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PERKINS BALANCE:Get Your Ideas Funded!
Lorrie Toni, Perkins Director, CCCSCACTA Mid-Winter Conference
February 5, 2014
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Workshop Objective
Perkins Director’s:
Compose justifiable, detailed
action step descriptions that
support improvement ofone
Perkins Performance Metric.
Yours:
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Desired Competencies• General understanding of Perkins
Performance Metrics• Thinking about “solutions”• Including the 3 required elements
in action step descriptions• Thinking and writing in detail• Knowing the difference between a
Perkins Funded Project and an action step description
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Your Desired Competencies:
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Independent Assignment
• Map a Funded Project • Map an Action Step Description• Review/edit page 2• Review/edit page 4
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SHAPE OF A FUNDED PROJECT
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SHAPE OF AN ACTIONSTEP DESCRIPTION
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TEAM WORK
5 TEAMS:
List all possible solutions if there were deficiencies:
1. Technical Skill Attainment • Measured meaning• Function meaning
2. Degrees/Certificates/Diplomas/Student Retention
3. Placement
4. Non-Traditional Careers
5. Academic Skills Attainment (Secondary)
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Technical Skill Attainment (Secondary)
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Degrees/Certificates/Diplomas/Student Retention
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Placement
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Non-Traditional Careers
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Academic Skills Attainment (Secondary)
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What Does a Funded Project Look Like?
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What Does an Action Step Description Look Like?
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Solution Building
• Analyze data• Define problem• Theories of Root Cause• Design Experiment to
Test Theory• Analyze Results of
Experiment (Data)• New knowledge
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TEAM WORKBuild A SolutionUsing Sample Data
Problem:Theories:Experiment:Expenses:
Experiment Design Description:
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Test-a-Theory Planning Notes
What will be done?What do we need to do it?Who will do what?When will we do this?What do we think will happen?How will we know whether it worked?When will we know whether it worked?
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Independent Assignment
• Select one expense from your team’s “experiment”
• Write an action step description for this expense
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Map A Perkins Request Form
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Large Group Feedback
• Listen to an action step description, as written• Can you think of any questions
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Build a Funded Project
Place your action step description into one of your Performance Metrics envelopes
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What About Expenses That Do Not Relate to A Perkins Deficiency?
Problem: Why do you want it?Theories: What makes you think that is a good reason to buy it?Experiment: How will you know that was a good reason to buy it?Expenses: What is this going to cost?
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Action Step DescriptionParts 1 and 2 Only
Do X:
To Accomplish Y:
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Large Group Feedback
• Listen to an action step description, as written• Can you think of any questions?• Can you think of a Perkins Metrics that this
purchase would support?• If yes, how – in detail?
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Build a Funded Project
Place your action step description into one of your Performance Metrics envelopes
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A 5-Year Vision
What was effective from last
year’s purchases
What we want and need this
year
A 1-Year Vision
Assurances to Comply with the
elements of the funder
PERKINS LOCAL PLAN CYCLE
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Is Your Perkins Local Plan Balanced?
5-Year Plan
Funded Projects Year-End Analysis
Funded Project(s)
1 Year Plan
General Assurances
and Signature
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QUESTIONS?
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BALANCE OBJECTIVESWITH SOLUTIONS
Lorrie Toni, Perkins Director, CCCS303-595-1565,
Lauren Jones, Career Guidance and
Counseling and ACE, CCCS720-858-2825,