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Monitoring Form
Monitoring Form
SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOLS – CTE APPROVAL PROCESS
SCHENECTADY CITY SCHOOLS – CTE APPROVAL PROCESS
EXTERNAL REVIEW TEAM MONITORING REPORT
EXTERNAL REVIEW TEAM MONITORING REPORT
Program: CAD Program Date: 05/19/2011
Program: CAD Program Date: 05/19/2011
Please review these materials prepared for SED Approval and indicate your findings in the appropriate column, with an explanation for any “no” response in the section identified as “Gaps.”
Administration Status
1. External Review Team
Does the membership of the External Review Team include local, state or regional experts as well as additional representation appropriate to its purpose?
This can best be answered by looking at our membership of the advisory board. Our external reviews are always subcommittees that are made up of the people that can stay after our normal advisory board meetings.
2. Will there be a transmittal of recommendations to the BOE?
This is the whole purpose of this meeting
3. Is there documented evidence that the agency has sufficient capacity to collect and report student and programmatic data?
We use eSchool Plus as our scheduling, reporting, and data collection software. We will be migrating to Infinite Campus for this in the near future. Staff Trac is used for for keeping track of our Professional Development and teacher ratings through APPR. We also use IEP Direct for Special Education students, and Performance Plus for testing data and exam creation. We also have a Planning and Accountability Office with a large staff to ensure this.
4. Is there a Professional Development Plan in place to enable instructors to gain/maintain teaching certification as well as current technical/industry certification?
By contract, each teacher must complete 25 hours each year of Professional development. To date, I have always completed much more.
5. Program Outreach
There is documented, sufficient evidence that this agency has provided all students, including those who are members of special populations (i.e., students who are educationally and/or economically disadvantaged; students who are limited English proficient; students with disabilities; students who participate in programs designed to eliminate gender bias; and students in correctional institutions) and parents of all students, at least one year before the students enter or are of an appropriate age for the grade level in which career education programs are first generally available in the State, but in no event later than the beginning of the ninth grade, with information concerning:
A. The opportunities available in career and technical education
Each year we recuit to the various middle schools, including busing in students to spend the day working in our programs. Examples of these are in the binder.
B. The requirements for eligibility for enrollment in such CTE Programs
Our enrollment requirements are clearly posted in our course catalog.
C. Specific courses that are available
Our course selection is clearly posted online in the course catalog.
D. Employment opportunities
Within the Junior Senior class all students are notified of job vacancies from various employers including Time Warner. Some students from the old property management program have gotten related jobs in various places after their graduation.
E. Placement.
To date, we have not had much success with this one. It is one of our new objectives and is something we hope to do more for in the future.
6. Is there documented evidence that this agency promotes and provides that “No student shall, on the basis of gender, race, color or national origin, disability or age, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subject to unlawful discrimination under any career and technical education program or activity?”
Of course. This can be shown by our web site information.
CTE Program Status
Some of the documentation gathered for original certification remains current such as the teacher certification. Other documentation has been changed, totally or in part, or adapted to reflect the program’s current status.
This would only apply if we were re-certifying. All the information is new, and current. I am including where to find some of these because even though as I interpret the form they are not needed, they still apply.
The materials before you for review are those that have changed from this program’s original certification. Please give us your evaluation, rating each statement using the following assessment scale:
5 (Excellent) Meets all stated standards and criteria at an exceptionally high level of quality and detail
4 (Very Good) Meets all stated standards and criteria at a noteworthy level of quality and detail
3 (Good) Meets most stated standards and criteria at an acceptable level of quality and detail
2 (Fair) Meets the minimum stated standards and criteria at a marginal level of quality and detail
1 (Poor) Does not meet the minimum stated standards and criteria
NC (No Change) There has been no change since original certification
1. ____ The completed binder for the Program to be certified
Please explain your rating.
A copy of the binder will be provided at the meeting.
2. ____ Self Study Teams: Instructors, Consultant Committee, CTE Program Audit, Academic Program Audit, and Internal Review
Please explain your rating.
The self-study team met on 05/13/2011
3. ____ The curriculum documents articulating business and industry standards,
commencement level English Language Arts and Math academic standards, Soft Skills/ SCANS standards, Career and Financial Management standards
Please explain your rating.
This can be documented by the curriculum itself
4. ____ The crosswalks representing integration of business and industry curriculum with English Language Arts, math, soft skills and Career and Financial Management
Please explain your rating.
I don't believe this applies, but I am really not sure what State Ed means.
5. ____ Teacher certification and training for instructors teaching this program
Please explain your rating.
This can be demonstrated by the binder section on certification
6. ____ The technical assessment given for this program
Please explain your rating.
This is the NOCTI exam. We also do the CareerSafe OSHA certification. I may eventually add the Autodesk certifications as well.
7. ____ Postsecondary articulation opportunities for students
Please explain your rating.
This can be demonstrated by the articulation agreement in the binder. I also hope to get the Computer Aided Design class accepted as a UHS class through SCCC,
8. ____ Work-based learning opportunities for students
Please explain your rating.
This can be demonstrated by the various jobs that have been done, and our 'work orders' in
the binders
9. ____ The Work-Skills Employability Profile competencies
Please explain your rating.
This is also in the binder, as well as on the web site.
10.____ Program information disseminated regarding this program
Please explain your rating.
We have newsletters, fliers, and mailings regularly. Examples are in the binder.
Student Enrollment:
Indicate the number of students enrolled in program
The goal enrollment is to have 24 sophomores, 24 juniors, and 24 seniors. Currently in the old Property Management Program there are 15 (down from 24) Sophomores, 14 junior level, and 5 senior level students.
Gaps identified and associated recommendations:
Comments:
Overall Rating: _____
Overall Rating: _____
Recommendation:
_____ Approve as a CTE Certified Program and forward to the Board of Education
_____ Delay approval (please provide explanation and recommendation)
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External Review Team Chairperson Signature (for summary document only):
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