PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINASTATE BOARD OF EDUCATION William C. Harrison, Ed.D., Chairman

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION June St. Clair Atkinson, Ed.D., State Superintendent

WWW.NCPUBLICSCHOOLS.ORC

March 1,2010

To:

From:

Career and Technical Education Administrators

Rebecca B. Payne, Director~Career and Technical Education Division

CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HONORS COURSES

Replacement pages for The Honors Implementation Guide are attached. Please replace pp. 71 and 72in the July 2007 document with the new pages.

The list of course codes that will be available in NC WISE for honors weighted credit by July 1,2010, is attached to this memo. To add other courses as honors or for more information, contactRhonda Welfare (rwelfare@dpi.state.nc.us) by May 1,2010.

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CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION DIVISIONRebecca B. Payne, Director Career and Technical Education, rpayne@dpLstate.nc.us

6361 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-6341 I (919) 807-3879 I Fax (919) 807-3826

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Career and Technical Education Courses Coded for Honors

Postsecondary

8021 PLTW Principles of Engineering(1 QP)8022 PLTW Digital Electronics (1 QP)8030 PLTW Computer IntegratedManufacturing (2 QPs)8031 PLTW Civil Engineering andArchitecture (2 QPs)Strategic Marketing

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. • 6499 Business & Marketing CC(1 QP, for CAA courses only)

• 7899 Trade & Industrial CC (1 QP, forCAA courses only)8999 Technology Ed CC (l QP, for CAAcourses only)

• 6498 Business & Marketing University(2 QP, 300 level & above)

• 6498 Business & Marketing University(1 QP, other approved courses)

• 6998 Agricultural Ed University (2 QP,300 level & above)

• 6998 Agricultural Ed University (1 QP,other approved courses)

• 7098 Family & Cons Sci Ed University(2 QP, 300 level & above)

• 7098 Family & Cons Sci Ed University(1 QP, other approved courses)7398 Health Occupations University(2 QP, 300 level & above)7398 Health Occupations University(l QP, other approved courses)7898 Trade & Industrial University (2 QP,300 level & above)7898 Trade & Industrial University (l QP,other approved courses)8998 Technology Ed University (2 QP,300 level & above)8998 Technology Ed University (1 QP,other approved courses)

• 6235/6615 Small BusinessEntrepreneurship

• 6312 Computerized Accounting II• 6345 Network Administration II-LINUX• 6346 Network Administration II-Microsoft• 6415 e-Commerce I• 6416 e-Commerce II• 6422 Computer Programming 11-VRNET• 6427 Computer Programming II-Other

Languages• 6428 Computer Programming I-SAS• 6429 Computer Programming II-SAS• 6451Data Base Programming II-ORACLE• 6452Data Base Programming I-ORACLE• 6823 Animal Science II• 6842 Horticulture II• 6872 Biotechnology and Agriscience

Research II• 7112 Early Childhood Education II• 7212 Allied Health Sciences II• 7222 Medical Sciences II• 7632 Electronics II• 7902/8007 Scientific & Technical

Visualization II• 7962 Drafting-Architectural II• 7963 Drafting-Architectural III• 7972 Drafting-Engineering II• 7973 Drafting-Engineering III• 7981 Network Engineering Technology 11­

CISCO• 7982 Network Engineering Technology

III-CISCO• 7983 Network Engineering Technology

III-NORTEL• 7984 Network Engineering Technology 11­

NORTEL• 7992 Computer Engineering

Technology II• 8011 Principles of Technology I• 8012 Principles of Technology II• 8020 PLTW Introduction to Engineering

Design (l QP)

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Honors Courses in North Carolina:Career and Technical Education

Courses eligible forhonors

Revised February 2010

To be eligible for honors, courses must meet the requirements ofthe North Carolina State Board of Education Honors Policy GCS­L-004, revised October 2009. Except as specifically noted, a CTEHonors Teaching Preparation Portfolio must be developed prior toa course being offered for honors credit. An Honors TeachingPreparation Portfolio includes detailed information about how thestandard course has been increased in rigor to qualify students forhonors credit. Additional information about the Honors TeachingPreparation Portfolio appears in this document.

Postsecondary CoursesAccording to State Board of Education policy, studentsenrolled in community college courses that are in theComprehensive Articulation Agreement earn 1 extraweighted quality point. This also applies to courses at afour-year college or university that are equivalent to thecommunity college courses.

In addition, students enrolled in courses at a four-yearcollege or university at the 300 or 400 level earn 2 extraweighted quality points.

Postsecondary courses that do not fall into one of theabove groups are not eligible for weighted credit. Refer tothe document Reporting Enrollment in Career andTechnical Education for specific information on usingcourse codes to ensure students receive the properweighted quality points for postsecondary courses.

Inherently honors coursesThe State Board of Education policy provides for thefollowing second-level Project Lead the Way courses toearn 2 extra weighted quality points. Students who takethese courses can take an examination that qualifies themfor college credit.

• 8030 PLTW Computer Integrated Manufacturing• 8031 PLTW Civil Engineering and Architecture

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Courses eligible forhonors (continued)

Courses not eligiblefor honors

Definition of CTEHonors Courses

Purposes of CTEHonors Courses

Revised February 2010

The following first-level Project Lead the Way coursesearn 1 extra weighted quality point:

• 8020 PLTW Introduction to Engineering Design• 8021 PLTW Principles of Engineering• 8022 PLTW Digital Electronics

The Project Lead the Way courses listed above areinherently honors. An Honors Teaching PreparationPortfolio is not required. All students enrolled in thesecourses automatically receive honors weighted credit.

State pilot courses are not eligible for honors.

If a Local Course Option is to be offered for honors, the rationaleshould be documented as part of the LCO approval process.

Local school and LEA administrators must ensure that only thosecourses eligible and approved for honors are coded to receivehonors credit.

CTE honors courses are designed to be developed and conductedto demand more challenging involvement than standard CTEcourses. They must be demonstrably more challenging thanstandard courses and provide multiple opportunities for studentsto take greater responsibility for their learning. CTE honorscourses should be distinguished by a difference in the quality ofthe work expected rather than merely by the quantity.

Career and Technical Education honors courses should bedesigned for students who have demonstrated an advanced levelof interest and achievement in a given subject area. The rationalefor honors courses is not to provide a means to attact students toenroll in courses for additional credit, but rather to offerchallenging, higher level courses for students who aspire to anadvanced level of learning. Furthermore, students and parentsshould be informed that CTE honors courses are moredemanding and have requirements beyond those of standard CTEcourses.

The aims of CTE honors courses are to promote:• Opportunities for advanced work..• Rigorous study of CTE content areas.• Practical application of knowledge and skills.• Transfer of knowledge and skills to work-based

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