OCTE Spring UpdateMarch 12, 2014

Setting a New Standard for CTE:

The Common Career Technical Core

Presented by:

Tom Knight

Michigan Department of Education

Office of Career and Technical Education

Mission Statements

OCTEPrepare students so they have the necessary academic, technical, and work-behavior skills to enter, compete, and advance in education and their careers.

MDEAll students graduate ready for careers, college, and community.

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Agenda

• National perspective on Career and Technical Education

• CTE programs Review and Revision Process

• Common Career Technical Core standards

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National – Carl Perkins Legislation

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Sources of CTE Standards in Michigan

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Review & Revision Process

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Standards identified from across the United States to review

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Review and Revision Process

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Review and Revision Process

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Common Career Technical Core

For the first time in the history of Career Technical Education (CTE), states and territories throughout the United States have a common set of benchmark standards – the Common Career Technical Core (CCTC) – that defines what CTE students should know and must be able to do to thrive in a global economy.

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Common Career Technical Core Support

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Common Career Technical Core

• Forty-six states and three territories have state-approved secondary standards

• Thirteen states and two territories have state-approved postsecondary standards

• Two states and one territory have CTE standards that are fully aligned between secondary and postsecondary systems

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Common Career Technical Core

• Career Ready Practices

• Cluster Standards

• Pathway Standards

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MICHIGAN

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MICHIGAN

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Resource

www.careertech.org

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Wrap Up

Any comments, questions, or concerns?

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Contact Information

Tom Knightknightt@michigan.gov

(517) 373-8545

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