Implementing Middle School Programming

Leah Amstutz – Assistant Director

Why Middle School?

Career Decisions

Lifelong process

Student’s awareness of the world

What is important to them

Why Career Tech?

Many benefits to beginning career-technical education programs in middle grades

Why Career Tech?

Students exposed to career pathways with opportunity to earn an industry credential.

Supplemental Funds for Career-Technical Education.1

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Why Career Tech?

Students exposed to potential opportunities for articulated post-secondary credit.

Building professional skills through involvement in Career-technical Student Organization.

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Why Career Tech?

HB 487 Requirements

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Resources for Middle School Program Development

Certain CTE courses per career field have been identified as middle school courses with specific

curriculum codes:

http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Career-Tech

Contact your Career-Technical Planning District lead.1

Discuss program ownership options with your Career-Technical Planning District lead.2

Discuss program processes and approval3

Discuss grade-level options. Starting courses in grade 7 and continuation of pathway courses into high school4

Make Determination to provide or not provide middle school career-technical education programming.5

Those choosing to not provide

Adopt local board approved resolution and provide to the department of education by Sept. 30 that school year.

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Those choosing to provide:

Develop a CTE26 and Program of Study that reflects the pathway you plan to deliver.

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Submit CTE26, per established timelines, to your assigned Career-Technical Planning District lead district for review and approval.

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Career-Technical Planning District lead district must review CTE26 application for approval, disapproval or determine to take no action, per established time lines.

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Career-Technical Planning District lead district shall notify the applicant of its decision by March 1.

ODE must approve or disapprove all applications by May 15.

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