New TeacherAdvisory Committee Orientation

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New Teacher/Advisory Committee Orientation

• Presentation by
• Robin Harris, CTE Consultant, KSDE
• August, 2007

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What is CTE?

• Career Education and Technical Education
• Dual preparation for postsecondary education and
  employment
• Not just job preparation but academic and
  technical preparation
• Increased emphasis on attainment of a technical
  skill proficiency, degree, certificate or
  credential

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The New CTE
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Kansas CTE Programs

• Agricultural Education
• Business and Computer Technology and Marketing
• Family and Consumer Sciences
• Health Science Education
• Technology Education
• Trade and Industrial Education
• ____________________________________
• Pre-collegiate Teacher Preparation
• Project Lead The Way

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Programs are a sequence of classes from 9 - 12.
A program must have an introductory class and
two funded classes at minimum. Classes are
funded onlywithin a program.
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Spirit of the New Perkins Law(Perkins is where
we get Federal funding for our programs)

• Leading CTE into the 21st century
• Program improvement
• Global competition
• Ensuring modern, durable and rigorous CTE programs

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Career Cluster Initiative

• 16 Career Clusters at www.careerclusters.org
• State reports to Federal Level by Career Clusters
• Included in Perkins Act 2006

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This is how students will go through our programs
and into their careersfrom the bottom towards
the top on this chart.
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Program deadlines for KSDE

• Assurances are due by September 20.
• District electronically submits assurances.
• Keep documentation on file at
• local district.
• - Onsite visits occur October- December for 20
  of the
• approved programs.

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Program deadlines for KSDE

• Add-Delete Forms are due November 15th to
  add/delete/change a course in the program.
• New Program Applications are due February 15th
  for a new program.
• Course title changes are due by May 15th.

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CaTE Data Collection

• The Career and Technical Education (CaTE) data
  collection system is an on-line system used to
  collect and supply accountability data for
  federal and state reporting requirements. All
  program completers are reported via the CaTE
  system.

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Websites that need to be your favorites ?

• www.ksde.org
• www.kcterc.org
• www.k-acte.org
• www.sreb.org
• www.careerclusters.org

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