CATEMA™ Career and Technology Education Management Application CATEMA™ Training Workshop...

CATEMA™Career and Technology Education Management Application

CATEMA™ Training Workshop

Jefferson CollegeTech Prep Director: Sarah Bright


Understand what CATEMA™ is and what it can do for you

Understand your role in the articulation process using CATEMA™ as a tool

Understand how to begin using CATEMA™ immediately


What is CATEMA™ ?

Why do we need CATEMA™ ?

Who can use CATEMA™?

How does CATEMA™ work?

What is CATEMA™?

An online registration and tracking software for Career and Technology Education (CATE) classes

An easy to use method to enter, update, display, and report Tech-Prep related data

What is CATEMA™? CATEMA™ will assist in managing Tech-Prep

information related to: Courses Individual classes School districts High schools Instructors Counselors College registrars and advisors Students

TO HELP STUDENTS RECEIVE THEIR

EARNED COLLEGE CREDIT!


To eliminate the need for the paper and pencil reporting system Time consuming Excessive paperwork Limited info Students often lose it

Why do we need CATEMA™ ? To increase the number of students receiving

college credit from Tech-Prep classes upon high school graduation

To encourage Tech Prep students to enter into related programs at the community college level

Why do we need CATEMA™ ? Tech-Prep students are graduating from high

school at a significant rate

However, only a small percentage of graduates are moving on to a postsecondary institution


Students Using Tech Prep Articulated Credit at Jefferson College

79

103

72

53

17

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73

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20

40

60

80

100

120

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Number ofStudentsUnduplicated

CATEMA Implemented 11/2004

Why do we need CATEMA™ ?High School Students - Non ATS

521

2105

1404

871

1993

1328

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

Tech Prep QualifiedStudent

Enrolled* ReceivedRecommended

Credit

2005

2006

* Teachers enrolled all students in 2005 regardless of whether or not the teacher thought the student would receive credit. In 2006, many teachers only had the students enroll after observing their potential for completion with an

80% or better. Please enroll all students at the beginning. This helps with data collection for the Tech Prep program.


To assist counselors and instructors in advising students about the…


The Articulation Process

Designed to allow a student a smooth transition from high school to a postsecondary institution

No delays or duplication in education services

Credit is awarded to students completing Tech-Prep courses that contain the same content as an equivalent college course

When students graduate from high school they are able to transfer their articulated credits to Jefferson College

Why do we need CATEMA™ ? To assist counselors and students with career

counseling

To assist students in charting their Tech-Prep career pathways to earn college credit for their high school classes

Students can save on tuition, fees, and books for every articulated college course

Articulation helps encourage the continuation of a student’s education


To provide students with an electronic portfolio of all Tech-Prep course work completed

To record skills learned and training received for potential employers to review and consider

To help students prepare for the transition from high school to work

Why do we need CATEMA™?CATEMA™ will help to standardize and refine the articulation

process by:

Making the program easily accessible to everyone in Career and Technology Education

Minimizing the tasks (paperwork!) required

College Registrar can immediately transcript credit

Providing data that can be easily obtained and printed in detail or summary reports


H.S.Teachers

H.S.Teachers

Tech-PrepDept.

Tech-PrepDept. College StaffCollege Staff

StudentsStudents

H.S. Counselors

H.S. Counselors

CATEMA™CATEMA™


Students To determine interest in Career and

Tech Education courses To access portfolio of classes for up

to three years after high school graduation

To view and print portfolios complete with final competency forms for each class


Teachers To create classes To approve student enrollments To rate students’ performance To recommend students for class and/or

college credit To view and print class rosters and reports To ensure students gain college credit


High School Counselors and Administrators To review information on courses, instructors, and

individual classes To view a student’s Career and Technical Education

course portfolio To view and print rosters and course competency

forms


College Registrar/Staff To look up students by social security number and

name To check and verify a student's recommendation for

college credit To view a student's complete Tech-Prep course

history To record whether the student was awarded credit by

the college

Who can use CATEMA™? Tech-Prep Department

Update "Courses Available“ and "Participating Districts/Schools" lists

Review classes from the previous school year Approve new user accounts and classes for the current

school year Run routine summary and detail reports Maintain open communication between Jefferson

College and county high schools Ensure better use of high school Tech-Prep credit in

college

How Does CATEMA™ Work?

Accessing CATEMA™ requires the same log-in/password method as used in many secure internet applications on the web

If you have ever used the internet for… E-mail Shopping Banking Etc…

…then you should be more than familiar with the process for signing in to CATEMA

How Does CATEMA™ Work?All first time users need to activate an account online at

https://www.catema.net/jeffco

Counselors and Administrators

Teachers

Students


All first-time users will log in with a user name and password

You will also have to enter a pass phrase question and answer to replace your password should you ever forget it

Example Question: My dog’s name?Answer: Casey


To establish an account all student users need to enter their personal info and Social Security Number

(Without this information, the College Registrar cannot automatically transcript credit upon course completion)

It is the user’s responsibility to maintain their personal information up to date

CATEMA™ Features

Student Competency Form

CATEMA™ will be adapted to include a list of competencies for each Tech-Prep course

CATEMA™ Features Instructors will rate a student’s ability in a

particular course using the online competency form

Instructors select a rating value or a number grade for each course competency (with “5” being the most skilled rate)

They record student’s percentage earned in the course

Recommendation for college credit is also given on this form

CATEMA™ FeaturesReports• Instructors, counselors and administrators may print

class rosters as well as individual student reports

CATEMA™ Features Students may print competency forms for each class

they wish to enroll in or have already completed

CATEMA™ Features Tech-Prep staff may print statistical reports for current and

previous school years

CATEMA™ Features Other reports and information that can be obtained

from CATEMA include:

Identification of Tech-Prep classes taught at participating schools

Who are the instructors teaching the classes and what are their qualifications

Student totals and demographics

Student contact information and mailing lists

Student information used for career counseling

Coherent course sequences of students

CATEMA™ Features

Security

CATEMA™ adheres to all regulations and guidelines relating to information privacy

The system implements security technology to protect information that is entered and extracted

Each user has designated/restricted access privileges based on their title

Thank you!

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