Career & Technical Education News
A publication of ESC Region 11 • October 2020
ESC Region 11 CTE
A Note from Lisa
Hello, CTE Family and hello fall!
Here we are in October and, for the first time, we are not buried under student coding. The auto-coding of CTE students has given back time that everyone can devote elsewhere. This was a great year to be provided extra time as everyone continues to navigate school during a pandemic.
It was wonderful to see so many of our districts engaging in our CTE Director/Leader Meeting in September. If you were unable to attend, be sure to check out the website. You are welcome to interact with our collaborative document as we looked at what is going well and what "proble-tunities" we have to overcome. I have enjoyed that multiple people have adopted this term and use it when emailing to ask about issues that have come to your attention. I feel certain this year will present plenty of proble-tunities for us to address, but know we will continue to find amazing ways to address them!
It is fall PEIMS submission time. If you are unsure of submission and resubmission dates, use this timeline reference document to track what gets submitted to TEA when.
Remember that we have ongoing leadership support through the CTE Coffee & Conversation sessions where you can collaborate and work through struggles and barriers. Stay connected with your peers for both your work and your mental health support. You are not alone, but it is easy to feel that you are unless you network with your regional peers.
Stay well, my friends.
Lisa
#CTEStrong
Keep a sense of humor as we continue to navigate uncharted territory!
CTE Director/Leadership Meeting
Updates and Planning
October 28th, 9:00 a.m. - Noon
CTE Coffee & Conversation
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 just 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.
Wednesday, October 21st, at 10:00 a.m. - Register
Tuesday, November 17th, at 10:00 a.m. - Register
Wednesday, December 2nd, at 10:00 a.m. - Register
October focus items
- Prepare for Fall Snapshot - Are your PEIMS Codes correct? Check out the CO22 List.
- Verify each CTE course section has the appropriate Voc-Ed contact hours entered and weighted funding is turned on. (Your PEIMS Coordinator is your friend!)
- No coding of CTE Student Indicators this year; TEA will auto-code based on PEIMS course completion.
- Review FTEs.
- Schedule and plan your advisory meetings.
- Submit for IBC Reimbursement.
- Look ahead to courses you want to add in 2021-22 and begin the local process to gain LEA approval for new course additions.
- PEIMS Timeline for 2020 - 2021
Helpful information straight from TEA!
UPDATES
Perkins V changes
- You no longer code your Students' CTE Indicators utilizing a flow chart. They will be auto-coded through PEIMS beginning this fall. If you are used to devoting time to coding, you can celebrate that you now have that time to expend on other needs. Students will be coded based on courses they have already completed, not by intent or courses in which they are currently enrolled.
SAAH
- The proposed 2020-2021 Student Attendance Accounting Handbook (SAAH) has been posted on the Texas Education Agency (TEA) website at https://tea.texas.gov/finance-and-grants/financial-compliance/student-attendance-accounting-handbook . The public comment period for the proposed SAAH has closed. The proposed effective date of the final SAAH is November 29, 2020.
Perkins V Program Guidelines
- Stay current with program management guidelines and uses of funds.
- Download the guidebook.
IBC Reimbursement Extension
Released 9/17/2020
- The deadline to submit information for reimbursement of IBCs has been extended to November 2, 2020.
- More information is found on the website.
- This format is one time only. After this, it will be a PEIMS upload.
- Reminder, if Perkins funds are used for IBCs they do not qualify for reimbursement.
Updated U.S. Armed Forces Enlistment Guidance
Just released from Performance Reporting
General Guidance
Last fall, the agency conducted numerous district special accreditation investigations in response to inflated and potentially bad-faith reporting of students enlisting or intending to enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces. As a result of actions on the part of certain districts, the agency revised its guidance from allowing districts significant discretion when reporting to only accepting data that includes students falling into one of two categories: Confirmed Actual Enlistment and Confirmed Imminent Enlistment.
While the agency continues to work with the Department of Defense to obtain source data that accurately and precisely documents military enlistment, each district will continue to decide the methodology for collecting and documenting this indicator, subject to the following agency guidance:
- “Confirmed Actual Enlistment” means students who, by December 31 immediately following high school graduation, are confirmed to be enlisted in the military.
