Common Career
and
Technical Core
Initiative
Sandra Porter, Associate Director
Lesia Edwards, Program Advisor
Edit by Tim Johnston, Program Advisor
Arkansas Department of Career Education
What is CCTC?
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Common Career and Technical
Core
Set of shared rigorous, high-quality
CTE standards
Modeled process and outcomes of
Common Core State Standards
Initiative
Who?
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State-led
• 43 participating states
Coordinated by NASDCTEc
In partnership with Marzano
Research Laboratory
Why?
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Provides common connection
among states
Stronger foundation of consistent
rigor
Compliments CCSS
Defines career readiness for all
students
Information Technology (Old Cluster Knowledge and Skill Statements)
1.Develop positive customer relations to build and maintain a customer base in the
IT industry.
2.Perform scheduling functions to meet customer needs.
3.Use product/service design processes and guidelines to produce a quality IT
product/service.
4.Implement problem-solving processes to evaluate and verify the nature of
problems in the IT industry.
5.Employ organization and design principles to sort and group information used in
the IT industry.
6.Analyze and summarize the use of IT in business to enhance effectiveness.
7.Implement cross-functional teams to achieve IT project goals.
8.Employ project management knowledge to oversee IT projects.
9.Apply standard practices and behaviors that meet legal and ethical
responsibilities and exhibit positive cyber- citizenry to understand legal issues
faced by IT professionals.
10.Identify and explain the implications IT has on business transformation and
development to demonstrate an understanding of the impact on business.
11.Demonstrate knowledge of the hardware components associated with
information systems.
Information Technology (Old Cluster Knowledge and Skill Statements)
12.Compare classes of software associated with the development and
maintenance information systems to develop software and maintain computer
systems.
13.Identify and compare new IT trends and technologies to build an
understanding of their potential influence on IT practices.
14.Summarize basic data communications components and trends to maintain
and update IT systems.
15.Demonstrate technical knowledge of the Internet to develop and maintain IT
systems.
16.Employ IT knowledge and procedures when configuring or modifying an
operating system to ensure optimal system functioning.
17.Perform standard computer backup procedures to protect IT information.
18.Recognize and analyze potential IT security threats to develop and maintain
security requirements.
19.Maintain computer systems to ensure optimal IT system functioning.
20.Provide IT support and training to maintain proper network functioning.
21.Identify and describe quality assurance concepts to develop an understanding
of the requirements for quality IT products/services.
22.Describe the use of computer forensics to prevent and solve information
technology crimes and security breaches.
Information Technology (New Common Career & Technical Core Standards)
1.Demonstrate effective professional communication skills and practices that enable positive
customer relationships.
2.Use product or service design processes and guidelines to produce a quality information
technology (IT) product or service.
3.Demonstrate the use of cross-functional teams in achieving IT project goals.
4.Demonstrate positive cyber citizenry by applying industry accepted ethical practices and
behaviors.
5.Explain the implications of IT on business development.
6.Describe trends in emerging and evolving computer technologies and their influence on IT
practices.
7.Perform standard computer backup and restore procedures to protect IT information.
8.Recognize and analyze potential IT security threats to develop and maintain security
requirements.
9.Describe quality assurance practices and methods employed in producing and providing quality
IT products and services.
10.Describe the use of computer forensics to prevent and solve information technology crimes
and security breaches.
11.Demonstrate knowledge of the hardware components associated with information systems.
12.Compare key functions and applications of software and determine maintenance strategies
for computer systems.
Web & Digital Communications Pathway (Old Knowledge and Skill Statements)
1. Iterate through the design and development process to create a uniform Web/digital product.
2. Participate in a user focused design and development process to produce Web and digital communications solutions.
3. Design and employ the use of motion graphics to create a visual Web/digital designs.
4. Gather and analyze digital communication customer requirements to best meet consumer needs.
5. Define the scope of digital communication work in a written form to summarize and meet customer requirements.
6. Prepare digital communication product specifications to communicate specifications with various audiences.
7. Demonstrate the effective use of tools for digital communication production, development and project management to complete web/digital
communication projects.
8. Employ knowledge of Web design, programming, and administration to develop and maintain Web applications.
9. Create and implement a digital communication product to meet customer needs.
10.Test a digital communication product to evaluate its functionality.
11.Identify and implement quality assurance processes to deliver a quality digital communication products and services.
12.Perform maintenance and customer support functions for digital communication products to maintain the delivery of quality products that meet
customer needs.
13.Consider intellectual property issues when creating Web pages.
