GAINING TRACTION ARIZONA CTE DELIVERY SYSTEM

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GAINING TRACTION ARIZONA CTE DELIVERY SYSTEM
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Arizona Career and Technical Education Strategic
Goals

• Goal 1 Develop and implement vision and mission
  for Career and Technical Education
• Goal 2 Implement a new delivery system for
  Career and Technical Education reflecting
  commitment to rigor and relevance
• Goal 3 Institute a system of technical
  assessments for Career and Technical Education

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Goal 1 Develop and implement vision and mission
for Career and Technical Education
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Goal 2 Implement a new delivery system for
Career and Technical Education reflecting
commitment to rigor and relevance

• Career Awareness
• (K-6)
• Career Exploration
• Formerly Level I (Middle School)
• Career Preparation
• Formerly Level III (11th 12th grade)
• Career Management
• Formerly Level IV

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Career Exploration

• Grades 7 through 9
• How is this different from Middle School?
• What are the implications for Union High School
  Districts?
• What are the options for Unified School
  Districts?
• What is the course content?
• Introduce concepts from previous Level II plus
  Career Exploration in all 16 career clusters
• Develop a 4-6 year career plan

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Career Preparation

• Grades 10 through 12
• Industry specific skills delivered in two or
  three Carnegie Units
• Some of Level II competencies will be delivered
• Competency attainment determined by industry
  validated technical assessments certifications
• Academic standards delivered in all curricula
• Dual Credit agreements with Community Colleges

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Career Management

• Beyond Grade 12
• Obtaining postsecondary occupational certificates
• Transitioning to higher education and receiving
  degrees
• Lifelong learning
• Updating technical skills
• On-the-job training
• Advanced degrees

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Goal 3 Institute a system of technical
assessments for Career and Technical Education

• School year 2007-2008

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End of Program Assessments

• Written and Performance Based Assessments
• Example New NOCTI Fashion and Interior
  Assessments developed for Arizona
• Part of Program Assessments
• Example ServSafe
• Multiple Exit Points
• Automotive Technology Brakes
• An Exit Point must lead to a job with a living
  wage

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Assessments Continued

• Workplace Readiness Assessment
• Assesses the common cross-program CTE
  competencies Manage An Individual Career Plan
• Prepare for Employment
• Participate in Work-Based Learning Experience
• Demonstrate Oral Communication Skills
• Demonstrate Written Communication Skills
• Evaluate the Role of Small Business in the
  Economy
• Recommend Accepted Business Practices
• Evaluate Leadership Styles Appropriate for
  Workplace
• Participate in Student Leadership Activities

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Old Model Versus New Model

• Old
• If you have been successfully delivering CTE
  programs under the old model of Level I, II
  III, you are in good shape.
• If you have struggled for the 18 years it has
  been in place, you need to implement it this year
  to facilitate easy transition to new program
  delivery criteria that will be mandatory for
  funding in the 2007-2008 school year.

• New
• Career Exploration
• Academics, communication, critical thinking,
  information technology, organizational systems,
  safety, health, leadership, teamwork, ethics,
  employability and career development and a 4-6
  year career plan.
• Career Preparation
• Programs reflect labor market projections for
  Arizona, embedded academic standards, industry
  validated competencies, technical assessments,
  articulation/dual credit to postsecondary.
• Career Management
• Transition to higher ed, postsecondary
  occupational certificates degrees, complete
  on-the-job training, update technical skills.

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Merged Curriculum

• New curriculum products for Career Preparation
  will contain
• Cross-program contextualized standards
• Previous Level II competencies and rigorous
  (perhaps revised) Level III industry standards

Merged curriculum products available in 2006.
Release schedule available http//www.ade.state.a
z.us/cte/
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What else is new?Competencies Standards

• OLD
• Competency
• Construct/concept derived from workplace task,
  knowledge, skill or ability requirement

• NEW
• Standard
• Clear and concise description of knowledge, skill
  or ability that students need to attain for
  workforce success

• Why change? Even though definitions are very
  similar, most state and national curricula use
  standards. Better aligns Arizona with the rest
  of the nation. Universal language.

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