Alaska CTE Plan Update

Alaska CTE Plan Update • Transitions – student & system • Curriculum • Delivery • Teachers/Faculty • Facility • Funding

1. Transitions - • Last year, discussion focused on • PLCP’s – how and when to implement, • training programs for teachers, • use of AKCIS and WorkKeys, • how to involve and support parents

1. Transitions - • Student level • Contractor DeetaLongeran • AKCIS courses by distance • Recommended activities for various settings • Systemic level

2. Curriculum alignment • Last year, discussion focused on • how to incorporate foundational academic courses in CTE or Tech Prep pathways, • transfer of credits among postsecondary institutions and programs, • effective involvement of employers in curriculum development

2. Curriculum alignment - • Alaska Performance Scholarship • Program of Study – health focus • Technical Skill Assessment identification & use • Employability Standards • By summer, 2012, drafts of national career readiness standards & common career technical core

3. Delivery • Last year, much discussion about • how to use distance delivery, AKLN and intensive models to expand access for students, • use of technology, and • identification of best practices

3. Delivery • Distance Delivery

4. Instructors and Counselors • Last year, discussion of • professional development models, • involvement in AACTE, • changes to the Type M teaching certificate, • broaden program options by “mining” academic faculty for hidden CTE talents and developing, • how to offer dual academic and technical credit for CTE courses

4. Instructors and Counselors • University of Alaska Anchorage CTE certificate approved • Limited CTE Teaching Certificate approved by State Board of Education • First Leadership Cadre in progress

5. Facilities • Last year, discussed • Interagency facility use barriers • Safety manual/checklist/resources • Guidelines for safe use, e.g. minimum square feet for safety lanes

5. Facilities • Inventories completed – UA, RTC’s, high schools

6. Funding • Last year, discussion included • Education tax credit • Foundation funding • Facility use fees • What information would convince legislators to increase CTE funding • CTSO support

6. Funding • AWIB receives $625K general fund that has been awarded for competitive grants & contracts • SB84 established a high school vocational education factor within the public school foundation program • Technical Vocational Education Funds (TVEP) • Perkins federal grant funds continue, Tech Prep funds are eliminated

Coordination & Communication • Weekly conference calls • AWIB newsletter • CTE Listserve

Small Group Task: Priority Recommendations • Considering the group’s common goals/challenges, what is the #1, highest priority activity or project for FY13 that needs to be accomplished to better serve our CTE students? • Groups: • Postsecondary education & training providers – Greta Alder/Cottonwood • Large Districts/multiple sites – Michele - Birch • Single site/comprehensive CTE program – Marcia - Birch • REAA’s, Small single sites – Don Spruce/Willow

Alaska CTE Plan Update

Alaska CTE Plan Update

Presentation Transcript

Alaska Region Update Economic Development

Alaska Region Update

CTE Minimum Qualifications – An Update from the CTE Minimum Qualifications Task Force

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CTE UPDATE

MDE-CTE Update

UPDATE to the Alaska Strategic Plan for Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disparities

CTE Project-Based Lesson Plan Writing

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Middle School CTE Common Exam Implementation Plan

Southeast Alaska Broadband Strategic Plan

NEA-Alaska Health Plan

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Cordova, Alaska Energy Plan

CTE in Community Schools Update

CTE and The Alaska English Language Arts and Math Standards

CTE Coordinators Update

Alaska Broadband Plan

Alaska Enhanced Smoke Management Plan Implementation

CTE Revitalization Grant update

CTE UPDATE