Career & Technical Education News

ESC Region 11 CTE serves all traditional school districts and public charter schools in 10 North Texas counties. We are here to provide support, information, professional development, and technical assistance. Utilize resources on our website (https://www.esc11.net/domain/486) or reach out to Lisa Harrison at lharrison@esc11.net for your CTE needs.

Hello, CTE Family!

Many of you have started school, and the rest of you are about to welcome students to their 2020-2021 school year. Some of you are offering face-to-face instruction, remote instruction, or both. Either manner poses challenges, and you are amazing to keep moving forward to provide the best education to your students. I'm in awe of all you are accomplishing daily!

There are multiple pieces of information to share, such as added Professional Learning opportunities and technical assistance, so I'm releasing this additional August newsletter.

Stay well, my friends.

Lisa

#CTEStrong

This is an opportunity for CTE Leadership to work through local needs in a peer forum. We all need a Professional Learning Network, and CTE Coffee & Conversation meetings provide that. This began as a COVID-19 support, but has worked so well in our region that we have decided to continue offering it into the future.

REGISTER:

Wednesday, August 26th, 10:00 a.m.

CCMR Verifier and Tracker released 8/17/2020! Link to guide for the verifier.

Perkins V Application Due September 3rd.

• If you need assistance, go to the website where we have posted the resources.

IBC Reimbursement Uploads must be submitted by October 2nd.

• Early submission provides opportunities for TEA feedback if there are errors.
• Submitting with errors close to the deadline or not submitting by October 2nd means your reimbursement request will not be processed.
• Support for submission was provided on 8/19/2020 and was recorded. Thank you to Jacob Hildebrand for sharing his knowledge and Excel document for tracking and uploading!

Updated Accountability Manual for 2020-2021

Fort Worth ISD shared how they are using Chromebooks for distance learning and still have students on software necessary for classes, such as SolidProfessor, Adobe, PLTW, Microsoft Office, and more! **Bonus: This works if you use iPads or Macs as well!**

If you missed last week's CTE Coffee and Conversation to hear how they are doing this, we recorded for you! Check out this process and changed future plans that will save the district money because they no longer need expensive computer labs. Hear from the experts who are helping them make the transition from desktops and laptops to Chromebooks, while still offering state-of-the-art CTE Advanced skill training.

Link to August 12th, CTE Coffee & Conversation.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Support and Guidance

Detailed Information and FAQ posted under Waivers, Finance & Grants

https://tea.texas.gov/texas-schools/health-safety-discipline/covid/coronavirus-covid-19-support-and-guidance

Don't forget about the CTE/SPED Q&A Document. It is extremely helpful!

Training will provide teachers with survival skills, whether they are providing instruction

using a face-to-face, virtual, or blended model. Only a few seats left!

Contact us to certify your school as an official NCCER Training Site.

Cost to be an approved Training Site under the ESC Region 11 Sponsorship will be:

$50.00/ year for ESC Region 11 members
$450.00/year + travel expenses to approve training site if Non-ESC Region 11 member.

NCCER Training Site Requirements:

• Your teacher must qualify as a master craftsman in the area you offer student training.
• Once qualified, he or she must be certified as an NCCER Instructor.
• Your site must be approved as meeting NCCER guidelines for equipment and safety.
• Your students will be able to certify in NCCER IBCs that count on TEA Accountability measures.
  

Lisa Harrison is NCCER Master Trainer certified and is able to offer professional learning to certify your teachers, if they do not already hold the credentials.

The three-day teacher training will be offered virtually the last week of September and registration is opening soon on ESC 11 website.

Cost:

Region 11 ISS contract members - $300.00, including training materials

Region 11 non-contract members - $450.00 including training materials

Curriculum is purchased through Pearson and certification test modules are purchased through NCCER.

• Local Pearson Rep is Brian.Mann@Pearson.com

• Tests modules are $3.00/each. Check out the NCCER website.

Contact Lisa Harrison to start the approval process!

The Texas HOSA Board of Directors understands that unforeseen circumstances and hardships are faced by its members today, and they are here to help you!

