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      CTE Pathways: Establishing and Tracking CTE Pathways in the SIS

      This page has been updated for better scaling by allowing users to hide Pathways by setting their status from “Active” to “Hidden”. Note: only Active Pathways are required to have a Concentrator and Capstone Course.

       

      Basic Guidelines

      • A CTE Pathway equals a minimum of 300 hours of student engagement.
      • A CTE Pathway Completer must make a grade of C- or better in all Pathway courses.
      • Dual-Enrollment CTE Courses always use the CTE Course Code (NOT the academic Dual-Enrollment Course Codes(. They are designated in the Non-Std Instructional Level drop-down as “College Credit”.

      1. Establishing CTE Courses in the Course Catalog

      Enter CTE Courses in the Master Course List. Consider using the CTE Industry Selector Code as part of the Local Course Code for quick reference.

      • For example, the “Arts, Media and Entertainment Sector (AME)” in Graphic Design might have local course codes of 7210-1, 7211-1 & 7212-1. By adding the Sector Code - 7210-1 AME - it becomes easier to quickly find the appropriate courses when searching and setting up CTE Pathways

      NEW CALPADS REQUIREMENT AS OF 9/2017
      A CTE Course taught by a Credentialed CTE Teacher should be marked as a 154 Course for CALPADS reporting.

      2. Setting up the CTE Pathways

      Admin > Transcripts > CTE Pathways Setup

       
      Click  + Create New Pathway
      • Choose Pathway Category
      • Name the Pathway. Realize that you may have more than one way of delivering the courses in a Pathway. For example Basic Agriscience and Dual-Enrollment Agriscience.
      • Choose Status



      Add Concentrators/Capstone:

      • Click Add Course 
      • Choose Class that is a Concentrator (the class will say concentrator next to its name, you can have more than one concentrator)
      • Choose your Capstone
      • Click Save Pathway

       

      Assign Pathway to Student:

      Admin>Transcripts>CTE Pathways Setup

      Aligned Participations are the activities a student might engage in while enrolled in a CTE Course. The SIS lists many of the more obvious activities and we will also allow schools to add Aligned Participations of their own

      • Go to student Transcript on their CTE Page and Assign the Pathway
      • Click Set Pathways to choose the pathway to assign

      Red: Nothing has been done yet

      Yellow: Has been assigned and is in progress

      Green: Has been completed

      Report For CTE

      Reports > Transcripts > CTE Pathways Oversight Report

      You can filter the report at the top of the screen. The report will show any student with a pathway, and their progress. This report goes to CalPads. 

      CTE Student Pages

      Student Dashboard>Transcripts>CTE

      1. To get to the CTE Student Page,
        1. Start from any Student Dashboard.
        2. Click on the Transcripts tab.
        3. The CTE Tab is to the right of the Transcripts tab.
      2. Each Student has their own CTE Page.
        1. If a student decides to follow a CTE Pathway, this is where the school/teacher/counselor goes to establish the CTE Pathway chosen.
        2. Should a student decide to change their CTE Pathway, previous courses will remain if they are also a part of the NEW Pathway chosen.
        3. A student can work on more than one CTE Pathway at a time.
      3. Pick the appropriate CTE Pathway from the drop-down and click SAVE.
      4. Automatically all the courses necessary to complete the Pathway will display
        • A green highlighted box indicates that the Course is already Completed
        • A yellow highlighted box indicates that the Course is In Progress.
        • A red highlighted box indicates that the Course is not yet on the Master Agreement.
      5. When a student engages in CTE Aligned Participations,
        • Click on the arrow next to Aligned Participations,
        • choose all activities that apply and
        • hit the SAVE button.
          These activities will then remain displayed. You can always add more participation later if desired.
      6. Check a Student's CTE PATHWAY yearly so you will know which pending CTE courses to assign for the upcoming School Year

      CTE Completer Survey

      Student Dashboard> Transcript tab > CTE Completer Survey
      This page has been updated with the following:
      ● The 2022-2023 School year is available for selection
      ● Checkboxes at the top of the survey have been changed to radio buttons, as these
      options should be mutually exclusive.
      ● Two new status options have been added for “Survey hasn’t been completed” and
      “Survey is Complete”.
      ● Added a new column for “Survey Response?”
      ● Minor layout and backend changes to improve usability.

       

      FAQs

      1. QUESTION: How do I set up a Dual-Enrollment CTE class in the Master Course List?

        ANSWER: The process for CTE Dual Enrollment is DIFFERENT than the process for academic courses:
        • In the Course Catalog, support a course title for specific College course.
        • Be sure to use a CALPADS COURSE CODE for CTE courses (7000-8999). In the example below notice that the CALPADS code 8411 - for Criminal law - is used. (Notice you are using regular CALPADS CTE Course codes for these dual-enrollment courses).
        • You must use the Non-Standard Instructional Level indicator to designate Dual-Enrollment for a “College Credit” course. Otherwise the course will not report as dual-enrollment in CALPADS!
        • Remember: many college courses are a-g. Be sure and choose the appropriate A-G State Univ. Requirement Met designation if this is the case.
        • Also remember to check the appropriate CTE Information on the lower right-hand side of the page.
        • SAVE your changes.
      2. QUESTION: How do you delete a Student's CTE Pathway?

        ANSWER:
        • Go to the Student's CTE Tab
        • Use the “Set Pathways” drop-down to Re-choose the same CTE Pathway that is already chosen.
        • Click the SAVE button
        • You will then be given the option to Delete the Student's CTE Pathway.
      3. QUESTION: Is there any real difference between a student who takes a CTE Course and a student who completes a CTE Pathway?

        ANSWER: The state encourages all students to take at least one CTE course during their High School Career. Students who complete a CTE Pathway however are fulfilling one requirement necessary for showing up as being Well-Prepared upon graduation.

        The current LCFF State Priorities Snapshot for every school tracks the percent of 4-Year cohorts that completed at least 1 CTE Pathway during high school. Additionally, the new state API for High School is including this same information as a significant indicator of Student Achievement.
      4. QUESTION: Where can I go to see a list of current state CTE Course Codes?

        ANSWER: Here, on the CDE Website. Click on the most current Code Sets (CALPADS Code Sets v8.5)
      5. QUESTION: Can a student be enrolled in more than 1 CTE Pathway?

        ANSWER: Yes: A student can be enrolled in more than one CTE Pathway at a time.

      CTE Resources

       

      CALPADS CTE Codesets