TEA
Career and Technical
Education Update
RO N WHI T SON
VATAT CO N FERENCE
J U LY 2 6 , 2 0 1 6
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Workshop
This workshop will cover new and relevant TEA
updates, including an overview of the new and revised
TEKS for Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources.
Participants will gain information related to CTE
funding, the Carl D. Perkins CTE grant program,
teacher certification, instructional materials and other
topics related to conducting a quality career and
technical education program, with an emphasis on
agriculture education. This workshop will be an
expanded version of the information that is presented
by the State Director during the general session, and
will include an opportunity for questions and answers.
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Highlights
• New CTE TEKS
• CTE PEIMS Coding Update
• Instructional Materials
• Perkins information
• Graduation Requirements
• Teacher Shortage/Loans
• Texas Gateway
• CTE PD Conferences
• Innovative Courses
• Curriculum Updates
• ATC
• By the Numbers (CTE Stats)
• Certification Reimbursement • Contact Information
• Teacher Certification Basics • Required Curriculum/TxVSN
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Texas Essential
Knowledge and Skills
(TEKS)
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TEKS Update 2017- 2018
Career and Technical Education (CTE)
• Revisions to the CTE TEKS were adopted by the
SBOE in 2015 and 2016.
The revised CTE TEKS are scheduled to be
implemented in the 2017-2018 school year.
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Key Changes to the TEKS — Career
and Technical Education (CTE)
• Addition of a variety of new courses
• Addition of new courses that may satisfy
specific graduation requirements
• Addition, in some Career Clusters, of laboratory
courses that may be used as corequisites and
combined with corresponding theory-based
course
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Key Changes to the TEKS — Career
and Technical Education (CTE)
• Consistent course descriptions and introduction
statements for CTE course and clusters
• Statement related to CTSO participation
• Employability Skills in all CTE courses
• Revised SAE skills included for all AFNR courses
• Elimination of range of credit
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New AFNR Courses
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Oil and Gas Production I
Oil and Gas Production II
Turf Grass Management
Greenhouse Operation and Production
Agricultural Equipment Design and Fabrication
Agricultural Laboratory and Field Experience
Extended Practicum in AFNR
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http://tea.texas.gov/index2.aspx?id=4881
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Proclamation
2017
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Proclamation 2017
Provides new
instructional
materials for certain
CTE courses
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Samples available online
http://tea.texas.gov/Curriculum_and_Instructional_Programs/Instructional_Materials
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Week 1: June 20–24, 2016
Subchapter A. Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
Subchapter B. Architecture and Construction
Subchapter C. Arts, Audiovideo Technology, and Communication
Subchapter K. Information Technology
Subchapter M. Manufacturing
Subchapter N. Marketing
Subchapter O. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Subchapter P. Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics
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Week 2: June 27–July 1, 2016
Subchapter D. Business Management and Administration
Subchapter E. Education and Training
Subchapter F. Finance
Subchapter H. Health Science
Subchapter I. Hospitality and Tourism
Subchapter J. Human Services
Subchapter L. Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
Career Development, Middle School
Career Development, High School
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Week 3: July 11–15, 2016
Algebraic Reasoning
Subchapter G. Government and Public Administration
Languages other than English
◦ Chinese, all grades
◦ French, all grades
◦ German, all grades
◦ Japanese, elementary
◦ Latin, elementary and high school
◦ Spanish, all grades
Special Topics in Social Studies
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Foundation High
School Program
TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
CHAPTER 74
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Amendments to the Foundation
High School Program
In April 2016, the SBOE approved amendments to the
Foundation High School Program graduation that update the
rules and make the following changes:
• Include Career Preparation I-II courses with the
career clusters from which the final course in a
coherent sequence for an endorsement may be
selected
• Allow a course to count as part of the set of four
courses for more than one endorsement
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Texas Gateway
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Texas Gateway Professional Development
The following courses are now live at Texas Courses:
Advanced Plant and Soil Science
Advanced Animal Science (parts 1-4. Parts 5-6 coming soon)
CTE 101
Science Safety for High School
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Texas Gateway Professional Development
Other CTE courses now available at Texas Courses:
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Forensic Science
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Statistics and Risk Management
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Food Science
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Engineering Design and Problem Solving
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Engineering Mathematics
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Texas Gateway Professional Development
CTE online PD courses still to be transferred:
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Advanced Biotechnology
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Mathematical Applications in AFNR
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Advanced Animal Science (Parts 5-6)
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Innovative
Courses
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•Enable students to master knowledge, skills, and
competencies not included in the essential
knowledge and skills of the required curriculum
State
Approved
Innovative
Courses
•May be offered by any district or charter school for
state elective credit with the approval of the local
school board
•May meet certain CTE endorsement area
requirements, but may not substitute for any other
foundation high school program credit
requirements
•May not be the final course in a coherent
sequence to meet endorsement requirements
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Innovative
Courses
Course
Descriptions
•A current list of state approved courses is
available on the Innovative Courses
webpage.
