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Submitting Your Program of Study
for Approval
CTEP Grant: Human Services Career Cluster at
Camden County College
October 19, 2011
CTEP Grant at Camden County College
CTEP Grant at Camden County College
CTEP Grant at Camden County College
CTEP Grant at Camden County College
PREPARING THE WORKERS OF TODAY
FOR THE JOBS OF TOMORROW
A report of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers
2009
“Well-trained and highly-skilled workers will be best positioned to secure
high-wage jobs, thereby fueling American prosperity. Occupations
requiring higher educational attainment are projected to grow much
faster than those with lower education requirements, with the fastest
growth among occupations that require an associate’s degree or a postsecondary vocational award. ”
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 state’s broader high school
redesign strategy’.
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New Vision of CTE
The New Vision of CTE:
 Eliminates the previous focus only on sub-
baccalaureate careers
 Focuses on preparation for employment AND
postsecondary education
 Terminology changes from “Job” preparation to
“Academic and Technical” Preparation
 Increases emphasis on technical skill proficiency
leading to a degree, certificate, credentials.
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CTE Programs Must:
 Align with rigorous and challenging academic
and achievement standards set forth in No Child
Left Behind (NCLB)
 Ensure that postsecondary education is relevant
and challenging
 Lead to High Skill, High Wage, or High Demand
Occupations
 Address issues of dual enrollment and other
types of credit acquisition.
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Some Definitions
CTE Participant: a secondary student
who has earned credit in any CTE
course.
CTE Concentrator: a secondary student
who has earned three (3) or more
credits in two or more courses in a
CTE program of study.
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Concept of “Career Clusters”
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Career Clusters are groupings of occupations
and industries with similar training.
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Career clusters provide the knowledge and skills students
need as they follow a PATHWAY towards their career goal.
A Career Pathway represents a grouping of
occupations within a cluster based on
commonalities.
A Program of Study is the plan to get students
from high school entry to success in careers and
postsecondary education.
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16 Career Clusters
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Types of Courses
• Foundational CTE:
• A course that could apply across all 16 clusters, taught
by any certified CTE teacher.
 Core teacher could teach an employability course
and the approved CTE teacher could count
employability as part of his/her program of study.
• Cluster Course
• A course that could fit more than one pathway within a
cluster. The skills taught in such a course would be
applicable in all the pathways.
• Pathway Course
• A course particular to a specific pathway within a
cluster.
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A Program of Study:
• Incorporates secondary education and postsecondary education
elements;
• Includes coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging
academic standards and relevant career and technical content in
a coordinated, non-duplicative progression of courses that align
secondary education with postsecondary education to
adequately prepare students to succeed in postsecondary
education;
• May include the opportunity for secondary education students
to participate in dual or concurrent enrollment programs or
other ways to acquire postsecondary education credits; and
• Leads to an industry-recognized credential or certificate at the
postsecondary level, or an associate or baccalaureate degree.
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Division of School and
Community Academic
Programs
GOAL: Quality Programs of Study
“Quality is never an accident; it is
always the result of high intention,
sincere effort, intelligent direction
and skillful execution; it represents
the wise choice of many
alternatives.”
Author: William A. Foster
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Perkins IV – “Programs of Study”
“State approved programs, which may be
adopted by local education agencies and
postsecondary institutions to be offered as
an option to students when planning for
and completing future coursework, for
career and technical content areas.“
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Program vs. Program of Study
CTE Program
 Includes CORE and
CTE content and
courses.
 Primarily prepares students
for entry-level job in a
specific occupation or for
further education.
 Is aligned with business and
labor, and may incorporate
postsecondary elements.
 Can lead to an industryrecognized credential or
certificate at the secondary
level.
CTE Program of Study
 Includes CORE and CTE
content and courses.
 Prepares students for
postsecondary training,
apprenticeships. postsecondary
education, or a postsecondary
field of study related to the
program’s content.
 Course alignment that leads to
Articulation Agreements for
Dual/Concurrent Enrollment.
 Leads to an industry recognized
credential or certificate at the
secondary or postsecondary level
or an associates or baccalaureate
degree
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CTEP Grant at Camden County College
CTE Program of Study. . .a student view
Community,
employer & industry
engagement
Secondary
•Academic & technical preparation
•Career development & guidance using an
educational plan
SELF-SUFFICIENCY &
CAREER SUCCESS
•Seamless
continuation
from high
school
•Career
pathway to
occupational
preparation
Postsecondary
PROGRAM OF STUDY (POS)
COMPONENTS
1. LEGISLATION AND POLICIES
2. PARTNERSHIPS
3. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
4. ACCOUNTABILITY AND EVALUATION SYSTEMS
5. COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS STANDARDS
6. COURSE SEQUENCES
7. CREDIT TRANSFER AGREEMENTS
8. GUIDANCE COUNSELING AND ACADEMIC
ADVISEMENT
9. TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES
10. TECHNICAL SKILLS ASSESSMENTS
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Implementing a Program of Study
• There are five basic areas of
work in implementing a
program of study.
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4.
Lay the groundwork
Assemble a Team
Design and Build
Implement the Program of
Study--Make it Happen!
5. Evaluate
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Lay the Groundwork
• Ensuring the work within specific components
are in place or have begun.
▫ Specific components include the Policy and
Procedures and Partnerships components.
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Assemble a Team
• The Career Pathway Team includes core and CTE
teachers; curriculum coordinators; counselors
business and industry representatives;
postsecondary partners; and administrators.
▫ This team will first examine the policy and procedure
component as a framework to begin working,
adjusting if needed.
