maine cte industry aligned credentialing college articulation and dual enrollment * new* bridge plan
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Maine CTE
Industry Aligned CredentialingCollege Articulation and Dual Enrollment
* New* Bridge Plan
Programs of Study
Standards
Assessments
Articulation Agreements
Dual Credit
*Something new*
About Maine CTE
• 135 High Schools connecting with 27 CTE centers and regions
• Mid-Coast Region– Region 8/ Mid-Coast School of Technology• 7 sending schools including 2 islands
Programs of Study• Educational plan defined for a student career
pathway• Describes progression from secondary to
postsecondary levels, identifying required courses and sometimes including CTE.
• Maine secondary CTE schools are required to document the necessary secondary courses at both the student’s high school and CTE center/region through postsecondary options
StandardsEach Maine CTE program has adopted one or more national or state-level standards tied to the needs of business and industry.
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Why 3rd Party Assessment and Credentialing • Assessments are used by CTE instructors as a
program pre-test, as part of a formative assessment plan, and as an end-of-program exam providing students with certification.
– Some assessments are industry-specific skills• CTEC Small Engines and Multi Media
– Some assess general workplace skills.• CTEC Workplace Readiness Skills Pre- and Post-Test
The Guiding Principles state that each Maine student must leave school as-
• Provides detailed analysis-– Consistent measure to document baseline
performance and changes in achievement.– Aligned with the skills and knowledge that
students acquire in CTE programs.
Earning a Credential, Certificate and /or License
Dr. James R. Stone III, Ed.D., the Director of the NRCCTE at the University of Louisville
• 63% of all jobs will require some college or better by 2018
• What is better……• Credential, certificate and license• Associate Degree plus credential, certificate
and license
Program College Articulation
• Articulation links single secondary CTE school program to single postsecondary CTE program at a single college– Simultaneously earn secondary and postsecondary
credit– Escrow credit
Beal College - Anatomy Maine Community Colleges - Culinary ServSafe
Program Dual Enrollment• http://www.mccs.me.edu/colleges/colleges.htmlEarn college credit that is transferable, student has a college transcript…..and a college ID
Examples of dual enrollment:Residential Construction: First year students
CMCC - Intro to Hand & Power Tool Safety= 1 Credit 2nd Year students
EMCC - BCT 151 Residential Construction + 7 Credits
*New* Bridge Plan
Graduate high school with a “whole bunch of college credits” through the University of Maine Orono
Earn academic college credit while in high school- 30 credit hours!!!!!
Earn CTE college credit4 CTE schools piloting - 1 CTE school with 1 high
schoolCohort of students will participate in career
exploration and job shadowing