•Districts do not need to apply to offer an
existing innovative course; however, the
approval of your local school board is
required.
•To peruse the description and requirements
of any state approved innovative course,
contact the Texas Education Agency.
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New
Innovative
AFNR
Course
2016-2017
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•New innovative courses approved for the
2016-2017 school year:
Innovative
Courses
Approved
2016-2017
Advanced Floral Design
General Employability Skills
Occupational Safety & Environmental
Technology (OSET) III
Principles of Cybersecurity
Microbiology and Safety for Cosmetology
Careers
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Innovative
Courses
Application
Process
•All existing CTE innovative courses will expire at
the end of the 2016-2017 academic year. This list is
available on the Innovative Courses webpage.
•All course owners of expiring innovative courses
have been notified and given the opportunity to
reapply by the end of summer 2016. If the course
owner chooses not to reapply, then any district
may choose to submit an application to reapply for
the expiring course.
•Some innovative courses have been added to the
revised CTE TEKS to be implemented in 2017-2018.
•Applications for new courses are accepted annually
by TEA; typically in late fall through the end of the
year.
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Current AFNR
Innovative Courses
•Advanced Floral Design
•Introduction to Process
Technology
•Oil and Gas Production
Systems I
•Oil and Gas Production
Systems II
•Oil and Gas Production
Systems III
•Oil and Gas Production Systems
IV
•Organic Sustainable Food
Production
•Petrochemical Safety, Health,
and Environment
•Principles of Oil and Gas
Production
•Viticulture
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Innovative Courses to Expire
All existing CTE innovative courses will
expire at the end of the 2016-2017
academic year.
New application required to reactivate
these courses.
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Advanced
Technical Credit
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Advanced Technical Credit
• ATC provides the opportunity for high
school students to earn credit for
technical courses at participating
community colleges statewide
• New contractor!
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CTE Certification Exam
Reimbursement
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CTE Certification Exam
Reimbursement
Texas Education Code, §29.190, authorizes TEA to
reimburse LEAs for student certification exams taken
and passed for a license or certificate.
Process
• LEAs submit a reimbursement request.
• Requests will be reimbursed on a first-come,
first-served basis until the end of the fiscal year or
the $500,000 allotment is expended.
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CTE Certification Exam
Reimbursement
Eligibility
• Certifications listed on the Perkins Program
Effectiveness Report (PER) are eligible for
reimbursement.
• Student must successfully complete a CTE
program related to the certification.
• Student must take and pass the certification
exam prior to July 31, 2016.
• One exam will be reimbursed per student, up to
$350 per exam.
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CTE Teacher Certification
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Two Types of CTE Certificates
• Certificates that require skill, experience, and licensing
in specific occupations.
• Certificates that do not require skill, experience, and
licensing in specific occupations.
NOTE: There is no certificate called “Career and
Technical Education”.
