Resources for Schools and Educators

ACTE has released a set of briefs that describe the components of Perkins V legislation in an easy-to-understand manner. These short publications can serve as an introduction for teachers, administrators, policymakers, journalists, partners and others who are new to the purpose, importance and impact of this federal law.

Perkins 101: Introduction to the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (February 2025)
Perkins 101: Federal Funding (February 2025)
Perkins 101: Accountability (February 2025)
Perkins 101: Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment (February 2025)

Please read and share these resources with individuals who would benefit from understanding the role that Perkins plays in CTE program offerings and student outcomes.

One-Page Discussion Guides to CTE Program of Study Elements

Work-Based Learning
High-Quality CTE Program of Study
Alignment and Articulation
Student Support
CTE Professional Development
Standards & Content
Safety

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-aw4FT49hIr7lN8887jPHpRpktBuDs-o/view?usp=sharing

CTE Advisory Groups Guidance

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1diTajXasOWD-clHLWip4YIXldwoSkWXa/view?usp=sharing

Secondary Career Pathways Grant

ODE Guidance & Important Information

Slideshow - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mdnHAHVDY33swpHyYVZo_UnQw6DiEgP7RY9o2y-QoHU/edit?usp=sharing

Website - https://app.smartsheet.com/b/publish?EQBCT=d8179269d9c543d9ba40c41809477feb

Employer Guide to Structuring a Successful Work-Based Learning Opportunity

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dyiXn6v9KWVQV4uC24Vn1j7Tuu_OEr06/view?usp=sharing

CTE Career Posters for Classroom/Counseling Office

Women in Trades
https://www.constructioncenterofexcellence.com/free-downloads/i-am-construction-posters

IBEW:

https://oregonstudentaid.gov/media/52gps21j/apprenticeship-pays-poster2022.jpg

BOLI:

https://oregonapprenticeship.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Highway-Careers-Poster.pdf

Oregon Apprenticeship
https://oregonapprenticeship.org/

CTE Safety Systems Web Page

We are thrilled to announce the release of the first iteration of the CTE Safety Systems Web Page! This landing page is designed to provide valuable resources to help educators, administrators, and our community partners create and maintain comprehensive safety systems tailored to the unique needs of Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs.

Overview

Safety is paramount in hands-on environments, and this page offers a collection of tools to empower CTE programs in fostering a culture of safety and excellence. By using these resources, we aim to prepare students for successful careers within a secure learning environment.

Community College Data Dashboard

The Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) data dashboard here provides interactive data on students and learners served by Oregon’s 17 community colleges. The HECC Office of Research and Data receives data from the colleges and analyzes and reports student and outcome data to help inform decisions and guide progress toward state goals.

https://www.oregon.gov/highered/strategy-research/Pages/dashboard-community-colleges.aspx

The dashboard available below includes four sections of community college data related to four student-level characteristics: Enrollment, Affordability, Completion, and Employment/Earnings.

Choose which of the four sections interests you.
Each section has multiple pages of data. You can scroll through each page at the bottom.
You can choose data for the whole state or specific institutions at the top of each page.
You can also select particular years or student groups, and you can filter the data by student characteristics at the left side of the page.

Explore our other interactive data dashboards here. Learn more about the work of the HECC Office of Research and Data here.

CTE Program Development and Renewal Cycle through 2024-25 School Year

https://docs.google.com/document/d/11NqzJ2Ot-pBkNiM_yLhr0raMBsqMetn1/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117284188032066940278&rtpof=true&sd=true

Oregon CTE Program of Study Quality Rubric

Rubric: https://www.oregon.gov/ode/learning-options/CTE/resources/Documents/High%20Quality%20Programs%20of%20Study%20Rubric.pdf

Work-Based Learning Handbook & Rubric

Handbook: https://www.oregon.gov/ode/learning-options/CTE/careerareas/Documents/FINAL_WBLHandbook_MASTER%207-30-21_Accessible.pdf

Rubric: https://www.oregon.gov/ode/learning-options/CTE/careerareas/Documents/Work-Based%20Learning%20Rubric.pdf

Career and Technical Education (CTE) Licensure Prep Program at Clackamas Community College

https://www.clackamas.edu/academics/skills-development-training/cte-licensure-courses

Are you interested in sharing your industry expertise by teaching in a career and technical education (CTE) program? Clackamas provides a Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) approved teacher preparation program for CTE licensure in all six CTE career areas.

