Welcome Theme Team!

1. Welcome Theme Team! Let’s begin with Introductions

2. Introduction to CTE Middle-level CTE Regulation and Curricular Guidance Project

3. Topics for Today • Commissioner's Regulation 100.4 • Current Regulation • Teacher Certification • Introduction to CTE Curricular Guidance • Theme Team Goals • Framework Design • Theme Module Decisions • Theme Discussion and Decisions • Theme Module Development • Template • Module Writing

4. Commissioner's Regulation

5. Definition: CR 100.1 (l) “Career and technical education is a kindergarten through adult area of study that includes rigorous academic content closely aligned with career and technical subjects …The CDOS Learning Standards serve as the framework for CTE” Career and Technical Subjects Agricultural Education Business and Marketing Education Family and Consumer Sciences Education Health Sciences Education Technology Education Trade and Technical Education Basics We will strengthen the Middle-level span of the CTE continuum by creating curricular guidance that introduces students to all CTE content areas.

6. Current RegulationCR 100.4 (c) • 1 ¾ unit “Career and Technical Education” • Instruction can begin as early as grade 5 • Teachers certified in any CTE content area • 2017-18 Transition Year • Limited Implementation • Curricular Guidance Development www.regents.nysed.gov/meeting-archives/2017-05

7. Teacher Certification http://eservices.nysed.gov/teach/certhelp/CertRequirementHelp.do Who qualifies as a CTE teacher? Any teacher certified in the six CTE areas: • Technology Education PK-12 Classroom titles • Agriculture, Business Education, FACS PK-12 Classroom Titles and CTE titles • Trade/Technical, Health Sciences CTE titles

8. Introduction to CTECurricular Guidance

9. Theme Team Goal To produce a set of Introduction to CTE Theme Modules that will: • Bridge middle level CTE to high school CTE • Expose students to all CTE content areas • Allow districts flexibility in delivery • Foster acceleration into graduation pathways in CTE, CDOS, and STEM

10. Draft Framework Model: Themes

11. Draft Framework Model: Content

12. Theme and Content Matrix

13. Theme Module Decisions

14. Theme Decisions • Keep, Revise, Remove? • Define? • Topics for each theme? Research and Design Communication

15. Theme Discussion Are these themes appropriate for our middle-level learners? Do the themes represent essential cross-content CTE concepts? Would teachers in your CTE content area be able to address each theme with confidence? Do you see your CTE content area as more prevalent in certain theme(s)? Is there a theme that is missing?

16. Theme Module Development

17. Theme Module Template

18. Theme Module Template

19. Theme Module Template

20. Writing Process • Read through draft module materials in our Dropbox What can we keep? What can we leave behind? What is missing? • Develop draft material for each section of the template Which concepts do texts include? How do teachers present these topics now? Is there current research to consider? • Review your drafts for gaps and overlap Are there concepts that are missing? repeated? Are there ways to refocus topics?

21. Next Steps • Complete Drafts of Theme Modules • Meetings by Conference Call • Deadline for Drafts • Content and Format editing • Develop Content Modules for all CTE content areas • Plan for Professional Development • Outreach to the broad educational community

22. Thank YOU! Contact Information: Dawn B. Mastroianni c/o CTE TAC 1585 Route 146 Rexford, NY 12148 dbmastroianni@gmail.com 518 441 4295