CTE Board 'Excited' About DOE's Curriculum Standardization Project, Concerned About Apprenticeship Funding

Despite the lack of a quorum for most of its meeting on Wednesday, the V.I. Career and Technical Board was still able to engage in robust discussion on a number of key issues affecting technical and vocational education in the territory.  Dr. Monique Faulkner, state director of Career, Technical and Adult Education for the Department of Education, apprised CTE board members that a project to standardize the career and technical education curriculum had just been launched.  Speaking to Senator Genevieve Whitaker’s concerns about the CTE board being left out of key decision-making processes when it came to educational policy in that area, Faulkner reassured board members that they and the Board of Education will be included during this curriculum development exercise. Noting that a contractor for the standardization process was on the verge of being secured, Faulkner urged collaboration among stakeholders. “We need everyone to the table and a meeting of the minds so that we can guide [...