Oregon's Career Areas include

Agriculture, food and natural resources systems
Arts, information and communications
Business and management
Health and biomedical sciences
Human resources
Industrial and engineering systems

This program meets the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) professional development requirements for industry experts seeking an Oregon Restricted or Preliminary CTE license to teach in secondary CTE (middle and high school) programs. It also provides professional development for post-secondary CTE (community college) faculty and instructors teaching in registered apprenticeships to improve teaching skills and understanding of the learning process. This certificate provides individuals with educational foundations in classroom and program management and develops skills needed to meet the needs of diverse students and to integrate developmentally appropriate and culturally competent instructional strategies.

Start your path to a career in CTE instruction at Clackamas Community College:

The one-year CTE Licensure Prep certificate program is Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) approved to meet the Professional Development Plan (PDP) education requirements for the CTE Preliminary Teaching license.
Clackamas offers all six of the courses (18 credits) required in the TSPC Professional Development Plan for the Restricted CTE Teaching License. Note: these courses apply to the CTE Licensure Prep Certificate requirements.
All ED courses at Clackamas are offered online yearly to meet the needs of working students statewide.

More information about CTE Teacher Licensure can be found at the Oregon Department of Education website.

To register, simply follow the enrollment process found on our Getting Started page.

CONTACT US

Megan Helzerman
Career and Technical Education (CTE) Licensure Specialist
503-594-0967
meganh@clackamas.edu
Family Resource Center

Guide to CTE Licensure

https://www.oregon.gov/tspc/LIC/Documents/Career%20and%20Technical%20Educator%20Licensing.pdf

Industry Recognized Credentials

https://www.oregon.gov/ode/learning-options/CTE/resources/Pages/Industry-Recognized-Credentials.aspx

Database of IRCs Oregon's list of IRCs

Looking to add a new Industry Recognized Credential?

Find three industry partners (community college partner included) to fill out support form: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/25589679cb2f45d5928630c9c09088c5

Fill out the request form:
https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/0323a96fc76d4bc59bf15180ff5ce24e

Please let the regional coordinator know that you have submitted a request for an IRC with the Oregon Department of Education

ODE CTE Tool Kit

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1367CoJDm2wZZyHjMNsbgVFOl-wUpJiCk

The following Career and Technical Education (CTE) tool kit includes a set of resources to equip schools

and districts throughout Oregon with the messaging and tools you’ll need to communicate about your

school or district’s CTE program(s) to help attract future students as they forecast for next year’s classes.

The tool kit includes content for students, families, staff and local news media about CTE, including

information that can help dispel outdated ideas about what CTE is, through examples of current CTE

pathways. For an overview of CTE, please refer to the fact sheet in this tool kit.

Oregon Connections

Oregon Connections is the next generation, web-based tool that makes it easy for industry professionals to connect with K-20 educators. Professionals can share their skills and expertise to bring real-world, authentic learning opportunities to all our students helping to create the next generation of innovators. Through in-person matches and virtual sessions, professionals can help students and teachers connect their classroom to the world of work. Together we can make a difference.

Open Education Resources for Oregon CTE

https://www.oercommons.org/groups/oregon-cte/4843/?__hub_id=73

Non-Traditional Occupations

https://labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/resources/non-traditional-employment.html

These are occupations that are traditionally dominated by a specific gender. Getting students into non-traditional programs is one of the goals of Perkins. Below are the programs that are associated for male and females. I hope this helps.

Nontraditional occupations for women are those in which women comprise less than 25 percent of total employment.
Nontraditional occupations for men are those in which men comprise less than 25 percent of total employment.

