Ohio Association of Career-Technical Superintendents

Stan W. HeffnerSuperintendent of Public Instruction

June 21, 2012

CTE Continues to

be at the Forefront

A Changing World

College and Career Ready

What is College Ready?

What is Career Ready?

Ohio’s Future Job Needs

Creativity

Innovation

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Skills to Distinguish Workers

Content

Application of Skills

Innate Motivation of Technology for Students to

Learn

These skills need to blend:

A New Era is Approaching: 2014-2015

What are the CTE

Implications?

Opportunity is Now

Integration of Content into Program

Ready for End of Course Exams

Ensure New Standards Engage All Students – both in academic and CTE Courses

Bridging the Divide Between College

and Career Readiness

Strategies Being Used

Forming Cross-Disciplinary Teams for

CCSS Planning and

Implementation

Creating or Updating

Curricular and Instructional Resources

Enhancing Literacy and

Math Strategies within CTE Instruction

Strategies Being Used

Forming Cross-Disciplinary Teams for CCSS Planning and Implementation

Creating or Updating Curricular and Instructional Resources

Strategies Being Used

Enhancing Literacy and Math Strategies within CTE Instruction

Strategies Being Used

Strategies Being Initiated

Fostering CTE and Academic

Teacher Collaboration

Establishing Expectations

for and Monitoring

CCSS Integration into

CTE

Involving Postsecondary CTE in CCSS

Implementation

Fostering CTE and Academic Teacher Collaboration

Strategies Being Initiated

Establishing Expectations for and Monitoring CCSS Integration into CTE

Strategies Being Initiated

Involving Postsecondary CTE in CCSS Implementation

Strategies Being Initiated

Involving Postsecondary CTE in CCSS Implementation

Strategies Being InitiatedImprovement Areas

Developing a Common

Understanding of College and Career

Readiness

Ramping up Communication and Information Sharing

Developing a Common Understanding of College and Career Readiness

Improvement Areas

Ramping up Communication and Information Sharing

Improvement Areas

Looking Ahead

Virtual classrooms

Blended learning

Career Connections

JVS and Career Tech Report Card

Challenge: You have a blank slate.

Four Characteristics of Accountability

Contain accurate measures of student achievement and growth;

Be used as a tool to diagnose and guide continuous improvement;

Four Characteristics of Accountability

Make sure that all children are benefiting from school; and

Be transparent and understandable so the community can understand its return on their investment.

Shared Regional Facilities

CTE Can Lead the Way