Career and Technical Education updates

1. Career and Technical Education updates Cheryl Winstel cwinstel@mail.nysed.gov 518-486-1547

2. Common Career Technical Core Initiative • Purpose to define Career readiness for all students • Coordinated by the National Association of State Directors of CTE NASDCTE • Ensure rigorous, high quality CTE Programs • Standards for Career Ready Practice • Career Cluster Anchor Standards (16 clusters) • Career Pathway Anchor Standards – linked specific career pathways and industry benchmarks http://www.careertech.org/career-clusters/cctc/

3. Regents CTE (Technical Assessment) Advisory Panel • February Regents item P-12 next steps http://www.regents.nysed.gov/meetings/2012Meetings/February2012/212monthmat.html#P12 • Looking at technical assessments as acceptable substitution for Regents exam • March 2013 anticipated completion date

4. Career Plan • NYSED and NYSDOL • Initiative to update current Career Plan on Career Zone

5. Course Catalog • Teacher Associations met to establish a course catalog • Identifies a student and teacher with courses to collect data • Electronic input at district level • Short and long list

6. Skills Credential • Documentation of skills and other experiences attained by all students upon leaving school • Phase I for students with severe disabilities who take the NYS Alternate Assessment • Phase II for all other students

7. CTE Technical Assessments • Many options available for CTE Programs • NOCTI, NCCER, NATEF, HEAT, IFPO, ADOBE, SkillsUSA • Ongoing discussion regarding the acceptance of technical assessment for a substitute for a Regents exam

8. Work Based Learning • Updated guide in final editing • Online based document • SED, DOL, WCB, WECA

9. APPR Teacher Evaluation • Student Learning Objective • 60% Principal observations • 20% Student growth • 20% Locally selected measures • Engage NY • slohelp@mail.nysed.gov

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