Development Office

CARL PERKINS GRANT FUNDING INFORMATION:

The Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 is designed to develop more fully the academic and career and technical skills of post-secondary students by developing challenging academic and technical standards and to assist students in preparing for high skill, high wage, or high demand occupations in current or emerging professions.

SLCC is the state's largest recipient of Carl D. Perkins grant.  Allowable uses of Carl Perkins funds can be viewed here. 

The U.S. Dept. of Education measures SLCC’s success through:

1) Technical Skills Attainment (Number of students who pass skills assessments that are aligned with industry recognized standards and result in State Licensure,

2) Number of Industry Recognized Credentials and Certificates/Degrees given students,

3) Retention,

4) Placement in Employment, and

5) Non-Traditional student participation and placement. 

Funding allocations are determined annually by the Carl Perkins Advisory Committee which is chaired and overseen by the Assistant Director of Development and Contract Affairs.  Deans with CTE programs within their schools participate and determine funding recommendations as voting members on the Advisory Committee through a competitive proposal submission process.  The proposal outline can be found here. 

An RFP (Request for Proposal) email is sent announcing the availability of funds to all individuals of the Carl Perkins Advisory Committee in February.  This email contains a simple one-page proposal template along with a budget worksheet and grant guidelines.  

Deans are then asked to forward this RFP to eligible areas within their school.  Faculty are given four-five weeks to submit their proposal through their Dean to the Development Office via e-mail. 

It is STRONGLY advised that you work with Barbara Grover, the Director of Assessment, to clearly identify your proposal outcome measures BEFORE you submit your proposal.  Proposals that do not clearly demonstrate quantifiable student outcomes can be scored less.       

Proposals are reviewed by the Carl Perkins Advisory Committee in April with added weight given to those proposals demonstrating a clear impact on the Carl Perkins Core Indicator Measurements listed at the top of the page or tied to SLCC strategic initiatives.

For additional questions, please call Drew Mingl, Assistant Director of Development and Contract Affairs at 957-4007.