CTE Programs: Moving to Pathways with Courses

What is a Career Field?

Career Field

Pathway

Course

A career field is a grouping of occupations and broad industries based on commonalities.

Content standards are written to the career field and the careers for which the pathway programs will focus.

What is a CTE Pathway?

Pathway

Career Field

Course

A pathway program prepares students for a range of careers for one or more industry sectors within a career cluster.

It includes a sequence of rigorous academic and career-technical courses, commencing as early as the 7th grade and leads to a college degree, an industry recognized certificate and/or licensure.

Prepares students for job opportunities after high school and provides opportunities to enter and succeed in postsecondary and continuing education programs.

What is a CTE Course?

Course

Pathway

Career Field

A course is an instructional unit that includes a set of defined outcomes and competencies and provides a measure of evaluation and assessment.

A Pathway Structure for Ohio CTE

Business-Marketing-FinanceNew Pathways

1. Business and Administrative Services

2. Finance

3. Marketing

Former Pathways1. Admin. & Professional Support

2. Business Management

3. Legal Management and Support

4. Medical Management and Support

5. Accounting

6. Financial Services

7. Acquisition and Logistics

8. Entrepreneurship

9. High School of Business

10. Marketing Communications

11. Marketing Management

Construction Technology Example

New Pathways

1. Structural Systems

2. Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing

3. Design and Facility Management

Former Pathways

1. Brick, Block & Cement Masonry

2. Building & Property Maintenance

3. Building Technology

4. Carpentry

5. Heavy Equipment Operations

6. Electrical Trades

7. Environmental Control Technologies

8. Plumbing and Pipefitting

9. Construction Design - Build

10. Construction - Management

11. Custodial Services

12. Interior Design Applications

13. Wood Product Technologies

Law and Public Safety Pathways

New Pathways

Fire & Emergency Medical

Criminal Justice

Former Pathways1. Firefighter Training

2. Emergency Medical Technician

3. Law Career Path

4. Criminal Justice

5. Criminal Science

6. Private Security

Structure of NEW CTE Content Standards

Format of the NEW DesignTechnical Content Standards

Course & Unit Descriptions

Strand: Strands are large content areas under which multiple outcomes are organized.

» Includes a concise description that captures multiple, broad areas of learner knowledge and skills expected across the strand and, to the extent possible, the multiple outcomes under the strand.

Outcome: » Outcomes are overreaching statements that summarizes the

knowledge and skills described in the overall set of individual competencies that follow.

Competency:

» Competencies are specific statements of essential knowledge or skill to be learned in the components of the pathway program.

CTE Technical Content Standards

Strand

Outcome

Competency

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=

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Multiple Units

Multiple Competencies

One or more competencies plus indicators

New Standards Old Standards

One Common Strand:Business 21st Century Standards

• Knowledge Management• Employability• Financial Management• Business Ethics and Law• Business Leadership and Communication• Business Literacy• Business Operations• Marketing• Entrepreneurship• Global Environment

Refer to actual CTE Content Standards document installed

on presentation computer.

CTE Courses

Why Courses?• Expanded opportunities for flexible program

design.• Consistency of programming and learning.• More transparent and understandable to

customers and stakeholders.• Can support creative student pathways.• Supports Ohio’s teacher evaluation system.• Alignment to postsecondary expectations.

Standards & Courses2012-13 (FY13) – Required Fall 2015 (FY16)– Construction– Information Technology– Engineering and Manufacturing– Health– Law and Public Safety– Transportation

2013-14 (FY14) – Required Fall 2016 (FY17)– Arts and Communications– Agriculture & Environmental– Business, Marketing and Finance– Human Services - Cosmetology

Support Transcripted Credit Transfer

Implementing Courses• Courses generally have a 120 hour minimum (40

minutes/day) and 280-hour maximum time requirement (90 minutes/day).

• Pathway program must be comprised of a minimum of 4 courses. Program must still meet the 450 hour minimum requirement.

• Capstone can be used for both in-school and out of school learning experiences. (Not one of the 4)

• No courses are required as a prerequisite.• Courses must be adopted 2-years after they are

available.

