Implementing Middle School Programming
Leah Amstutz – Assistant Director
Why Middle School?
Career Decisions
Lifelong process
Student’s awareness of the world
What is important to them
Why Career Tech?
Many benefits to
beginning careertechnical education
programs in middle
grades
Why Career Tech?
1
Supplemental Funds for
Career-Technical Education.
2
Students exposed to career
pathways with opportunity to
earn an industry credential.
Why Career Tech?
3
Building professional skills
through involvement in
Career-technical Student
Organization.
4
Students exposed to potential
opportunities for articulated
post-secondary credit.
Why Career Tech?
5
HB 487 Requirements
Resources for Middle School
Program Development
Certain CTE courses per career field have been
identified as middle school courses with specific
curriculum codes:
http://education.ohio.gov/Topics/Career-Tech
Contact your
Career-Technical Planning
District lead.
Discuss program
ownership options with
your Career-Technical
Planning District lead.
Discuss program
processes and approval
Discuss grade-level
options. Starting courses in
grade 7 and continuation of
pathway courses into high
school
Make Determination to
provide or not provide
middle school careertechnical education
programming.
Those choosing to not
provide
Adopt local board approved
resolution and provide to
the department of
education by Sept. 30 that
school year.
Those choosing to
provide:
Develop a CTE26 and
Program of Study that
reflects the pathway you
plan to deliver.
Submit CTE26, per
established timelines, to
your assigned CareerTechnical Planning District
lead district for review and
approval.
Career-Technical Planning
District lead district must
review CTE26 application
for approval, disapproval or
determine to take no
action, per established time
lines.
Career-Technical Planning
District lead district shall
notify the applicant of its
decision by March 1.
ODE must approve or
disapprove all applications
by May 15.
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