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Career Cluster Development

• CTE Programs of Study
• Mission Preparing todays students for
  tomorrows opportunities
• Vision To provide Tennessee students the
  opportunity to participate in a rigorous and
  relevant career and technical education program
  that leads to academic achievement and successful
  employment in a global economy

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2006-2007Career and Technical EducationEnrollmen
t Data

• CTE serves a total of 128 school districts and 3
  special state schools
• Sixty percent of Tennessee high school students
  are enrolled in a CTE course
• CTE Concentrators graduate at a higher rater than
  the general population of high school students
  92.31 vs. 79.5
• Total Course Enrollment 362,973 (duplicated
  count)
• Total 9-12 grade CTE Students  175,209
• Total 7-8 grade CTE Students 28,781

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Why is Tennessee moving to Career Clusters and
Programs of Study?

• National Effort All States are involved
  www.careerclusters.org
• The Perkins Act of 2006 requires every LEA to
  offer at least one state approved program of
  study within the career clusters in order to
  receive federal Perkins funding

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Why Career Clusters ?

• Nearly 60 of 9th-10th grade students say they
  would be more motivated to succeed if their
  education offered more relevancy to their future
  careers.
• James Irvine Foundation, April 2006
• Career and Technical Education programs help
  prepare students for all 20 of the fastest
  growing occupations identified in the 2006-2007
  U.S. Department of Labors Occupational Outlook
  Handbook

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Career Clusters and Programs of Study Initiative

• Course sequencing enhances CTE student transition
  to post-secondary education, industry
  certification, and/or workplace readiness.
• Assists students/counselors with high school,
  post-secondary, and career planning.

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Focus of Carl Perkins

• To prepare students for
• High skill,
• High wage, and/or
• High demand occupations in current or emerging
  professions

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Focus of Carl Perkins

• To integrate rigorous and challenging academic
  and career and technical instruction
• To assess technical skill and academic attainment

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Focus of Carl Perkins

• To link secondary education and
• post-secondary education
• To provide sustained professional development at
  the state and local levels

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Dual Credit

• Dual Credit- a postsecondary course or a high
  school course aligned to a postsecondary course
  that is taught at the high school by high school
  faculty for high school credit. Students are able
  to receive postsecondary credit by successfully
  completing the course, plus passing the
  assessment developed and/or recognized by the
  granting postsecondary institution. The
  institution will grant the credit upon enrollment
  of the student.

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Dual Enrollment

• Dual Enrollment- a postsecondary course, taught
  either at the postsecondary institution or at the
  high school, by the postsecondary faculty (may be
  credentialed adjunct faculty), which upon
  successful completion of the course allows
  students to earn postsecondary and secondary
  credit concurrently. The student must meet dual
  enrollment eligibility under the TBR and UT
  policies.

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CTE Post-Secondary Transition

• Forty-two statewide dual credit agreements have
  been signed between secondary programs and
  postsecondary institutions in the past two years.
  
• (Tennessee Department of Education Data, 2006)
• Among dual enrollment participants, significantly
  more Career and Technical Education students
  compared to non-CTE students attributed their
  decision to attend college to their participation
  in dual enrollment.
• (National Research Center in Career and Technical
  Education, 2006)

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Vocational Education vs. Career and Technical
Education
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Industry Certification

• Completion of designated course work can lead to
  an industry-recognized credential or certificate.
• Industry Certifications available in TI, Health
  Science, and Business Technology.

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Industry Certifications Currently Available

• ASE Automotive Service Excellence
• BAT Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
• NCCER National Center for Construction Education
  and Research
• HVAC Excellence
• American Welding Society
• Tennessee State Board of Cosmetology
• A certification
• Net-Plus certification
• CISCO
• CIW Certified Internet Webmaster

• ADDA American Design Drafting Association
• Serve-Safe
• National Registry of Food Safety Professionals
• CCE Culinary Chef Educator
• NIMS
• Digital Technician
• Mous Certifications
• Certified Nursing Assistant

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Industry Certification Benefits

• When instructors are Industry Certified
• Programs may be certified
• Students qualify to sit for national
  certification examinations.
• This option offers local school systems the
  opportunity to offer these courses as honors
  credit. Programs must seek local school board
  approval for honors credit.

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High School Redesign and Industry Certification

• Within the New High School Redesign, students who
  obtain a B average and earn a nationally
  recognized Industry Certification are eligible
  for a Diploma of Distinction.

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Link for Career Cluster Information

• http//www.state.tn.us/education/cte/

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Time Table

• LEA implementation of Programs of Study to begin
  in the 2008-2009 school year.
• High School Redesign implementation to begin with
  freshmen class of 2009-2010.
• New CTE definition of concentrator is 3 or more
  earned credits in a focused program area that
  will be reported beginning fall of 2008.
• High School Graduation Requirements of 3 CTE
  courses plus one related will remain until
  graduation of current 8th graders.

