Career and Technical Education Update Virginia Department of Education October 4, 2012

1. 2012 VACTEA Annual Conference Career and Technical Education Update Virginia Department of Education October 4, 2012 1

2. Sharon Acuff Specialist for Marketing and Related Clusters

3. Virginia’s Best Practices Career Clusters Initiative 32 career cluster video applications were received. 28 applications were accepted with $2,000 awarded to each school/division or Governor’s STEM Academy to produce a 3-5 minute video. A panel of experts reviewed the final video submissions and offered suggestions for revision.

4. Virginia’s Best Practices Career Clusters Initiative New deadlines were set for finalists to revise their video submission. Final videos are currently being received. Schools and academies will receive recognition for the production. Upon completion of the project, the videos will be posted on the VDOE Web site and may be used by school divisions to promote career clusters.

5. Virginia’s Best Practices Career Clusters Resources • Visit the Career Cluster Web pages for general and specific information about career clusters at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/career_technical/career_clusters/index.shtml. • Visit the video streamed session, “Implementing Career Clusters: Virginia’s Best Practices,” archived at http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/career_technical/administration/training/2012-13_admin_training/index.shtml#session4. • Look for the video streaming session, “Career Clusters and Academic and Career Plans of Study: Virginia’s Best Practices,” on December 13, 2012 at 1:30 p.m.

6. Work-Based Learning In Virginia, work-based learning includes cooperative education, internship, job shadowing, mentorship, service learning, and clinicals. • The last revision of work-based learning methods was completed in 2007. • A review and analysis of current work-based learning methods is underway. • Input from CTE administrators is critical to the success of this review. • CTE administrators will receive a Web-based survey via LogicDepot in the coming weeks. Please take a few minutes to respond to the survey questions.

7. Work-Based Learning • For information about cooperative education, refer to: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/career_technical/cooperative_education/index.shtml • For resources about other work-based learning experiences, refer to: http://cteresource.org/verso/categories/across-the-board

8. B. Anne Rowe CTE Coordinator for Curriculum and Instruction

9. Virginia’s Microsoft IT Academy Program Through funding provided by the General Assembly, the Commonwealth of Virginia is in the second year of the Microsoft IT Academy Program partnership for high schools. Microsoft IT Academy is a complete technology education solution connecting students, teachers, employers, and local communities through a life-long learning model of leading –edge technology skills development. Microsoft IT Academy provides access to engaging content that students need to expand their life skills and enhance their employment opportunities.

10. Virginia’s Microsoft IT Academy Program The Virginia Department of Education is pleased to announce that the IT Academy program is expanding this year to include site licenses for certification testing for each high school and career and technical education (CTE) center at no cost to school divisions. Look for the official announcement coming soon.

11. Virginia’s Microsoft IT Academy Program Benefits • Benefits to schools when using the expanded resources: • Site licenses for each high school/CTE center with unlimited access to IT Academy-related certification examinations as well as the testing training materials and practice examinations. • Support for the registration and administration of certification testing with inclusion on a hosted collaboration secure site. • Face-to-face, hands-on training for multi-division groups of CTE directors, school administrators, and teachers. • One-hour Web-based training sessions will be provided once a week for six weeks. These will be archived and available for 12 months.

12. Virginia ‘s Microsoft IT Academy Program Benefits (continued) • “Train-the-Trainer” sessions for nominated teachers who would become local experts and train other teachers. The training includes certification examinations, at no cost, for the participating teachers. • All teachers may benefit from three Webinar sessions on “how to teach to objectives” that will include sample lesson plans.

13. Virginia’s Microsoft IT Academy Program Student Certifications: Projections and Achievements • ProjectionAchievement • January – June , 2012: 2,280 6,866 • 2012-2013 school year: 12,160 • 2013-2014: 32,300 • 2014-2015: 34,960

14. Virginia’s Microsoft IT Academy Program Teachers Certified: Projections and Achievements • ProjectionAchievement • January – June , 2012: 165 301 • 2012-2013 school year: 750 • 2013-2014: 1,275 • 2014-2015: 1,380

15. Virginia’s Microsoft IT Academy ProgramTeachers Trained on IT Academy Program • ProjectionTrained • January – June , 2012: 1,200 1,092 • 2012-2013 school year: 400 • 2013-2014: 200

16. Virginia’s Microsoft IT AcademyProgramSchools Trained and Using ITA Resources Statewide

17. CTE Curriculum Development Teams—A NEW PROCESS! Nominations for CTE curriculum development Teams: The schedule of courses to be developed or revised are listed in Attachment A of the Superintendent’s Memo #205-12. http://www.doe.virginia.gov/administrators/superintendents_memos/2012/205-12.shtml Teachers must apply using the process and application form (Attachment B) provided in Superintendent’s Memo #205-12,. Teams will consist of approximately 12 teachers who have experience and expertise in the content area and who represent the 8 superintendents’ regions, if possible.

