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Resources relating to Career and Technical Education include those that will assist educators in providing quality instruction to improve the academic and technical achievement of students. Documents including work-based learning, curriculum development, and facilities are designed to provide information on the types of work-based learning, guidelines for developing curriculum and guidelines for planning facilities.
Program Reviews
Program reviews have been written for three (3) areas: Arts & Humanities, Writing, and Practical Living and Career Studies. They will serve a number of purposes, which include
· improving the quality teaching and learning for all students in all programs
· allowing equal access to all students the skills that will assist them in being productive citizens
· allowing student demonstration of understanding beyond a paper-and-pencil test
· ensuring a school-wide natural integration of the program skills across all contents, beyond the program areas
Career and Technical Education Curriculum AlignmentCTE consultants, in cooperation with teachers, have broken down courses in career pathways into units, learning targets, and activities and have aligned these with common core, national and KOSSA standards.
Career PathwaysCareer Pathways are systemic frameworks for transforming our educational institutions by proactively addressing the needs of students and employers across the learning continuum. A program of studies for each career pathways is a coherent, articulated sequence of rigorous academic and career/technical courses including dual credit opportunities, leading to postsecondary degrees and ...
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Facilities Guide for Career and Technical EducationThe material in this guide is designed to aid school administrators, teachers, boards of education, advisory committees, and architects who share responsibility in the planning and equipping of a facility for career and technical education programs. This guide may be used in the construction of new facilities and/or the remodeling of ...
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Foundations of EnergyThis course is an outgrowth of the “The Big Picture” which identified major components of energy education needed by secondary students. The Foundations of Energy course was developed as an introductory course in Career and Technical Education for grades nine or ten. Content material is organized by units/modules and may be ...
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Work-Based Learning ManualThe Work-Based Learning Manual provides information on the various types of work-based learning experiences such as cooperative education, entrepreneurial program, internship, mentoring, school-based enterprises, service learning and shadowing. Information also includes an overview of legal issues and guidelines for implementing the various types of work-based learning.
Classroom Resources
Materials for teachers to use in implementing programs and services for Career and Technical Education students.