Curriculum Coordinator’s
Meeting
Lori Mitchell, CTE Coordinator
Arch Ford Education Service Cooperative
Currently standards are still in place for
Keyboarding at grades 7-8 and Computer
Business Applications at grades 9-12.
Changes in Keyboarding
• Beginning Keyboarding skills will need to be
taught in Kindergarten – Fourth Grade
PARCC ELA Frameworks - Writing Progressions
Grade Level
Progression
3
Keyboarding Skills, Use digital sources to gather
evidence
4
Type minimum of 1 page in single setting,
Formatting (headings)
Grades 5/6 (If Keyboarding is integrated into K-4)
•
Grade 5: Input Technologies – this course shall enhance and refine the beginning technology
skills students learned in the lower grades.
•
Grade 6: Technologies Communications – this course shall continue to enhance and refine
the beginning technology skills learned in the lower grades, but shall also include instruction
in business communications
The minimum required amount of time to teach these two courses is forty minutes per week or
its equivalent during the school year.
Teaching Qualifications:
1. Hold a valid Arkansas teaching license with a Business Education certification; or
2. Hold a valid Arkansas teaching license, complete the ACE-approved professional
development (3-days), and receive the endorsement
The above courses require a waiver from James Brock, Program Manager for
Business/Marketing Technology and a transition plan submitted to ACE.
•
Grade 7: Information and Communications Technology – this course shall complete the
required technology curriculum. The minimum required amount of time to teach this course
is sixty clock hours or one semester. Teachers must hold a valid Arkansas teaching license
with a Business Education certification.
•
Grades 7/8: Introduction to Business Communications and Technologies (this is a new
course and would only be necessary if Grade 5-6 was not taught). Teachers must hold a
valid Arkansas teaching license with a Business Education certification.
•
Grades 9-12:– Technology Design and Applications – this is a new course and will
replace Computer Business Applications, it will be a core course for all
Business/Marketing Technology Programs of Study and will be a part of the currently
required 38 units to be taught in all high schools. The required amount of time to teach
this course is 120 clock hours for one unit of credit.
The above courses require a waiver from James Brock, Program Manager for
Business/Marketing Technology and a transition plan submitted to ACE.
PARCC ELA Frameworks - Writing Progressions
Grade Level
5
6
7
8
9 -10
9 -10
Progression
Type minimum of 2 pages in single setting,
Graphics, images, music, sound in
presentations
Type minimum of 3 pages in single setting,
Assess credibility of sources, provide
bibliographic information
Link to and cite sources, Include
multimedia components and visual displays
in presentations to clarify claims and
findings and emphasize points
Integrate multimedia and visual displays
into presentations to clarify information,
strengthen claims and evidence and add
interest
Use technology, including the internet to
produce, publish, and update individual or
shared writing projects, taking advantage
of technology's capacity to link to other
information and to display information
flexibly and dynamically
Make strategic use of digital media
(textual, graphical, audio, visual and
interactive elements) in presentations to
enhance understanding of findings,
reasoning, and evidence and to add
interest
A Sample Transition Plan
Danville Public Schools
Grade 4
2013-2014
Keyboarding
Grade 5
Grade 8
Grade 9
Keyboarding
399050
Introduction to
Business
Communications
and Technology
378920
September 25, 2013
2014-2015
Keyboarding
2015-2016
Keyboarding
2016-2017
Keyboarding
2017-2018
Keyboarding
2018-2019
Keyboarding
Input
Technologies
355910
Input
Technologies
355910
Technologies
Communications
366910
Keyboarding
399050
Introduction to
Business
Communications
and Technology
378920
Information and
Communications
Technology
378910
Technology
Design and
Applications
460100
Input
Technologies
355910
Technologies
Communications
366910
Information and
Communications
Technology
378910
Input
Technologies
355910
Technologies
Communications
366910
Information and
Communications
Technology
378910
Input
Technologies
355910
Technologies
Communications
366910
Information and
Communications
Technology
378910
Information and
Communications
Technology
378910
Technology
Design and
Applications
460100
Technology
Design and
Applications
460100
Technology
Design and
Applications
460100
Grade 6
Grade 7
Proposed KB & New Course Inclusion
Keyboarding
399050
Introduction to
Business
Communications
and Technology
378920
Information and
Communications
Technology
378910
Elementary KB Instructor will need to get his/her 419 Grades 5-6 Business Technology endorsement during summer 2014. This
involves a 3-day in-service (18 hours) and filing with State Department for endorsement.
In 2014-15 and from there on, place CT:CO (Career Development—new name) back to back with Information and Communications
Technology at the 8th Grade Level.
Changes in Career Orientation
• Career Orientation is STILL a foundation course for all programs of study.
• Beginning 2014-2015, a new course called Career Development will take
the place of Career Orientation. Career Development will be an 8th grade
class and is an integrated version of frameworks found in C.O. and projectbased technology. This is a semester course, and the teacher must hold a
teaching license covering grade 8 and complete ACE-provided in-service
for a new (418) endorsement.
• Career Development should be taught in a computer lab
Questions