Quick Notes from Betty
August 11, 2015
2015-2016 Perkins
Washington State’s total Perkins allocation will see a decrease of $125,322.00 (0.60%) for the 2015-2016 school year.
Remember, in order to receive final approval of your 2015-2016 Perkins application, you will need to also have your
districts End of Year Report (iGrants FP 477) and your district Perkins Performance Improvement Plan submitted. The
Perkins timeline is July 1, 2015 – August 31, 2016.
Please contact Phouang Hamilton at phouang.hamilton@k12.wa.us or 360-725-6245 with any Perkins related questions.
Statewide Course Equivalencies
OSPI in accordance with legislation passed in the 2014 session which amended RCW 28A.700.070, RCW 28A.230.097,
and RCW 28A.230.010, developed statewide course equivalencies in Mathematics and Science for 21 CTE courses. The
courses were approved for Statewide Equivalency Credit by the State Board of Education in May, 2015. School districts
must, at a minimun, grant academic course equivalency in Mathematics and Science for the equivalent courses on the
list, but are not limited to these courses. School districts may continue to utilize locally determined equivalencies under
RCW 28A.230.010. The course should be recorded on the student’s transcript using the equivalent academic high school
department designation and title.
Information regarding the statewide course equivalencies can be found on the OSPI website under Career and Technical
Education. Guidance was sent to school districts through Memorandum No. 035-15M Career and College Readiness,
which can also be found on the OSPI website.
Please contact anyone of the CTE Program Supervisors with questions regarding Statewide Course Equivalencies.
2015-2016 CTE Course Approvals
Please remember the following important dates for CTE Course Approvals:
 October 15, 2015 – 2nd Semester New Courses Due
 January 31, 2016 – Course Reapprovals Due
 April 15, 2016 - 1st Semester New Courses Due
Career Skills Exams and Certifications
The Career Skills Exams program with Precision Exams has proven to be successful with 41,239 exams being given
throughout the state during the 2014-15 school year.
The company has developed an exam for the 21st Century Leadership/Employability Skills for Washington’s use. It is
called “21st Century Success Skills”. The standards for the exam represent the fundamental personal traits, knowledge
and skills that each person should possess to successfully tansitions from secondary education into the workforce and
post-secondary education.
Old Capitol Building | PO Box 47200 | Olympia, WA 98504-7200 | www.k12.wa.us/CareerTechEd/
OSPI provides equal access to all programs and services without discrimination based on sex, race, creed, religion, color,
national
origin, age, the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual
orientation
including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, of the use of a trained guided dog or
service animal by a person with disability.
With the increasing importance of certifications within our Career and Technical Education courses, we urge you to take
a look at the offerings through this program.
For more information please contact:
Adam Sanchez, Implementation Specialist
801-653-9356 or asanchez@precisionexams.com
www.precisionexams.com
Design the Future
CCI Learning, Autodesk, and OSPI are pleased to announce that Autodesk’s Design the Future program is now available.
Autodesk’s Design the Future program includes FREE Autodesk software for students and educators. There is free
access for learning and teaching engineering design software. These are the same programs that are used by top
designers, animators, and engineers around the world.
For additional information, please contact Program Supervisors Dennis Wallace dennis.wallace@k12.wa.us, Clarence
Dancer clarence.dancer@k12.wa.us, or Lance Wrzesinski lance.wrzesinski@k12.wa.us.
STEM Professional Development
Just a reminder that teaching certificates being renewed starting in 2019 will need at least 15 clock hours, or one-half of
one annual professional growth plan (PGP), that must have an emphasis on STEM integration for all CTE instructors.
The learning or activity must demonstrate authentic integration of science, technology, engineering and math,
incorporating at least 2 of the 4 STEM elements.
For more information, please contact Clarence Dancer, STEM Program Supervisor at clarence.dancer@k12.wa.us or 360725-4467.
Computer Science
The 2015 Legislature passed SHB 1813 regarding Computer Science. The bill calls for OSPI to adopt Washington State
Computer Science learning standards and to provide professional development resources for educators. Within OSPI,
this work will be done collaboratively between Teaching and Learning, Career and Technical Education, and Education
Technology.