18. CTE Curriculum Development Teams—A NEW PROCESS! • Teams are conducted: • face-to-face at the CTE Resource Center • electronically, or • a combination of the two. Attachment A indicates which type. All details are provided in the superintendent’s memo and are provided to participants prior to the team reviews.

19. CTE Curriculum Development Teams—A NEW PROCESS! The application forms were due September 17; however, if a teacher is interested in a team that will not meet until late October or later in the year, they may contact the cluster specialist listed on Attachment A. Over the next two years, the CTE Office will be transitioning to a fully online system for the submission, approval, and selection of applications for curriculum development teams.

20. What’s New in CTE Curriculum and Instruction? Administrative Planning Guide and VERSO have a new format. When you go to these documents for course information, competencies, and frameworks, you will access your CTE courses through career clusters and pathways rather than programs. Learn how to navigate this new format in Peggy Watson’s session

21. What’s New in CTE Curriculum and Instruction? Career and Technical Education Reporting System (CTERS). This is your source for CTE accountability and enrollment data. Please note in this year’s guide that the CTE Program Code will be retired in the 2013-2014 school year and it will be replaced by the CTE Career Cluster/Pathway Code. An addendum will be provided to help you transition to cluster/pathway reporting.

22. Staff Contact Information Office of Career and Technical Education Services staff are listed with contact information at the end of each monthly CTE newsletter, available (and archived) on the CTE Web page under CTE Resources: http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/career_technical/cte_resources/index.shtml

23. Judith Sams Specialist for Business and Information Technology and Related Clusters

24. Good “FINANCIAL” News! As enacted by the General Assembly of 2011 and prescribed by the Board of Education, beginning with students who enter the ninth-grade class of 2011-2012 and beyond, [each student] shall earn one (1) standard credit in Economics and Personal Finance in fulfillment of the graduation requirement for the Standard and Advanced Studies diplomas.  The one (1) standard credit earned for the Economics and Personal Finance course (6120) shall count only once towards graduation requirements.

25. Economics and Personal FinanceCourse Options Possible course options to satisfy the requirement: 36 Weeks Options • Economics and Personal Finance (6120), 36 weeks– currently available • Frameworks available for CTE and for History and Social Science • Virtual Virginia Economics and Personal Finance—entire course or hybrid

26. Economics and Personal FinanceCourse Options Possible course options to satisfy the requirement, Continued: 18-week options • Finance 6121, 18 weeks — available • Economics 2801, 18 weeks — available with expanded endorsements • IB and AP Economics Other courses that are aligned with the Economics and Personal Finance Standards of Learning

27. Teaching Endorsements for Economics and Personal Finance • Agricultural Education—Endorsement Code 8000 • Business and Information Technology—Endorsement Codes 6000, 6100, 6500, 6600, 6900 • Family and Consumer Sciences—Endorsement Codes 8200, 8210, 8220 • History and Social Science—Endorsement Codes 2700, 2800 • Marketing –Endorsement Codes 8100, 8120, 8140 • Mathematics—Endorsement Codes 3100, 3110, 3120, 3130

28. Working In Support of Education (W!SE) - Board Approved Credential) Teacher Results

29. Working In Support of Education (W!SE) - Board Approved Credential) Student Results

30. Newly Released/Revised Resources Virtual Virginia Course—NEW Economics and Personal Finance iBooks—NEW PDF version of iBooks—free, but not interactive TeachingMoneyVA.org—NEW Governor’s Challenge for Economics and Personal Finance—NEW National Financial Capability Challenge—2013 Spring Date TBA NBC Learn

31. Newly Released/Revised Resources EverFi—My Money, My Future and My Digital Life—FREE Virginia Council on Economic Education (VCEE) Professional Development—ongoing Virginia Education Wizard New W!SE Study Guide for Teachers—available this fall Stock Market Game—Financial Support to reduce cost to $10 per team Custom Textbooks with online components Textbooks aligned to Economics and Personal Finance SOL

32. Joseph Wharff Career Connections & School Counseling Specialist

33. WHAT’SAHEAD? Effective with the 9th-grade class of 2013-2014§ 22.1-253.13:4. Standard 4. Student achievement and graduation requirements Both the standard and the advanced studies diploma shall prepare students for post-secondary education and the career readiness required by the Commonwealth's economy. Provide, in the requirements to earn a standard or advanced studies diploma, the successful completion of one virtual course. The virtual course may be a noncredit-bearing course.

34. WHAT’SAHEAD? • Beginning with first-time ninth grade students in the 2013-14 school year, requirements for the standard diploma shall include a requirement to earn a career and technical education credential that has been approved by the Board • industry certification, • a state licensure examination, • a national occupational competency assessment, or • the Virginia workplace readiness skills assessment.

