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Video Streaming Session #8 School Counselor Advisement: Industry Credentials

Video Streaming Session #8 School Counselor Advisement: Industry Credentials Virginia Department of Education Joseph Wharff School Counseling Career Connections November 6, 2014 March 13, 2014. 1.

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Video Streaming Session #8 School Counselor Advisement: Industry Credentials

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  1. Video Streaming Session #8 School Counselor Advisement: Industry Credentials Virginia Department of Education Joseph Wharff School Counseling Career Connections November 6, 2014 March 13, 2014 1

  2. 2011-2012 Video Streaming Training Sessions for Career and Technical Education (CTE) Administrators Agenda • Welcome • The Value of Industry Credentials • Types of Industry Credentials • Standard Diploma Requirement and Scenarios • Advising Students on Appropriate Industry Credentials • Academic and Career Planning & Industry Credentialing • Wrap Up and Announcements

  3. Value of Credentialing • Workplace Value • Postsecondary Education Value • Exposure to External Industry Testing • Proof of Skills • Standard Diploma Graduation Requirement • Student-Selected Verified Credit

  4. Types of Credentials The Virginia Board of Education has approved for student-selected verified credit over 350 industry certification exams, licensures, and occupational competency assessments. The various credentials are defined as: • State-Issued Professional License • Full Industry Certification • Pathway Industry Certification • Occupational competency skill assessment

  5. Types of Credentials, continued • State-Issued Professional License, required for entry into a specific occupation as determined by a Virginia state licensing agency; • Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Examination • FAA Private Pilot Written Test • Cosmetology Examination • Real Estate Salesperson Examination

  6. Types of Credentials, continued • Full Industry Certification, from a recognized industry, trade, or professional association validating essential skills of a particular occupation. An important “first step” in exploring job related skill sets while working toward advanced certification levels and/or other credentials • A+ CompTIA, • Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) • Virginia Pharmacy Technician • Fundamental Marketing Concepts Certification

  7. Types of Credentials, continued • Pathway Industry Certification, which may consist of entry-level exams as a component of a suite of exams in an industry certification program leading toward full certification. • Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) • Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) • A+/CompTIA Certification Examination (A+ Essentials) • Heating, Electrical, Air Conditioning Technology (HEAT) Examination (HVAC Excellence)

  8. Types of Credentials, continued • Occupational competency skill assessment, a national standardized assessment of skills/knowledge in a specific career and/or technical area • NOCTI/Skills USA • Production Agriculture Assessment • Accounting—Basic • Administrative Assisting Assessment • Early Childhood Care and Education Assessment

  9. What Is Important To Know About Credentialing Types • Many credentials are developed specifically for the workplace, not designed around technical skill courses (but target competencies, etc.). • Occupational competency skill assessments are designed for the student learner in CTE programs/courses. • Some credentials are “stackable” exams in a program of examinations.

  10. Board Of Education’s List Of Credentials Approved On April 24, 2014

  11. Board of Education criteria for a Student-Selected verified credit • Designed to prepare students for an occupation or occupational area. • Knowledge-based; however, the credential may contain a performance-based component. • In a CTE field that confers a credential from a recognized industry, trade, or professional association or entity. • Administered on a multi-state or international basis • Standardized and graded independent of the school in which the test is given. A credential must be one that is:

  12. Standard Diploma

  13. Standard Diploma • Students who complete a career and technical education program concentration sequence (a sequence of two or more 36 week courses or combinations of 18 and/or 36 week courses that are equivalent to two 36 week courses) AND pass a Board-approved credentialing test may substitute the credential for (1) the student selected verified credit (see FN 5) and (2) either a science or history and social science verified credit when the credential confers more than one verified credit. (see FN6) Source: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/boe/accreditation/index.shtml

  14. Earning Student-Selected Verified Credit: Source: Guidance Document Governing Certain Provisions of the Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia (8 VAC 20-131) • One student-selected verified credit will be awarded for passing each certification or licensure examination that meets all of the criteria and the student earns one standard unit of credit only in the career and technical education concentration or specialization. • Two student-selected verified credits will be awarded for passing each certification or licensure examination that meets all of the criteria; and • The student meets the career and technical education concentration or specialization course requirements for program completer. • The student earns at least two standard units of credit in the career and technical education concentration or specialization. • The student may substitute one of these verified credits for a verified credit in either science or history and social science.

