About The Project

PROJECT OVERVIEW
Technical colleges and divisions may compete for improvement and innovation federal Carl Perkins dollars to engage in a wide variety of projects, which promote program, service, function, and/or college improvements and innovations and are linked to Perkins mandates, permissives, and core sub-indicators. Project funds will be awarded through a competitive project application/evaluation process overseen by the Office of Technical Education (OTE).

Estimated Total Funds Available
Approximately $500,000 are available.

Funds Distribution
Colleges may submit one project application for funding consideration.

Continuation Funds
Technical colleges and divisions must select one of two categories on which to focus their project.

1. Improvement: Improvement is defined as a project designed to make a program, system, or service better and/or more valuable. An improvement project produces a process or method of doing things better than before or develops an addition or alternative to an existing program, system, or service that adds to its value.
   
   
2. Innovation: Innovation is defined as a project that introduces a new process or way of doing things to a program, system, or service which has not previously been done.
   

1. Institutional Effectiveness: Institutional Effectiveness projects support technical college planning, evaluation, and accreditation activities that are consistent with the mission of DTAE.
   
   
2. Instructional/Curricular Services: Instructional/Curricular Services projects concentrate on the areas of curriculum development and revision, faculty development, educational resources, distance learning, and health and safety requirements
   
   
3. Special Workforce Services: Special Workforce Services projects focus on a wide range of comprehensive services to assist all students in achieving maximum success in technical education.
   
   
4. Student Support Services: The Student Services Division projects give attention to career planning, student activities, financial aid, special populations, and enrollment management.
   
   
5. Educational Initiatives (e.g. Workforce Development Services): Educational Initiative projects are directed toward strategic alliances which are designed to encompass a full range of training and educational programs which contribute to the economic, educational and community development of Georgia.
   

PERKINS OVERVIEW
The purpose of the 1998 Perkins is fourfold: (1) to build on the efforts of states and localities to develop challenging academic standards; (2) to promote the development of services and activities that integrate academic, vocational and technical instruction and that link secondary and postsecondary education; (3) to increase state and local flexibility to provide services and activities; and (4) to disseminate national research and to provide professional development and technical assistance that will improve vocational and technical education programs.

To help reach these goals, the Technical Improvement and Innovation Project is intended as the spark to help our technical colleges develop new, creative, and imaginative ways of delivering improved technical instruction, processes, services, and/or activities to our students.

For additional information please contact Beth Neal at bneal@dtae.org

©2003 Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education
last updated on 8/11/03