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TOMMY GLASSCOCK

ASSISTANT STATE SUPERINTENDENT

CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION W ORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE

December 12, 2018

OVERVIEW OF WHAT’S NEW IN CTE/WFD

People Plans Practices

KEY PERSONNEL CHANGES AND RETIREMENTS

• Mary Simon retired as Administrator, Grants Manager and

Perkins Coordinator (17+ years)

• Replaced by Mrs. Jennifer Burt – August 2018
• Collie Wells retired as Administrator of two cluster areas

and also served as Interim Assistant Superintendent prior to my arrival August 1st 2018. (29+ years)

• Position still vacant and being covered temporarily by Sean Stevens

and Josh Laney

• Two new program specialists with 6 months on the job

and one program specialist retiring January 1st 2019

• Three Administrative Assistants with less than 6 months
• n the job

RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION

• Stronger emphasis placed on marketing and recruiting

CTE teachers

• Improve New Teacher training program for CTE teachers
• Implement a tracking system to determine why teachers

may be exiting the CTE Teaching profession

• Strengthen public private-partnerships with Business

Industry partners that allow for adjunct instructors who are employed by local industry to assist in the classrooms

• Propose possible changes for consideration in the area of

CTE teacher certification

PLANNED CHANGES

Perkins V

• Authorized July 31, 2018, and adds a significant enhancement to existing

legislation (last reauthorized in 2006)

• Requires data-driven spending decisions on local programs
• Adds a “program quality” metric to the district and state accountability

measures

• Increased focus on serving special populations of students
• Congress clearly intends for Perkins/CTE to become a part of an

integrated workforce plan for the states. (Braiding with ESSA and WIOA)

• Transition plan is due April 2019 and covers one year
• Full plan is due July 2020 and covers four years
• Will require significant collaboration with a very wide range of

stakeholders including the Governor’s office (Nick Moore)

PLANNED CHANGES

Course of Study

• Last updated in 2008
• CTE has previously been treated as one BIG course of study
• The decision was made to break down the cluster areas and develop a

five year cycle

2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024

• STEM
• Ag
• Law & Public Safety
• Manufacturing
• BMA
• Finance
• Marketing
• Work Based

Learning

• Transportation
• IT
• Human Services
• Construction
• Arts and

AV

• Education &

Training

• Health Science
• Cosmetology
• Hospitality &

T

• urism

PLANNED CHANGES

Program Quality Certification

• Former process (BIC) served purpose well, but…
• Created in 1998 and revised on 5 year cycle
• Extremely labor intensive on ALSDE staff
• Sometimes seen by LEAs as micro-managing
• New process will be developed as part of the Perkins

V plan

• Focus will be on assisting LEAs with improving program quality
• Shifting away from a compliance mindset
• Plan for a limited pilot in 2019-2020 and full rollout in 2020-2021

PRACTICE CHANGES

Tighter integration with State and Regional Workforce Development Councils

CTE STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS KEY WFD NEEDS

Hard Skills

Advanced CTE Programs Credentials Dual Enrollment Work Keys

Career Awareness

Career Coaches WOW Events Industry T

• urs

Career Preparedness Course

Employability Skills

Simulated Workplace CTSOs Ready to Work School Culture Training Work-Based Learning

QUESTIONS?

Tommy Glasscock tglasscock@alsde.edu