  15. Diploma Changes8VAC20-131-50.B. Requirements for graduation A student must earn a career and technical education credential that has been approved by the Board of Education to graduate with a Standard Diploma.  The credential could include, but not be limited to, the successful completion of an industry certification, a state licensure examination, a national occupational competency assessment, or the Virginia workplace readiness skills assessment;

  16. Scenario 1 • CTE Sequence: • Accounting (6320/36 weeks) • Accounting, Advanced (6321/36 weeks) • Industry Credentialing Exam: • Basic Accounting- NOCTI (Passed) • Advanced Accounting- NOCTI (Passed) • Earned: • Industry Credential for graduation- Yes • Program Concentration Sequence- Yes • Eligible for one student-selected verified credit ANDone verified credit in either a science or history and social science- Yes

  17. Scenario 2 • CTE Sequence: • Design, Multimedia, and Web Technologies (6630/36 weeks) • Design, Multimedia, and Web Technologies, Advanced (6631/36 weeks) • Industry Credentialing Exam: • Interactive Media Assessment (NOCTI)- (Passed) • Apple Certified Pro Examination– (Passed) • Earned: • Industry Credential for graduation- Yes • Program Concentration Sequence- Yes • Eligible for one student-selected verified credit ANDone verified credit in either a science or history and social science- Yes

  18. Scenario 3 • CTE Sequence: • Office Specialist I (6740/36 weeks) • Office Specialist II (6741/36 weeks) • Industry Credentialing Exam: • Fundamental Business Concepts- A*S*K* (Passed) • Microsoft Word- MOS/Certiport (Passed) • Earned: • Industry Credential for graduation- Yes • Program Sequence Completer- Yes • Eligible for one student-selected verified credit ANDone verified credit in either a science or history and social science- Yes

  19. Scenario 4 • CTE Sequence: • VA Teachers for Tomorrow I (9062/36 weeks) • VA Teachers for Tomorrow II (9072/36 weeks)- did not pass • Industry Credentialing Exam: • Early Childhood Education (AAFCS)- Did not pass • Workplace Readiness Skills for the Commonwealth Examination- Passed • Earned: • Industry Credential for graduation- Yes • Program Sequence Completer- No • Eligible for one student-selected verified credit- Yes

  20. Scenario 5 • Economics and Personal Finance (EPF) - Graduation Requirement (BUS6120, Finance 6121, 18 weeks, Economics, 18 weeks, History and Social Science 2801, Virtual Virginia Economics and Personal Finance course, other). • Industry Credentialing Exam: • WISE Financial Literacy- Did not pass • Workplace Readiness Skills for the Commonwealth Examination- Passed • Earned: • Industry Credential for graduation- Yes • Program Sequence Completer- No • Eligible for one student-selected verified credit- Yes/No? • NO- EPF course not part of a CTE concentration

  21. Scenario 6 Course: • Microsoft IT Academy Virtual Course • Industry Credentialing Exam: • Microsoft Word- MOS/Certiport (Passed) • Earned: • Industry Credential for graduation- Yes • Program Sequence Completer- No • Eligible for one student-selected verified credit- Yes/No? • NO- virtual course is not a CTE state-approved course

  22. Student Advisement- www.cteresource.org

  23. Facts Sheets Now Found in APG

  24. Academic and Career Planning & Industry Credentialing • Know What CTE courses are offered in your school • Know the Business and Industry and Labor Market needs in your community • VA Education Wizard • Local Newspaper • CTE Advisory Committee • VA Employment Commission • Collaborate with CTE Teachers • Make resources available to students for all postsecondary options • Look at student assessment results and plan accordingly

  25. Know What Credentials Are Most Successful • W!SE Financial Literacy Certification • Workplace Readiness Skills for the Commonwealth Examination • Virginia Career Readiness Certificate (ACT) • Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) • National Professional Certification in Customer Service • NRA: ServSafe Certification • Nurse Aide Examination

  26. CTE Performance Trends

  27. Virginia’s Credentialing Initiative

  28. Virginia’s Credentialing Initiative

  29. Workplace Readiness Skills for the Commonwealth Examination Data Source: Career and Technical Education Consortium of States (Eighty two school divisions participated in 2012, 107 in 2013, and 109 in 2014.)

  30. Counseling and Credentials That Count! • Counsel students on testing using those credentials that have the highest “market place” and/or “career pathway” value even though some credentials may not have comparatively high passing rates. • To improve student job seeking resumes and improve postsecondary outcomes, advise all CTE students to take a technical skills exam and/or a across-the-board assessment.

  31. Thank You! • Next Video Streaming, Session 9 – November 13, 2014,“The 2015-2016 CTE Local Plan and Budget Submission, including Federal Program Monitoring Self-Assessment” • Note: Please complete the evaluation Contact Information: Virginia Department of Education Office of Career and Technical Education Services CTE@doe.virginia.gov 804-225-3370

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