The Texas HOSA: Future Health Professionals currently has funds available for eligible schools to help pay for Texas HOSA membership and LDI registration. The Inspire Fund is made available through donations from Texas HOSA Board of Directors.

*Funding is available on a first-come, first-served basis until the fund is depleted.

Who can apply for Inspire Funds?:

• Up to 10 students and one advisor membership for one year
• Individual student’s membership for one year, which includes state and national fees (for those requiring financial assistance); Student must be in an active HOSA chapter
• Individual LDI Registration (area/state officer, advisors, or board members)

Eligibility categories are:

1. A school that has never had a Texas HOSA Chapter and there is no school or community financial support available to pay for membership. This requires the principal’s or collegiate advisor’s signature for verification.
2. A school that has not had a Texas HOSA Chapter for at least five years and there is not school or community financial support available to pay for membership. This requires the principal’s or collegiate advisor’s signature for verification.
3. A school that has had a Texas HOSA Chapter within the last five years but is currently experiencing economic hardship. This requires the principal’s or collegiate advisor’s signature for verification.
4. A school that has a HOSA Chapter but has a student who is unable to pay the membership fees for the current membership year. This requires the principal’s or collegiate, parent, and advisor’s signature for verification. Only 10 members per chapter can ask for individual assistance. If advisor has asked to chapter financial assistance, individual members may not qualify for funding.
5. Area/State officers, advisors, and board members who need assistance with LDI registration. This requires the principal’s or collegiate advisor’s signature for verification.

If you have any questions regarding the Inspire Fund, please contact Janet Villarreal at janet.villarreal@texashosa.org or toll free 877-728-0150.

Use this link to get started with online teaching.

• Teaching Online Self-Assessment
• What is Online Learning?
• Better Online Discussions
• Live Zoom Sessions
• If This, Then That
• Online Lesson Planning Template

You will find great resources to improve student engagement and provide teacher confidence in a virtual setting, such as:

• Asynchronous Discussion Forums
• Changing your CC Language on a YouTube Video
• Creating a Digital Card Sort
• Creating a Screencast Video
• Creating a Whiteboard Video in Educreations
• Graphic Organizer Google Templates
• Vocaroo Tutorial
• And more!

• Engage by Design Digital Tools Series: Curating Content with Discovery Education and Edpuzzle
• Engage by Design Digital Tools Series: Easy Peasy Edition (Flipgrid, Mentimeter, and Padlet)
• Engage by Design Digital Tools Series: Formative Assessment (Gimkit, Google Forms, and Quizizz)
• Engage by Design Digital Tools Series: Getting Started in Google Classroom
• Engage by Design Digital Tools Series: Google Slides Edition
• Engage by Design Digital Tools Series: Nearpod - Give That Old Presentation New Life
• Engage by Design Digital Tools Series: Screencasting with Screencastify and Loom
• Engage by Design Digital Tools Series: Shift Instruction to Students with Choice Boards
• REGISTER

• We welcome you to join our ESC Region 11 Project-Based Learning (PBL) Academy, where you will be immersed in a PBL experience while learning the structure and components of PBL.
• During the three-day academy, you will design your own high-quality Project-Based Learning experience to be implemented in a PreK-12 classroom (or professional learning setting).
• When fully constructed and implemented, your PBL learning experience will empower students and/or teachers to master standards while applying real-world skills.
• During the fall semester, the fourth day of face-to-face training is included to support your PBL implementation and refine your PBL lesson design and facilitation.
• An online community and on-site coaching session will be offered to provide the support you need to implement your plan.
• Participants must attend each day to receive credit; partial credit will not be awarded.

Learn more about our Summer 2020

ESC Region 11 PBL sessions and register today!

TexQuest Resources are provided to students and educators in Texas K-12 public schools and open-enrollment charter schools. If you need help with TexQuest Resources, which are provided to Region 11 districts through the Instructional Solutions and Support contract, please email your ESC Region 11 TexQuest contact, Shawna Ford at sford@esc11.net.

TexQuest Webinars & More

Are you needing a refresher on TexQuest Resources or looking for other learning opportunities? Check out the Learning@11 page and find the Bite-Sized PD tab.

