Career and Technical Education
Building the Bridge for Tomorrow’s Workforce
The Louisiana Department of Education:
Office of Career and Technical Education
So, you wanna know about CTE?
Jim Owens and Patricia Felder
Career and Technical Education
Why Students Drop Out?
Classes not interesting
47%
Missed too many days to catch-up
43%
Friends not interested in school
42%
Too much freedom; not enough rules
38%
Failing in school
35%
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The Research…
• Students enrolled in courses which integrate academic and
CTE programs have significantly higher achievement in
reading, mathematics, and science than their counterparts
not enrolled in such courses. Reported by the Southern Regional
Education Board
• CTE graduates are 10-15% more likely to be in the labor
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force, and earn 8-9% more than graduates of Academic
Programs. Reported by the 2001 Russell Sage Foundation Study
CTE student’s College Attendance increased by 32%
between 1982-92 (NAVE )
96.6% of all high school students take at least 1 CTE course
78% of all jobs between 2004-14 will require some type of
post-secondary training
The Research…
• Well designed CTE programs lead to impressive results:
Study of Career Academies in San Francisco (compare CTE
Students with Non-Academy Students)
– GPA .5 of a point Higher
– Test scores are 30-40% Higher
– Drop-out rate is 50% lower
– 8.2% more go to 2 to 4 year colleges
– 15.9% more go to 4 year colleges
• CTE Concentrators: 44.5% become first time freshman (CATE)
• Non-CTE Concentrators: 22.2% become first time freshman
(CATE)
• 56% of Students who are CTE Concentrators receive TOPS
(CATE)
• 14.5% of Non-CTE Concentrators receive TOPS (CATE)
Educational pedagogy which combines the three R’s
• Rigorous- curriculum across all program areas
• Relevant- making content meaningful and applicable to all
students
• Relationship-building through direct ties to business, industry,
and the community through activities and Career and
Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs)
CTE Area of Concentration
• 16 National Career Clusters w/ 70 Areas of Concentration (AOC) within these
clusters
• Requirements to complete an AOC
• 4 credits from the list of Primary Courses
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NOTE: At least one credit must be labeled as a competency course
• 2 credits from the list of Related Courses, one of which must be a computer
course
– NOTE: If 5 Primary courses are completed, student is only required to
complete the computer course under Related Credits
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CTE’s program areas
Agriscience Education
• Business Education
• Family and Consumer Science Education
• Health Science Education
• Marketing Education
• Technology Education
• Trade & Industrial Education
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CTE’s main initiatives to increase the graduation rate
• Dual Enrollment & Articulated Credit
• Industry Based Certifications
• Work Based Learning and Career Awareness Opportunities
• Business & Industry Relations
Dual Enrollment & Articulated Credit
• Dual Enrollment – simultaneous enrollment at both a
secondary and postsecondary institution; student receives
secondary and postsecondary credit simultaneously (goal =
12,250)
• Articulated Credit – credit earned at the secondary level
awarded once the student enrolls at a postsecondary
institution (goal = 20,065)
• Statewide as well as local/regional agreements
Career and Technical Education
Dual Enrollment & Program Improvement Funding
2008-2009
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Career and Technical Education:
Increasing Dual Enrollment to Meet Workforce Demands
Dual enrollment more than doubled for the 2008-09 school year.
14,000
12,000
10,000
8000
12,043
6000
4000
2000
5,761
0
Dual Enrollment 07-08
Dual Enrollment 08-09
(Based on LDOE and Louisiana Technical College programs only. Does not include
students enrolled in other Louisiana Community and Technical College System
programs.)
