CTE Incentive Grant Region 7 Network News Winter 2017

CTE Incentive Grant Region 7 Network News

Winter, 2017

Happy Holidays from your Region 7 CTEIG Technical Assistance Team!

The team and I wish you a safe and healthy holiday season, and we hope that you will be able to take time off to enjoy family, friends, and seasonal festivities. As I reflect on the past year, I am thankful for having had the opportunity to meet many of you and to learn about the amazing programs and services you are providing for our students. In looking ahead, I encourage you to engage in legislative awareness and advocacy activities. Invite your local legislators and/or their staff members to tour your programs, send them news articles or information about your programs so that they are aware of how your programs impact student success, invite them to be on advisory committees, and use their offices as potential sites for on-the-job training opportunities. As president of CAROCP, The Association for Career and College Readiness Organizations, I encourage you to join this amazing group of CTE professionals. CAROCP is a volunteer association made up of members from a variety of CTE organizations from all over California with an overall focus on legislative advocacy. Membership applications and association information can be found at www.rocpinspire.org. We are starting to hear increasing chatter about the need for sustainable funding for CTE, and I’d sure like to see that chatter grow stronger!

Best wishes for a wonderful new year!

Kit, Andy, Gina, Kathleen, Arturo, Michelle, and Vicki

Your Region 7 CTEIG Technical Assistance Team

Upcoming Event Links

January 17 - Webinar "Career Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) (Click here to register)

Los Angeles County Office of Education

Location: Online

Description: This workshop trains teachers on Career Technical Student Organizations (CTSO).

During the session, participants will:

· Compare and contrast CTSOs to school clubs

· Identify the benefits of CTSOs

· Explain the main focus of each of the six CTSOs in California

· Learn about the requirements of a CTSO

· List the steps necessary to establish a CTSO

January 23 - CTE Administrator Summit

Sacramento County Office of Education, CTEIG TA, CDE, Career and College Transition Division

Location: Citrus Heights, CA

Description: This Administrator Summit is purely a learning day, full of breakout sessions from which you may pick and choose. Based on your feedback, we have developed these sessions to tackle topics you have expressed interest in. The Summit is free and lunch is included.

January 25 - "Making Rigor Easy"

Poway Unified School District

Location: San Diego, CA

Description: Reading and understanding technical documents accurately can be a gateway to success. Learning how to help students gain access to these documents is imperative to their success and future. In this one-day workshop participants will explore the elements and levels of Cognitive Rigor and Webb's Depth of Knowledge. Through discussion and hands-on activities, participants will learn how easy it is to transform their classrooms into high-achieving, high-learning, rigorous environments so that even struggling readers can successfully navigate the most complex technical and industry-specific documents.

January 31 - Webinar "Developing Advisory Boards/Labor Market" (Click here to register)

Los Angeles County Office of Education

Location: Online

This workshop trains participants how to prepare for and conduct an effective business and industry advisory committee meeting. Participants will learn how to utilize labor market information resources.

During the session, participants will:

· Realize how powerful advisory committees enhance programs

· Review the requirements of advisory committees

· Examine labor market information resources

February 7 - "Transform Learning through Formative Assessments- It just might be FUN!"

Alvord Unified School District

Location: Riverside, CA

Description: Assessment is often seen as synonymous with testing. But there is an entirely different kind of assessment that can transform both teaching and learning, and it just might be fun! Using the research of Margaret Heritage, participants will interactively engage in the use of formative assessments designed to improve teaching and learning.

February 15 - CTE Teacher Summit

Sacramento County Office of Education

Location: Citrus Heights, CA

Topics: Network with Other CTE Teachers; Advisories - How do They Work?; CTE Credentials and New CTE Teacher Support; Work-based Learning for Your Students; Leadership Options Without a CTSO; and Assessments

More information coming soon. There is no cost for this summit, however, since lunch is included registration is required.

March 4-6 - Educating for Careers Conference

Sacramento Convention Center

Location: Sacramento, CA

Description: The past few years has brought renewed strength in Career Technical Education (CTE) among practitioners. The continued overarching goal of this conference is to offer high-quality, cost-effective professional development for all stakeholders with broad general breakout session themes such as: Administrative Issues; Articulation & Dual Enrollment; Assessment & Accountability; California Partnership Academies Model; Career Pathways/Industry Sectors; Curriculum & Instructional Strategies; Employer & Community Partnerships; Middle School Connections; Mentor & Internship Programs; Secondary-Post-secondary Connections; Student and Teacher Support Systems and Work-Based Learning. The Administrative Strand will continue once again in 2018. There is something for every stakeholder involved in a CTE program – no matter the delivery strategy!

March 13 - "Making Rigor Easy"

Palm Springs Unified School District

Location: Palm Springs, CA

Description: See January 25 "Making Rigor Easy" description.

March 16 - CTE Leadership Network

Region 7 CTEIG Technical Assistance/San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools ROP

Location: San Bernardino, CA

Description: The CTE Leadership Network provides an opportunity to collaborate on next practices to stay abreast of issues pertaining to CTE.

SAVE THE DATE:

April 23 - CACTE Professional Development

Location: Anaheim, CA

Registration Coming Soon

Interested in hosting an event? Contact us at 909-252-4555

Programs in the Spotlight

SAM THE COOKING GUY Visits Orange Glen High Culinary Arts Program

City of Temecula Will Fund Five Internships for Temecula Valley High School Students

The City of Temecula engages in internship training. In working to increase and strengthen ties to business and industry, the Temecula Valley Unified School district and the City have partnered to support internship training opportunities for CTE students at Temecula Valley High School. Automotive Technology students will engage in rigorous interview process this spring to compete for five funded internships that will be offered in the summer of 2018. The first round of interviews will be "in-house" with district representatives and the second round interviews will be with employers. Auto dealers will select their interns and provide 40 hours of internship experience. The students will become employees of the City and receive a paycheck during their training time. This is an outstanding model of city government working with a school district and local businesses to help students in meeting their career pathway and career goals.

