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Career-Technical Education (CTE) Program Design, Middle Grades

Introduction

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Key Terms to Middle Grade Program Design

Requirements to Middle Grade Program of Study Design

Self-Assessment of State Middle Grade Program Design

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INTRODUCTION

  • What are Ohio’s program of study requirements for Middle Grade CTE?
  • Who is required to offer Middle Grade CTE?
  • Who can offer Middle Grade CTE?
  • How can Middle Grade CTE be delivered?
  • Who can teach Middle Grade CTE?

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KEY TERMS

  • Career-Technical Education program types with Middle Grade Courses.
    • Career Field Pathways (CFP)
    • Career-Based Intervention (CBI) Program
    • Family and Consumer Science (FCS)/(GRADS) Program

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KEY COURSE TERMS

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  • Delivery Methods.
    • FF: Face To Face Classroom Instruction
    • OL: Online Instruction
    • OT: Other Delivery Method

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  • Curriculum types for Career-Technical Education course delivery.
    • VT: Career Technical Education Workforce Development Based Anchor
    • VM: Career Technical Education Middle Grade Course
    • V3: Career Technical Education Related/Correlated
    • VN: Career Technical Education Non-Workforce Development Based Anchor

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KEY REQUIREMENTS

  • Middle Level CFP (7th-8th)
    • Middle Level CTE courses will be offered as a component of an approved CTE program of study in a district or school.
    • For Middle Level career-technical education courses to be approved, 7th and 8th grade level pathway programming must be offered, or each school superintendent or designee must complete a Middle School Waiver Form.
    • A program of study must show the connection between Middle Level courses and completion of the career-technical education pathway program.
    • Programs of study at the secondary level require local recipients to offer a minimum of four state end-of-course tested secondary career- technical courses (VT, VP, or PS), or be aligned to an approved provider within the JVSD.

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Course Option

Career Connections Course

Career-Based Intervention Program

Middle Grades

CTE courses

High School Level CTE courses

Goal

Career exploration & future planning

Academic intervention & work experiences

Introduce career focused learning in a specific pathway

Start or continue study in a specific pathway

Grade Level

7-9

7-12

7-10

7-12

Course Code(s) & Hours Req.

VM (30-60 hrs)

VN (120 hrs minimum)

VM (30-90 hrs)

VT (120-280 hrs)

Desired Outcome

Choose Pathway, create or alter graduation plan

Academic recovery,  renewed interest in school & career plan

Explore and learn industry standards in one or more career pathways

Demonstrate mastery of industry standards

Teacher

License Require-ments

Any 7-12 license + CTE MS Endorsement 

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CTE License

Any professional license + 1 year of work experience (outside of education) + CBI Endorsement

Any grade-appropriate professional license + 

CTE MS Endorsement 

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CTE License

CTE License or appropriate professional license

End-of-Course Test / WebXam

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NO

NO

YES

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RESOURCE: PROGRAM AND ASSESSMENT MATRIX

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CAREER-TECHNICAL PLANNING DISTRICT SHARED DELIVERY SYSTEMS

Comprehensive

Contract/Compact

Joint Vocation School District

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SHARED DELIVERY SYSTEM

Comprehensive

Comprehensive districts are single districts that provide all career-technical opportunities to students either spread across multiple buildings or in concentrated buildings specifically devoted to career-technical programs.

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SHARED DELIVERY SYSTEM

Contract/Compact

Compacts are groups of districts that contractually share responsibility without creating a separate joint vocational school district, sharing resources and opportunities across district lines.

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SHARED DELIVERY SYSTEM

Joint Vocation School District

Joint vocational school district serves an area consisting of adjacent school districts in one or more counties, and each is governed by a joint vocational school board consisting of representatives from the member districts. A joint vocational school district is funded in part through tax levies in all participating counties. Generally, the joint vocational school districts provide most of the Career-Technical Education programming in a dedicated career-technical education-focused building, as well as in member traditional and/or community schools.

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COMMON PROGRAM OF STUDY EXAMPLES

7-8 District A

VM Pathway / VN FCS or CBI

9-10 District A

VN FCS or CBI

11-12 District A

VT Pathway / VN FCS

Comprehensive Delivery Model for Middle Grades with Course Gap

7-8 District A Buildings B-D

Career Connections / VM Pathway

9-10 District A, Building A

VM Pathway / VT Pathway

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11-12 District A, Building A

VT Pathway Courses

Comprehensive Delivery Model with Middle Grades and Career Connections no Course Gap

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EXPANDED PROGRAM OF STUDY EXAMPLES

7-8 District C/JVSD

VM Pathway

9-10 District C/JVSD

VM Pathway

11-12 District C/JVSD

VT Pathway

Satellite Delivery Model with Middle Grades in Comprehensive ONLY no Course Gaps

7-8 District C/JVSD

VM Pathway

9-10 District C/JVSD

VM Pathway

11-12 JVSD

VT Pathway

Satellite Delivery Model with Middle Grades into the JVSD no Course Gaps

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EXPANDED PROGRAM OF STUDY EXAMPLES

7-8 Districts A-F

No Available Course

9-10 JVSD/JVSD

VM Pathway

11-12 JVSD/JVSD

VT Pathway

7-8 District A-F/JVSD

Career Connections / VM Pathway

9-10 JVSD/JVSD

VM Pathways / VT Pathway

11-12 JVSD/JVSD

VT Pathway

JVSD Delivery Model with Middle Grades

JVSD Delivery Model with Middle Grades & Satellite Career Connections

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EXPANDED PROGRAM OF STUDY EXAMPLES

7-8 District D

Career Connections/ VM Pathway

9-10 District D

VM Pathway Courses/ VT Single Courses

11-12 JVSD/JVSD

VT Pathway

Single CTE Comprehensive with Middle Grades

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MIDDLE GRADE LICENSURE OPTIONS

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QUESTIONS

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