Career and technical education instructors should plan to attend a regional workshop, hosted by the department’s Office of Career and Technical Education, in January.

Workshops will be held in three locations: Jan. 19 at Southeast Technical Institute, Mickelson Building, in Sioux Falls; Jan. 20 at Mitchell Technical Institute, Auditorium; Jan. 26 at Western Dakota Technical Institute in Rapid City. All workshops run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The major objective of the workshops is to answer questions concerning Perkins applications and data collection and use. There also will be opportunities for networking. All teachers seeking approval for their programs in 2005 are expected to attend one of the three workshops.

Participants should bring strategic plans from their last review, along with their last follow-up report, to the workshop. For information, contact Gary M. Grey at (605) 773-4726. gary.grey@state.sd.us