The Washington State budget also provided $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 and $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2017 to
provide grants to support the following three purposes: Train and credential teachers in computer sciences; provide and
upgrade technology needed to learn computer science; and, computer science frontier grants to introduce students to
and engage them in computer science. Information regarding this grant program will be communicated through iGrants
and the CTE Update.
AP/CTE Training
This year OSPI will be offering Computer Science and Psychology or Economics AP/CTE training. Tentative training dates
are December 2, 2015, February 17, 2016, and March 16, 2016. Please contact Barbara DittrichAP/CTE Program
Supervisor at barbara.dittrich@k12.wa.us or 360-725-6097 for more information.
Old Capitol Building | PO Box 47200 | Olympia, WA 98504-7200 | www.k12.wa.us/CareerTechEd/
OSPI provides equal access to all programs and services without discrimination based on sex, race, creed, religion, color,
national
origin, age, the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual
orientation
including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, of the use of a trained guided dog or
service animal by a person with disability.
IT Academy
During the 2014-15 school year 24,519 certifications were earned through IT Academy! This compares to 4,049 that
were earned during 2011-2012, our first year of statewide implementation. Thanks to the Washington State Legislature
for expanding the funding so that Microsoft IT Academy will now be available to all Middle Schools.
Middle school trainings for IT Academy will be held regionally in early fall. For more information, pleae contact Lance
Wrzesinski, Business and Marketing Program Supervisor at lance.wrzesinski@k12.wa.us or 360-725-6258.
Washington State Graduation Rates
The Washington State Graduation rate for 2013-2014 was 77.2%. The CTE completers rate was 91.4%. CTE completers
are secondary students who have completed 360 hours within a single locally determined program area.
2014-15 Annual CTE Student Enrollment File Application (aka P210Voc report)
All data included in the annual report must be submitted through CEDARS. Data submitted to CEDARS will be used to
populate the 8 Perkins performance measures. Please work with your local CEDARS administrator to make sure your
CTE files are accurately capturing your students enrolled in your CTE courses. All student level CTE data that is not
submitted prior to the end of the 2014-15 CEDARS submission will need to be submitted via non-standard submissions
to CEDARS.
Important items to note are below:
1. We expect to launch the Annual CTE Student Enrollment File sooner than in previous years. Our expected
launch date is September and close date of November (keep in mind that this is an estimated timeline and is
subject to change).
2. Details regarding ALL data must be submitted to CEDARS. This includes completer status, TechPrep, Industry
Certification, etc.
3. Remember that hand entering/editing is NOT allowed in the application file.
4. We recommend that you access and review the Annual CTE Student Enrollment File that is currently available in
CEDARS. Please see the snapshot below for how to locate this report. If you do not have access to your
district’s CEDARS reports, you will need to work with your district’s CEDARS administrator to either grant you
access to this report in CEDARS or have them download a readable file for you to review.
Old Capitol Building | PO Box 47200 | Olympia, WA 98504-7200 | www.k12.wa.us/CareerTechEd/
OSPI provides equal access to all programs and services without discrimination based on sex, race, creed, religion, color,
national
origin, age, the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual
orientation
including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, of the use of a trained guided dog or
service animal by a person with disability.
Grants
Please review the following grant deadline dates.
iGrant
Form
Package
Grant Title
605
FIRST Lego
606
FIRST Tech Challenge
668
Aerospace/Manufacturing Technical
Programs and Aerospace Assembler
Training Programs
Project Lead the Way Advanced
Programs
Career and Technical Education (High
Demand)
Advanced Placement Computer
Science Initiative
FIRST Robotics Competition
669
414
656
424
550
658
545
Jobs for Washington’s Graduates
(selected districts only)
Project Lead the Way Professional
Development (selected districts only)
STEM Lighthouse Awards
Due Date
Launched
Yes or No
Thursday, September 17, 2015
4:00 P.M.
Thursday, September 17, 2015
4:00 P.M.
