OCTE Spring Update March 12, 2014

1. OCTE Spring UpdateMarch 12, 2014 Setting a New Standard for CTE: The Common Career Technical Core Presented by: Tom Knight Michigan Department of Education Office of Career and Technical Education

2. Mission Statements OCTE Prepare students so they have the necessary academic, technical, and work-behavior skills to enter, compete, and advance in education and their careers. MDE All students graduate ready for careers, college, and community.

3. Agenda • National perspective on Career and Technical Education • CTE programs Review and Revision Process • Common Career Technical Core standards

4. National – Carl Perkins Legislation

5. Sources of CTE Standards in Michigan

6. Review & Revision Process

7. Standards identified from across the United States to review

8. Review and Revision Process

9. Review and Revision Process

10. Common Career Technical Core For the first time in the history of Career Technical Education (CTE), states and territories throughout the United States have a common set of benchmark standards – the Common Career Technical Core (CCTC) – that defines what CTE students should know and must be able to do to thrive in a global economy.

11. Common Career Technical Core Support

12. Common Career Technical Core • Forty-six states and three territories have state-approved secondary standards • Thirteen states and two territories have state-approved postsecondary standards • Two states and one territory have CTE standards that are fully aligned between secondary and postsecondary systems

13. Common Career Technical Core • Career Ready Practices • Cluster Standards • Pathway Standards

14. M I C H I G A N

15. M I C H I G A N

16. Resource www.careertech.org

17. Wrap Up Any comments, questions, or concerns?

18. Contact Information Tom Knight knightt@michigan.gov (517) 373-8545