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Carl D. Perkins CTE Act
2006
Public Hearings
► January 15th- Durango
► January 25th-Greeley
► January 31st -Denver
► February 5th – Pueblo
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Carl D. Perkins CTE Act
2006
RENEWING
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
IN COLORADO
www.coloradostateplan.com
Carl D. Perkins Career & Technical
Education Improvement Act of
2006; Public Law 109-270
►Federal Requirements
►Congressional expectations
►Performance matrices: VE-135
►Colorado CTE standards
Purposes of Perkins Act
• Challenging academic & technical standards
• Integration of academic and technical
instruction
• Preparation for high skill, high wage or highdemand occupations, current or emerging
• Partnerships: Secondary, Postsecondary,
Workforce, Other Agencies
• Professional Development for educators
• Accountability & Technical Assistance
Purposes of Perkins Act
• Providing Individuals with Lifetime Educational
Opportunities to Develop the Knowledge and
Skills Needed to Keep the UNITED STATES
competitive……
What makes it work?
Public hearings
Advisory committees
Topic teams
CACTA & CACTE organizations
CTSO involvement
Governor Ritter’s “Colorado Promise”
Identifies two clear goals:
1. Cut by half the number of high school
students who fail to graduate.
2. Double the number of Certificates and
Degrees awarded over the next 10-15 years.
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Bridges to Opportunity
• CCCS proposes that the state embrace a new
initiative: the Bridges to Opportunity through Career
Pathways initiative.
• The renewal of education as a public good is intrinsic
in the initiative.
• Partnership among providers of education from preschool to graduate school (P-20) as well as
partnership between education, workforce councils
and business and industry is a key factor for success.
• Finally, the strategic deployment of the state’s
resources on this initiative is critical.
Colorado State Plan
Eight Strategies:
► Implementing CTE plans of study.
► Strengthening accountability for results.
► Moving to a project-based focus for local planning
and implementation.
► Assessing career and technical skills.
► Integrating academic and CTE skills & knowledge.
► Expanding Colorado’s corps of effective CTE teachers.
► Ensuring access and success for Special Populations.
► Connecting CTE to employer/workforce priorities.
Terminology
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P-20 Council
CCCNS
Advanced Credit Pathway –ACP
Early College
PSEO
Fast track-Fast Jobs Program
NCLB
CSAP
STEM
Career Clusters and Career Pathways
An organizing tool defining CTE using broad
clusters of occupations and pathways with
validated standards that ensure opportunities
for all students regardless of their career goals
and interests.“
www.careerclusters.org
Colorado Career Clusters
A framework within six CTE Industry Sectors:
• Agricultural and Natural Resources
• STEM, Arts, Design and Informational Technology
• Skilled Trades and Technical Sciences
• Health Sciences and Public Safety
• Hospitality, Human Services and Education &Training
and
• Business and Public Administration
17 Career Clusters
Strategy #1: CTE Plans of Study
• A visual that links high school academic
courses, CTE courses, CTE postsecondary
programs and careers;
• Coherent and rigorous content aligned to
standards -- coordinated, non-duplicated
courses;
• Shows articulation opportunities for
postsecondary education credits;
• Organized by Career Pathways within Career
Clusters
What Is A CTE Plan Of Study
1. A “road map” to Students’ career goals
2. Flexible, allowing students to explore and update
their plans
3. A student planning tool that defines career
opportunities
4. A student retention strategy
5. A career counseling/advising tool
6. A visual demonstration of the progression of
learning
7. A means to empower students to take
responsibility for career planning
Strategy #2: Accountability
Measuring results of CTE student achievement:
• Academic and skill attainment
– 10th grade CSAP results; reading/math
– Technical assessments
• Student retention and CTE program completion
– High school completion & Graduation rates
– Secondary CTE program completion rates
– Postsecondary Certificates/Degrees Granted rates
• Student transitions upon program completion
– Employment, military, advanced education
Performance Metrics
• State established targets based on benchmarks
• Local Recipients agree to State targets or negotiate
targets (per designated procedure)
• CCCS disseminates annual Performance Metrics,
disaggregated by U.S. Dept. of Ed. designated subpopulations per recipient
• Local Plan Objectives based on Performance Metrics
and additional improvement plans if miss target(s)
Strategy #3: Project-Based Focus
Requirements for Local Activities:
Meeting Performance Targets:
– Local Plan Projects, one per Performance
Metric
– Performance target is project objective
– Local Improvement plan if target missed
– Performance Target Negotiations
Strategic Deployment of Funds
Requirements for Local Uses of Funds:
Improving Programs:
– Local Plan projects aligned to:
• Local long-term and short-term strategic plans
• State CTE strategic plan
• Requirements of Perkins
– Active involvement by stakeholders
– Web-enabled submittal of Local Plan
– One Plan of Study
Strategy #4: Technical Assessments
• Aligned with industry-recognized standards,
if available
• Valid and reliable
• Difficulty in obtaining the data of industrybased assessments
• Limits to availability and affordability of
other valid and reliable assessments
Technical Assessment Phases
• CCCS research, training, development about
content, instruction, assessment
• Capacity building with CTE teachers about
content, instruction, assessment
• Piloting developed assessments
• Analysis of pilots
• Readjustments based on pilot analysis
• Implementation of content, instruction,
assessments aligned with industry standards
Strategy #5: Academic Integration
►Rigorous and challenging
►Identify inherent academic content and teach
through applied lessons
►Math in CTE Research project
►Full integration of academic course content
and CTE content, allowing academic credit for
CTE course
Steps Toward Academic Integration
• Create crosswalks of academic standards resident
in CTE curriculum
www.coloradocte.com
• Prioritize academic standards
• Create clear processes for how to integrate
academic content in CTE courses
• Provide professional development on these
processes
• Share model lesson plans for academic
integration
Strategy #6: Expand Teacher Corps
Professional Development:
• State Leadership funded professional
development must be:
– High quality, Sustained
– Intensive, Classroom-focused
Recruitment/Retention:
• State and Locals must address recruitment
and retention of teachers, administrators and
counselors
Professional Development:
• State-wide, Secondary/Postsecondary,
Master-teachers & administrators working
group develop professional growth model
• Help support Personal Professional Growth
Plans
• Help support “Communities of Practice”
learning cohorts
Recruitment/Retention
• CTE credentials now issued by Pathway
(not program area) -- web site:
www.coloradostateplan.com
• Explore options regarding teacher preparation
programs
• Partnerships and dialogue
Strategy #7: Special Populations
• Definition
• Must ensure:
– Equal access to programs;
– Non-discriminatory practices;
– Provide programs to overcome barriers
Support Strategies
• Communities of Practice focus
• Share best practices
• Focus on the student:
– More focused planning per needs
– Continue full range of supplemental services
– Continue Individual Education Programs including CTE
needs and transition support
• Recipients indicate specific strategies in Perkins Local
Plans
• CTE Program standards includes accessibility
assurances that are reviewed
Strategy #8: Employer/Workforce
Connections
• Lifetime knowledge & skills to keep America
competitive
• High-skill, High-wage, High-demand
Strategy #8: Employer/Workforce
Connections
• CCCS “Discipline Teams” to review program
content
• State advisory councils, focus groups
• Approved CTE programs must have local
business/industry advisory committees
• Collaboration with trade/professional
organizations
• Explore viable workforce data system options
Questions
Summary: Perkins implementation is an
important key to student success and to
building a skilled and competitive workforce!
“I want more of our students to consider college and post-high school
training as viable options after graduation – and I want them to be fully
prepared for those opportunities.”
-- Colorado Governor Bill Ritter