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Certificates Requiring Prior Work
Experience and/or License
• Health Science
• Marketing
• Trade and Industrial
NOTE: Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) required
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Trade and Industrial Education
Outside Work Experience
• No degree – 5 years within the last 10 years of full-time wage-earning
experience in an appropriate occupation
• With Degree - 2 years within the last 10 years of full-time wageearning experience in an appropriate occupation
• License, if one is available for the occupation (Ex: cosmetology
instructor, law enforcement, plumbing) National Occupational
Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) test, if appropriate
• Complete an approved Texas educator preparation program
• Teach in the assignment for one year on a probationary certificate
• Pass the TExES for TIE PPR 8-12 (170) or new TIE PPR 6-12 (270)
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Health Science
• Hold current licensure, certification, or registration by a nationally
recognized accrediting agency as a health professions practitioner
based on a program requiring an Associate or more advanced
degree.
• Two years of work experience as a health professions practitioner in
a field that is nationally recognized by an accrediting agency. The
required work experience must be approved by a certification officer
of an approved educator preparation program. (Statement of
Qualifications form [PDF, 305.40 KB])
• Complete an approved Texas Educator Preparation Program (EPP)
• Pass current certification exam(s).
NOTE: Proposed rule change would allow for Certification by Exam
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Marketing
Initial Marketing Education
To obtain an initial Marketing Education certificate you must meet the following requirements:
• Have two-years of wage-earning experience in one or more of the marketing occupations
(Statement of Qualifications form [PDF, 305.40 KB])
• Hold a bachelor's degree
• Complete an approved Texas Educator Preparation Program
• Pass current certification exams. Contact your program for exam approval.
Marketing Education through Certification by Examination with Statement of Qualifications
A Marketing Education certificate may be added by exam to a valid classroom teaching
certificate with verified work experience.
• Current valid Texas classroom teaching certificate
• Bachelor's Degree
• Two years of wage-earning experience in one or more of the marketing occupations
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Certificates Not Requiring Prior
Work Experience of License
• Agriculture
• Business
• Family and Consumer Sciences
• Technology Education
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Agricultural Science certificate
Agricultural Science and Technology, Grades 6-12
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Requires Bachelor's Degree (or higher)
May be added by exam to valid certificate
Requires TExES exam #172 and PPR #160
Is being eliminated. Must complete all requirements and
examinations by 8-31-2017 and apply and be recommended by 1030-2017
NOTE: This certificate will remain valid for all AFNR assignments. Teachers with
the Agricultural Science certificate do not have to retest or upgrade to the
newer certificate.
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Agriculture, Food
and Natural Resources
Agricultural Science and Technology, Grades 6-12
◦ Requires Bachelor's Degree (or higher)
◦ May be added by exam to valid certificate
◦ Requires TExES exam #272 and PPR #160
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School District Teaching
Permits (SDTP) TEC §21.055
• SDTP is not the same as an emergency permit
• SDTP is a “local permit” option which allows a public school district to
employ an individual they deem is qualified to teach without being
certified and is not seeking state certification.
• SDTP is valid in the issuing school district only and remains valid for life
unless revoked for cause.
• Ineligible Individuals:
o Hold or previously held a valid Texas teaching certificate
o Have taken but have not passed a Texas teacher certification exam
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School District Teaching
Permits
◦ Recent changes
For Noncore Academic CTE teaching assignments only, House Bill 2205
transfers authority from the Commissioner of Education to the school
district board of trustees.
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The statutes requires the district to send written notification to the
commissioner of education. The SDTP form on the website is used to
gather this information and must be submitted by email.
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Noncore Academic CTE are courses that are not eligible to satisfy
foundation graduation course credit in math, science, language arts,
or social studies. Examples: automotive, welding, cosmetology.
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CTE PEIMS Coding
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CTE PEIMS Coding
Code 1: CTE Participant
Code 2: CTE Concentrator – four year plan,
two or more CTE courses for three or more
credits.
Code 3: ELIMINATED beginning with the
2016-2017 school year.
