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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
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