Career and Technical Education Meeting TAKS objectives with CTE TEKS

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Career and Technical EducationMeeting TAKS
objectives with CTE TEKS

• Jamye Swinford
• Educational Consultant/CTE/Technology
• Region 18 Education Service Center
• 432 561 4350
• jswinfor_at_esc18.net

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21st Century

• Its not your mamas world anymore!!!
• Shake it Up!!!

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Out of every 100 ninth graders.
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65 will graduate from high school
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39 will enter college
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26 are still enrolled in the sophomore year
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15 will graduate from college
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• 35 Students didnt graduate from high school
• 24 students didnt graduate from college
• What happened to the other 41?

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Student Focus?

• Are we preparing students for more education or
  are we preparing all students for lifelong
  learning, earning, and living?

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Commissioner of Education

• There is no difference in the knowledge and
  skills necessary for students who enter a
  postsecondary institution or enter the
  workplace. Dr. Shirley Neeley

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If 99.9 is Good Enough Then..

• 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents
  daily
• 2.5 million books will be shipped with the wrong
  covers
• 315 entries in Websters Dictionary will be
  misspelled
• 3,056 copies of tomorrows Wall Street Journal
  will be missing one of the three sections
• 2,000,000 documents will be lost by the IRS this
  year
• 103,260 income tax returns will be processed
  incorrectly during the year
• 880,000 credit cards in circulation will turn out
  to have incorrect cardholder information on their
  magnetic strips

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How does CTE fit in?

• A Changing World
• Brain Based
• Rigor and Relevancy
• Student Centered Instruction
• TEKS

• TAKS
• Special Populations
• Differentiated Instruction
• Sheltered Instruction

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Career Challenges . . .

• Workers in the 21st century will average 10 14
  career changes
• The average employee in America today has 12
  15 jobs within his working career
• Job longevity will average 5 to 6 years

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Career Challenges . . .

• Academics required for workplace success are
  greater than academics required for college
  success
• Students need strong, integrated academics to be
  prepared for their future

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Workplace Facts

• For Our Students
• 6 out of 10 jobs will require technical skills
• 9 out of 10 jobs will require education beyond
  high school
• Only 12 of the jobs will be unskilled
• (even less for Texas students because of Mexico
  immigration issues)

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Workplace Facts

• 70 of the skilled workforce is retiring in the
  next 10 years
• Half of all jobs that our students will pursue
  have not even been created yet.

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Half of all jobs that our students will pursue
have not even been created yet

• What are the implications of this statement?
• What does this mean?
• How can we prepare students for jobs that havent
  been created?
• Discuss at your table and be prepared to report
  out

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Employer Hiring Factors
15 Low High
CNN November 2000
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21st Century Skills

• Knowing more about the world
• Thinking outside the box
• Becoming smarter about new sources of information
• Developing good people skills

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Besides all thatSkills in demand
Over half of top executives say a rising level of
skills needed to maintain a competitive edge is
outpacing their workers. Skills they find lacking
in men and women
USA Today Snapshot
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What Should Students

• Know
• Be Able to Do
• Be Like
• To be successful in life?

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What Can We Do?

• Prepare them!
• Worker Skills for Success
• Strong Academics
• ELA, Math, Science, Computer Skills
• Career Skills
• Broad and Transferable
• Character Virtues
• Honesty, Responsibility, Integrity

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60 of tomorrows jobs start with today's
Career and Technical Education!
http//www.acteonline.org/career/skills/index.cfm
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What Learning Theory Tells Us

• Most people learn best through
• Personal participation and interaction
• Hands-on activities
• Applying content across environments

Summarized from Opening Minds, Opening Doors --
The Rebirth of American Education D. Hull
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Learning Styles
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Brain Power

• 75 to 90 of what is learned is forgotten within
  a 24 hour period
• To improve long term memory the content must . .
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• be understood
• have meaning or context
• Learning in context can
  enhance brain development

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Contextual Learning

• Shows application of the academic subject and
  connections beyond the classroom
• Provides relevance for the learner
• Makes learning and teaching more exciting

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Contextual Learning

• May be referred to as
• hands-on learning-centered
• applied real world
• project-based active
• integrated school-to-career

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Keep their Attention

• Studies show the average attention span for a
  HS student
• 2 to 6 minutes

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Keep the Attention

• Keep the student involved
• Solve a problem
• Do an activity
• Tell a story
• Demonstrate
• Use technology
• Use another AV aide
• Show an example
• Work in groups

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Learning, Understanding, and Transfer
Memorizing facts is necessarybut inadequate
Students Need to Build Their Own Meaning
Learn for understanding
Transfer
Apply to solve new problems
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The Three Rs in Education

• Rigor
• Relevance
• Relationship
• Relationship is the 1 Tool for Education Today

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Rigor/Relevance Framework
K N O W L E D G E
C Assimilation
D Adaptation
Evaluation
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Synthesis
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Analysis
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B Application
A Acquisition
Application
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Comprehension
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Awareness
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4
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Apply to real-world predictable situations
Apply to real-world unpredictable situations
Knowledge in one discipline
Apply in discipline
Apply across disciplines
APPLICATION
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Quadrant D students thinking and working

• CTE projects
• Team building activities
• Classroom ?learning centered, not student
  watching teacher teach
• Functionally unemployable if cant function in D