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Carl D. Perkins
Career and Technical
Education Grant
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Perkins Grant timeline
 2015-2016 Perkins grant funds available through August
15, 2016
 2015-2016 Program Effectiveness Report (PER) is due no
later than 5:00 p.m. October 1, 2016
 2016-2017 Perkins grant application is due no later than
5:00 p.m. August 31, 2016
 Grant funds available for use from July 1, 2016 to August
15, 2017
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Perkins Grant Guidelines
2016-2017 Grant Guidelines contain some changes:
 Perkins funds can only be used to pay for student
certifications that are reported to the state for technical
skill attainment (2S1). PER
 Trailers are an allowable expenditure under certain
conditions.
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CTE Teacher Shortage/
Student Loan
Forgiveness Programs
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CTE Teachers Shortage - Texas
CTE is an Approved
Teacher Shortage Area
for the 2016-2017
school year
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CTE Teachers Shortage - Texas
CTE is an Approved Teacher Shortage Area for the 2016-2017 school year
• Bilingual/English as a Second Language - Elementary and Secondary
Levels
• Career and Technical Education
• Computer Science/Technology Applications
• Mathematics
• Science
• Special Education - Elementary and Secondary Levels
Refer to the following link for a complete list of shortage areas:
U.S. Department of Education - Teacher Shortage Areas Nationwide Listing 1990 through
2015
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Loan Forgiveness Programs
Four Programs for Texas teachers
Federal Teacher Loan Forgiveness
Teach for Texas Loan Repayment Assistance
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Federal Perkins Loan Teacher Cancellation
http://tea.texas.gov/Texas_Educators/Educator_Initiatives_and_Perfor
mance/Student_Loan_Forgiveness_for_Teachers/
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CTE Professional
Development
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New CTE Teacher Conference
October 3-5, 2016
Austin Airport Hilton Hotel
• high quality
• sustained
• Intensive
• focused on instruction
• increases the academic knowledge and
understanding of industry standards
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CTE Leadership Academy and
Professional School Counselor Academy
Phase I: Fall Symposium
October 5-7, 2016
Phase II: Independent
action-learning project and
online learning modules
Phase III: Summer
Symposium held in midJune
Austin Airport Hilton Hotel
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Curriculum Updates
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Work-Based Learning Online
Course Now Available
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www.txeducationalexcellence.com
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SBOE Rules on Prerequisites
Chapter 74.11(j) and Chapter 74.71(k)
A student may not be enrolled in a course that has a required prerequisite unless
the student has successfully completed the prerequisite course(s);
the student has demonstrated equivalent knowledge as determined by the
school district; or
the student was already enrolled in the course in an out -of-state, an out-ofcountry, or a Texas nonpublic school and transferred to a Texas public school.
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By The Numbers
Texas CTE Data
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Secondary CTE Enrollment:
PEIMS Codes 1, 2, & 3
Source: Perkins CAR, Enrollment; PEIMS data
973,787
07-08
1,012,774
1,027,435
1,033,875
08-09
09-10
10-11
1,072,893
11-12
1,111,610
12-13
1,141,341
13-14
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14-15
1,285,605
15-16
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Secondary CTE Concentrator
Enrollment by Career Cluster:
PEIMS Codes 2 & 3
AFNR
Arch/Const
Arts A/V T & C
BMA
Ed & Trng
Finance
GPA
Health Sci
14-15
Hosp & Tour
13-14
Human Serv
IT
LPSCS
Mfg
Marketing
Source: 2014 & 2015 Perkins CAR,
Enrollment: 2013-2014
STEM
TDL
0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
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140000
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CTSO Membership
Continues to Grow!
Texas CTSOs
250000
200000
150000
100000
50000
0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
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Career and Technical Student Organizations
2014-2015
120000
108663
100000
BPA
DECA
80000
FBLA
FCCLA
60000
FFA
40000
20000
32824
30000
19333
7911
11847
Skills
Edu Rising
17535
4126
HOSA
3801
TSA
0
Membership by CTSO
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Contact TEA
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Be informed!
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Join the AFNR Listserv!
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@AFNRTX
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Career and Technical
Education
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Diane Salazar, State CTE Director
John Ellis, Statewide CTE Coordinator
Dale Fowler, Program Coordinator
Ron Whitson, Statewide CTE Coordinator
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Questions?