Webinar date and time: Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. CT

Short link to webinar registration page: https://txoc.link/ESCwebinar

In this webinar, participants will have a chance to:

• Explore accountability updates - specifically, college, career, and military readiness (CCMR)
• Learn about data-driven strategies as you plan for the upcoming school year
• Get to know new resources from Texas OnCourse that support remote college and career planning
• Engage in tip sharing and open discussion with other CCMR educators from around the state

The Texas Education Agency is working with partners in the Education Occupational Cluster to align material covered in Texas’ Career and Technical Education courses with occupational skills. To help facilitate this task, we are asking qualified industry Subject Matter Experts to complete reviews of job profiles for Education and Training occupations. Data gathered through this process will be used to inform updates to the Education and Training Career and Technical Education Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).

Please take about 20-30 minutes to complete a review.

Here’s the step-by-step process for completing a review:

• Start Review: https://tea.skillsengine.org/
• Select the Education and Training Occupational Cluster; You will be directed to a page listing the following Job Profiles:
• Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School Education Administrators, Preschool and Childcare Center/Program
• Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
• Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
• Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
• Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
• Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School
• Special Education Teachers, Preschool
• Special Education Teachers, All Other
• Select a Job Profile for a role you have performed or directly supervised; You may review more than one Job Profile. Your expertise is greatly appreciated!
• You will be asked to create an account – please be sure to create an account so your review will be saved if you are unable to complete it in one sitting.

The review should be completed by August 31, 2020 and will greatly assist the TEA CTE team in the upcoming TEKS revision process for Education and Training courses.

Family and Consumer Sciences teachers' level of self-efficacy towards math integration within the Family and Consumer Sciences curriculum. Your participation is completely voluntary, we appreciate your time and effort.

Your participation in this survey is completely voluntary, and your participation in the survey process indicates your willingness to participate in the study. Your participation will not reasonably place you at risk of criminal or civil liability, or be damaging to your financial standing, employability, or reputation.

Any specific comments that you provide will remain anonymous and will not be attributed to anyone at an institution or state. The data provided will be reported collectively. No data will be attributed to one specific institution, and any identifying characteristics that could be related to an individual will be removed in the reporting.

This study should only take 20 minutes to complete. The survey is anonymous, but you may select to provide your name and email to be entered into a drawing for one of four $50 Amazon.com gift cards.

Survey questions are designed to allow participants to skip items if they feel uncomfortable answering them. Please attempt to answer each item of the survey as fully and accurately as possible to help the researchers validate the items.

There are no foreseeable risks to your participation. To protect your confidentiality identifiers will be removed from the data. If you have questions regarding this research, please contact me or my advisor, Dr. Karen Alexander. Our contact information is below.

Please click here for the survey. If the link does not work, please copy and paste the link found below onto your browser.

https://ttuhumansciences.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0HxkHB2CYm4r0ON

Nadia Berleth, M.S.

Doctoral Candidate, Family and Consumer Sciences Education

nadia.berleth@ttu.edu – 713.588.6900

The resources were created by Lindy Hockenbary, who is based in Montana. She started as a CTE teacher in FCS & Business Education, and she has ended up creating a solid career in educational technology.

You may also share with your LEAs or use for a framework in developing a training session.

‘Essential Components of an Online Course’ Interactive Notebook

The ESC11 CTE Website is an ongoing source of information. Please note that additional pages have been added for support:

• Assistance During COVID-19 District Closures
• Online Resources
• Weekly CTE Coffee and Conversation meetings.
• Twitter @ESC11CTE
• Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ESC11CTE

• CTE Website
• Learning@11
• Charter Schools
• Counseling
• Digital Learning

Follow us on Social Media!

Twitter:@ESC11CTE

Facebook: ESC Region 11 Career & Technical Education - CTE

• ACTE
• CTAT Resources
• Connect CTAT Online Forum
• Resource Google Doc, by pathway
• Texas CTE powered by TEA

Lisa Harrison, M.Ed.

Career & Technical Education

Email: lharrison@esc11.net
Website: https://www.esc11.net/domain/486
Location: 1451 South Cherry Lane, White Settlement, TX 76108
Phone: (817) 740-7527
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ESC11CTE/
Twitter: @ESC11CTE

LB 08.20.20