CAREER CLUSTERS

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CAREER CLUSTERS

• Sixth Annual Career Clusters InstituteJune
  16-18, 2008 - Atlanta, Georgia
• Please join us for the 6th Annual National Career
  Clusters Institute at the Marriott Atlanta
  Marquis in Atlanta, Georgia. This year's theme is
  "Career Clusters The New Horizon." The Institute
  promises to give you more of what you are looking
  for sessions and workshops organized into
  strands designed for specific groups, with more
  hands-on breakouts. These strands include

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CAREER CLUSTERS

• Career Clusters as a Model for CollaborationThis
  strand is designed for state/regional system
  leaders of education, workforce development,
  economic development, CTE, and post secondary
  systems
• Career Clusters as a Tool for School Reform
  ImprovementThis strand is designed for
  district/system administrators, counselors and
  general education teachers
• Implementing the Career Clusters Model Issues
  and IdeasThis strand is designed for
  state/district administrators and teachers
• Career Cluster-Specific Instruction and
  ImplementationThis strand designed for
  state/district administrators and teachers

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CAREER CLUSTERS

• Who is planning to go to Atlanta for Career
  Clusters Institute?
• Possible funding
• Requirements for team to be sent
• Must have mixture of central office, principal,
  guidance counselors/career coaches, core subject
  area teachers, elective teachers (includes CTE,
  fine arts, foreign language, and ROTC), and
  special education teacher
• http//www.careerclusters.org/registration/

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CAREER CLUSTERS 15 CRITICAL COMPONENTS FOR
IMPLEMENTATION CRITICAL COMPONENT DESCRIPTIONS
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CRITICAL COMPONENT 1

• Administrative Support The superintendent,
  principal, and school board members are informed
  and understand the concept of the career
  emphasis/focus (cluster) process and its
  components.

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CRITICAL COMPONENT 2

• Shared Planning Time The teaching team has a
  schedule that allows for weekly, shared program
  planning, curriculum design, and other career
  cluster-related activities

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CRITICAL COMPONENT 3

• Career Development Parents are included in the
  career planning sessions to increase ownership of
  career-education plan.

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CRITICAL COMPONENT 4

• Professional Development All members of the
  cluster team will attend professional development
  activities related to one or more of the 15
  critical components to successfully implement the
  program.

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CRITICAL COMPONENT 5

• Standards-Based Curriculum Curriculum is
  designed to include both the career cluster
  foundation standards and appropriate academic
  standards. Curriculum enhances reinforces
  academic content and, as a result, improves both
  career content and academic achievement.

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CRITICAL COMPONENT 6

• Parent and Community Support Parents/guardians
  are informed of the program content, participate
  in the career decision-making process, and
  support the program in various settings.
  Community groups offer program support through
  sponsorships and marketing. They assist with
  identifying workplace learning sites and building
  industry partnerships.

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CRITICAL COMPONENT 7

• Education Partnerships Educational partnerships
  will be formalized within the region to establish
  an articulated continuum of learning for the
  career cluster program.

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CRITICAL COMPONENT 8

• Business and Industry Partnerships Industry
  partners are representative of the entire
  spectrum of the career cluster delivery
  represented in the community.

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CRITICAL COMPONENT 9

• Multi-Measure Assessment Assessment includes
  both cumulative and on-demand measures and meets
  criteria for multiple disciplines.

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CRITICAL COMPONENT 10

• Interdisciplinary Teams The cluster team works
  collaboratively to offer the curriculum in an
  interdisciplinary approach. The content is
  typically designed around a common theme or
  project with a culminating activity, product, or
  service, as a result of the instruction.

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CRITICAL COMPONENT 11

• Flexible Schedules School schedules are flexible
  and allow for interdisciplinary team-managed
  blocks of time, as needed, for projects, labs,
  and other action-based activities.

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CRITICAL COMPONENT 12

• Integrated Curriculum The curriculum is
  developed and taught by the cluster team. The
  content is multidisciplinary and based on
  academic and career cluster foundation standards
  and taught the context of the industry. Career
  cluster content is strengthened by the
  integration of academic concepts.

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CRITICAL COMPONENT 13

• Creative and Innovative Teaching Strategies Team
  building, critical thinking and problem-solving
  activities are incorporated into the program.
  All content is reinforced through application and
  practice.

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CRITICAL COMPONENT 14

• Workplace Learning All students participate in
  workplace learning experiences that are in
  alignment with their career goals.

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CRITICAL COMPONENT 15

• Student-Centered Learning Students are involved
  in the design and development of their
  coursework, based on their interests, career
  goals, and consistent with the standards to be
  met.

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CAREER PATHWAYS

• PLANS OF STUDY

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PLANS OF STUDY

• LOCAL PLAN AND BUDGET APPLICATION
• Pages 14 to 16
• Due Date is April 15, 2008 (extra time can be
  granted)
• Until all program options have a Plan of Study,
  you must continue to add beyond the previous year
• Postsecondary education is a required component
  may be with either community college or 4-year
  institution OR both
• Dual enrollment is a value-added but not required

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PLANS OF STUDY

• Changes have been made to last years templates
  based on LEA input
• New information may be found on this web page of
  the CTE Web site
• http//www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/CTE/c
  areerclusters/

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CLUSTER INFORMATION PAGE

• Each cluster will have a Cluster Information
  Page
• This serves as a resource when your are preparing
  LOCAL Plans of Study
• Currently have IT and Manufacturing posted
• Look at your Information Technology Cluster
  handout page

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CAREER CLUSTER INFORMATION PAGE

• NOTE Once again you see the requirement to
  continue until all LOCAL program areas are
  accommodated in your division.
• Utilize the States Career Clusters Web site
  http//careerclusters.org/ when planning

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CAREER CLUSTER INFORMATION PAGE

• Crosswalk the Cluster Foundation Knowledge and
  Skills to the content of your existing
  middle/secondary/postsecondary programs and
  courses.
• Reference your cluster information pages to see
  the pathways and the Virginia CTE courses that
  correspond to that pathway
• Courses listed only include minimum completer
  sequences does not include complimentary
  courses
• Note the information for the postsecondary section

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

• See Handout.
• Graduation Requirements Web site
• Middle School vital part is the career
  assessment
• Includes possible CTE courses
• Could include other high school courses offered
  at middle school for high school credit

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

• High School
• Notice how the courses come from the Cluster
  Information Page
• CTE Specialists are currently working on SAMPLES
  but you will choose the course sequence that best
  fits your offerings
• Look at the box to the right side of page that
  has SAMPLE Occupations Relating to this Pathway

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

• Box below high school courses shows Related
  Certifications/Credentials
• To the right of the certifications is the
  Additional Learning Opportunities and Work-Based
  Learning
• Be sure to note the Postsecondary Placement
  Assessments and/or College Entrance Exams
• The Postsecondary part comes from the Cluster
  Information Page

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

• Degrees are ONLY shown on the STATE SAMPLES
• School divisions must fill out the postsecondary
  chart on page 2 in cooperation with your
  postsecondary partners
• Submit your local template you may use our
  SAMPLE format or a LOCAL format (as long as all
  parts are included)

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PLAN OF STUDY TEMPLATE

• Look at your blank template
• All 16 blank templates with appropriate cluster
  icons will be posted along with our samples on
  our Web site for your use
• Notice core subject areas have been filled in and
  you can change electives as necessary
• POINT Remember that all but 1 Virginia college
  requires 3 years of Foreign Language

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PLAN OF STUDY TEMPLATE

• REMEMBER We are helping students plan FOR LIFE,
  not just for high school graduation!

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