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Industry Based Certifications (IBCs)
• State &/or National industry recognized credential
• 45 IBCs available across all seven program areas; more on
the horizon
• Goal = 6,360
• Staff training to offer IBCs
• Super Summer Institute
• Local and Regional
Work-Based Learning
• Courses which place the student in the working environment
• CTE offers WBL courses such as CTE Internship courses
and Cooperative Education Courses (Goal = 4,943)
–Cooperative Education (3 credits)
• Paid
–CTE Internship (1 or 2 credits)
• Paid or Unpaid
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Career and Technical Education
Increasing Industry-Based Certifications to Produce
Career-Ready Graduates
1,800
1,600
1,529
1,398
1,400
1,200
1,028
1,000
Fully Completed Certification
800
Partially Completed Certification
600
400
235
200
71
0
Nationally Approved
IBCs
State-level IBCs
Locally Designed Cert
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Business and Industry Relations
• The Business & Industry Unit
• Regional Forums
• Local/Regional Advisory Boards
• Biz2School
Student Result
Score
Diploma Endorsement (Academic OR Career/Technical)
180
TOPS Opportunity Award
160
BESE Approved IBC OR TOPS Tech and Dual Enrollment OR TOPS
Tech and Articulated Credit
140
Regular High School Diploma
120
GED
90
Skills Certificate/Certificate of Achievement
60
Attender
30
Dropout
0
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Promoting College AND Career Readiness - Career/Technical
Diploma Endorsement
–Complete the LA Core 4 Curriculum
–Complete a CTE Area of Concentration (AOC)
–Pass all four components of the GEE with an average of Basic
–Minimum 2.5 GPA AND minimum score of 20 on the ACT OR Minimum score of
Silver on ACT WorkKeys
–BESE-approved IBC in student’s AOC; OR Complete all coursework required to
sit for IBC exam post graduation; OR 3 credit hours at the postsecondary level in
student’s AOC (Articulated Credit or Dual Enrollment)
–Minimum of 90 work hours of Work-Based Learning experience in the AOC; OR
Senior Project related to student’s AOC with 20 hours of related Work-Based
Learning or Mentoring
LA Core 4 Curriculum
• Requirements – 24 Total Credits to be comprised of the following:
• 4 English credits
• 4 Mathematics credits
• 4 Science credits
Approved IBC – related CTE course substitutes for the 4th Science credit
• 4 Social Studies (Social Science) credits
– Approved IBC – related CTE course substitutes for the 4th Social Studies
credit
• 1 Art credit
– Approved IBC – related CTE course substitutes for the Art credit
• 2 Foreign Language OR 2 Speech credits
• 1.5 Physical Education credits
• 0.5 Health credits
• 3 Elective credits
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• NOTE: The combination of the 3 allowable substitutes plus the 3 required
electives provides the students’ enough electives to fulfill the requirements for
completion of an AOC.
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ACT WorkKeys – Measuring Skills needed for success across
all careers
• Nationally Recognized
• The Core Battery consists of three assessments:
• Applied Mathematics
• Reading for Information
• Locating Information
• Measures the same academic concepts as the traditional ACT test
• Questions are worded from a real-world, contextual perspective requiring the
individual to apply their knowledge as the would in the work-place.
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Senior Project (in lieu of Work-Based Learning)
• Senior Project is a student-driven program that provides students with the
opportunity to demonstrate problem-solving, decision-making, and independent
learning skills, as well as 21st Century Skills.
• Students benefit through opportunities to gather information, to integrate
academic and career/technical studies, and to develop and demonstrate verbal
and nonverbal communication skills.
• Senior Project is composed of 4 components
Research Paper
– Product or Service Project related to the research (to include 20 hours of work)
– Portfolio documenting Senior Project process
– Formal Presentation
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Senior Project Guidelines
• Students must choose topic of interest approved by parent/guardian, school-level
Senior Project Advisory Committee, and Senior Project Advisor
• Students must have a Senior Project Mentor
• Students must successfully complete all four components with a score of
Satisfactory or high on each component
• Students may earn one elective credit for completion of the Senior Project
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James R. Owens
LA Department of Education
Office of Career & Technical Education
James.Owens@LA.GOV
225-219-9333
Patricia Felder
LA Department of Education
Office of Career and Technical Education
Patricia.Felder@LA.GOV
225-342-4141
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