Training Session # 4 IMPLEMENTING CAREER CLUSTERS: Virginia’s Best Practices Kimberly A. Green, Executive Director NASDCTEc Sharon Acuff Virginia Department of Education August 16, Video Streaming Training Sessions for Career and Technical Education (CTE) Administrators Video Streaming Training Sessions for Career and Technical Education (CTE) Administrators

Agenda Welcome Sharon Acuff, Specialist, Marketing and Related Clusters Office of Career and Technical Education Services Implementing Career Clusters – A National Vision Kimberly A. Green, Executive Director National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium (NASDCTEc) Virginia’s Best Practices Sharon Acuff, Specialist, Marketing and Related Clusters Office of Career and Technical Education Services Wrap Up and Announcements Video Streaming Training Sessions for Career and Technical Education (CTE) Administrators

Career Clusters: VDOE CTE  All CTE courses are aligned with one or more career clusters and career pathways within those clusters based on the skills sets taught in the class.  VERSO is now organized by Career Clusters and Pathways. Career cluster and pathway alignments are also listed in the Administrative Planning Guide, the Career Planning Guide, and Career and Technical Education Reporting System (CTERS) User’s Manual

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Career Clusters and Pathways CTE Career Clusters Web Page- A New Look clusters/index.shtml  Basic information on Virginia’s Career Clusters and Pathways Initiative  Links to the 16 State Career Cluster pages  CTE: Learning that Works for America video  Resources 12

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Career Clusters and Pathways 16 Career Cluster Pages— A New Look Launch from: clusters/index.shtml  Description of the Cluster  Career Cluster video (when complete)  Cluster information sheet (when ready)  Student story  Job outlook  Occupations in the Cluster and salary ranges  Plans of Study materials  Cluster specific resources 17

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23  Best Practices videos from high schools and Board-approved Governor’s STEM Academies to promote Virginia’s 16 Career Clusters  Will be posted to Career Cluster, program, and STEM Academy web pages as they are completed Career Clusters State Videos

Announcements Session 5: Beginning-of-Year: Financial Information, Reimbursements, and Reports September 20, 2012 September Video Streaming Training Session

Send questions regarding Session 4 to Anne Rowe at Wrap Up Archived Presentations Evaluation: go to the link for today’s session and complete the short online evaluation Reminder: Listserv Messages, Director’s Memos, Announcements, and Monthly Newsletters Recognitions Thank you for joining us! Career Clusters and Academic and Career Plans of Study

Questions and Answers Lolita B. Hall Director Anne RoweGeorge Willcox CTE Coordinator Sharon Acuff Specialist, Marketing and Related Clusters Virginia Department of Education P. O. Box 2120 Richmond, Virginia CTE Website: