CTE Essential Standards

1. CTEEssential Standards Career and Technical Education

2. CTE Essential Standards for 158 Courses NC State Board of Education Goals Carl D. Perkins Federal Legislation NC State Statutes Business & Industry Education & Government Partners

3. CTE Essential Standards • North Carolina will produce globally competitive students who are career & college ready • A Framework For Change • 21st century skills NC State Board of Education Goals

4. Business & Industry Education & Government Partners CTE Essential Standards • Local and State Partners • Business and Industry • Education • Government NC State Board of Education Goals

5. Carl D. Perkins Federal Legislation CTE Essential Standards • Career & College Ready • High skill, high wage or high demand and non-traditional occupations • Business and industry needs • Career-focused concentrators in course sequences • Business and industry recognized credentials • Accountability • Career and Technical Student Organization co-curricular integration

6. NC State Statutes CTE Essential Standards • Documented need from labor market data • Documented need from student demand • Responsive to: • Technological advances • Changing characteristics of workforce • From NC State StatutesChapter 115C, Article 10, Parts 1-3

7. CTE Essential StandardsInfluenced by Program Area National Standards • Agricultural Education • Business, Finance, & IT Education • Career Development Education • Family & Consumer Sciences Education • Health Science Education • Marketing Education • Technology Engineering and Design Education • Trade & Industrial Education

8. States’ Career Clusters Initiative CTE Essential Standards for 158 Courses NC State Board of Education Goals Carl D. Perkins Federal Legislation NC State Statutes Business & Industry Education & Government Partners

9. States’ Career Clusters Initiative

10. States’ Career Clusters Initiative • Knowledge and skill statements • Validated by business and industry • Nationally recognized • 21st century skills

11. CTE Essential StandardsTypes of Courses Adoptede.g. Microsoft ITA PLTW courses Developede.g. Personal Finance Early Childhood Adapted e.g. Multimedia & Webpage Design • Additionally… • Locally developed courses approved by state • e.g. Aquaculture • Aviation • Film Production Studio Motorsports Technology • Green Engineering & Sustainable Energy

12. CTE Essential StandardsKey Features • Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy (RBT) • Integration of academic subjects • Courses shared across program areas • Designed with flexible four-credit concentrations

13. CTE Essential StandardsKey Features • Alignment to Criteria • of Other Essential Standards • Enduring • Measurable • Clear and concise • Prioritized and focused • Rigorous • Relevant to world of work

14. CTE Essential StandardsComprehensive Assessment Summative  State Postassessments  Classroom Assessment Banks Benchmark Formative  Curriculum Products Essential Standards  CTE Courses

15. CTE Essential StandardsKey Features • Integrated Focus • Work-based learning • Support special populations including non-traditional students • NC Community College articulation and dual enrollment

16. CTE Essential StandardsCurrent Focus • STEM Focus • SREB Preparation for Tomorrow (Project Management) • Microsoft IT Academy • Credentials

17. CTE Essential StandardsCareer Cluster

18. CTE Essential StandardsSample Strategic Marketing Course Number: 6626Recommended Maximum Enrollment: 30Hours of Instruction: 135 (block) 150 (regular)Prerequisite: None This course challenges students by combining into one course the content of Marketing and Marketing Management courses. Topics include economics, marketing research and decision making, domestic and international markets and influences, human resource development, ethics, management, and financial analysis. Mathematics is reinforced. Work-based learning strategies appropriate include cooperative education, entrepreneurship, internship, mentorship, school-based enterprise, service learning, and job shadowing. Apprenticeship is not available for this course. DECA competitive events, community service, and leadership activities provide the opportunity to apply essential standards and workplace readiness skills through authentic experiences.Strategic Marketing can help prepare students for credentials:Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (A*S*K), http://www.askinstitute.org/Professional Certification, www.nrffoundation.comSales & Marketing Executives International, www.smei.org

19. CTE Essential StandardsExamples of other web-based links… • Essential Standards Planning Guide • NC Career Clusters Guide • CTE Equipment Guide • Work-based Learning Guide • Honors Implementation Guide • Fiscal and Policy Guide

20. CTE Essential StandardsTime Line • 2007-2010 Review of Draft Documents • Summer Conference, presentations (4 years) • CTE Administrators, presentations (4 years, 3 surveys) • Multiple local presentations by CTE Administrators (2 years) • Eight program areas, multiple presentations (4 years) • Business and Industry, education partners throughout process • Posted on DPI Web (8 months total) • 2011/12 Approval and Planning • Posted on web and shared in spring Director Meetings • May 2011 Present to State Board of Education • Planning year for LEAs • 2012/13 Implementation year for LEAs