1. Business, Management and Finance (BMF) Career Cluster State Update Pat Mikos, Program Manager Division of Career and College Readiness Bridgette Sloan, CTE Lead Specialist Marianne Hollerbach, CTE Specialist William Nottage, CTE Specialist

2. 4% BMF State Update CTE Update State of the State BMF Overview Progress and Challenges Next Steps Strategies for Improvement

3. CTE is a Critical Component of Education Reform and Workforce/Economic Development 3 CTE is part of school improvement efforts (college and career readiness, STEM, early college credit, industry certification...)

4. 21 st Century CTE Today’s CTE prepares students for both college and careers through rigorous programs of study. The focus has moved from preparing students with trade specific skills to preparing them with academic and technical knowledge to be successful in a wide range of career opportunities (and advanced education and training). Increased accountability supports CTE program improvement with an emphasis on academic and technical skill attainment (industry certification) – College and Career Readiness 4

5. Maryland Secondary CTE 48 CTE Programs of Study Arts, Media, & Communication (AMC) Business, Management & Finance (BMF) Construction & Development (C&D) Consumer Services, Hospitality, & Tourism (CSHT) Environmental, Agricultural, & Natural Resources Systems (EANR) Health & Biosciences (H&B) Human Resource Services (HRS) Information Technology (IT) Manufacturing, Engineering & Technology (MET) Transportation Technologies (TT) 5

6. 4% BMF Progress and Challenges CTE Program Enrollment and Completion Updating CTE Programs of Study - courses and sequence Increasing access and success on certification exams Enhancing student achievement through participation in CTSOs

7. CTE State Programs of Study Most school systems have moved to the State POS for BMF, although some schools still offer older programs and courses

8. 2010 CTE Enrollment by Career Cluster

10. 4% BMF Progress and Challenges Increasing access and success on certification exams Enhancing student achievement through participation in CTSOs More students earning industry certification - but slow progress... More students participating... More business support... More awards and recognition...

11. What’s Next?  Oct./Nov. DECA Fall Conference (Oct. 13 th ) MSTA Day / BMF Affiliate Workshop (Oct. 21 st ) FBLA Fall Conference (Oct. 31-Nov. 1 st ) NAF - AoF Regional Meeting (Nov. 10 th )  Jan./Feb. FBLA and DECA Regional Meetings  March / April MBEA Conference (March/April) DECA State Conference (March) FBLA State Conference (April 19-21, 2012)