CATEMA Career and Technology Education Management Application

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CATEMACareer and Technology Education
Management Application

• CATEMA Training Workshop

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CATEMA Training Workshop

• Understand what CATEMA is and what it can do
  for you
• Understand your role in the articulation process
  using CATEMA as a tool
• Understand how to begin using CATEMA immediately

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CATEMA Training Workshop

• What is CATEMA ?
• Why do we need CATEMA ?
• Who can use CATEMA?
• How does CATEMA work?

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What is CATEMA?

• An online registration and tracking software for
  Career and Technology Education (CATE) classes
• An easy to use method to enter, update, display,
  and report Tech-Prep and CATE related data

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What is CATEMA?

• CATEMA will assist in managing CATE and
  Tech-Prep information related to
• Courses
• Individual classes
• School districts
• High schools
• Instructors
• Counselors
• College registrars and advisors
• Students
• TO HELP STUDENTS IN RECEIVING THEIR
• EARNED COLLEGE CREDIT!

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Why do we need CATEMA ?

• To eliminate the need for the SCANTRON reporting
  system
• Time consuming
• Excessive paperwork
• Expensive equipment
• Limited info

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Why do we need CATEMA ?

• To increase the number of students receiving
  college credit from Tech-Prep classes upon high
  school graduation

A critical issue is the level of effective
matriculation of high school Tech-Prep students
into related programs at the community college
level. - Closing the Gaps How Tech-Prep
Programs Have Increase Participation and Success
in Texas Schools. A Five-Year Study. February
2001
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Why do we need CATEMA ?

• To assist counselors and instructors in advising
  students about the

ARTICULATION PROCESS
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Why do we need CATEMA ?

• To provide students with an electronic portfolio
  of all CATE and Tech-Prep course work completed
• To record skills learned and training received
  for potential employers to review and consider
• To help students prepare for the transition from
  high school to work

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Why do we need CATEMA?

• CATEMA will help to standardize and refine the
  articulation process by
• Making the program easily accessible to
  everyone in Career and Technology Education
• Minimizing the tasks (paperwork!) required
• Providing data that can be easily obtained and
  printed in detail or summary reports

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Who can use CATEMA?
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Who can use CATEMA?

• Students
• To update their personal info
• To determine interest in CATE courses
• To access portfolio of classes for up to three
  years after high school graduation
• To view and print portfolios complete with final
  competency forms for each class

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Who can use CATEMA?

• Instructors
• To create classes
• To approve student enrollments
• To rate students performance
• To recommend students for class and/or college
  credit
• To view and print class rosters and reports to
  match with PEIMS data
• To ensure students gain college credit

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Who can use CATEMA?

• H.S. Administrators and Counselors
• To review information on courses, instructors,
  and individual classes
• To view a students CATE course portfolio
• To view and print rosters and course competency
  forms
• To assist students with user log-in

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Who can use CATEMA?

• College Registrar/Staff
• To look up students by social security number,
  and/or by student name.
• To check verify a student's recommendation for
  college credit.
• To view a student's complete CATE/Tech-Prep
  course history
• To record whether the student was awarded credit
  by the college.

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Who can use CATEMA?

• Tech-Prep Staff
• Approve new user accounts and classes for the
  current school year
• Review and close classes from the previous school
  year
• Update "Courses Available", "Participating
  Districts/Schools" lists
• Run routine summary and detail reports
• Assist with forgotten user names and pass phrases
  
• To ensure better use of high school Tech-Prep
  credit in college

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How Does CATEMA Work?

• Accessing CATEMA requires the same
  log-in/password method as used in many secure
  internet applications on the web
• If you have ever used the internet for
• E-mail
• Shopping
• Banking
• Etc
• then you should be more than familiar with the
  process for signing in to CATEMA

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How Does CATEMA Work?

• All first time users need to activate an account
  online at
• http//techprepRGV.com
• Counselors/Administrators
• Instructors
• Students
• Tech-Prep Staff

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How Does CATEMA Work?

• To establish an account all users also need to
  enter their personal info and SSN or student ID
  number
• It is the users responsibility to maintain their
  personal information up to date

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How Does CATEMA Work?

• All first-time users will log in with a user name
  and password
• You will also have to enter a pass phrase
  question and answer to replace your password
  should you ever forget it

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CATEMA Features

• Instructors will rate a students ability in a
  particular course using the online competency
  form
• Instructors select a rating value or a number
  grade for each course competency
• Recommendation for college credit is also on this
  form

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CATEMA Features

• Reports
• Instructors, counselors and administrators may
  print
• class rosters as well as individual student
  reports

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CATEMA Features

• Students may print competency forms for each
  class they wish to enroll in or have already
  completed

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CATEMA Features

• Tech-Prep staff may print statistical reports for
  current and previous school years

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CATEMA Features

• Other reports and information that can be
  obtained from CATEMA include
• Identify CATE/Tech-Prep classes taught at
  participating schools
• Who are the instructors teaching the classes and
  what are their qualifications
• Student totals and demographics
• Student contact information and mailing lists
• Student information used for career counseling
• Coherent course sequences of students

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CATEMA Features

• Security
• CATEMA adheres to all regulations and guidelines
  relating to information privacy
• The system implements security technology to
  protect information that is entered and extracted
• Each user has designated/restricted access
  privileges

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Thank you!