CTE SPOTLIGHT Marilyn Henselman Director of Career and Technical CAREER and TECHNICAL EDUCATION, September 2020 Education Programs

CTE SPOTLIGHT Marilyn Henselman Director of Career and Technical CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, September 2020 Education Programs

WHAT IS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION? Career and Technical Education are elective courses which cover twelve different career pathways with specific classes in each career cluster. We have career pathways in Agriculture, Audio/Visual Communication, Business/Management, Marketing, Hospitality, Human Services, Information Technology, STEM, Automotive, Construction, Welding, and Health Careers. To see the many courses and career pathways, visit the Bellevue School District web site https://bsd405.org/programs/cte/cte-courses/. The Career and Technical Education office sends out information each month highlighting the different CTE programs and events.

What is a Program of Study? A Program of Study is a set of courses in a career cluster that leads to a college/career track. The Program of Study shows what classes a student could take that lead to a post-secondary program from grades 6-12. For example, let’s look at Computer Science:

The top section refers to the different career pathways within this cluster. It suggests different classes that would prepare a student for that pathway.

The middle section is the core classes students should be taking to adhere to the graduation requirements, but also incorporates the elective courses and the college credits available if a student follows this strand.

The bottom section of the document shows the college course name and number that the class articulates to, as well as, how many credits are available, and what certifications are available through the pathway. The last two boxes to the right identify colleges and technical colleges that offer the program, and the types of professions available under that career pathway.

As you look through the web site, you will find each career pathway has a Program of Study which summarizes courses, college credit, certifications, and college programs. The entire booklet with all this information is available here: https://bsd405.org/programs/cte/cte-courses/ Click on Download Career Pathways Catalog, and take a look at the many opportunities available to your son or daughter!

All CTE classes provide a rigorous academic curriculum. Therefore, many of our CTE courses provide college credit and certifications. For example, our Health Careers Program provides students the ability to earn their Certified Nursing Assistant Certification (CNA) while in high school. Our CISCO program provides certifications in CCNA and CCNP, as well as MTA (Microsoft Technical Associate); and many of our Digital/Media Technology courses provide various Adobe Certifications, to only name a few. Between the college credits and certifications, a student’s resume can become very impressive particularly when seeking work after high school or for those students who plan on attending a post-secondary program of their choice!

Last year our CTE students passed 1,150 Industry Certifications in Microsoft (MOS, MOE, MTA), Red Cross First Aid/CPR, Washington Food Handlers, Precision Exams, Adobe (various), and Automotive ASE certifications. Congratulations goes to those students and teachers for their hard work!

All CTE courses also provide outside leadership opportunities while enrolled. Leadership may be clubs and activities directly at the school (virtually) or may involve nationally recognized clubs such as DECA (Distributive Education Club or America), ProStart – Culinary, SkillsUSA, HOSA (Future Health Professionals, formally Health Occupations Students of America), FFA (Future Farmers of America), FACSE (Family and Consumer Science Education) which all compete at the area, state, regional and international level. This coming school year, all competitions will be held virtually because of COVID. There will be NO traveling or overnight stays.

CTE also provides Satellite Programs and WANIC-Skill Center Programs. WANIC Skill Center Programs are three-hour courses and Satellite Programs are two-hour courses. Skill Centers and Satellite programs are part of a large consortium where neighboring district students come to programs that go beyond a standard classroom. All Bellevue School District students can travel and take advantage of these programs not only in our district, but programs offered in other districts! These programs provide students with state-of-the-art equipment and materials to be ready for entry level work or the skills and knowledge to be successful in college. Our consortium includes Issaquah, Lake Washington, Northshore, Riverview, Everett, and Snoqualmie Valley School Districts. Bellevue is proud to house many programs in our own buildings such as:

• Newport High – Culinary Arts, Advanced Culinary Arts, Advanced Digital Media Productions, Teaching Academy, Advanced Teaching Academy, and CISCO Networking Academy, Advanced CISCO – CCNP; Advanced CISCO - Cybersecurity • Bellevue – Automotive Technology 1 and 2 • Sammamish – Health Science Careers • Interlake – Welding Technology, Design & Fabrication, Construction Technology, and Nursery and Greenhouse Operations

For more information regarding the many programs available to your son or daughter throughout the WANIC consortium, go to the WANIC Skill Center’s web site. Registration for these programs occur during the regular school registration period, which is normally between January and March.

If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact our office or the WANIC Skill Center.

TIME TO CELEBRATE SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM LAST SPRING! The normal school year ended abruptly with remote learning taking the forefront. For many students and staff, the challenge was moving from face to face instruction to virtual overnight. With so many plans for college credit through our courses and industry certifications needing to be completed, not having our normal school structure in place was somewhat challenging. The entire school operations changed in less than 24 hours! However, throughout all these changes, challenges, and heartache, many students did step up to the challenge and earned their college credit and industry certifications. Some courses were unable to test because they had to be done physically in a testing location, and other industry certification providers couldn’t provide the testing because they did not have the testing sites set up for students to take exams remotely. However, even with those challenges our Bellevue School District students did incredibly well, in fact, they exceeded expectations. Here are the results:

In 2019-2020 – 1,150 Industry certifications were awarded. (+40 more) In 2018-2019 – 1,110 Industry certifications were awarded.