Web & Digital Communications Pathway (New CCTC Standards)
1. Analyze customer requirements to design and develop a Web or digital communication product.
2. Apply the design and development process to produce user-focused Web and digital communications solutions.
3. Write product specifications that define the scope of work aligned to customer requirements.
4. Demonstrate the effective use of tools for digital communication production, development and project management.
5. Develop, administer and maintain Web applications.
6. Design, create and publish a digital communication product based on customer needs.
7. Evaluate the functionality of a digital communication product using industry accepted techniques and metrics.
8. Implement quality assurance processes to deliver quality digital communication products and services.
9. Perform maintenance and customer support functions for digital communication products.
10.Comply with intellectual property laws, copyright laws and ethical practices when creating Web/digital communications.
Standards for Career Ready
Practice
1. Utilize critical thinking to solve problems and persevere in solving
them
2. Model integrity, ethical leadership, and effective management
3. Work productively in teams while using cultural global competence
4. Apply appropriate academic and technical skills
5. Communicate clearly, effectively, and with reason
6. Act as a responsible and contributing citizen and employee
Standards for Career Ready
Practice
7.Attend to personal health and financial well-being
8.Consider the environmental, social, and economic impacts of their
decisions
9.Use technology to enhance productivity
10.Plan education and career path aligned to personal goals
11.Demonstrate creativity and innovation
12.Employ valid and reliable research strategies
CCTC: Evolution of
Statements to
Standards
What is CCTC?
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Common Career and Technical
Core
Set of shared rigorous, high-quality
CTE standards
Modeled process and outcomes of
Common Core State Standards
Initiative
The Process Timeline
Spring 2011
• SMEs (Subject Matter Experts)
• Business/industry leaders
• Educators
• Review of existing statements via online portal
Summer 2011
• Identify industry benchmark standards
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Certifications
Credentials
Association standards
Training standards
Job descriptions
Course standards
The Process Timeline
Fall 2011
• Writing team
• 4 member team
• Synthesize review data
• Make relevant adjustments/modifications
Early 2012
• Validation process of revised statements
• National Career Cluster Advisory Committees
Spring 2012
• Knowledge and Skills Statements evolve into Draft #1Common
Career and Technical Core Standards
Work Groups
Spring 2012
• 16 work groups
• One state representative, per work group
• Meetings (3) using web interface
• Reach a spirit of consensus among states on
CTE standards
March 21
March 27April 5
April 9
April 23-26
April 30-May 11
May 23-24
June 1
And our work begins
Target Date
October 2012
State framework
revision process
begins
CCTC and CCSS: The
College and Career
Ready Team
Bridging the Great Divide
What is the great divide?
• College Ready
• Career Ready
What is college and career ready?
• Common understanding is needed
What is college and career
ready?
To be college- and career-ready, high school
graduates must have studied a rigorous and broad
curriculum, grounded in the core academic disciplines,
but also consisting of other subjects that are part of a
well-rounded education. Academic preparation alone is
not enough to ensure postsecondary readiness but it is
clear that it is an essential part of readiness for college,
careers, and life in the 21st century.
Achieve, Inc.
http://www.achieve.org/college-and-career-readiness
What skills are needed for
college and career readiness?
CCSS
• Necessary ELA and math knowledge and skills
• Postsecondary studies (without remediation)
• Successful entry into skilled workplace
CCTC
• Workplace occupational skills
• Common industry validated standards for each of the 16
occupational clusters and 79 career pathways
• Workplace employability skills
• Industry validated Standards of Career Ready Practice
Building the Bridge
Cross-Disciplinary Teams
• State and local level
• Engage all stakeholders
• K-12 and post-secondary teachers
• ELA
• Math
• Science
• Social Studies
• CTE
• Special education and ELL
• Business and industry partners
Building the Bridge
Communication/Information Sharing
• Include academic and CTE administrators and
instructors in the process
• Use a variety of communication strategies
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Email
Listserves
Informational video
Local workshops and presentations
Regional and statewide conferences
Building the Bridge
Updating Curriculum and Instructional
Resources
• Update CTE curriculum to correlate to new
CCTC and CCSS
• Provide CCSS crosswalks to existing CTE
curriculum
• Create model instructional resources for both
CTE and core academic teachers
• CCSS and CCTC embedded
Building the Bridge
Foster CTE and Academic Teacher
Collaboration
• Common professional development and
training
• Review and reflect on CCSS
• Determine how standards apply in CTE
context
• Create instructional resources and crosscurricular projects
To view the complete report,
Common Core State Standards & Career and Technical Education:
Bridging the Divide between College and Career Readiness
http://www.achieve.org/files/CCSS-CTE-BridgingtheDivide.pdf
For more information on CCTC go to
www.careertech.org