Common Core State Standards: Making the CTE Connection Michelle Conrad Larae Watkins Michelle Conrad & Larae Watkins - Missouri Center for Career Education, University of Central Missouri Tina Thomas Tina Thomas - Supervisor of Instruction, Queen Anne's County Public Schools, Centreville, Maryland
5 Contact Info Stephen DeWitt Association for Career and Technical Education 1410 King Street Alexandria, VA (800)
Missouri Missouri Center for Career Education –Contracted by Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to assist with: Curriculum development Induction programs Research Resources for teachers DESE Office of College and Career Readiness presented state meetings on the CCSS January-March 2011
What we noticed... Reactions of math teachers to “Modeling” Phrasing of Mathematics Standards of Practice Reading for Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects Reading for Informational Text Use of technology & multimedia
What we’ve done... Reading the standards & comparisons/alignment to CTE standards (Business Education, Health Science Education, Education & Training, Construction Trades) Conversations with teachers to recognize how CTE fits into the CCSS and how CCSS fit into CTE Applying the Common Core State Standards Workshop to determine teacher needs – on both sides
Where Missouri’s going... Professional development sessions throughout the state Online implementation documents for Math & ELA Continuing alignments to CTE standards Documenting examples from CTE Developing “translation” guide for teachers for math content standards Developing writing posters, rubrics, scoring guides for CTE teachers Documenting sample cross curricular projects Developing teacher professional development to facilitate cross curricular conversations
Larae Watkins, Michelle Conrad, Co-Directors Missouri Center for Career Education