CTE UpdatesSeptember 27, 2013

NORTHEAST REGIONAL TECH FACILITATORS’ MEETING

Major State Initiatives• Pathways to Prosperity• Credentialing•WorkKeys• Updating Curricula• MSL’s• State Contracts with Adobe and Microsoft

In other words… what does this have to do with me

WORKING HAND IN HAND

Adobe Agreement• Statewide agreement to offer Adobe Suite, $14 per child• Headed by David Barbour, T & I Consultant and Neil Kimrey, Technology • Desktop, not cloud based• Thumb drive to be downloaded • Directions (Mac and PC) on Director’s Moodle

Microsoft Academy• 4th year• Linda Lay, Business Education Consultant with CTE• Microsoft PLC Moodle with all requirements, see director or teacher

Curriculum Questions• Teacher requests for unblocked sites needed for instructional purposes• Suggested sites in curricula• Curricula and tech requirements for each course are located in Moodle sites accessible by teachers and director• Alternatives welcome

MSL’s• Performance items• Fewer in future• No dispersal on any system that is searchable or stores the test• Desktop dissemination/clearing cache acceptable• Due diligence to keep secure

Accessibility of CTE Labs• Priorities are CTE testing, credentialing, WorkKeys • It is okay to access CTE labs• Minimize disruption of CTE curriculum delivery• Due diligence to monitor • Pay for damages (LEA decision)

Working with the CTE Director• Budgets• Technology purchases• Specifications and requirements (existing and new courses)• Curricula requirements• Innovation• Supplanting Issues

Questions for You•What is your most pressing concern about working with CTE in your LEA?

•What innovative devices or software should CTE be investigating?

• Does anyone have a formal process for involvement between CTE and technology? Informal? Best practice?

Concerns?

QUESTIONS?