Ron Whitson
Statewide CTE Coordinator
Curriculum Division
Texas Education Agency
Phone: 512.463.9581
Fax: 512.463.8057
Ron.Whitson@tea.texas.gov
@RonLWhitson
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Additional Programs
Updates
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Required Curriculum and
Graduation
Requirements
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Curriculum Requirements
State law defines the required curriculum as
follows:
Foundation Curriculum—
• English language arts
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social studies
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Curriculum Requirements
Enrichment Curriculum—
• Career and technical education
• Fine arts
• Health education
• Languages other than English
• Physical education
• Technology applications
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Curriculum Requirements
• No state requirements for instructional time. This
is locally established.
• However, schools must ensure that “sufficient
time is provided for teachers to teach and
students to learn” all of the TEKS for a subject or
course.
• A variety of flexible instructional arrangements
and settings are permitted.
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Additional Considerations
• Successful course completion is based on
demonstrated proficiency of the TEKS.
• Students may enroll in high school courses in
grades earlier than grade 9.
• Innovative courses approved by the state may be
used toward state elective credit only.
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Additional Considerations
Dual credit courses:
• provide an opportunity for a student to earn high
school credit for a college course that provides
advanced academic instruction beyond, or in greater
depth than, the TEKS for the equivalent course; and
• may be offered in partnership with a state college or
university. A memorandum of understanding (MOU)
is required.
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Foundation High School
Program
Amendments to the Foundation High School Program
In April 2016, the SBOE approved amendments to the
Foundation High School Program graduation that
update the rules and make the following changes:
• Add a sequence requiring the completion of English I,
II, and III prior to taking the fourth advanced English
credit
• Add new Financial Mathematics course to advanced
courses that satisfy the third mathematics credit
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Foundation High School
Program
Amendments to the Foundation High School
Program
• Eliminate the expiration of the provision allowing
Computer Science I, II, and III to satisfy the LOTE
graduation requirement
• Include Career Preparation I-II courses with the
career clusters from which the final course in a
coherent sequence for an endorsement may be
selected
• Allow a course to count as part of the set of four
courses for more than one endorsement
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Graduation Requirements
Foundation High School Program
• Began with all 9th graders beginning with the
2014-2015 school year.
• Students who entered grade 9 prior to 2014-2015
have the choice of staying on their current high
school program (MHSP, RHSP, or DAP) or opting
over to the Foundation High School Program.
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Texas Virtual
School Network
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Texas Virtual School Network
(TxVSN)
• Created by the Texas Legislature
• Administered by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) under
the leadership of the commissioner of education
• Central operations and course review functions provided by
Education Service Center (ESC), Region 10 in partnership
with Harris County Department of Education through a
contract with the TEA
• Districts are eligible to earn state funding, regardless of
where the student is located during instruction
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TxVSN Statewide Course
Catalog Benefits
Opportunity
• offer courses to meet new graduation requirements
• offer more than one endorsement
• expand local course choices
• schedule flexibility
• individualized instruction
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TxVSN Statewide Course
Catalog Benefits
Opportunity
• early graduation
• credit advancement
• credit recovery
• address teacher shortages
• alternative opportunities for diverse students
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Career and Technical Education (CTE)
Courses Offered through TxVSN
Statewide Course Catalog
• Accounting I
• Business Information Management II
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Business Management
• Business English
• Digital and Interactive Media
• Business Information Management I
• Forensic Science
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Career and Technical Education (CTE)
Courses Offered through TxVSN
Statewide Course Catalog
• Human Resources Management
• Principles of Information Technology
• Medical Terminology
• Professional Communications
• Money Matters
• Touch System Data Entry
• Pathophysiology
• World Health Research
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Online Teacher for CTE Courses
Offered through the TxVSN
TxVSN online teacher
• is Texas-certified to teach that CTE course;
• has successfully completed TxVSN-approved
professional development in best practices
for online instruction; and
• serves as the teacher of record.
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