35. Revisions to the Regulations Establishing Standards for Accrediting Public Schools in Virginia 8 VAC 20-131-140: College and career preparation programs and opportunities for postsecondary credit Academic and Career Plan http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/graduation/academic_career_plan.shtml Beginning with the 2013-2014 academic year, all schools shall begin development of a personal Academic and Career Plan for each seventh-grade student with completion by the fall of the student’s eighth-grade year.

36. Plans of Study (POS) and Academic and Career Plans (ACP) • POS and ACP interchangeable • Career Clusters and Sample Plans of Study- http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/career_technical/career_clusters/index.shtml • Guidelines for Academic and Career Plans- http://www.doe.virginia.gov/boe/guidance/assessment_accreditation/guidelines_academic_career_plans.pdf • Technical Assistance Document- http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/graduation/academic_career_plan.shtml

37. CareerDevelopment Resources Virginia Career VIEW www.vacareerview.org Virginia Education Wizard www.vawizard.org

38. R U Ready? Resources • Youth Appealing Resource • Online and in print • Sophomores in High School • Plans for Life After High School • Educational Opportunities in HS • PDF Version on the CTE Home Page • Parent’s Guide • Teachers Guide • http://www.cteresource.org/links/career_resources.html

39. Helen G. Fuqua Specialist for Family and Consumer Sciences And Related Clusters

40. Creating Excellence Awards Virginia’s Career and Technical Education’s Creating Excellence Awards recognize exemplary secondary and postsecondary programs, advisory committees, and business and industry partnerships. • Local Creating Excellence Judging – March, 2013 • Submission of School Division Award Recipients to VDOE – March, 2013 • Recognition of Regional and State Award Recipients at the Creating Excellence Awards Luncheon – June, 2013, in the Richmond area Look for the final dates and the application packet via a Superintendent’s Memorandum by the end of 2012

41. Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum • The Virginia Curriculum for Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow (VTfT) was developed with the assistance of Virginia’s Postsecondary Schools of Education. • The Virginia specific pre-collegiate education program includes middle school and high school courses: • Introduction to Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow (formerly ProTeam) • 9060—18 weeks, Middle School • 9061—36 weeks, Middle School • Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow I, 9062 • Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow II, 9072 (formerly Career Applications, Phase III) • The Virginia curriculum is available online through VERSO at http://CTEresource.org.

42. Dr. Lynn Basham Specialist for Technology Education and Related Clusters

43. Energy and Sustainability Resources Career Cluster™ that are likely to experience the greatest need for green workers: • Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources; • Architecture & Construction; • Information Technology; • Manufacturing; • Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics; and • Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics.

44. Energy and SustainabilityResources Two Virginia CTE courses have been developed: • 8414-Sustainability and Renewable Technologies • 8408- Renewable Energy Infusion Methodology: Instead of creating multiple courses in this area, infusing green concepts and resources into existing courses is preferred.

45. Energy and SustainabilityResources Resources for green infusion may be found at http://www.careertech.org/career-clusters/green/ • Green/Sustainability Statements • Green/Sustainability Overview • Green Resource List • Green and Sustainability Knowledge and Skills Statements: Connecting to the Curriculum August 16, 2012 Webinar

46. Virginia’s Practical Nursing Program Grant Opportunity • School divisions with practical nursing programs that are scheduled for a Virginia Board of Nursing survey visit during the 2012-2013 school year are eligible for a special grant to pay the cost of the survey visit fee, $2,200. • This grant is being provided with Perkins federal funds that must be encumbered by June 30, 2013. • In subsequent years, the survey fee is allowable as an expenditure on a reimbursement basis of the Perkins CTE grant award if included in the local approved Perkins application.

47. Virginia Board of Nursing Meetings • Teachers and students of practical nursing and nurse aide education programs are invited to attend the Board of Nursing meetings and disciplinary hearings. • For arrangements contact: Darlene Graham 804-367-4576 • The 2012-2013 Board of Nursing meeting dates are as follows: • November 12 – 15, 2012 The 2013 months for meetings are listed below. Actual dates are to be announced. • January • March • May • July • September • November

48. Edward Sullivan Trade & Industrial Education and Related ClustersSpecialist

49. Industry Certification for Automotive Technology ProgramsMandatory HB 1493 SUMMARY AS PASSED: Career and Technical Education; industry certifications.  HB 1493 provides that where there is a national industry certification for career and technical education instructional personnel or programs for automotive technology, the Board of Education must make such certification a mandatory part of the career and technical education program.  HB 1108 modified the bills effective date to July 1, 2013. NOTE: The program is National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF) Accredited and the instructor is Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Certified.

50. Program Certification Status • 2012-2013 – Last year for offering Automotive Maintenance Course. • 2013-2014 – Automotive Servicing Courses will be merged into Automotive Technology Courses. • Automotive Technology courses will be aligned with 2012 NATEF Standards • The Automotive courses effective in 2013-2014 will be: • Automotive Technology I (8506) • Automotive Technology II (8507) • Automotive Technology III (8508)