Business Administration CoursesBusiness Finance Marketing

• Business Foundations• Fundamentals of B&A• Management Principles• Human Resource Mgmt.• Office Management• Medical Office Mgmt.• Operations Mgmt.• Business Informatics• Business Apps & Economics• BA Marketing• BA Finance• BA Strategic Management• Strategic Entrepreneurship• Supply Chain Management• Logistics Management

• Finance Foundations• Fundamentals of Financial

Services• Financial Services

Operations• Financial Accounting• Managerial Accounting• Corporate Finance• Finance Capstone

• Marketing Principles• Marketing Applications• Marketing Communications• Digital Marketing &Mgmt.• Marketing Research• Merchandising and Buying• Professional and Tech. Sales• Marketing Capstone

Construction Technologies CoursesStructural Mechanical/Electrical/

PlumbingDesign and Facility

Management• Carpentry Technical Skills • Structural Systems. • Structural Coverings and

Finishes• Cabinetmaking/

Woodworking. • Masonry• Concrete and Residential • Masonry• Concrete and Residential

Masonry

• Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing Technical Skills

• Electricity Wiring • Residential Electric Systems• Commercial Electricity• Plumbing and Pipefitting

and Technical Skills • Residential and Commercial

Plumbing Applications. • Heating and Cooling• HVAC Refrigeration• Sheet Metal • Telecommunications• Alternative Power

Generation Systems• Powerline/Hi-Voltage Power

• Planning Reading • Architecture Design –

Structural and MEP• Architecture Design – Site

and Foundation Plans• Construction Management• Remodeling/Renovation • Facility and Building

Maintenance• Custodial Services.• Interior Design.• Heavy Equipment

Operations• Construction Site

Preparation

Law and Public Safety Courses

Developing a Course of Study

Sample Course Outlines Course of Study

Additional Content

Standards

Elements of a Sample Course Outline:

Course NameSubject Code: XXXXX

Course & Unit Descriptions

Career Field Technical Content StandardsAll Pathways

Academic Standards

Refer to actual Course Description document installed

on presentation computer.

Followed By

Refer to actual Course Description document installed

on presentation computer.

End-of-Course (EOC) Assessments

Career-Technical Education Technical Assessment Redesign

Highlights of Assessment Features

• All pathways will have a test.• Pathway tests are comprised of end of

course (EOC) exams.• Any combination of EOC tests can be used

to calculate a students total test score.• Pretest development underway.• Recognition for student achievement.

Who Tests When?

• End of Course tests are required the year they are available.

• Seniors will have same tests available as previous year.

• 9-11 grade students should begin taking new end of course tests.

CTE Test Timeline

Development 2013-14

Available Fall of 2013• Construction Technology• Law and Public Safety

Development 2014-15

Available Fall of 2015• Business, Marketing and Finance

Role of Industry Credentials

• Industry credentialing tests will no longer be used in lieu of a State of Ohio CTE Technical Test

• Industry credential attainment will be reported on Local District Report card and the CTE report card. -Criteria will be forthcoming.

“Credentials are relevant to employers only to the extent that it leads to more productive employees.”

CTE Pathway Program Approval and Renewal

Approval of CTE Programming

• ORC 3317.161 specifies that a city, local or exempted village school district, community school, or STEM school that wishes to offer CTE programming must first seek approval of the lead district in the career technical planning district (CTPD).

FY16 Pathway Program Renewal and ApprovalThe lead district’s decision to approve or disapprove shall include but is not limited to:

Demand for the career-technical education program Quality of the programPotential for a student enrolledAdmission requirements of lead districtPast performance of the district or school that is offering the

programTraveling distanceSustainabilityCapacityAvailability of the program within the CTPDIn the case of the new program, the cost to begin the program

The following timelines will govern the program application process.

Approval is valid for five years.Lead districts must approve or disapprove CTE

programming applications no later than March 1st.Application to be submitted to ODE by March 1st .Appeals may be made to the department not later

than March 15th.The department will notify the district or school and

the lead district of its decision to approve or disapprove by May 15th.

education.ohio.gov

NameOffice of Career-Technical Education 25 South Front Street, MS ###| Columbus, Ohio 43215-4183 (614) Phone| Fax (614) 728-6176email@education.ohio.gov education.ohio.gov/Topics/Career-Tech