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 Use these resources to be deliberate about teaching PMforCTE

Project Management for Career and Technical Education

PM for JAG

Senior Projects

SLO’s and Clubs

Life skills in PM are key for at-risk students and align with many listed JAG competencies

PM skills help all students with their senior or culminating projects

CTE student leader-ship organizations, ASB’s and service clubs like Rotary’s Interact both use and share PM Skills

Teach PM for CTE

Professional development for individual teachers or groups is available from PMforCTE

Project Management is a life skill,

a job skill and a certificated career option

PM for EDU

Different levels of skills in project, program and portfolio management are key for    Superintendents, Principals and other education leaders

Classroom Tools

Course Tools

PM for STEM

PM for Robotics

Math in PM

Pocket Guides, Glossary, Templates and Basic PowerPoints to add PM to any CTE class

Curriculum Frame-works, program models & pilot course examples for teaching a stand-alone PM Course

Project-based STEM programs demand industry-standard PM Skills

Align your First Robotics and related competitions to the PM standards

Usable advanced business math tools and techniques are prevalent in PM

PM skills are essential for success in classes that are centered on project-based learning.  Students are assigned projects early in their education.  Career and Technical Education classes strongly rely on student-centered applied learning in the context of real projects from business and industry, yet frameworks for PM skills are seldom taught, leaving students to learn by their mistakes from projects falling short of the mark.  

Project Management Program of Study

For Multiple Career Pathways Options

CAPM:  Certified Associate in Project Management is an entry-level industry certification that requires a high school diploma, passing an assessment and documented work experience in project management.

PMP:  Project Management Professional is a global industry standard certification that requires a bachelor’s degree, passing an assessment and documented work experience in project management.

Example Below:  Engineering and Engineering-related Trades in the Olympic Career Exploration Partnership Zone

PMforCTE recognizes the need for deliberate and intentional learning about project management to enhance student growth and success during their education and training, and for their careers in a global economy.  Communication between business entities around the world demand common vocabulary and standards-based project management frameworks for effective and efficient management of projects, leveraging the need for teaching PMforCTE, especially in STEM classes.  By basing PMforCTE learning materials on the internationally recognized standards of certifications through the Project Management Institute, students not only can build their globally-recognized skills, they can build their learning towards earning those globally-recognized certifications.

Everyday life skills in project management will also help assure student success in community service projects, fundraisers, planning a party/dance, etc. or later in adult life when planning a home project, a wedding, a PTA fundraiser/project, club sports event, etc.  Many schools require a senior or culminating project, yet these teachable moments are seldom used to offer students a framework of project management skills.

Whether CTE students are pursuing their dreams in Ag production, construction, manufacturing, IT, video production, hospitality/event planning…whatever…project management skills will enhance their success in school, on the job and in their home and community life.

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Case Study
Articulation of Project Management Course
Between a High School and a Community College

Twelve students from the pilot class at North Kitsap High School passed the final exam with scores of 80% or better and received four units of college credit from Olympic College.

Prepared by Jim Noeldner, Director CTE, Retired, and Steve Garfein, Chairman RPM Systems Corporation,  in support of Washington State Career Pathways Act.