- “Confirmed Imminent Enlistment” means students who, on the day of graduation, will enlist in the military by December 31 immediately following high school graduation.
- The methodology used must be developed and applied in good faith and not intended to artificially inflate the CCMR indicator.
- The methodology used must be reasonably calculated to accurately determine within a reasonable margin of error the Confirmed Actual Enlistment and Confirmed Imminent Enlistment of its graduating class.
- Districts must maintain verifiable, supporting documentation that may be reasonably determined by the agency to conclusively demonstrate and accurately account for Confirmed Actual Enlistment and Confirmed Imminent Enlistment.
- This documentation may be subject to audit by the agency.
Examples of methodologies that may be determined as bad faith if utilized by a district include, but are not be limited to, the following:
- Reporting students based solely on the district inducing student contact with a military recruiter (e.g., holding an assembly in the cafeteria with a military recruiter where student attendance is required or otherwise prompted by the district)
- A district soliciting student signatures on forms, including, but not limited to, senior surveys indicating the student’s intent to enlist in the military when the district possesses no other documented evidence of Confirmed Imminent Enlistment
- Reporting students who have taken, but failed, the ASVAB
- Reporting students based solely on a student taking the ASVAB when the test is administered by the district but possesses no additional evidence of enlistment once the student receives the results of the test
- Reporting a student when there is evidence that the district is aware that the student is disqualified from military service
- Reporting students when the district possesses no or inadequate documentation
Recommended Methodology
To demonstrate Confirmed Actual Enlistment, the agency will accept verifiable documentation from a military recruiter, such as an email indicating enlistment or any official Department of Defense document showing enlistment and acceptance into the United States military, so long as the enlistment occurs by December 31 immediately following high school graduation.
Additionally, the agency will consider it a rebuttable presumption that a district’s methodology used to determine Confirmed Imminent Enlistment is developed in good faith if the district’s methodology includes showing documented evidence of each of the following:
- The student obtains a passing score on the ASVAB;
- The student engages in a one-on-one meeting with a military recruiter at the request of the student;
- After passing the ASVAB and meeting with the military recruiter, the student executes a form indicating the intent to enlist in the military by December 31 immediately following high school graduation and the student personally delivers the form to the district and the military recruiter; and
- There is no evidence indicating that the student has been disqualified from military service or has otherwise indicated a subsequent lack of intent to enlist in the military.
For all students reported with methodologies other than the recommended methodology, the burden is on the district to demonstrate that it has otherwise complied with the standards set out in this guidance. Any district relying upon a methodology other than this recommended methodology acknowledges that compliance is solely determined by the Commissioner of Education.
Reporting
Each fall, districts report military enlistment for the graduating class from the previous year in the TSDS PEIMS submission. Students should only be reported as enlisted in the United States Armed Forces if documentation supports Confirmed Actual Enlistment and/or Confirmed Imminent Enlistment. Districts use Element ID E1589 to indicate whether students enlisted in the United States Armed Forces. The data may be updated any time until the January resubmission deadline.
Clearing up confusion
CCMR Tracker
IBC Data Reporting information:
The Texas Education Agency would like to invite high school principals to nominate students to apply for the United States Presidential Scholars Program.
United States Presidential Scholars Program:
High school principals are asked to identify outstanding high school students (who will be graduating between January and June of 2021) to apply for consideration for the United States (U.S.) Presidential Scholars Program. One general program student applicant and one Career and Technical Education (CTE) student applicant will be accepted from each school.
Application due date: October 15, 2020.
For the general component, the Texas Commissioner of Education will nominate 10 male and 10 female candidates to apply for the opportunity to be a U.S. Presidential Scholar. Additionally, the Commissioner of Education will nominate five CTE students to apply for the honor.
Background:
Established in 1964, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program honors graduating seniors for their outstanding scholarship, achievement, and promise of future success. In 2015, the program was extended to recognize students who demonstrate ability and accomplishment in career and technical education fields. Seniors chosen as U.S. Presidential Scholars are selected by the Commission on Presidential Scholars and will receive an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., where they will be presented with a medallion at a ceremony in their honor. While there, the students will engage in conversations and events over issues that concern America and the world.