Secondary CIP codes available to ODE secondary CTE POS federally associated with male as a

traditional gender in related fields effective report year 2021-2022:

010000 Agriculture

010101 Agriculture Business and Management

010601 Horticulture Operations

030101 Natural Resources, General

030104 Environmental Science

030501 Forestry, General

110103 Information Technology

110201 Computer Programming

111003 Computer Security

140101 Engineering

144201 Robotics

150399 Electrical/Electrical Engineering

151301 Drafting

151302 CAD/CADD

430104 Criminal Justice

460000 Construction

460201 Carpentry

490101 Aeronautics

500602 Film/Video Production

Secondary CIP codes federally associated with females as a traditional gender in related fields

for report year 2020-2021:

120401 Cosmetology

131206 Teacher Education

131210 Early Childhood Education

510710 Medical Office Assistant

520803 Banking and Financial Support Services

Requirements for High School Teachers to Offer Dual Credit at Clackamas C.C.

The new articulation process hopefully will streamline communication, cut down on the length of waiting time for internal and external partners and ultimately be a very clear and easy way for new articulation requests to be established all while ensuring alignment. Attached, please find the New ACC Articulation Request Process that will walk through the process of submitting a new articulation application. Any articulations still in process for this spring term will finish up in Dual Enroll before the end of the school year.

Here are a few new things you can expect with the new ACC articulation process:

There is now an Application instructors submit when requesting a new articulation. It can be found here: https://clackamas.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1KUj0CuqZqt7fyC The application now includes a place to submit both credential and curriculum documents. Instructors who have articulated previously may use previous credentials (resume/transcripts) already on file with the ACC office, and may not need to upload additional credential documents for an application.

For every new and renewed articulation request, HS instructors will be asked to complete a curriculum map outlining how their HS course meets the student learning outcomes (in addition to a syllabus & sample assessments) for review. A blank curriculum map is attached.

New Articulation Deadlines will be established for each term new instructors wish to articulate. This is to help, in part, remove the ‘rushed’ articulation processes, and helps align with Oregon State standards.

Current ACC instructors who have articulations up for renewal will be required to complete curriculum maps as well for each college course renewed. Renewal notices and instructions will be going out in the coming weeks to appropriate instructors.

Additional information about the ACC articulation process can also be found at https://www.clackamas.edu/academics/academic-offerings/high-school-connections/instructors.

Please let me know if you have any questions,

https://www.clackamas.edu/academics/academic-offerings/high-school-connections/instructors

Manufacturing Resources

Make the Future TM, Connecting Girls to Manufacturing

The NAPE Education Foundation’s Make the Future program, funded by Toyota USA Foundation, provides free methods and tools to help educators, counselors, administrators, and recruiters break down barriers. These barriers limit females and other historically underrepresented student groups from taking education paths that can prepare them for high-demand advanced manufacturing careers.

Create Effective Messages

Manufacturing Guidebook for Teachers

Manufacturing Guidebook for Students and their Families

Manufacturing Rack Card

Postcards:

Use Effective Strategies

9 Best Practices Handout

9 Best Practices Webpage with Resources

CTE Success Stories

Career Journeys is about helping students find their own path

https://www.careerjourneys.org/

Navigating the uncertainty of our formative years takes courage, curiosity, and outside support. A single conversation can spark a passion that leads to a lifetime of reward. Knowing where to start is often a challenge for students. The Career Journeys project seeks to help middle and high school students from across the state of Oregon–and beyond–to dream big. It’s all about exposing students to in-demand career pathways through “near-peer mentoring”.

This innovative approach to learning acknowledges that students often find it easier to relate to individuals close to their age. All our profilees are in the early stages of their careers. It is our hope that Oregon’s students can see themselves in the video profiles, lesson plans and website materials.

The stories we selected profile Oregonians who navigated the public school system. During their interviews, we touch on some of the challenges they faced when navigating their own career journeys. We cover the present, of course, but also, the past decisions that lead our profilees to where they are today. We invite students to discover their own pathway through this shared exploration of the next generation of Oregon’s leaders.

Career-Connected Learning - Clackamas County

Find out what’s happening in our region and learn how to get connected!

https://ccloregon.org/connect-by-region-clackamas/

Career Success for Students with Disabilities ROOT CAUSES & STRATEGIES