Celebrating CTE Month

What does CTE mean?

• Career and Technology Education

• Career and Technical Education

• Career and Talent for Everyone

• Career and Talent Exploration

The theme for National CTE Month® is

• Celebrated Today, Own Tomorrow

• Get a Job, Kid

• Hi Ho Hi Ho… It’s Off to Work We Go

• Earn While You Learn

The core mission of CTE

• Prepare secondary, postsecondary, and adult learners

• Equip learners with technical, academic, and employability skills

• Help learners achieve success in the workplace and in further education

• All of these

___________ went into effect for the 2020 – 2021 school year to ensure students are prepared for in-demand, high-skill, and high-wage careers in Texas as part of the Strengthening CTE for the 21^st Century Act.

• Programs of Study

• Industry-Based Certifications

• Career Clusters

• Pathways in Technology Early College High School

Programs of Study include:

• Coherent sequences of courses

• Industry-based certifications

• Work-based learning

• All of these

National CTE Month® is spearheaded by

• U. S. Department of Education

• Texas Education Agency

• Association for Career and Technical Education

• Texas Workforce Commission

Which U. S. Representative was an early champion of Career and Technical Education and the author of the federal funding act that still carries his name?

• Harry Truman

• Carl D. Perkins

• Christopher Plummer

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

How many statewide and regional programs of study are currently offered in Texas?

• 14, 1

• 53, 8

• 45, 20

• 33, 10

Several CTE courses count as upper-level math or science courses or as ELAR and fine arts credits towards high school graduation.

• True

• False

How does CTE fit into TEA’s accountability framework?

• It doesn’t

• Through the weighted funding given for CTE courses

• CCMR – Career, College, Military Readiness

• Percentage of high school students enrolled in CTE programs of study