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CTE and High School Redesign

• Research proves that CTE engages and motivates
  students by
• offering them real-world learning opportunities
• leading to lower drop-out rates
• providing high wage opportunities for high
  school graduates
• These findings suggest that CTE should be an
  important aspect of a states broader high school
  redesign strategy.
• National Governors Association, June 2007 Report

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High School Redesign

• American Diploma Project (ADP)
• Graduation Requirements
• Career Clusters

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Job Opportunities
Jobs that require post-secondary education or
training will make up more than two-thirds of
new jobs.
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American Diploma Project

• Prepares all young people for
  postsecondary education, work and citizenship
• Aligns standards and assessments with the
  knowledge and skills required beyond high school.
• Requires all high school students to take
  challenging courses that prepare them for life.
• Builds college and work-ready measures into
  statewide accountability systems.
• Holds schools accountable for graduating students
  and hold postsecondary accountable for students
  success once enrolled.

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High School Graduation Requirements

• Changes are effective with graduating class of
  2013
• transition from Gateway to End Of Course as
  percentage of yearly grade
• increased the credit requirements to 22
• aligned the curriculum with ACHIEVEs standards
• developing new assessments
• one diploma for all students

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High School Graduation Requirements

• Science - 3 Credits
• Biology I - 1
  Credit
• Chemistry or Physics - 1 Credit
• AP Physics (B or C)
• Principles of Technology I and II
• Another Lab. Science - 1 Credit

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High School Graduation Requirements

• Social Studies 3.0 Credits
• W. History or W. Geography 1 Credit
• AP World History, Modern History, Ancient
  History, European History
• U.S. History 1 Credit
• AP U.S. History, IB History of the Americas HL (2
  Years)
• Economics 1/2 Credit
• Government 1/2 Credit
• AP U.S. Government, IB History of the Americas HL
  (2 Years), JROTC (3 Years), ABLS

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High School Graduation Requirements

• P. E. and Wellness 1.5 Credits
• Wellness 1 Credit
• Physical Education 1/2 Credit
• The physical education requirement may be met
  by substituting an equivalent time of physical
  activity in other areas including but not limited
  to marching band, JROTC, cheerleading,
  interscholastic athletics, and school sponsored
  intramural athletics.
• Personal Finance
  1/2 Credit
• The Personal Finance, taught in POS for
  
• Business Technology, FACS and Marketing
  meets the
• state graduation requirements for ½
  credit and will
• count toward a concentrator credit.

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High School Graduation Requirements

• Fine Art, Foreign Lang., Elective Focus 6
  Credits
• Fine Art 1 Credit
• Foreign Language 2
  Credits Elective Focus
  3 Credits
• Students completing a CTE elective focus must
  complete three units in the same CTE program area
  or state approved program of study.
• Science and math, humanities, fine arts, or AP/IB
• Other area approved by local Board of Education
• The Fine Art and Foreign Language requirements
  may be waived for students who are not going to
  attend a University and be replaced with courses
  designed to enhance and expand the elective
  focus.

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High School Graduation Requirements

• Math - 4 Credits (Students must take a math
  class each year)
• Algebra I - 1 Credit
• Geometry - 1 Credit
• Algebra II - 1 Credit
• Upper level Math - 1 Credit
• Bridge Math Students who have not earned a 19 on
  the mathematics component of the ACT by the
  beginning of the senior year are recommended to
  complete the Bridge Math course.
• Capstone Math
• Adv. Algebra and Trigonometry.
• STEM Math (Pre-Calculus, Calculus, or Statistics)

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High School Graduation Requirements

• English - 4 Credits
• English I - 1 Credit
• English II - 1 Credit
• English III - 1 Credit
• AP Language and Composition
• English IV - 1 Credit
• AP English Literature or Composition
• IB Language I
• Communications for Life

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The Case for Career Clusters and Programs of
Study in High School Redesign

• If our society continues to focus only on
  standards defined in conventional academic ways,
  it seems destined to continue the cycle of
  reforming again and again and again.
• W. Norton Grubb and Jeannie Oaks. Restoring
  Value to the High School Diploma
• The Rhetoric and Practice of Higher
  Standards,2007

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Contact Information

• Will Lewis will.lewis_at_state.tn.us 615-532-2846
• Program Consultants
• Kara Burkett, Business Technology
  kara.burkett_at_state.tn.us 615-532-2845
• Sheila Carlton, Health Science sheila.carlton_at_stat
  e.tn.us 615-532-2839
• Tom DApolito, Technology Engineering
  tom.dapolito_at_state.tn.us
• 615-532-2844
• Steven Gass, Agriculture steven.gass_at_state.tn.us
  615-532-2847
• Lisa Jones, Marketing/WBL lisa.jones_at_state.tn.us
  615-532-6248
• Sue Tucker, Trade Industry sue.tucker_at_state.tn.u
  s 615-532-2835
• Emily Williams, Family and Consumer Science
  emily.williams_at_state.tn.us 615- 532-2840

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• Change is the law of life. And
• those who look only to the past
• or present are certain to miss
• the future.
• President John F. Kennedy