HELENA, Mont. – Earlier this month, Gov. Gianforte proclaimed February 2022 Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month in Montana to recognize the role of Career and Technical Education in empowering students with the skills needed for career readiness and providing a highly-skilled, highly-qualified workforce for Montana.
Promoting trades education and apprenticeship opportunities to empower Montanans with in-demand skills, create better-paying Montana jobs, and build a stronger workforce is a central element of the governor’s Montana Comeback Plan.
The governor’s proclamation can be viewed here and below.
WHEREAS, Career and Technical Education (CTE) provides Montana students unique work-based learning opportunities to prepare for a broad range of high-wage, high-skill, high-demand careers; and
WHEREAS, CTE leads students to career paths that provide family-sustaining wages, provides opportunities for advancement and lifelong learning, and helps address Montana’s workforce needs; and
WHEREAS, the jobs of tomorrow require retraining, as well as targeted technical training, and the forces at work are moving with ever increasing speed; and
WHEREAS, personalized CTE education provides not only the technical skills for occupational advancement but also a vision for the student of what a successful career in the trades can mean for them; and
WHEREAS, local school boards in Montana have the authority to create proficiency and work-based learning paths personalized for each individual student; and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Greg Gianforte, Governor of the State of Montana, do hereby proclaim the month of February 2022
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH
in Montana to recognize the role of Career and Technical Education in empowering students with the skills needed for career readiness and providing a highly-skilled, highly-qualified workforce for Montana.
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