CTE Institute Products

Academics and CTE at a Crossroads, Video from 2006 Model Schools Conference

The interrelationship between education and the work world is at a crossroads. The academic skills needed for the workplace are driven by technology, and they are different from and often at a higher than the academics needed for higher education. Driven by business/industry, schools will be pressured to make dramatic changes in both their academic and career technical programs. Dr. Daggett outlines the impact of these changes and announces a major initiative related to the integration of academic and career-technical education.

Dr. Daggett Video Clip Link
Dr. Daggett Model Schools Conference CTE Session Audio
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Academic Excellence Through Career and Technical Education, A Resource Kit Incorporating the CTE Curriculum Matrix for Your State

Career and technical education is in an excellent position to enhance students’ academic skills through application-based learning. This resource kit will help to focus instruction on the academic skills and knowledge students need for success on state-mandated tests, continuing their education, and in the world of work.

This resource kit incorporates you state Curriculum Matrix, which assigns a priority rating to each state standard in English language arts, mathematics, and science based on the emphasis given that standard on state tests and results of the Curriculum Survey of Essential Skills. The Kit also includes video presentations and Gold Seal Lessons.

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Individual State Sample Charts Link
Curriculum Survey of Essential Skills Link
Sample Gold Seal Lesson Link   1     2
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Reading Strategies for Career Academies and Career-Technical Education, Resource Kit

Many secondary students cannot understand the reading they need to do for their courses, yet few have the opportunity to sign up for a reading class. Who, then, must become accountable for teaching reading skills to these students? The answer is all teachers in all courses.

This adaptation of Strategic Reading in the Content Area provides ready-to-learn strategies and the tips for reading different types of materials tailored to the content of career areas and technical education. The kit helps teachers use reading comprehension strategies and techniques to increase students’ comprehension, their ability to retain what they have read, and their academic achievement in general. The kit includes a CD-ROM with teaching masters and handouts.

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Using the Rigor/Relevance Framework for Planning and Instruction, Resource Kit

This resource kit provides planning tools and professional development activities to raise the level of rigor and relevance in all subjects and all grades. It is based on the Rigor/Relevance Framework, which helps teachers focus on student work that requires both complex thinking and application of knowledge and skills to real-world situations. The kit serves as a comprehensive guide for training teachers to develop instruction that will prepare today’s students for advanced education and tomorrow’s workplace.

Included are: a step-by-step process for increasing rigor and relevance in curriculum, instruction, and assessment; electronic versions of all tools, handouts, and worksheets; and a video presentation on rigor and relevance.

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Rigor/Relevance Framework Poster
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