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A group of 29 public schools in West Central Minnesota have formed a consortium to access funding and programming available through the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006. These schools partner with the four-campus system of Minnesota State Community and Technical College (MSCTC), and comprise what is known as the Lakes Country/MState Perkins Consortium in the State of Minnesota. The Lakes Country/MSCTC Perkins plan includes the following goals and objectives for secondary and post-secondary career and technical programs within the consortium member educational institutions:
For more information on Minnesota’s 5 Year Plan for Perkins or the 2012-2013 LCSC/MState Perkins Plan, please visit the Minnesota Career and Technical Education website at http://www.cte.mnscu.edu/. ---------------------------------------------------- LCSC Perkins and Camps 2 Careers, 2012 in Health Careers The Lakes Country (secondary) Perkins Consortium was a proud partner with Central Minnesota Area Health Education Center (AHEC) for the June 2012 Camps 2 Careers in Health Careers, held June 13-15 at the University of Minnesota Morris Campus. Designed for high school students to explore and prepare for exciting, high wage careers in health care; campers participated in business and college tours, heard from industry specialists, and practiced using specialized medical equipment and skills. Careers in nursing, laboratory, therapy, emergency services, and veterinary medicine were highlighted.     ---------------------------------------------------- LCSC Perkins and the2012 Tour of Manufacturing, Fergus Falls and Wahpeton On Saturday, April 21, 2012 a Tour of Manufacturing was heldin Fergus Falls MN and Wahpeton ND, and the Lakes Country Service CooperativesCarl D. Perkins Consortium was proudly one of its sponsors. The Tour ofManufacturing is designed to encourage people to consider careers inmanufacturing, a high demand and high wage occupation in West CentralMinnesota. Over 250 people took the opportunity to venture inside themanufacturing plants they may have driven past dozens of times. Visitors wereable to see that manufacturing careers are not boring, dark and dangerous asthey once were thought to be; they are full of high levels of technology andautomation in modern manufacturing facilities! Look for the 2013 Tour of Manufacturing planned for the Detroit Lakes and Perham Area!     ----------------------------------------------------  Follow LCSC CTE on Twitter. Just click the button. CARL PERKINS STAFF: |
