Humble ISD CTE Strategic 3 YearPlan

December, 2015

Completed
In-Progress
Student Assessment
Month/Date / Task / Person Responsible / Budget / Notes
Spring
2014 and ongoing / 1. Assess middle school students annually using student interest data software. / CTE Director and Coordinators
Campus Counselors
Student Support Service Director and Staff / Annual renewal of XAP (Bridges) / Humble ISD uses XAP (Bridges) and Choices Explore for grades 6-8.
Spring
2014 and ongoing / 2. Assess high school students annually using student interest data software. / CTE Director and Coordinator
Campus Counselors
Student Support Service Director and Staff / Annual renewal of XAP (Bridges) / Humble ISD uses XAP (Bridges) and Choices Planner for grades 9-12.
January
2014 / 3. Revise all programs of study (sequence of courses) to reflect the endorsements from House Bill 5 legislation. / CTE Director
CTE Advisory Committee
New Course Selection Committee / N/A / Programs of study should be created based on student interest, teacher resources, and current local labor market. This process will also increase code “2’s” on snapshot day.
May
2014 / 4. Establish a 4 year Personal Graduation Plan (PGP). House Bill 5 requires each student to have a Personal Graduation Plan (PGP) entering 9th grade. / Campus Counselors
CTE Director and Coordinators
Student Support Service Director and Staff / N/A / The PGP should consist of all courses the student plans to take during his 4 years in high school as well as assessment results.
May
2014 / 5. Identify and address challenges and limitations of the districts internet, current computer hardware specifications and curriculum software so that instruction can be delivered the level required by industry. / CTE Director and Coordinators with input from key administrative personnel
Technology Director / $650,000 / The student career interest results show that the career cluster “Arts, AV Technology & Communication” is ranked number one.
August
2014 / 6. Establish an annual student certification budget to address student costs for industry certifications. / CTE Director and Coordinators with input from key administrative personnel / $40,000 / Potential to increase budget request based upon future student certification demands.
September
2014 / 6b. Create and refine a process by which students may access the funds devoted to certifications. / CTE Director and Coordinators / $40,000 referenced above / Process is on teacher portal.
May
2015 / 7. Identify technology that is approaching obsolesce and establish a continual cycle of technology replacement. / CTE Director and Coordinators with input from key personnel
Technology Department / Ongoing budget need that is dependent on the type of cycle that is adopted / Technology has been identified.
Service Design
Completed
In-Progress
Month/Date / Task / Person Responsible / Budget / Notes
April
2014 / 8. Correctdescriptions on the CTE Application to meet OCR guidelines and communicate the correction to the appropriate parties. Change title of “CTE Application” document to “Student Interest Survey”. / CTE Director and Coordinators / N/A / Kognos report written and will be generated each year to allow program teachers to review key student information for capstone classes
October
2015 / 9. Ensure that students traveling for CTE courses, not provided on the home campus, receive required minutes of instruction. / High School Campus administrators
CTE Coordinators / N/A / Scheduling between campuses is made difficult due to non-standard bell schedules implemented across 5 high schools
October
2014 / 10. Identify currentmiddle school courses that could be replaced with CTE courses that would provide high school CTE credit.
*Adoption made by course selection committee / CTE Director
Middle School Campus Administrators / N/A / Keyboarding and Touch Systems Data Entry are two middle schools courses offered with similar curriculum. Consider offering only Touch Systems Data Entry
October
2014 / 11. Increase the utilization of the Career Explorations course in middle schools so that students can be exposed to all 16 career clusters going into high school. / CTE Director
Middle School Campus Administrators / N/A / Career Explorations is an established course and is offered at many of the middle schools
October
2015 / 12. Review and plan for futureCTE facility needs as directed by the Board Building Planning Committee. / CTE Administrators,
Campus/District Administrators / N/A / In progress with assistance from the facilities department
June
2016 / 12b. Address CTE Courses in middle school by evaluating the current courses and strengthen the ones that will link to high school. / CTE Administrators,
Campus/District Administrators including Assistant Superintendents / Dependent upon recommendations of the plan. / Courses such as Foods for Today are labeled CTE courses but are local credit only
August
2017 / 13. Develop new programs and facilities to accommodate a growing CTE Department based district plans. / CTE Administrators,
Campus/District Administrators / Dependent upon recommendations of the plan. / e.g. Sports Medicine, Medical Microbiology, Pathophysiology
May