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
4:00 P.M.
Yes
Thursday, October 1, 2015
4:00 P.M.
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
4:00 P.M.
Thursday, October 8, 2015
4:00 P.M.
Thursday, October 15, 2015
4:00 P.M.
Thursday, October 15, 2015
4:00 P.M.
Thursday, October 15, 2015
4:00 P.M.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
4:00 P.M.
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Updated National Health Science Standards
For the 2015-16 Health Science program approvals and re-approvals, the frameworks will need to align with the updated
National Health Science Standards, May 2015. These standards are the core foundation for Health Science programs.
http://www.healthscienceconsortium.org/standards
Through a collaborative meeting with Precision Exams, members of the NCHSE Executive Committee worked to enhance
and clarify the standards and accountability criteria without changing the intent of the standards. The term
“accountability criteria” has been removed. This content will now be referred to as objectives providing more detail to
each standard.
The standards were renamed to reflect what they truly are — the National Health Science Standards.
For additional information please contact Marianna Goheen, Health Sciences Program Supervisor at
marianna.goheen@k12.wa.us or 360-725-6257.
Old Capitol Building | PO Box 47200 | Olympia, WA 98504-7200 | www.k12.wa.us/CareerTechEd/
OSPI provides equal access to all programs and services without discrimination based on sex, race, creed, religion, color,
national
origin, age, the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual
orientation
including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, of the use of a trained guided dog or
service animal by a person with disability.
National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Guidance for Student Aides
The NATA Official Statement on Proper Supervision of Secondary School Student Aides reflects their recommendations
and guidance for the role of student aides. These provide guidance for students enrolled in Sports Medicine programs
and who are participating in a practicum. They will be posted on the OSPI website.
For more information, please contact Marianna Goheen, Health Sciences Program Supervisor at
marianna.goheen@k12.wa.us or 360-725-6257.
“Building a Program of Excellence” project
The three part Washington State Health Science: BUILDING A PROGRAM OF EXCELLENCE project was designed to
increase the number of students seeking a career in healthcare, build a rigorous program of study learning continuum
and introduce standards that align expectations of healthcare employers and postsecondary programs. Information
gathered for the project was consolidated for a statewide report outlining implementation strategies for various school
configurations and locations. The project included gathering baseline data by assessing the current status of district/area
health science programs, assessing healthcare workforce needs by community type, and assessing post-secondary
health science program options for articulation opportunities. The observations and recommendations from the study
will be used as the baseline for future work in the Health Science program area.
For more information, please contact Marianna Goheen, Health Sciences Program Supervisor at
marianna.goheen@k12.wa.us or 360-725-6257.
Careers in Education Curriculum and Framework Update
December 2014 was the launch of the Careers in Education curriculum revision project by the Professional Educators
Standards Board in cooperation with OSPI/CTE. The curriculum, based on the Washington State teaching standards, will
be rolled out over the next year starting with the WA-FACSE conference in October 2015. The group is also working on
statewide articulations and recruitment activities related to Careers in Education.
For more information, please contact Mary Nagel, Family and Consumer Sciences Program Supervisor at
mary.nagel@k12.wa.us or 360-725-6242.
American Sign Language Teacher Certification
January, 2018 renewal of continuing certificates for teaching ASL will require:
 National interpreter certification,
 Certified deaf interpreter certificate,
 American Sign language teachers association certificate, or
 Meet the standard required of interpreters of the deaf per RCW 28A.410.271
For additional information, please contact Kelli Bennett, CTE Certification, at kelli.bennett@k12.wa.us or 360-725-6396
or Mary Nagel, Family and Consumer Sciences Program Supervisor at mary.nagel@k12.wa.us or 360-725-6242.
Old Capitol Building | PO Box 47200 | Olympia, WA 98504-7200 | www.k12.wa.us/CareerTechEd/
OSPI provides equal access to all programs and services without discrimination based on sex, race, creed, religion, color,
national
origin, age, the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual
orientation
including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, of the use of a trained guided dog or
service animal by a person with disability.