Career & Technical Education Check-Up 2013

1. Career & Technical Education Check-Up2013 EVERY SURGEON SHOULD KNOW HOW TO HAMMER, SAW, AND DRILL (AND WORK WITH TECHNOLOGY)! CTE COURSES BUILD FOUNDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE! Patra Boots CTE Director

2. Healthy CTE Programs Allow Students to: • Gain 21st Century Academic and Technical Skills • Explore Careers • Learn Job Skills • Develop Leadership Skills • Required to be embedded in all Courses • Apply math, science and other academic subjects in real life, hands on ways. • Earn Industry Certification • Earn Tuition Free College Credit

3. Tech Prep Courses – Free College Credit Available

4. Enrollment History and Health Factors Affecting Enrollment Increased Graduation Requirements Particularly Math State Test Requirements EOC Algebra, Geometry, Biology Working on our health Proactive Recruiting 8th Grade Recruiting Fair Projections are good Thinking outside the box Zero –hour Increased Offerings AgriBiology - Multiple Years – Greater Depth

5. Enrollment Projections – Improving Health - Recovery • Marketing Requests – Almost Double • Business Law – Almost enough for a section – First time in Years! • Multimedia Requests – Up a full section • Ag Science – Doubled – 88 Requests • Advanced Ag and Ag Horticulture - additional 18 requests • Ag Biology – 70 Requests • Floral Design – Up 50% • Photography/Advanced Photography – 168 Requests • Woodworking – Almost Double • Welding/Advanced Welding – Up 25% • Cooking/Advanced Cooking – 183 Requests • Real World – Doubled

6. Budget History Health Care Costs! Factors Affecting Budget Enrollment Extended Days Equipment Maintenance Student Activity Supervison Para Time – Bigger Classes Need Supervision Fuel and Materials Cost State Funding Move to Skills Center Model? District Funding Model Working on our health Considering Eliminating Fees in hopes of increasing enrollment 1 or 2 Major Projects/Year Walk in refrigeration Green House Completion 1 computer lab per year upgrade Exploring Middle School CTE Program

7. Staff & Certifications – Our Degreed Practitioners • 9.2 Certificate FTE - 20hr/week Para – 1 CTE Admin (with other duties as Assigned) • 11 Certificated Teacher • 7 Full Time CTE • 4 Part Time CTE • 5 National Board Certified • Required to be First Aid and CPR Certified every 2 years • Pathways to CTE Certification – A Higher Standard • University Route – Teaching Certificate + • Business and Industry Route – 3 Staff - Hosford, Seabolt, Wagner • Can only teach in areas of certification • Recognizes 6000 documented hours of work in specified industry in the last 3 years. • Limited Certificates • Probationary – 2 Year Renewable 1 Time • Currently 1 Probationary Teacher • Conditional – Annual Renewal required • Currently 2 Conditional Teachers for 3 courses (only a portion of their contract is Conditional) • Continuing Certifications must be renewed every 5 years • Include 60 Clock hours of CTE Training in area or 30 Clock hours and 300 occupational experience

8. Specialists Who Help Us Monitor Our HealthGeneral Advisory (GAC) vs Program Advisory (PAC) GAC – Overall Guidance – Duties Assist in program renewal process Make curriculum, facilities and equipment recommendations for CTE Courses Provide business and industry guidance to CTE Director Recommend safety precautions PAC All of Above and…. Strengthen the relationship between business industry the community and education Monitor current and predicted occupational trends and identify curriculum implications Identify community resources GAC - 1 representative from each area • Jeff Carl – Business • Ted Grimes – Agriculture • Julie Lancheros – Home and Family • Randall Tomaras – Photography • Chris Poirier – Automotive • Josh Meyer – Industrial Technology • Staff • PAC – Ideally 6-8 members • Business and industry members • Instructors • Students (current and former) • Parents

9. Frameworks and 3 Year Plans– Our Prescriptions • All CTE courses must be: • Aligned to State Standards in ALL content areas • In the past EALR’s & GLE’s now the “COMMON CORE” • Submitted to the state every 3 years for renewal and approval. • Outline number of hours of instruction to be targeted for each identified unit and standard. • Show an analysis of job and employability trends • All new courses must have an approved frameworks • Identify a Washington State recognized Career and Technical State Organization that allows students to participate in related leadership activities outside the classroom at the regional, state and national level. • In Sequim this includes, FBLA, FCCLA, FFA, FRC and Skills USA • Must have CTE Program Advisory - 3 Year Plans • Business Frameworks were targeted for approval this year

10. Challenge - Staying in Good Health • Competing with Increasing Graduation Requirements • Supplanting Electives • Fiscal Resources • Keeping pace with industry standards • Space • Ag and Floral programs • Engineering Tech & Automotive • Video Production Studio

11. A Sampling of Evidence of Good Health • First Robotics Challenge Team – Industrial Design Award • Sequim Hanging Baskets – Long Time Community Partnership • FFA Barbecue – This Saturday April 27 – You’re Invited! • “The Growl” – 1st Place Online School Newspaper • SaydeeMarvelle – Going to State FFA in Creed  along with 4 others • 2 FFA American Degreed Students - Announced Last Weekend • Highest Degree Possible – Required Demonstrated Profitability in Projects, 50 Hours Community Service + • Skills USA Photography and Engineering Tech to State – Finished in the top 5 • Amanda Larson – TYPE I & II Industry Certifications • FBLA to State – 9 Students next weekend • 122 – Concentrators or Completers targeted by the end of the year. • These are students who will have completed at least 4 semesters of course work in a specific area of emphasis – some students will be completers in two areas. • And Many More!

12. Thank You • Questions ?