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Completing the Program of Study Spreadsheet
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July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027 (FY27)
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Hennepin West
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Here is information to complete the FY27 POS spreadsheet tabs. You will submit this completed document as a
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separate attachment along with your spring consortium plan. NOTE: Using this document in Google Sheets or saving
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as an MS Excel document in a format other than the original may disable dropdown menu options.
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SRPOS Verification tab:
Consortium leaders verify that each of the Programs of Study identified as "SRPOS" meet
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ALL SEVEN of the criteria required for a State-Recognized Program of Study.
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Check the box on row 16 and insert consortium leader signatures on row 19.
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POS tab:
Consortium leaders may submit up to 10 Career Clusters. Each of which may have up to two POS.
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If financial support is being requested for a POS, this should be reflected in your Consortium Plan.
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Key Instructions: FY27--POS
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* Dropdown menus are provided to complete POS information in rows 2 - 7, 12 - 13, 15 - 17, 20 - 21. Rows 8 -11 are
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in development.
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* Two columns are provided for each Career Cluster to be used by those who are prioritizing more than one POS
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within the selected career cluster.
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ROWS 2-3: Do NOT manually enter information in row 2-3 cells highlighted in YELLOW--those cells should populate with
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information when you begin entering field, cluster, and POS information in the first column of each Career Cluster.
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Note: Row 2 starts with the first word of the old field the descritions that follow are correct.
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ROW 4: Identify the POS. Note that the second POS column is shaded BLUE. This will autopopulate but can be changed.
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If you are aligning to a second POS within the same career cluster you can select a different "POS" here.
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The postsecondary partners and postsecondary programs (rows 8 - 11) to which you can align your POS will be based on
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the POS choices you identify in these two cells. Cells 8 -11 are in the process of being developed. They will not
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autopopulate at this time.
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ROW 5-7: From the dropdown menu options of CTE approved programs offered by the POS selected in row 4, enter
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up to THREE CTE approved programs that align with that POS. NOTE that these options may be different if there are
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two different POS listed in that career cluster on row 4.
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ROW 8: At this time the information will have to be entered manually or copied and pasted.
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A list of Minnesota State postsecondary institutions will appear in the dropdown menu based on the programs they
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offer that aligned with the field/cluster/pos you identify in rows 2-4. There is an option "Institution Not on List".
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If the institution that you are partnering with is not on the list, use this option and provide the missing institution's
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name and college program in your plan.
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ROWS 9-11: At this time the information will have to be entered manually or copied and pasted.
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From the dropdown menu options of postsecondary programs offered by the institution you selected in row 8,
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identify in rows 9-11 up to THREE college programs that align with this POS. NOTE that these options will be different
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if there are two different POS listed in that career cluster on row 4. Also note that in many cases there are more than
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three college programs that are realated to the POS on row 4. Highlight the three that are your priority at this time.
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If there are college programs that you did not list that are included in the POS on row 4, you can still funds these even
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though they are not listed on this spreadsheet.
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ROW 12: Select from the three options in the dropdown menu (State-Recognized, Funing, or Both) to identify
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the type of POS being used on row 4.
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ROW 13: Select "Yes" or "No" from the dropdown menu to identify whether the POS highlighted in row 4 offers Dual
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Enrollment opportunities.
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ROW 15-17: From the dropdown menu options of approved work-based learning programs offered by the POS selected
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in row 4, enter up to THREE approved WBL programs that related to that POS. NOTE that these options may be
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different if there are two different POS listed in that career cluster on row 4.
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ROW 18: Identify the secondary certificates and Industry Recognized Credentials (IRC) that are related to the POS identified
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 in row 4.
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ROW 20: There are generally 4 types of Academic Award (Certificates, Diplomas, AS, & AAS). List those that apply to the POS
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identified in row 4.
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ROW 21: At the postsecondary level there a limited number of WBL options (apprenticeship, clinical, internship, service
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learning) List those apply to the POS identified in row 4.
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ROW 22: Identify the licesures, certificates, and Industry Recognized Credentials (IRC). List those that apply to the POS
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identified in row 4.
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RESOURCE LINKS
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Minnesota Department of Education—Career and Technical Education
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Minnesota Department of Education—Program Approval
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Maps of Approved Secondary Programs
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Minnesota State—Career and Technical Education
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Minnesota State—Consortia Resources
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Minnesota State—State-Recognized Programs of Study User Guide
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