the common career technical core

Oregon Department of Education | August 2011

The Common Career Technical Core

Ron Dodge, SpecialistOregon Department of Education

OACTE Preconference WorkshopSunriver, OR

April 11, 2012


CCTC: Oregon’s Consolidated Feedback


Our goals for the day…

1. Explore where the national revision team is with the

Career Clusters TM revision and the resultant Common

Career Technical Core (CCTC)

2. Electronic responses to the revised Career Clusters TM

KS statements sent by noon today. (They are waiting on

us in Washington, DC!)

3. If time permits, discussion about Oregon’s transition


CCTC Background:Getting to the same page

• States Career Clusters TM Initiative (SCCI) (2002) began

as an effort of the National Association of State

Directors of Career and Technical Education

Consortium (NASDCTEc—“State Directors”)

• Revised in 2006 and 2008



• 2011-12 - More involved revision

• Partnered with National Career and Technical

Education Foundation (NCTEF)

• Led by Dr. Dean Folkers and Seth Derner

• 3000 Subject matter experts (SME)

• Partnered with Marzano Research Laboratory to

validate and create the CCTC



• Dr. Dean Folkers: “Common,” not “National”

• Broader partner base: Career Readiness Council

• NGA

• CCSSO

• Ford Foundation

• Gates Foundation

• Alliance for Excellence In Education

• Others

• College and Career Ready



College and Career Ready: Oregon definition (ESEA Waiver)

A college and career ready student will be able to

demonstrate a command of: 1) academic knowledge

specific to the student’s career path, 2) technical

knowledge and skills specific to the student’s career path,

and 3) career path specific workplace/employability

skills.



Our definition on steroids….



That reminds me…..



• Process


CCTC Background: Career Clusters TM


CCTC Background:Oregon’s Version


CCTC Background:History

• 2002 Original States Career Clusters TM skill sets– Essential Skills– Cluster Knowledge and Skill Statements

– Performance Indicators– Measurement Criteria

– Focus Area KS statements– Performance Indicators– Measurement Criteria

• 2003-2005 Oregon revised to create the Oregon Skill Sets


CCTC Background:History

• 2006 Career Clusters TM Revision—Oregon did nothing

• 2008 Career Clusters TM Revision—big OR revision

– 2008 & 2010 Oregon Skill Sets revision with local business and industry teams


CCTC Background:(more)History

• 2011-12 Revision—responding to CCSS and national call for

“College and Career Ready” students/workers

– The writing team has been working on building a prototype

of standards for career readiness that would replace the

Essential Knowledge and Skills and would be used similarly

to the Standards for Mathematical Practice in the Common

Core State Standards for Mathematics (11/01/11 quote)


Our Task: Divide and Conquer

• Select one of the Career Clusters

• Group with those of the same ilk

• Run through the Cluster KS statements

• Run through the Focus Area KS statements

• Word smith those for which you have suggested revisions


Our process….


Our process….

• Go to State Director’s Career Cluster TM website:

http://www.careertech.org/career-clusters/

• Click on green Members button

• Log in: User name: [email protected]

Password: CCTC123

• Under Resources and Tools, click on:

Review and Feedback Links


Our process….

• List of Career Clusters with their Pathways:

http://www.careertech.org/career-clusters/clusters-occupations.html


Our process….

• You will see a page like this:


Our process….

• Using the top list, select the PDF for your Cluster

• You’ll get something like this:


Our process….

• Rate on two facets: Content and Level of Processing


Our process….

• Two options: Needs Work or On Target


Our process….

• After you have responded in the PDF, go to this link: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/results/?id=225

• Scroll toward the bottom (just past Archived Documents)

• Click on CCI Input Links


Our process….

• You’ll get this document:


Our process….

• You have to respond to each slide

• Survey memorizes your work

• Your information will be published with the resultant CCTC

• Survey closes April 12, at 11:00p

• We’ll come together around 11:30a-ish to discuss Oregon’s transition


Our process….

• Suggestion: look at current Oregon Skill list first

– http://www.ode.state.or.us/go/skillsets/


Our process….

• See you at 11:30a!


Thank you!

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