▫ The team then will determine what pathway to develop
first.
▫ This team will examine local labor market data and
determine the highest employment needs in the local
community and region.
• The Team will partner with their postsecondary
partners to assist in the selection of the pathway.
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Design and Build
• Designing and building a Program of Study
in a specific career pathway goes way beyond
filling in a chart with existing coursework.
▫ This is a platform for designing ideal POS pieces,
assessing what is currently offered against what should
be offered to truly prepare students for a successful
career.
▫ The POS implementation team will first analyze the
knowledge and skill statements of each pathway to
assess which education level the knowledge and skill
are to acquired.
 These statements can be found on
www.careerclusters.org.
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Implementing the POS
• Once a Program of Study is designed by the
team, the next step is implementation involving
engaging students in Career Pathways.
 At this point the important components to keep in
mind are the School Counseling and Academic
Advising; Teaching and Learning; and Professional
Development.
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Evaluate
• At this point the team has incorporated the
accountability and evaluation component into
the design of the Program of Study.
▫ The team will also begin evaluating the impact of
the POS on the designed accountability system.
▫ The team also will plan for an evaluation system
for continuous improvement.
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An “Approved” Program of Study...
• Identifies the courses in a career path
• Includes third party assessments to determine
technical skills competencies are appropriate.
• Certifies that secondary and post-secondary
advisory committees have worked together to:
▫ align standards, benchmarks, and competencies
▫ assure student “success” in the courses identified
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Getting Started
Program of Study Development Guide
• Step One:
• Using the Career Clusters found at www.careerclusters.org website
determine if your district’s current Curriculum Guide demonstrates the
opportunity to “Create” a CTE program that can be APPROVED by the NJ
DOE for Perkins IV funding.
▫ This step requires that there is a sequence of THREE programmatically,
academically rigorous courses that incorporate 21st Century Skills as
detailed at http://njcccs.org.
• Step Two:
• Locate a CIP CODE for the CTE program that you will be moving forward in
your CTE specialty area. CIP CODE selector is available at
http://nces.ed.gov/iped/cipcode/Default.aspx?y=55.
• Step Three:
• Establish if there is a documented NEED for careers in this area of study.
▫ WIB report and data that can be found at:
http://lwd.state.nj.us/rtjobs/realtimejobs.do;jsessionid=bfd4bc87dd398
728755e934f337f:NaF9?_flowExecutionKey=_cDB631E4E-AB30-3520A97C-96237F532184_k012F481C-0AF2-1445-2FF3-71FEEFB11F9D
Program of Study Development Guide
• Step Four:
• Ensure that the selected sequence for your CTE Program, which ensures
rigorous courses, contains all Knowledge & Skill Statements as
identified by the Career Cluster and appropriate PATHWAY as found at
http://www.careerclusters.org/resources/web/ks.php
• Step Four:
• Crosswalk your CTE programs core competencies with the 21st Century
Skills—a helpful resource can be found at
http://njcccs.org/Popupbig.aspx?Code=CAREERS_cct&PopupType=1
• Step Five:
• Identify if there are opportunities to participate in the following
▫ Structured Learning Experiences
 http://www.state.nj.us/education/voc/sle/
▫ Career and Technical Student Organizations
 http://www.state.nj.us/education/voc/njvso.htm
Program of Study Development Guide
• Step Six:
• Determine which Job Ready Assessment tool you
will or can use to evaluate your CTE Program.
▫ A good reference can be found at
http://www.nocti.org/ExperienceA.cfm
• Step Seven:
• Determine if there are opportunities for
Postsecondary Partnerships and or connections.
Will need to create articulation agreements.
▫ Sample Agreement
What is an Articulation Agreement?
“Articulate”• communication: the coherent expression of
thoughts, ideas, or feelings.
• jointing: the connection of the different parts of
something by joints, or the way the parts fit
together.
▫ According to those at College Board, www.collegeboard.com
articulation agreements state specific policies that are related to
transferring credits and coursework between schools and are
supposed to make it easier for students transferring from one
institution to another.
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“Articulation Agreement”
Written commitment agreed upon at the state
level or approved ANNUALLY by lead
administrators of secondary and postsecondary
institutions or a sub-baccalaureate institution
and a baccalaureate institution for a nonduplicative program sequence of progressive
achievement leading to technical proficiency,
credential, certificate or degree and linked
through credit transfer agreements.
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Why have Articulation Agreement?
• Articulation agreements promote the conversation
between high schools and post-secondary schools in
order to identify common curricular objectives.
• Articulation agreements allow high school elective
coursework to be accepted for credit within a specific
college major at a specific institution.
• Enrolling in high school courses that have been defined
by articulation agreements, gives students a head start
on completing a postsecondary program of study.
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Role of Articulation Agreements
 Programs of Study can link to and build on
articulation agreements and tech prep
programs.
 Program of Study requires a secondary and
postsecondary sequence of non-duplicative
instruction leading to a degree, certificate or
credential.
 Scope of a Program of Study should be broader than
a specific occupation
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Articulation Agreement Procedures
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Letter of intent from High School District to the College.
Faculty from both institutions review syllabus, textbook,
tests, projects and assignments for similarities in
competencies and rigor of courses for articulation.
Course alignment is determined and agreement between both
institutions is signed.
Faculty from both institutions meet throughout academic
year to share resources to ensure course content and delivery.
Agreement is renewed annually by both parties.
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Submitting the Application
• http://www.nj.gov/education/voc/occprapp.htm
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“I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand.”
(Confucius, 500 BC)
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