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My only skill is taking tests.
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A New Taxonomy

• Blooms Taxonomy
• (nouns)
• Knowledge
• Comprehension
• Application
• Analysis
• Synthesis
• Evaluation

• Anderson Krathwohl
• (verbs)
• Remember
• Understand
• Apply
• Analyze
• Evaluate
• Create

Anderson and Krathwohl, A Taxonomy for Teaching,
Learning and Assessing, c. 2001 Addison Wesley
Longman
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Curriculum/Instruction/Assessment
Thinking at High Cognitive Levels and Making
Connections
Instruction How (lesson attributes, designs,
strategies)
Curriculum What (TEKS/TAKS, district, campus,
teacher)
Quality Student Performance
Addressing the Varied Needs and Characteristics
of All Learners
Alignment of Learning Objectives
Assessment To what extent (TEKS/TAKS, district,
teacher)
Assessing Student Progress
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CTE Core Content Areas

• CTE teachers teach
• Math
• Science
• Social Studies
• ELA
• CTE teachers make it relevant

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What do we need to do?

• Emphasize TAKS objectives!

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The Key for CTE

• Know your CTE program area TEKS
• Know the Exit Level TAKS objectives and what they
  look like in your course
• Know the industry standards that impact your
  program

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Exit Level TAKS Objectives

• English Language Arts
• 6 Objectives
• Mathematics Objectives
• 10 Objectives
• Science Objectives
• 5 Objectives
• Social Studies Objectives
• 5 Objectives

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Comparing TEKS to TAKS

• Look over your CTE program TEKS
• Choose one course for this activity
• Read the TEKS for your CTE course
• Notice the common objectives TEKS/TAKS
• Look for crosswalk and common areas of teaching
  and learning
• Many of your competencies are the same
  competencies tested on TAKS

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CTE TEKS/TAKS Connections

• Word Processing Applications
• (1)  The student prepares business documents
  using effective communications. The student is
  expected to
• (B)  demonstrate proficiency in business English,
  spelling, and proofreading
• English Language Arts
• Objective 6 Demonstrate the ability to revise
  and proofread to improve the clarity and
  effectiveness of a piece of writing.

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CTE TEKS/TAKS Connections

• Nutrition and Food Science
• (7) Food management skills. The student applies
  management principles in meeting nutritional
  needs.
• (F) analyze food costs and budgeting needs
• Mathematics
• Objective 10 Demonstrate an understanding of
  the mathematical processes and tools used in
  problem solving.

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CTE TEKS/TAKS Connections

• Principles of Technology I
• (3)  The student solves problems, thinks
  critically, and makes decisions related to
  technology. The student is expected to
• (D)  evaluate the impact of technology on
  scientific thought, society, and the environment.
• Science
• Objective 3 Demonstrate an understanding of the
  interdependence of organisms and the environment.

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CTE TEKS/TAKS Connections

• Criminal Justice
• (3)  The student knows the concepts and skills
  that form the core knowledge of protective
  services. The student is expected to
• (C) demonstrate knowledge of the types, elements,
  and sources of the laws that define certain acts
  as crimes in the United States
• Social Studies
• Objective 4 The student will demonstrate an
  understanding of political influences on
  historical issues and events.

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Pro-CTE

• Take an active role
• help students to master the standardized tests
  required for high school graduation
• Integrate CTE and CORE areas
• a compliance indicator
• stated in Federal Carl Perkins Law

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When you Build a Lesson

• Build with a purpose
• Are there shared competencies?
• Use the TEKS for your CTE course
• Analyze an activity that you do in class
• Does it address one or more TAKS objective in one
  or more area?

Language Arts
Science
Social Studies
Mathematics
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CTE is XXX!

• CTE teachers are eXperts in brain based learning
• CTE teachers eXcel at student centered
  instruction
• CTE teachers eXcite students because we transfer
  what we teach
• how we teach helps our students master the TAKS
  objectives

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What Now?

• You are the Curriculum Expert in your content
  area.
• Know and TEACH your program TEKS
• Stay currentknow required industry standards
• Become an instructional strategist
• Post the TAKS objectives in your classroom
• Indicate which objectives are being addressed
• Use TAKS vocabulary

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Play a role in Student Success!

• Encourage your students
• use the skills in everyday life
• Challenge your students
• push them...higher standards
• Check often for student mastery
• Help them be successful
• on the TAKS test or any test
• in life

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Shout it Out!

• Tell EVERYONE that you know the TAKS objectives
• students, parents, administrators, academic
  teachers
• Infuse TAKS objectivesin everything you teach!

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The Choice is Yours

• Career and Technical Educators are in a unique
  position
• Career and Technical Educators provide a positive
  impact on student success.
• Career and Technical EducatorsCAN DO make a
  difference inTAKS results!

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If Not You
Who???
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Credits

• Many thanks to
• Ruthie Kneupper, ESC 20
• Greg Shipp, Gulf Coast Trades Center/Raven School
• Steve Frank, Texas HSTW Coordinator
• Larry Bills, ESC 14
• Gary Yancey, ESC 6
• David Rosser, ESC 6
• Melinda Barnett, ESC 5
• Mindy White, ESC 16
• Geriann Neuman, ESC 3
• Rick Bracy, ESC 11
• Any other contributors I forgot to mention!!!