Career and Technical Education Standards

Content Standards and Model Curriculum Guide Documents

CTE courses provide students with life and employment skills to make them highly desirable employees in today's modern workforce. Skills learned in K-12 Career and Technical Education courses prepare students to go directly into the workforce or to continue their education with a much higher degree of focus and direction for their career goals.

Montana has over 500 approved CTE programs and over 800 certified teachers in Agriculture, Business, Marketing, Family and Consumer Sciences, Industrial Technology, and Health Sciences. More than 150 Montana high schools participate in the federal Carl D. Perkins and state Career and Technical Education grant programs to support and improve their Career and Technical Education programs.

Webinar: New Standards for 2021: Overview and Planning for Implementation (February 8, 2021)

Districts should consider their 5-year curriculum review cycle in order to plan for a staggered approach to aligning to new standards. 

 

NOTE: Model curriculum guides, professional development, and resources will be added throughout 2021.

Career and Technical Education (CTE) prepares Montana K-12 students for a wide range of careers and post secondary education programs.  CTE courses are found in Montana's middle schools, high schools and career centers. 

Tech Directors: To access a machine readable version of the official Montana Career and Vocational/Technical Education Content Standards, please visit the IMS Global  CASE Network site.  Create a free login, select Montana Office of Public Instruction, and view or download the standards.  The CASE version of the standards can be uploaded to student information systems, curriculum mapping programs, and a variety of other uses. 

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Shannon Boswell
Career Technical and Adult Education Director
Email: shannon.boswell@mt.gov

Gayla Randel - Southwest
Family and Consumer Sciences Specialist
Email: Galya.Randel@mt.gov

Eric Tilleman - North Central
Agricultural Education Specialist
Email: Eric.Tilleman@mt.gov

Kaitlin Trutzel - Northwest
Industrial Technology Education Specialist
Email: Kaitlin.Trutzel@mt.gov

Ethan Igo - Eastern
Business Education Specialist
Email: Ethan.Igo@mt.gov 

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