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Colorado CTE Opportunities for ALL Students

Colorado CTE Opportunities for ALL Students. Jennifer Jirous STEM/Arts Program Director. Do You Realize?. Colorado Blueprint Overview. Where Does CTE Fit?. Vision: Colorado CTE delivers proven pathways to lifelong career success!

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Colorado CTE Opportunities for ALL Students

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  1. Colorado CTEOpportunities for ALL Students Jennifer Jirous STEM/Arts Program Director

  2. Do You Realize?

  3. Colorado Blueprint Overview

  4. Where Does CTE Fit? • Vision: Colorado CTE delivers proven pathways to lifelong career success! • Mission: CTE ensures a thriving Colorado economy by providing relevant and rigorous education that is connected, responsive and real.

  5. Who Are We? In 2010-11, there were more than 112,000 total CTE enrollments (89,145 individual CTE students) in secondary programs. • More than 1,200 programs • 159 School Districts • 8 Technical Centers • 4 Special Schools • 5 Community Colleges • 3 Area Technical Colleges • 1 Four-Year Local College • 1 Charter District • Correctional Facilities

  6. Who Are We? In 2010-11, there were nearly 35,000 CTE enrollments (33,924 individual CTE students) in post-secondary programs. • 618 Programs • 13 System Community Colleges • 2 Local District Community Colleges • 1 Local Four-Year College • 3 Technical Colleges • Correctional Facilities

  7. Who Are We? • Information Technology CTE Programs • Secondary • 40 Secondary Programs • 1350 Secondary Students • 988 Males, 362 Females • 854 White, 438 Other • Post-secondary • 29 Post-secondary Programs • 1260 Post-secondary students • 949 Males, 312 Females • 757 White, 293 Other

  8. CAP4K Requirements • 22-7-1005. Preschool through elementary and secondary education - aligned standards - adoption - revisions. • 2(b): In developing the preschool through elementary and secondary education standards, the State Board shall also take into account any Career & Technical Education standards adopted by the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education, created in Section 23-60-104, C.R.S., and, to the extent practicable, shall align the appropriate portions of the preschool through elementary and secondary education standards with the Career and Technical standards.

  9. Our Standards―Today • The most current work has allowed for fewer, higher, clearerand more transferrable standards, expectations and outcomes • One set of aligned Essential Skills to drive Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness inclusion in all Career & Technical Education programs • 52 pathways with validated academic alignments • Standards Website (online course builder)

  10. Current/Future Initiatives • Resource bank of Measureable Assessments • Teacher effectiveness legislation • Alignment to Post-secondary course competencies • State level Post-secondary credit options

  11. Plans of Study - REAL Process • Intended as a primary guide as students create their Individual Career & Academic Plans (ICAP) • Assist student in designing a meaningful educational experience that is relevant to their individual career aspirations (ICAP)

  12. A Communication Tool • It is a visual communication tool that demonstrates the link of high school academic and CTE courses to college programs and careers. • It is also a partnership with business and industry.

  13. Final Thought… “Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch - what make you go beyond the norm.”

  14. What do educators make...

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