Certification Name Number of Certifications Earned Adobe Certified Associate Exams (ACA) 32 Automotive Service Excellence (AES) and Safety & 450 Pollution Prevention (SP2) CPR/First Aid 55 CISCO CCNA 2 CISCO CCNP 2 Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) 104 Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) and Microsoft Office 126 Expert (MOE) OSHA 10 2 Precision Exams (Various programs) 252 ServeSafe 3 Washington State Food Handlers Permit 122 (Waiting for two schools to report their numbers.) Total Exams Accomplish in 2019-2020 1,150

We increased the number of students completing and receiving industry certifications even during COVID. Remember this does not include our Certified Nursing Assistant exam and the various other exams that were taken in which we are still waiting for their results. This is a huge accomplishment to our instructors for keeping pace, even through COVID, and to our outstanding students who kept learning. Congratulations goes to all our outstanding students!

When it came to college credit earned, again, we increased our numbers slightly. We need to celebrate the students and teachers for their hard work and accomplishments in continuing to work hard even while we worked remotely.

Student Earners Students Registered Credits Earned

End of End of End of End of End of End of End of End of Year Year Year Year Year Year End of Year Year Year 2019- 2018- 2019- 2018- 2019- 2018- 2017-18 2017-18 2017-18 20 19 20 19 20 19

Bellevue SD 460 452 422 1,277 1,473 1,542 4,212 4,098 3,931

As we plan for fall, we will face a new set of challenges and obstacles, however, we will continue to work through these one at a time.

WHAT HAS CTE BEEN DOING TO PREPARE FOR TEMPORARY REMOTE INSTRUCTION? Each year, in August, teachers are normally busy in their classrooms preparing for the first day of school by setting up the classroom, fixing the bulletin boards, making copies, planning lessons, and the many routines it takes to make sure the first weeks of school are ready. However, this year the normal routines are being replaced with ensuring a remote learning environment is going to be inspiring and meaningful. As difficult as that may seem, as we began to plan, the Career and Technical Education Department has been working all summer long to ensure a smooth transition from our typical “stand and deliver” model to a “virtual/remote” experience. Over the summer our teachers have come together and worked to ensure projects, software, and materials would be available and accessible to all students. New software, e-books, and equipment were purchased to ensure a quality learning experience would take place at home. As your son or daughter begins, here are only a few of the additions made: • Multi-Media courses from middle to high school (Video, Media, Photography, Digital Video, etc.) will all have access to o Adobe Suite o Brain Buffet o Adobe Certification Exams • Business/Marketing courses will all have access to “Business U” which provides additional classroom resources for many of our Business and Marketing courses, and it also supports the DECA club, so students can still be involved in their leadership clubs. E-books have been purchased so students will have access to reading materials. o Business U o On-line Accounting e-textbooks o IB Business Management online teacher resources o Economics e-textbooks o AP Econ online study and exam review resources • Middle School STEM courses will have: o White Box Learning o Sketch-up Pro o Various lab kits so students can still build and learn about robotics, engineering, flight and space and so much more. o Arduino Projects for each student enrolled • High School Engineering courses will have: o Solid Works CAD o Sketch—up Pro • Skilled and Technical courses will have: o Horticulture Program ▪ iCEV on-line curriculum resources ▪ Various lab kits o Woods ▪ Sketch up Pro; ▪ Various lab kits o Metals ▪ Various lab kits ▪ Online student and teacher resources o Automotive – ▪ CDX Subscription ▪ ASE on-line Curriculum • Biotechnology o E-textbooks • AP Computer Science and Computer Science Principles o Edhesive Learning Management System o JAVA textbooks

As you know, all good plans or intentions will experience challenges not foreseen, but rest assured, we will find solutions and teachers will work hard to provide your child the best learning experience possible.

As we prepare to return to the classroom additional safety measures have been put in place to help ensure a safe environment in our CTE classrooms. UV wands, UV cabinets, eye protection for each student (no sharing), additional masks, cleaning supplies, keyboard protection and mouse protection sheets, plus much more so students and teachers know we are doing our best to provide not only a quality learning experience, but a clean and safe environment as well.