Other News from Temecula Valley High School

Temecula Valley High School, in working with their Deputy Sector Navigator for Transportation, facilitated an advisory meeting that included professional learning opportunities for all who attended. The meeting was conducted at Temecula Valley High School's Auto Shop and supported by the City of Temecula. Local dealership employees, business representatives, teachers and students participated in a tour of the high school automotive facility that was recently renovated with CTEIG funds. Representatives from Mt. San Jacinto College provided information about the post-secondary options available to students.

Poway Unified School District Is In The News!

Click here to read San Diego Union - Tribune article "Poway Unified School District Showcases Career Technical Education at Expo"

Fashion Designer Dreams at Big Bear High School

Aspiring designers enrolled in the ROP Fashion Design program at Big Bear High School start the year with a field trip to Joanne's Fabrics where students utilize the business-based classroom to create a budget for their fashion design collection, consisting of 4-8 outfits. Students sketch outfits and locate the necessary items for the construction of each item within their allocated budgets. With the help of Joanne's employees, students make their purchases. Designers select student models and then the sewing machines come to life, humming like a swarm of bees. It takes a large portion of the school year for students to complete their collections, while also learning about textiles, the fashion industry, applied mathematics, and economic factors involved in fashion production. The culminating experience is the planning and execution of a fashion show that includes judges from the local Chamber of Commerce, and other community and business representatives. Last year, the show's theme was "A Real Fantasy" featuring collections such as "Dreams vs. Nightmares," "My Senior Year," "Elegance" and "The 50's vs. 2017." The theme for the 2017-18 school year is "Unchained" with collections such as "Garden on the Runway," "Gothic Masquerade," "Dancing Trough Life," "Nightmare before Xmas," and "Neverland." The show is scheduled for April 20, 2018 at Big Bear High School.

Hot Links!

NEW! Have your teachers join CTEIG Connect

CTEIG Connect is a network that provides a space for collaboration among teachers from the same industry sector. The vision of the network is to share best practices and resources. In addition, conferences, certification information and other valuable information will be shared and posted here. Please feel free to join as many groups as you would like. Click here to submit your request to join a group.

Labor Market Information Sheets

Labor Market Information Sheets are available for you to print. The sheets are divided by industry sector and cover Imperial, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego Counties counties. Click here to view and download.

CTE Online

With over 3,400 lesson plans aligned to Common Core, NGSS and CTE Standards, as well as integrated STEM pathway projects, CTE Online is a place for California Educators to explore and access teacher-created curriculum, lesson plans and resources. It contains tools for users to create their own curriculum and groups for collaboration. Click here to sign up for an account.

Resources
Lesson Plans
Projects
Collections (Assessments)
Groups
Outlines

Student Leadership Links

Leadership through Alternate Strategies - Educating for Careers 2017

CTSO Links:

DECA: An Association of Marketing Students
California DECA is a student organization whose program of leadership and personal development is designed specifically for students interested in marketing, management and entrepreneurship.

FCCLA
FCCLA is the pre-professional organization for Family and Consumer Sciences education students in grades 6–12.

Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
FBLA is a student organization for student leaders preparing for careers in business.

Future Farmers of America (FFA)
FFA is a national student organization for agriculture education students in grades 9–12.

Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)
A student organization whose mission is to promote career opportunities in health care and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people.

SkillsUSA

SkillsUSA is a national student organization for industrial and technical education programs.

Important CTEIG Dates

Round 3 – Renewal Funding (July 1, 2017–June 30, 2019)

Renewal awardees list goes to SBE - March 2018

GAN letters for renewal applicants come out April 2018

Questions for CTEIG Technical Assistance

Is it possible for CDE create a list of the various industry certifications?

CDE does not currently have a list as because they don't want to be seen as promoting any particular one certification.

Does the Perkins inventory guidelines apply to CTEIG purchases as well?

Yes, the district should maintain an inventory for all funding streams.

Our District implemented a CTE culinary program this past fiscal year, 2016/17. There are obviously ongoing costs associated with the program (i.e. food supplies, specific cleaning supplies, etc.). We need clarification as to if it is allowable to continue to charge these expenditures directly to the CTEIG funds. We understand that ideally general funds will be used to pay for these expenses but if we choose to pay for them from the grant until June 2019, is that allowable?

Yes, although as you pointed out it’s not recommended as it doesn’t really show sustainability. Having said that, as long as you are not purchasing food to feed staff or students and its sole purpose is to use it in a CTE program taught by a CTE credentialed instructor and you code the expenditures in the 3800s or 6000s, then it is acceptable.

Can CTEIG funds be used for college and career readiness programs?

CTEIG funds may be used for college and career exploration programs, such as Naviance and Bridges, to the extent they are used for CTE students. This type of program is a site license, so you may only use CTEIG funds for the percentage of your student body that are CTE students. For example, if your student body is 1000, and you have 150 CTE students, you may charge only 15% of the program cost to CTEIG.

Questions for the Field

Here are some questions where you may be able to provide additional expertise. Click the question to email your response to CTEIG TA. The responses will be shared on the next Region 7 CTEIG Technical Assistance Newsletter.

We would like to improve our delivery of soft/employability skills in our classrooms. Any suggestions on curriculum we could use?

We want to build an Ag Facility. Has anyone already done the process so we can get some ideas?

Does anyone have samples for work-based learning contracts and paperwork? We have an internship program we are trying to get off the ground and need samples to get it rolling.

What certifications are currently being offered to students by pathway?

Does anyone have good marketing strategies?