Career Technical Education

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Career Technical Education

• What is Career Technical Education?
• Why is it important?

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What is Career Technical Education?

• A series of courses students take during high
  school with a career focus.
• Courses are designed to prepare students to meet
  future goals.
• Career Technical Education courses help students
  transition to high quality employment and
  post-secondary education.

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Options for Career Technical Education Students
After High School Graduation

• 4 Career Technical Education Options
• University Entrance
• (Goal Bachelors Degree)
• Community College Entrance with transfer to
  4-year University
• (Goal Bachelors Degree)
• Trade, Technical or Community College Entrance
• (Goal Career Certification or Associates
  Degree)
• High School Graduate direct to Workforce
• (Goal Full-time Employment)

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Why is Career Technical Education Important?

• According to the US Department of Educations
  Office of Adult and Vocational Education
• School reform efforts are focused on academic
  achievement, and fast-growing occupations require
  at least some postsecondary education, Career
  Technical Education is an effective way to meet
  both goals.
• Nearly every high school student takes at least
  one Career Technical Education course during
  their four years.
• One in four students takes three or more courses
  in a single program area.
• One-third of college students are involved in CTE
  programs.
• 40 million adults engage in short-term
  postsecondary occupational training.
• Source Federal Department of Education Office
  of Adult and Vocational Education

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Why is Career Technical Education Important?

• Small Businesses Seek Better Skills for 21st
  Century Workforce
• 1,000 small business owners placed a high value
  on the following skills
• Verbal and Written communication
• Math
• Computer expertise
• Interpersonal skills
• Only one-third of the small business owners were
  satisfied with the pool of available applicants
• Source Second National Voice from the Street
  survey conducted for American Express Small
  Business Services.

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Career Technical Education in RUSD

• How RUSD Provides Crucial 21st Century Skills for
  CTE students
• California Partnership Academies
• Perkins-Funded Career Technical Education
• Project Lead the Way
• Child Development Education
• Architectural Design/Engineering Design
• Informational Technology
• Career Academic Programs
• Work Experience
• ROP
• WorkAbility

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Why Career Technical Education is important for
RUSD students

• Career Technical research consistently shows
• Rigorous academic course-taking increases student
  achievement, particularly for students most at
  risk of school failure.
• Integrated courses of study with technical and
  academic classes show positive results for
  student performance.

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Jobs and Careers Today

• Students need a high level of core academic
  skills, regardless of their chosen
  educational/career path.
• Millions of adults currently in the workforce
  also need to strengthen and acquire new academic
  and technical skills.
• Enrollment in a career technical program allows
  students to become lifelong learners.

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RUSD Goals for Career Technical Education

• Ensure that career technical programs complement
  the academic mission of No Child Left Behind.
• Help all students in CTE receive a challenging
  academic core that prepares them for future
  educational and career success.
• Verify that every CTE program offers a clear path
  into a postsecondary program leading to a
  credential, apprenticeship, associate or
  baccalaureate degree.