Scheduling for Concentration and Career Cluster Pathway

CompletionHow do I work with students to help them be CTAE pathway completers

while transitioning to the new Career Cluster pathways and courses?

New Career Cluster Courses• Courses have been adopted by State Board of

Education for more than 114 career pathways• High schools can start teaching these new

pathway courses in August 2014• Some courses appear to have similar name• Courses are different and be treated that way

Pathway: Business and Technology

Pathway Courses:1.Introduction to Business and Technology2.Business and Technology3.Business Communications

Pathway: Entrepreneurship

Pathway Courses:1.Introduction to Business and Technology2.Legal Environment of Business3.Entrepreneurship

Pathway: Human Resources Management

Pathway Courses:1.Introduction to Business and Technology2.Legal Environment of Business3.Human Resources Principles

Business Management and Administration

Business and Technology1-1 = Introduction to Business and

Technology1-2= Business and Technology1-3= Business Communications

Entrepreneurship2-1= Introduction to Business and

Technology 2-2= Legal Environment of Business2-3= Entrepreneurship

Possible Scenario•School in system has 1 certified Business Education Teacher

•This teacher can offer two pathways in this Career Cluster

•Teacher is able to start each pathway and treat students as a

group/cohort•Teacher also needs to finish students in pathway under concentration

courses•Treat courses from concentration and cluster separately due to

structure of courses and alignment to End of Pathway Assessments

Pathway 1 Pathway 2

Sample Scenario of One Teacher’s Schedule Two Pathways - 4-Block Day

2014-FallSemester I

2015-SpringSemester II

2015-FallSemester I

2016-SpringSemester II

2016-FallSemester I

2017-SpringSemester II

2017-FallSemester I

2018-SpringSemester II

1-1 1-2 1-3 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-1 1-2

2-1 2-2 2-3 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-1 2-2

Concen-tration

pathway course

Concen-tration

pathway course

Concen-tration

pathway course

Concen-tration

pathway course

1-1, 1-2or 1-3

or 2-2, 2-3

1-2 or 2-2

1-3or2-3

1-1

Planning Planning Planning Planning Planning Planning Planning Planning

Pathway Pathway

Pathway Pathway

PathwayFinish Concentration students

Start thinking about master

scheduling as a multi-year process

and not as a semester

or year at a time

Sample Scenario of One Teacher’s Schedule Two Pathways - 6-period day

2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20

1-1 1-2 1-3 1-1 1-2 1-3

2-1 2-2 2-3 1-2 1-3 1-1

Concentration pathway course

Concentration pathway course

1-1 2-2 2-3 2-1

Concentration pathway course

Concentration pathway course

2-1 2-2 2-3 2-1

1-1 1-2 1-3 1-1 1-2 1-3

Planning Planning Planning Planning Planning Planning

Pathway

Pathway

Pathway

Pathway

Pathway

Pathway

Pathway

Resources Still Available• counselor.gadoe.org

– Dedicated web site with web pages specifically for elementary, middle, and high school counselors

– Counselors able to reference documents, materials and web pages as they provide career guidance and counseling with students and inform parents

– Many popular state guidance and policy documents linked within each web page

• ctae.gadoe.org– Web site for all CTAE programs in Georgia