NEW TEACHERS JOIN CTE! This year we have added several new teachers to the CTE (Career and Technical Education) department, who will be teaching classes for us at various locations. Please welcome: Dean Thompson – Bellevue High – Biotechnology Brooke Weber – Big Picture – Computer Science Geof Newing – Highland – STEM/Engineering Carrie Stroud – Interlake High – Photography John Walker – Newport – Computer Science Meng Yang – Newport – Computer Science Tyler Brazil – Sammamish – Multi-Media Kendall Johnson – Tillicum – Computer Science and Multi-Media Jeff Holzhauer – Tyee – Multi-Media

COLLEGE AND CAREER ADVISORS Each high school has a College and Career Advisor to help with college and career planning. Each advisor will be available to you via e-mail. They will be providing workshops on completing a college application, essay writing, college information sessions, WAFSA and FAFSA applications, plus a variety of other workshops. Please make sure you check out their websites for upcoming events. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact them directly. Bellevue High School Lisa Hansen, [email protected] https://bsd405.org/bhs/counseling/college-career-center/

Interlake High School Jose Valdez, [email protected] https://bsd405.org/interlake/counseling/career-center/

Newport High School Karina-Vanessa Lopez-Kopp, [email protected] https://bsd405.org/nhs/counseling/career-center/

Sammamish High Arlene Scott, [email protected] https://bsd405.org/sammamish/counseling/career-center/

COLLEGE CREDIT WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH PACIFIC NW COLLEGE CREDIT! Pacific NW College Credit is simply college credit through a consortium called Pacific NW College. The colleges that are part of the consortium and serve Bellevue School District students are Bellevue College, Cascadia, North Seattle, Shoreline, Clark, Lake Washington Institute of Technology, and Edmonds College. These colleges review our curriculum and our state approved frameworks. Once approved by the college program, they issue college credit at a reduced cost. This year the cost is $50.00 for an entire year of classes, as many as you can take! Students can earn college credit while taking classes at their high school but must maintain a “B” or better grade to qualify. Here is what the list will provide you: • High School Course Title will be the class the student is currently enrolled in at their high school. • College Providing Credit is the college issuing the credit, you will have to select one if there are multiple colleges providing credit. You cannot earn credit for the same class at multiple locations. • Course Number and Title is the college course that our class has been articulated to. • Credits Available is the number of credits earned after completing the course with a “B” or better.

Registration for courses will begin in December. We will provide you information over the next several months on how to register and make payments. A list of courses will be available within the next month that have been articulated to the colleges.

Tech Prep Articulations College Credits Course Title Providing Credit Course Number and Title Available

ACCOUNTING 1 and 2 BC ACCT 101 – Practical Accounting 1 8 (Accounting 1 and 2 students must take both to receive credit.) ACCT 135 – Business Payroll Accounting

NEWPORT AP PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENTS PLACE AT STATE!

Andrew Foti, AP Photography Instructor, takes great pride in his students and their work. He submitted many students work in the state photography contest and had amazing results over the summer. Here is a sampling of their work.

Student/Catagory Place Photo Sarada Lackshmanan 1st “People”

Jackson Slater 2nd “Animal”

Davis Endow 2nd “Digital Manipulation”

Adaline Witz 4th “Still Life”

Darren Chen 5th “Portrait”

Candace Do 5th “People”

Eashver Elango 5th “Still Life”

Others who placed sixth at state but are not shown above are: Jonah Quist, Tevin Abeysekra, Adeline Witz, Hamza Masood. Those who were finalist and placed in the top 10 were: Tevin Abeysekera, Jasmine Chi, English Cole, Elyse Browder, Devin Cable, Candace Do, Anne Hashizume, Sydney Holmes, Cameron Kaku, Nathan Kaku, Mat Ketaroonjul, Mat Ketaroonkul, Kyle Lee, Kobey Maltos, Adeline Ong, Lulu Tang, Blake Witman, Joanne Wong, Huda Armaan, Anushka Kapalli, Alex Mallen, Thomas Miller, Maddie Weiserman, Alaina Wolfe, Adeline Witz.

Congratulations to all!

CTE STAFF IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our CTE office:

CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION STAFF Marilyn Henselman Grace Brady Villy Orcilla Laurie Stegman CTE Director CTE Curriculum Developer CTE Coordinator CTE Coordinator [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC

Bellevue School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

Title IX Coordinator Section 504/ADA Coordinator Name and/or Title: Jeff Lowell Name and/or Title: Heather Edlund Address: 12111 NE 1st St., Bellevue, WA 98005 Address: 12111 NE 1st St., Bellevue, WA 98005 Telephone Number: 425-456-4010 Telephone Number: 425.456.4156 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Civil Rights/Nondiscrimination Compliance Coordinator Name and/or Title: Alexa Allman Address: 12111 NE 1st St., Bellevue, WA 98005 Telephone Number: 425.456.4040 Email: [email protected]

The Bellevue School District is also committed to providing a safe and civil educational environment that is free from harassment, intimidation or bullying.

The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged harassment, intimidation and bullying: Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying Compliance Officer Name and/or Title: Patty Siegwarth Address: 12111 NE 1st St., Bellevue, WA 98005 Telephone Number: 425.456.4109 Email: [email protected]