Maine CTE Industry Aligned Credentialing College 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

Standards Each Maine CTE program has adopted one or more national or state-level standards tied to the needs of business and industry. v0

Why 3 rd 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 Earn 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 2 nd 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 credit  4 CTE schools piloting - 1 CTE school with 1 high school  Cohort of students will participate in career exploration and job shadowing