South Dakota CTE Standards Revision Team 2025 - Educator Application

The South Dakota Department of Education Office of Career & Technical Education invites CTE educators and administrators, school counselors, and postsecondary partners to participate in a number of content standards revision work groups this summer.

Each work group will include approximately 20 members, including secondary Career & Technical Education educators, postsecondary faculty, and industry representatives. Other stakeholders who are interested in the process are also encouraged to apply. Applicants will be selected to ensure broad representation of all demographics on each work group.

Revision work groups will meet virtually in May for an orientation. The orientation meeting dates will be Monday, May 5, 4:30 PM Central Time/3:30 PM Mountain Time and Wednesday, May 7, 4:30 PM Central Time/3:30 PM Mountain Time. Participants need to attend one or the other of those meetings. Work group members will also be invited to the public online standards reviews during the last two weeks of April.

Revision work groups will conduct their group work on standards via virtual meetings in June 2025

June 2, 3, and 4

Human Services
Health Science
Financial Services

June 9, 10, and 11

Digital Technology
Education
Management and Entrepreneurship

Educators who are not on contract during the work sessions will be compensated for their time at a rate of $175 per day on the days their work groups meet. Participants are all expected to be fully available during their assigned times, without distraction, and able to have their cameras and microphones on for active participation.

The deadline to apply for these work groups is April 4, 2025. Applicants will be notified by the Department of Education Office of Career and Technical Education in early April about the roles they have been selected for.

Please proceed with the survey to apply.

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* 1. Contact Information

Name

Company/School/Organization

Address

City/Town

State

ZIP/Postal Code

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 2. Please describe your current role. You may choose more than one if multiple roles apply.

Middle School Educator

High School Educator

School Administrator

Postsecondary Educator

Business/Industry Representative

Organization/Association Representative

Government Representative

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Briefly describe your professional background and work experience.

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* 4. Years of Experience

0-5 years

6-10 years

11-15 years

16-20 years

21-25 years

25+

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* 5. The CTE cluster(s) you are applying to work on.

Health Science June 2-4

Human Services June 2-4

Financial Services June 2-4

Digital Technology June 9-11

Education June 9-11

Management and Entrepreneurship June 9-11

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* 6. Why are you interested in serving on this standards revision work group?

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* 7. Have you served on a standards revision work group before?

Yes

If yes, please describe

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* 8. In order to participate, you will need to be available to participate in the work group sessions that will be scheduled in June as indicated in question 5 above. Please indicate if you will be fully available, without distractions, and able to have your camera and microphone on.

Yes