Career & Technical Education News

ESC Region 11 CTE serves all traditional school districts and 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.

March 4th is the CTE Day of our three-day STEAM Carnival. There is still space for district and charter school CTE Programs to showcase themselves! We will have national media coverage, and the Commissioner of TEA will be in-house meeting with Region 11 Superintendents. This is a great opportunity to highlight awesome CTE Programs! Check out the website for details.

Regional Programs of Study

• Region 11 was approved for two: (1) Cosmetology and (2) Drone - Unmanned Flight.
• FAQ document for Programs of Study — This document is on TEA's website.
• See course details below.

Texas Gateway Temporarily Under Maintenance

• The gateway will be closed for maintenance at midnight on February 17, 2020, and is expected to reopen by early March 2020. This affects CTE courses and resources.

Two Programs of study were approved for use by all LEAs in Region 11. They will be reapplied for at the regional level every two years.

• The full plan can be viewed here: Perkins V State Plan Document (PDF).
• To provide feedback, please visit the following link: Perkins V State Plan Public Comment Form.

February 25th, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. REGISTER

The CLNA is due for submission to TEA on May 1, 2020. Access to the Perkins V grant application for 2020-2021 requires submission and approval of the CLNA. The CLNA opened February 7, 2020, and both state-level and LEA-level data were released. LEAs that are members of a Perkins SSA will complete portions locally and portions as a group requiring intended 2020-21 Perkins SSA members to attend. LEAs applying individually will have the opportunity to work with peers to collaborate over submission. We will have Workforce staff on hand to assist with data. Bring a device and your own data.

The CLNA-Special Collection (SC) 5600 is now available and can be accessed under the Special Collections tab in eGrants.

Accessing Perkins V Baseline Data

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is providing data to support districts with completing the CLNA. The data is available in the TEA Login (TEAL website) within the accountability application. Two data files are available for download under the College, Career, and Military Preparation (CCMP) tab within the accountability application:

• Perkins V CLNA Report (data spreadsheet)
• Perkins V CLNA Supplemental Report (PDF)

CLNA is due May 1st!

TEA has released Performance Levels in iSAM. If you looked at your data when it was first released, there may have been errors. TEA has worked to update information, so what you initially received may have changed!

This year, if your district is submitting an SPP, then all departments will work together on one document. If your assigned numbers do not align with the published cut points and the level you received, reach out to TEA for review. reviewandsupport@tea.texas.gov

The 86th Texas Legislature, 2019, passed House Bill 963, which requires the SBOE (no later than March 1, 2020) to conduct a review of the TEKS for CTE and technology applications courses for Grades 9-12 and amend the board's rules to consolidate courses and eliminate duplicate courses. Below is a brief summary of the recommended actions:

• Move Computer Science I (Tech Apps) to Ch. 130, STEM, and repeal Computer Programming I (CTE)
• Move Computer Science II (Tech Apps) to Ch. 130, STEM, and repeal Computer Programming II (CTE)
• Repeal Robotics Programming and Design (Tech Apps) and maintain Robotics I & II (CTE)
• Repeal Digital Video and Audio Design (Tech Apps) and maintain Digital Audio I & II (CTE)
• Move Web Communication (Tech Apps) to Ch. 130, Information Technology, and repeal Web Technologies (CTE)
• Move Web Design (Tech Apps) to Ch. 130, Information Technology, and repeal Web Technologies (CTE)
• Keep Web Game Development and Video Game Design; move Web Game Development (Tech Apps) to Ch 130, Arts and A/V Technology, and Communication.

The Texas Education Agency is using the innovative course application process to create the to-be-developed (TBD) courses included in programs of study to make them available for the 2020-2021 school year. The instructional gap areas were identified by industry advisory committees to provide students with the skills necessary for post-secondary success. This process does not supersede or replace the State Board of Education’s (SBOE) TEKS revision schedule for CTE career clusters. All innovative course applications require approval from the SBOE before official implementation by local education agencies.

Volunteer committees comprised of industry experts and secondary and post-secondary educators met for two months to prepare 35 priority innovative course applications for submission by the January 17, 2020, deadline. Priority applications are scheduled to be submitted by their respective committees for approval.

This initial step is followed by:

• A review of the application by the TEA’s Curriculum Department
• State Board of Education approval
• Approved innovative courses - to be available in June 2020

NOTE: This process does not guarantee that all TBD courses will be available for the 2020-2021 school year.

A new Energy career cluster was discussed at the SBOE at the November meeting to address Texas’ diverse economic landscape. Since 1901, Texas has been a leader in the production of energy. Texas’ geography and natural resources, excellent transportation system, skilled labor force, and leadership in environmental research give the state an energy advantage.

The following three energy-related programs of study have been developed:

• Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
• Refining & Chemical Processes
• Renewable Energy

The following courses have been recommended to move from the Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources career cluster into the Energy career cluster:

Scholarship Auction March 26th

CTE North Texas- Regions 10 and 11 details on website.

Tuesday, February 25th, 9 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. CLNA Work Session

Tuesday, March 10th, 9:00 a.m. - Noon - CANCELLED Due to Spring Break Conflicts

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 02.14.20