Scheduling for Concentration and Career Cluster Pathway Completion How do I work with students to help them be CTAE pathway completers while transitioning to the new Career Cluster pathways and courses?
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