Please see TEA’s U.S. Presidential Scholars Program webpage for more information: www.tea.texas.gov/Presidential_Scholar/.
AWS Welding Certification for Teachers
Certify teachers in D1.1 Welder and D9.1 Welder
Class will consist of:
- 2 Open-book online quizzes using TEA Accountability items D1.1 and D9.1 welder test lesson plans
- Virtual video weld test assessment for certification as a welder in D1.1 and D9.1 methods
- Ability to certify students in TEA Accountability items D1.1 and D9.1 if all quizzes/tests are passed
- Teachers do not need to be in the lab to take this course. Welding samples will be demonstrated through a scheduled one-on-one with the instructor.
Trainer:
Richard J. DePue, M.S.Ed.
AWS, API, CWB Senior Certified Inspector
The Certified Welding & Testing Co. Inc.
Cost:
- FREE to ESC Region 11 Instructional Solutions and Support Contract Members
- $75.00 for non-members
Registration Opening soon!
PATHWAYS TO TEXAS CCMR SUMMIT
Career & Technical Education and Counseling Focused Professional Learning
- November 4th and 5th - Virtual
- Free for ESC Region 11 Instructional Solutions and Support Contract members
- Non- members $25.00
The Commit Partnership
The Commit Partnership is a community navigator and connector, working to ensure that all North Texas students receive an excellent and equitable education that prepares them to flourish in college and career.
As a coalition of more than 200 partners (public and private schools, colleges and universities, foundations, businesses, and nonprofits), we work collaboratively to help solve the region’s biggest systemic challenges, including improving early childhood education, preparing and retaining effective educators, and increasing postsecondary completion rates. Our staff aligns community stakeholders around a shared future road map – analyzing data to lift up strategic initiatives that improve policies, practices, and funding to grow our community’s capacity to serve every student more effectively.
To build a cohesive, coordinated, and aligned educational community, we harness the power of our Partnership. The Partnership strives to analyze data and engage expertise to inform action, activate the community achieve shared goals, and grow capacities of education systems and stakeholders.
TxCAN
The Texas College Access Network (TxCAN) works to combat Texas’ most pressing problems in higher education access.
In 2020, 65% of U.S. jobs will require a postsecondary degree or certificate; thus, college access is essential for Texas’ 7 million children to thrive. To meet this need, Texas has set a target of 65% high school-to-higher-education enrollment by 2030. This target is called the 60x30TX Plan.
Currently, even though 73% of Texas students apply for college, only 52% enroll. This challenge is known as summer melt.
What We Do
TxCAN is building a network of leaders and organizations across the state who share our commitment to increasing access to higher education. We believe that statewide alignment will help college access providers achieve greater impact.
TxCAN is an initiative of Educate Texas and takes the following approach to drive change in higher education for all Texas students:
- Convene - We bring together college access leaders from across Texas to discuss the latest challenges, innovations, and opportunities related to college access.
- Train - We connect college access leaders with targeted training opportunities.
- Systems Change - We partner with system leaders at the Texas Education Agency, Texas Workforce Commission, and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to provide college access insights and solutions.
About the Texas College Access Network, by the Greater Texas Foundation
OCTOBER RESOURCE HIGHLIGHT
5 ways tech can truly improve learning (with examples)
Check out Matt Miller's resources that align with his book, Ditch That Textbook.
TexQuest is a FREE Resource across the state.
Have you begun your CTSO for the year?
Conferences and Competitions maybe be virtual this year, but still beneficial to students.
The United States Department of Education (USDE) recognizes the value of Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs) and their place as an integral part of career and technical education (CTE). The responsibility for CTE instructional programs and related activities, including CTSOs, rests with state and local education agencies. The USDE allows states to use federal Carl D. It is an important piece of Perkins V expectations.
- Business Professionals of America (BPA) - Texas
- DECA, Texas Association
- Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) - Texas
- Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)
- Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)
- SkillsUSA Texas
- Texas Association of Future Educators
- Texas FFA Association
- Texas Technology Students Association (TSA)
Information about our oversight policy for CTSOs can be found at TEA CTSO Oversight Policy (PDF, 44KB).
TexQuest - ESC Region 11 Digital Learning
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.
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- Resource Google Doc, by pathway
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