not the kind of stellar advancement anyone would like to see.  Read More >>
From a Nation at Risk to a Nation at Hope
The Aspen Institute
This report charges all of us - for we are all stakeholders in America and its public schools - to enact a vision of student success that honors the humanity and potential for greatness in every young person. Read More >>
CTA Offers Calvert Students a Nontraditional Path
Angel Gingras and Angel Kontra, The Calvert Reporter
Dinara Beknazarova is a junior at Calvert High School and is one of two girls in the Construction Design and Management Program. "I feel good about being a non-trad student in construction design because we are all treated equally and prove that we can do anything the guys can do in this field," Beknazarova said. Read More >>
Resources
PAYA National Meeting
NAPE is proud to be a national partner in the Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship (PAYA). Last week, Ben, Nokware (Nok) Adesegun, NAPE Director of Grants and Development, and Janay McClarin, NAPE Program Manager attended the PAYA National Meeting in Charleston, South Carolina. There, national, regional, and local leaders in education, workforce development, and public policy explored how to design and scale sustainable models for youth apprenticeship built on five principles: career-oriented, equitable, portable, adaptable, and accountable. On Tuesday, the NAPE team facilitated a rich discussion titled "Equity in Youth Apprenticeships--Access, Inclusion, and Continuous Improvement" along with Ronald Marlow, Vice President of Workforce Development for the National Urban League. The discussion will help to inform the new Equity in Youth Apprenticeships toolkit, which NAPE will develop later this year.

One feature of the 2-day meeting was the extraordinary panel of current and former youth apprentices from South Carolina who shared their experiences, insights, stories, and dreams for the future. These extraordinary young people are debt-free with postsecondary education under way and/or already completed and paid for by employers in many cases; already highly experienced in their chosen fields; and independent as young adults. They are energized and equipped for a bright future! One of the speakers just closed on her first house at 20! Ben was honored to facilitate this dynamic panel.

 
 
Left to right: Stephanie Walters, Adult Apprentice and CRYA Alumna, Robert Bosch LLC; Jordan Fancy, Second Year Youth Apprentice, Cummins Turbo Technologies; Ben Williams, NAPE CEO; Byrone Porcher, Line Chef and CRYA Alumnus, Wild Dunes Resort; Joshua Carpenter, First Year Youth Apprentice, Boeing; and Constance Johnson, First Year Youth Apprentice, Trident Medical Center

 
NAPE's whereabouts
3/22: Polaris Center & Job Center, Self-Efficacy Curriculum (OH)
3/25-27: ACTE National Policy Seminar (VA)
3/29: North Idaho Community Colleges, Realizing Potential with Mindset Curriculum (ID)
3/26-27: 100kin10 8th Annual Partner Summit (CA)
4/9-10: Advance CTE Spring Meeting (DC)
4/27: Fort Worth ISD Micromessaging Curriculum (TX)
4/28-5/2: National Summit for Educational Equity (VA)
5/1: Dallas ISD STEM Equity Academy (TX)
5/3: E3 Alliance PIPE Professional Development (TX)
5/3: South Coast ESD (OR)
5/15: 2019 Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award Dinner (DC)
Don't miss the Educational Equity Leadership Institute during the 2019 Summit
Join your colleagues for NAPE's new Leadership Institute pre-conference session from 8:30 to 4:00 on April 29, 2019.

The passing of Perkins V has ushered in a new era for CTE leaders. At the forefront of this revolution in CTE is the requirement for schools and colleges to address disparate student outcomes through the process of a Local Needs Assessment.

Through a day of engaging activities, NAPE CEO Emerita Mimi Lufkin and Dr. Ricardo Romanillos will dive into Perkins V and uncover new levers for administrators to achieve equitable outcomes.

Don't miss this special opportunity for you and your team to build the foundation needed to make equity an essential component of your institution's local Perkins V plans.