The CTE Department is going to purchase knowledge matters for all schools.

If you have it on your Federal Perkins Application or State Funding Budget, you can cross that off and reallocate.

***Share the Personal Finance Sim with your Math teachers. It will help our students gain some hands instruction.

• https://www.knowledgematters.com/high-school/

• https://issuu.com/edynamiclearning/docs/kmi_hs-2022-23_product-catalogue_int_?fr=sYmNlNjUzNzg2MjY

• We we talk about this in our PLC August 28. See you then.

2025-2026 Kentucky Personal Finance Challenge registration open

Sign up today for the 3rd Annual Kentucky Personal Finance Challenge. The challenge is open to grades 6th-12th and each team consists of four people per team. 

Email KYPFC@NKU.edu with questions. 

https://financechallenge.unl.edu/Kentucky/Register

Action Briefs based on insights from recent focus panels.

These cover best practices for job interviews, trends in banking, and new methods for improving technology.

Action Briefs highlight business trends, review their impact on the workplace, and provide suggestions for integrating them into the classroom. Each resource includes:

• A short article with summarizing points

• Classroom implications and questions for students

• Links for further reading and discussion

How to access: We post our newest Action Briefs on our website, while the full archive is available on State’s Connection, organized by trend category.

The Gray Zone: Resources to Foster Ethical Decision-Making Skills

Gray Zone Interactive Series
https://grayzone.mbaresearch.org/index.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Fri+Sep+05+2025&utm_campaign=Perspectives+8+22+25

This only applies to teachers using PEAR ASSESSMENT

Second semester courses populate in Canvas on Monday, November 17th. Teachers will need to set up and publish these courses by January 6, so students can access them. Your Digital Learning Coach can help with:

• Editing course details

• Cross-listing courses

• Setting up Grade Sync

• Importing content from another Canvas course

• Syncing with new Pear Assessment classes: Once new Canvas courses are published, teachers will need to create new course shells in Pear Assessment and sync to their new Canvas courses.

The district Canvas team will be supporting teachers that need assistance. Here is the schedule for the drop-in dates the district team will be visiting schools. If there is no date by your school, and you have teachers who need assistance, please reach out to your DRC or STC to get that date scheduled.

Canvas Course Dates 

Pear Assessment Help Site

Check out this recourses to supplement your Financial Literacy, Entrepreneurship, or Hospitality Courses!

INTUIT Curriculum - Business/Entrepreneurship, Hospitality, And Financial Literacy

• Intuit Food Truck Program

• Entrepreneurial Finance | Intuit for Education

• Personal Finance | Intuit for Education

Intuit for Education is a FREE, comprehensive financial literacy program designed to equip high school and college students with the skills and confidence they need for financial success. This resource allows you to move beyond textbook theory by providing students with hands-on practice, such as simulating the process of filing taxes or managing business finances, preparing them directly for real-life financial challenges.

https://www.csedweek.org/about

Hour of code or hour of AI

Building on over a decade of success with the Hour of Code, our new global initiative is designed to help students and educators everywhere take their first step into understanding and creating with AI.

Through hands-on, easy-to-follow activities, learners around the world will demystify AI and imagine what’s possible when they harness it for good.

Because the future isn’t something we wait for.


It’s something we build — together.

This was shared by Erica Settelen, Academic Program Consultant, but I thought it would be a great resource for ALL CTE teachers, so wanted to pass it along!!!

There are many ways to take notes. It’s helpful to try out different methods and determine which work best for you in different situations. Whether you are learning online or in person, the physical act of writing can help you remember better than just listening or reading. Research shows that taking notes by hand is more effective than typing on a laptop. Below is a link to the Cornell Notetaking System site and a Canvas module that will teach you about different note-taking systems and styles and help you determine what will work best for your situation.

Module: https://lsc.cornell.edu/how-to-study/taking-notes/cornell-note-taking-system/

Canvas: https://canvas.cornell.edu/courses/1451

Just in Case here are some NTI lesson ideas

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zn1TJaMhVmaqcwrs2EgkjjeFfJxBQ_Xni8zP2EvKsnk/edit?tab=t.0

What a great opportunity for Career and Technical Student Organization Members in your school.

The KACTE Entrepreneurship Event is intended to:

• encourage all CTE programs to include entrepreneurship education in their curriculum

• encourage CTE students to think about entrepreneurial businesses

give CTE students real life experience in developing business plans and seeking funding to pursue business plans

The Kentucky Association for Career and Technical Education has graciously agreed to sponsor this event in an effort to spur creativity among Career and Technical Education students. Prizes are as follows:

1. 1st - $1000

2. 2nd - $750

3. 3rd - $500

4. 4th - $250

The deadline for entering the contest is February 1. The link for the entry form is: https://forms.gle/uXHJ12euYB2Jt5hK9 The link to the video and the Executive Summary are both uploaded as part of the entry form submission.

Contact: Matt Chaliff | Agricultural Education Consultant/FFA Executive Secretary

Entrepreneurship Event Guidelines (1).pdf