Crosswalk Development and Surveys
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• Available at the THECB website
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Vertical alignment teams organized by
Career Cluster™
Teams met for 3 days in Austin
Consensus building process used to
develop initial crosswalk connections
between course TEKS and CCRS
Crosswalk draft prepared and reviewed
by the expert VA teams via web-based
conference
Validation surveys developed for each
course
Surveys available for stakeholder input
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The Crosswalk
Document
Education & Training is
now available!
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• Daily lesson and unit planning,
• Coordination of content in core courses
and career related electives,
• Local professional development,
• Gap analysis for the local programs,
• Connections with business and industry,
• Collaboration with postsecondary
education,
• Integration of Career and Technical
Student Organizations.
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You are needed as a content expert!
• Validate the proposed connections on the
crosswalk
• Access the surveys at www.achievetexas.org, click
on survey tab
• Recruit others to take the surveys such as your
core teacher colleagues, business and industry
partners, postsecondary faculty, etc.
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Health Science- 2/7
Law- 2/14
Finance- 2/19
Business- 2/21
Government- 2/26
Manufacturing- 2/28
Career Prep- 3/5
Transportation- 3/7
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https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/humangrowthanddevelopmentinet
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Surveys
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www.AchieveTexas.org
Education & Training Career Cluster™
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Human Growth and Development
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4 surveys (1 per course)
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Principles of Education and Training
Human Growth and Development
Instructional Practices in Education and Training
Practicum in Education and Training
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The Principles of Education and Training course is
recommended for students in Grades 9 through 12. It is
designed to introduce learners to the various careers
available within the education and training career
cluster. Students use self-knowledge and educational
and career information to analyze various careers within
the education and training career cluster. Students will
also gain an understanding of the basic knowledge and
skills essential to careers within the education and
training career cluster. Students will develop a
graduation plan that leads to a specific career choice in
the student's interest area.
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Survey responses are anonymous but
we do need to know a little about you .
Educator
Core Academic Teacher
Business & Industry
Preservice Teacher
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The process of science rests on information and
descriptions about the natural world, collected by
observation. Findings that are repeatedly confirmed across
a range of situations yield insights that can lead to
explanatory models, also called theories. Scientific
methods emphasize the practice of testing hypotheses (i.e.
theories, explanatory models) by comparing their
predictions to observations of the natural world. The
standards are focused on ensuring that students are ready
to explore and appreciate the richness and complexity of
the natural world, to grapple with new ideas and divergent
interpretations, and to master the powerful techniques of
collecting, organizing, and analyzing information.
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Please let us know how strongly you agree
or disagree with the matches of the course
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
(TEKS) to the CCRS by selecting Strongly
Agree, Agree, Disagree, or Strongly
Disagree. We also ask that you explain why
you disagree with any of the matches, a
text box has been included below each
subsection of matches.
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12 surveys (1 per course)
◦ Principles of Human Services
o Child Development
◦ Dollars and Sense
o Child Guidance
◦ Lifetime Nutrition and Wellness o Practicum in Human Services
o Introduction to Cosmetology
◦ Interpersonal Studies
◦ Family and Community Services
◦ Counseling and Mental Health
o Cosmetology I
o Cosmetology II
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The Principles of Human Services course is
recommended for students in Grades 9 through 12.
This laboratory course will enable students to
investigate careers in the human services career
cluster, including counseling and mental health, early
childhood development, family and community, and
personal care services. Each student is expected to
complete the knowledge and skills essential for
success in high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand
human services careers. Students are encouraged to
participate in extended learning experiences such as
career and technical student organizations and other
leadership or extracurricular organizations.
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Survey responses are anonymous but
we do need to know a little about you .
Educator—Secondary Teacher, Post
Secondary Educator
Business & Industry—Early Childhood
Services, Mental Health Counselor,
Social and Community Services,
Consumer Services, Cosmetologist
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Improvement in the language arts requires
students to read and write frequently in all
disciplines and to receive ample feedback.
English is mastered in the context of challenging
content that requires students to think deeply
and to exercise discipline in order to
demonstrate understanding, raise questions, and
present ideas. Because language is employed in a
wide range of situations, skillful users of
language must know how to interpret and
express themselves in a variety of forms and
formats.
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Please let us know how strongly you agree
or disagree with the matches of the course
TEKS to the CCRS, performance
expectations, by selecting either Strongly
Agree, Agree, Disagree, or Strongly
Disagree. We also ask that you explain why
you disagree with any of the matches, a
text box has been included below each
subsection of matches.
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9 surveys (1 per course) and 1 Cluster Survey
◦ Principles of Information
Technology
o Advanced Computer
Programming
◦ Computer Maintenance
o Web Technologies
◦ Computer Programming
o Computer Technician
◦ Digital & Interactive Multimedia o Research in IT Solutions
o Information & Technology
◦ Telecommunications &
Cluster
Networking
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The Principles of Information Technology course is
recommended for students in Grades 9-10.
Students develop computer literacy skills to adapt
to emerging technologies used in the global
marketplace. Students implement personal and
interpersonal skills to prepare for a rapidly evolving
workplace environment. Students enhance reading,
writing, computing, communication, and reasoning
skills and apply them to the information technology
environment.
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Survey responses are anonymous but
we do need to know a little about you.
Your employment category is:
Educator (Secondary CTE or Core Academic Teacher, PostSecondary Educator, Administrator, CTE Director,
School Counselor)
Business & Industry (such as Information Support and
Services, Web and Digital Media, Network
Systems, Programming and Software
Development)
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Mathematical reasoning is key to solving problems,
formulating logical arguments, understanding
quantitative features of various disciplines, critically
analyzing media sources, and searching for patterns.
Through mathematics, people become more able to
make well-informed decisions by formulating
conjectures and testing hypotheses. These key
cognitive skills elevate mathematics from an
exercise in rote memorization to a process of
analysis and interpretation that enables the learner
to work with a range of complex questions, topics,
and issues.
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Please let us know how strongly you agree
or disagree with the matches of the course
TEKS to the CCRS, performance
expectations, by selecting either Strongly
Agree, Agree, Disagree, or Strongly
Disagree. We also ask that you explain why
you disagree with any of the matches, a
text box has been included below each
subsection of matches.
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