Orientation to New CA CTE Model Curriculum Standards Presented by: Kit Alvarez September 5, 2013
Dec 14, 2015
Activity(Instructional Strategy)
Whip Around:
•Fast
•One word response
•Record words
•Reflect
Directions: stand, say word, record, sit, next… (quickly)
Reflect
• What theme(s) surfaced?
• What is the value of this instructional strategy?
• How does this activity inform the instructor/presenter?
• How can you use this strategy?
• How might you modify the strategy?
Workshop Objectives
Upon completing this session, you will be able to:
1.Explain why CTE standards were changed
2.Identify components of the New CTE Model Curriculum Standards
3.Identify implementation
strategies
Objective #1: Why were the
standards changed?
“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”
Winston Churchill
Activity: Think Pair Share(Instructional Strategy)
Directions:
•In 4 minutes (2 minutes each partner) share with your partner why you think standards should or should not change.
•Report out
Objective #2: Identify
components of new CTE
MCS
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
Frederick Douglass
MCS 2013
•Standards for Career Ready Practice
•Industry Sector Anchor Standards
•Pathway Standards
•CCSS Matrix
MCS 2005
•Industry Sector Foundation Standards
•Pathway Standards
Industry Sector Changes
Old NewBuilding, Trades and Construction
Building and Construction Trades
Finance and Business Business and Finance
Information Technology Information and Communications Technologies
Engineering and Design Engineering and Architecture
Energy and Utilities Energy, Environment, and Utilities
What I like
Unique within each industry sector Organized by careers within the industry sector of
similar functions, services, and work environments Action verbs in place of “know and understand” Build from simple to complex - knowledge and
performance Fewer, clearer, deeper, reasonable in scope Research and evidence based Aligned with postsecondary and work expectations
Career Ready Practices describe the fundamental career ready
knowledge and skills a career ready student needs to prepare for
transition to postsecondary education, career training, or the workforce. These
practices are not exclusive to a career pathway, a Career
Technical Education (CTE) program of study, a particular discipline, or level of
education. Career Ready Practices are taught and reinforced in all career exploration
and preparation programs with increasingly higher levels of
complexity and expectation as a student advances through a program of
study. Career Ready practices are a valuable resource to CTE and
academic teachers designing curricula and …
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Standards for Career Ready Practice
Activity(Instructional Strategy)
Reflection: Think about your current practices.
Circle symbols as follows:
★ = I’m a Super Star
✔= I’m competent
= I could integrate this
= I need information or help on this
Review with partner.
What are the Sector Anchor Standards?
1. Academics
2. Communications
3. Career Planning & Mgmt
4. Technology
5. Problem Solving & Critical Thinking
6. Health & Safety
7. Responsibility & Flexibility
8. Ethics & Legal Responsibilities
9. Leadership & Teamwork
10.Technical Knowledge & Skills
11.Demonstration & Application
Activity(Instructional Strategy)
Anchors Away
•Review page 6 (in booklet) for a description of each Industry Sector Anchor Standard
•Analyze your Anchor Performance Indicator
•Post your Anchor Indicator to its Parent Anchor on the wall
Review & Reflection
• Assign groups to each Anchor Standard, # 2-11
• Evaluate placement of indicators
• Move misplaced standards to its proper poster
• Gallery Walk
• Observations?
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Changed from
Know and Understand to
the use of action verbs
that are rigorous,
clear, specific and
measurable.
"Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't
quit."
Conrad Hilton, Hilton Hotels
Objective #3:
Identify implementation strategies
Reminders as you review Pathway Standards
1. The standards are not a course outline.
2. Courses need not cover every standard.
3. Course lessons should map back to standards.
4. Some pathways have significant changes,
some have minimal changes.
5. The purpose is to review the new standards
and ensure your course(s) align to standards.
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Activity: Collaborative Learning(Instructional Strategy)
Directions:
1.In like subject area groups, review your pathway standards (10-15 minutes)
2.Identify your ah-ha’s
3.Discuss at least 2 strategies for integrating standards into your course/instruction
4.Report out
Closing Activity: Whip Around
• In one word describe how you are now feeling about the new standards
• Compare/contrast your word now, verses the word you used to describe your feelings at the beginning of the workshop
• Better?
• Worse?
Resources
• www.theteachertoolkit.com
• www.teachnology.com
• www.cde.ca.gov
• www.cde.ca.gov/eo/in/cr/p21cskls.asp
• www.cteonline.org