1. Common Career Technical Core Professional Development NYSAFCSE May 1, 2015
Dawn B. Scagnelli
CTE: FACS Associate
New York State Education Department
Intro Self-Thanks for opportunity
Standards Groupie

2. The Goal: Readiness
Over past few years, change in perspective about the purpose of high school: old- diploma was goal; new- HS is a transition, just earning a diploma is not enough. Not just graduating from, but graduating to…something
Educational goal for all students is 3-fold: college, career, and life ready
College- can enter college without needing remediation
Career- demonstrates employability and/or technical skills that allow the person to be successful on the first day of work in an appropriate entry-level position
Life- has developed the personal and interpersonal skills needed to be successful in transitioning from high school to the next place in life—everything from financial literacy, to advocacy, to civic and social responsibility
CCTC is one tool to use in developing instruction pointed to this goal
Next Slide: What are Common Career Technical Core Standards?

3. What are the Common Career Technical Core Standards?
CCTC Standards:
State-led Initiative
High-Quality
Rigorous
Universal
Voluntary
Released in 2012
State-led initiative—state directors association
Goal- high-quality, rigorous, standards for CTE
Useful nation-wide
Based on state learning standards—including NYS- and on industry standards
Developed by teachers, industry/business experts, administrators, higher education experts, researchers
Voluntary—Not adopted formally by NYS Regents, but available for our use—encouraged by SED CTE team, just as National FACS Learning Standards
3 parts: Career-ready standards (heavy influence of NYS CDOS standards)
Career Cluster Standards – gerneral, overarching for the particular cluster

4. CCTC Standards have 3 Parts
Career-Ready Practices (CDOS 3a) ↓ Cluster Standards (Key Ideas) Pathway Standards (Performance Indicators)
Very detailed
Will look at each part
Relationship to NYS Standards is in ( )
Next Slide- Career-ready practices

5. CCTC Standards have 3 Parts
Career-Ready Practices
overarching
apply to all 16 Career Clusters
12 statements that address the knowledge, skills and dispositions that are important to becoming career ready
Career-Ready practices
Similar to CDOS 3a—Universal Foundation Skills
Termed “NON-Cognitive Skills” in NYS College-Career-Life Readiness
Let’s take a quick look at the cluster model
Next Slide- Career Clusters

6. 16 Career Clusters® Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
Architecture & Construction
Arts, A/V Technology & Communications
Business Management & Administration
Education & Training
Finance
Government & Public Administration
Health Science
Hospitality & Tourism
Human Services
Information Technology
Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
Manufacturing
Marketing
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
Transportation, Distribution & Logistics
NYS CDOS standards include 6 “career majors” which are the NYS take on the cluster concept
CDOS predates the cluster model
No formal adoption of the cluster model in NYS because it would require a standards change
Ok to use in classrooms
Highlighted areas are “FACS clusters”:
Ag, Food & Natural Resources- F?N strand
Architecture-Textiles and Design
Education & Training- Human Services
Hospitality- Food/Nutrition
Human Services
STEM F/N and Textiles/Design
So, CCTC standards developed with this model as base
Career-ready Practices cross all 16 clusters
Next slide-Back to Career-ready

7. Career-Ready Example (4)
Communicate clearly, effectively, and with reason
clarity- written, orally, visually
effective tone- considering audience
active listeners- skilled interaction
Needed for all aspects of readiness-college, career, life
Next Slide- CCTC part 2 – Cluster Standards

8. CCTC Standards have 3 Parts
2. Cluster Standards
comprehensive
industry-validated expectations
what students should know in order for success in this cluster of occupations
Similar to key ideas—broad-based abilities needed for successful employment in any position in this cluster

9. Cluster Standard Example
Education and Training Cluster (1) Apply communication skills with students, parents, and other groups to enhance learning and a commitment to learning
See that it refers back to Career-ready Practice (4), and is a global skill necessary for work in an education setting—specifies the ausiences as students, parents, etc. and the purpose of the communication—to enhance learning
Necessary regardless of specific position in an education setting
Next Slide- Pathways

10. CCTC Standards have 3 Parts
3. Pathway Standards
specific to a pathway
performance-based
define what students should be able to do after completing instruction in a program of study
Third part- most like a student standard
Specific to each pathway within a cluster
Each cluster has several pathways
Next slide- examples of Pathways within a cluster

11. Pathways within the Education & Training Cluster
Administration & Administration Support Career Pathway (ED-ADM)
Professional Support Services Career Pathway (ED-PS)
Teaching/Training Career Pathway (ED-TT)
Education & Training has 3 pathways: Administration, Professional Support Services, Teaching/Training Pathway
Other clusters have more
ex- Agriculture has 7 and one of the 7 intersects with FACS education- Food Products & Processing Systems Career Pathway (AG-FD)
There 89 Pathways across the 16 clusters
Build programs using a pathway as an organizing structure
Next Slide-Pathway standard example

12. Pathway Standard Example
Teaching/Training Career Pathway (ED-TT)
(2)
Employ knowledge of learning and developmental theory to describe individual learners
(4)
Identify materials and resources needed to support instructional plans
(5)
Establish a positive climate to promote learning
Like performance indicators
What should the person be able to do
Language such as one might find in a job ad
Leads to evaluation and measurement possibilities

13. Why use the CCTC Standards?
Relevance
Connections
Practicality

14. What do you think?
How can the CCTC Standards help us with our Home and Career Skills update?
How can the CCTC Standards help us develop approved CTE programs?
How can the CCTC Standards help us with our APPR plans

15. Where are the CCTC Standards available?

16. Questions?

17. Contact Information
Dawn B. Scagnelli
CTE FACS Associate
New York State Education Department
Room 315 EB
89 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12234