California Career Technical Education

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• California Career Technical Education
• Model Curriculum Standards

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• CTEis a vital component of public education in
  California

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Increases in Required Education and Training for
Employment 1950 through 2010
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CA CTE Standards

• Provide a focus on what a student
• needs to know
• be able to do
• For the student to be successful in their career
  pathway
• Represent our continuing commitment to excellence
  for each student

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CA CTE Standards

• Teach rigorous academic concepts within the CTE
  curriculum
• Have direct links to the standards for
• English language arts
• math
• science
• history
• visual and performing arts

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CA CTE Standards

• Are rigorous
• integrate academic content standards
• Are relevant
• industry-specific knowledge and skill
• Prepare students for
• workplace
• post-secondary education

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CA CTE Standards

• Designed for use by
• Secondary Educators
• Post-secondary Educators
• Industry
• Key educational organizations
• Legislators
• Students
• Parents

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CA CTE Standards

• Provide the foundation that can be used to design
• specific curriculum
• instructional strategies
• to best deliver curricular content
• Developed for grades 7-12

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CA CTE Standards

• Contains
• 15 Industry Sectors
• each with 2 or more Career Pathways
• Composed of
• 11 Foundation Standards
• 312 Pathway Standards
• 26 subcomponents for each pathway standard

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CA CTE Standards

• Each CTE Pathway integrates core academic
  standards into their curriculum
• mathematics
• science
• history-social science
• visual-performing arts
• English-language arts

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CA CTE Standards

• The 11 Foundation Standards
• are uniform in all industry sectors
• subcomponents may vary among sectors
• their mastery needed for success in
• CTE pathway curriculum
• 21st century workplace
• integrate the best of the SCAN Skills

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CA CTE Standards

• Foundation standards
• 1.0 Academics
• 2.0 Communications
• 3.0 Career Planning and Management
• 4.0 Technology
• 5.0 Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
• 6.0 Health and Safety

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CA CTE Standards

• Foundation standards
• 7.0 Responsibility and Flexibility
• 8.0 Ethics and Legal Responsibilities
• 9.0 Leadership and Teamwork
• 10.0 Technical Knowledge and Skills
• 11.0 Demonstration and Application

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Foundation Standards

• 1.0 Academics
• Academic knowledge and skills needed for success
  in post-secondary education and industry sector
  employment
• Supported, reinforced, integrated and applied
  throughout the industry sector pathway
  curriculum
• Numbered according to California Content
  Standards

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Foundation Standards

• 2.0 Communications
• Reading, writing, speaking and listening
• English language conventions
• Multimedia presentation skills
• Supported, reinforced, integrated and applied
  throughout the industry sector pathway
  curriculum
• Numbered according to California English/Language
  Arts Content Standards

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Foundation Standards

• 3.0 Career Planning and Management
• Students will understand how to make effective
  decision, use career information, and manage
  personal career plans.
• 3.1 Know the personal qualification, interests,
  aptitudes, knowledge, and skills necessary to
  succeed in a career.
• 3.2 Understand the scope of career
  opportunities and know the requirements for
  education, training, and licensure
• 3.3 Understand the nature of entrepreneurial
  activities.

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Foundation Standards

• 4.0 Technology
• Using technological resources in personal,
  community, and workplace environments
• 5.0 Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
• Using logical reasoning, analytical thinking, and
  problem solving techniques

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Foundation Standards

• 6.0 Health and Safety
• Policies, procedures, regulations and practices
  in using equipment and hazardous materials
• 7.0 Responsibility and Flexibility
• Demonstrate behaviors in personal, community and
  workplace settings
• 8.0 Ethics and Legal Responsibilities
• Application of laws, regulations and
  organizational norms

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Foundation Standards

• 9.0 Leadership and Teamwork
• Leadership styles, group dynamics, diversity, and
  conflict resolution
• 10.0 Technical Knowledge and Skills
• Knowledge and skills common to all pathways
  within the industry sector
• 11.0 Demonstration and Application
• Demonstrate and apply foundation and pathway
  standards

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CA Industry Sectors

• Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Agricultural Business Pathway
• Agricultural Mechanics Pathway
• Agriscience Pathway
• Animal Science Pathway
• Forestry and Natural Resources Pathway
• Ornamental Horticulture Pathway
• Plant and Soil Science Pathway

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CA Industry Sectors

• Arts, Media, and Entertainment
• Media and Design Arts
• Performing Arts
• Production and Managerial Arts
• Building Trades and Construction
• Cabinetmaking and Wood Products
• Engineering and Heavy Construction
• Mechanical Construction
• Residential and Commercial Construction

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CA Industry Sectors

• Engineering and Design
• Architectural and Structural Engineering
• Computer Hardware, electrical, and Networking
  Engineering
• Engineering Design
• Engineering Technology
• Environmental and Natural Science Engineering

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CA Industry Sectors

• Education, Child Development and Family Services
  
• Child Development
• Consumer Services
• Education
• Family and Human Services
• Fashion and Interior Design
• Fashion, Design, Manufacturing and Merchandising
• Interior Design, Furnishing Maintenance

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CA Industry Sectors

• Energy and Utilities
• Electromechanical Installation Maintenance
• Energy and Environmental Technology
• Public Utilities
• Residential /Commercial Energy Utilities
• Finance and Business
• Accounting Services
• Banking and Related Services
• Business Financial Management

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CA Industry Sectors

• Health Science and Medical Technology
• Biotech Research and Development
• Diagnostic Services
• Health Informatics
• Support Services
• Therapeutic Services
• Hospitality, Tourism, and Recreation
• Food Science, Dietetics, and Nutrition
• Food Service and Hospitality
• Hospitality, Tourism and Recreation

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CA Industry Sectors

• Information Technology
• Information Support and Services
• Media Support and Services
• Network Communications
• Programming and Systems Development
• Manufacturing and Product Development
• Graphics Arts Technology
• Integrated Graphics Technology
• Machine and Forming Technology
• Welding Technology

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CA Industry Sectors

• Marketing, Sales, and Service
• E-commerce
• Entrepreneurship
• International Trade
• Professional Sales and Marketing
• Public Services
• Human Services
• Legal and Government Services
• Protective Services

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CA Industry Sectors

• Transportation
• Aviation and Aerospace Transportation Services
• Collision Repair and Refinishing
• Vehicle Maintenance, Service and Repair

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CA CTE Standards

• Are built upon existing state and national
  standards
• These standards
• Develop essential employability skills
• Prepare for entry into careers
• Reinforce academic content standards
• Support transition to post-secondary

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CA CTE Standards

• Are research-based
• The standards
• reflect how students learn, recall, and transfer
  knowledge
• promote real world application
• encourages knowledge-based and skill-driven
  curriculum needed for success in careers