2015 / 13b. Establishagreements with Lone Star College toidentify several certificate programs in which students will be ableto complete or nearly complete before graduating HS. / CTE Director, CTE Coordinators, Lone Star Administrator / To be determined. / Three certificate programs have been initially identified. All would build towards a 60 credit Associates Degree of Applied Science
Curriculum and Instruction
Completed
In-Progress
Month/Date / Task / Person Responsible / Budget / Notes
December
2014
and ongoing / 14. Meet with District CTE Advisory Committee to gain industry recommended input regarding CTE curriculum and instruction. / CTE Director and Coordinators / N/A / More information online at humbleisd.net/cte
November
2015 / 15. Establish a collaborative PLC group of Tech Education instructors to create horizontal alignment across all middle schools. / CTE Coordinator
MS Tech Ed Teachers / N/A / Coordinator will hold regular PLC Tech Education horizontal meetings.
February
2016
and ongoing / 15b. Through PLCs identify, document and organize current CTE curriculum/instructional practices and address issues that are discovered. / CTE Director, Coordinators, CTE Teachers, CTE Admin Liaison / N/A / Funds for substitutes is an expected need
October
2014 / 16. Implement boosters/follow-ups recommendations associated with the districts Writing Across the Curriculum initiative. / CTE Coordinators
PD Department / $5,000 / Bridges scavenger hunt, etc
August
2014 / 16b. Complete year-long curriculum documents for CTE Courses in Eduphoria. / CTE Coordinators / $2,000 / Cost for substitutes
December
2013 / 17. Initiate Medical Billing and Coding: / CTE Director and Coordinators / $14,250
December
2013 / 18. Initiate Pharm Tech:
/ CTE Director and Coordinators / $14,250
August
2014 / 19. Initiate Vet Assistant Certification: Kaduceus at KHS. / CTE Director and Coordinators / $14,250 / Fall 2015-16
June
2016 / 19b. Create TEKS implementation plan as a result of adopted CTE TEKS. / CTE Director and Coordinators / $1,200 / New TEKS to be approved June 2015 to be implemented 2017
February 2016 / 19c. Establish a middle and high school database of collected CTE program resources to include textbooks, ancillary material, etc. / CTE Coordinators / N/A
Professional Development
Month/Date / Task / Person Responsible / Budget / Notes
October
2014 / 20. Train all work-based learning teachers,including career preparation and practicum teachers,on policies and procedures related to the courses that they teach. / Student Support Services Director and Staff
CTE Director and Coordinators / $1,500
September
2014 / 20b. Provide disability awareness training for all CTE teachers. / Education Support Services / Paid for by ESS
August
2014 / 21. Provide training to all secondary counselors and CTE teachers on programs of study, student interest assessments, 4 year plan/PGP as noted in House Bill 5 legislation. / Student Support Services Director and Staff
CTE Director and Coordinators / N/A
January
2015 / 21b. Provide training in Bridges to all CTE teachers on campus so that they can assist students during course selection. / CTE Director and Coordinators / N/A / PD offered to all middle and high schools (11 out of 13 campuses trained)
August
2014 / 22. Writing Across the Curriculum and Questioning/Rigor Training. / CTE Director and Coordinators / N/A / District-Wide Initiative
May
2015 / 22b. Provide CTE campus tours for counselors and administrators. / CTE Director and Coordinators / $550 / Worked very well in 2014 Continuing each year
August
2015 / 22c. Provide professional development on preventing fraud. / Internal Auditor / N/A / Present at Affinity Meeting
September
2015 / 22d. Provide professional development on PBMAS and general achievement data to CTE teachers and administrators. Establish academic plan to address the deficiencies in the data analysis. / Data Quality Department / N/A / Present at Affinity Meeting
Family and Community Involvement
Month/Date / Task / Person Responsible / Budget / Notes
February
2015
and ongoing / 23. Continue to provide and improve upon district livestock show for students family and community members. Show is 68 years and running. / FFA Teachers
CTE Director and Coordinators / $20,000 / Funds are generated through activity
February
2015
and ongoing / 24. Continue to provide and improve upon CTECareer EXPO that showcases CTE programs for businesses, family and community members. / CTE Teachers
CTE Director and Coordinators / $2,000 / The event was well attended the first year. It is held in the Humble Civic Center Ballroom
December
2014 / 25. Establish videos for Bridges to showcase examples of programsthrough CTE. / CTE Director and Coordinators / $9,000 / Outside company will edit still shots and videos for Humble ISD. Videos posted on website and copies given to MS and HS staff.
May
2015
and annually / 26. Establish tours for DAEP students in order to connect students with CTE courses and reiterate the need to remain productive at school. / CTE Director and Coordinators / $2,000 / Completed one tour this semester already. Only 7th and 8th graders attend
June
2015 / 27. Become involved with Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club so that CTE is exposed to Humble area businesses. / CTE Director and Coordinators / $350-Mainly travel expenses over 1 year / Dr. Morris currently participates in Chamber of Lake Houston Leadership

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