OHVA Career Technical Education Pathway Student Policy

In order to be considered for one of OHVA's Career Technical Education Programs, the student must:

1. Complete our internal application, agreeing to the terms below

2. Have a personal conversation with one of the CTE Administrators/Support Staff regarding the demands and expectations of being in a CTE pathway

3. Commit to participating for the duration of the pathway (four year-long courses; no dropping mid-year)

Failure to do any of these things will result in the student not being permitted to participate in OHVA's Career Technical Education Program.

Career Technical Education Program Expectations of Class Attendance, Coursework Completion, and CTSO Participation:

The vision of the Career Technical Education Program at OHVA is to give hope by empowering students to be engaged, responsible, productive members of the community, providing them with the experience, readiness, and resources to remove barriers, close the skills gap, and make a positive impact in society. Two of the most important components of this vision are engagement and responsibility. To that end, each student that chooses to apply, and is accepted, to one of our state approved CTE pathways must adhere to certain expectations that are stated below.

• Commit to participating for the duration of the pathway (four year-long courses; no dropping mid-year)

• Attend ALL Newrow Sessions for their pathway courses

• Complete their coursework for the pathway courses by the due date-

• Take the WebXam pretest for each pathway course at the beginning of the year and the WebXam posttest for each pathway course at the end of the year

• Maintain passing grades in all pathway courses

• Participate in the Career Technical Student Organization (CTSO) for their program

• Participate in Work-based learning activities that are tied to an approved learning agreement and recorded in supported tracking platform (accumulation of a minimum of 250 hours is expected during program completion)

• Prepare for and take at least one-point value Industry Recognized Credential test within their program

• Create a resume (reviewed by someone within Career Learning program and revised as necessary)

• Obtain two letters of recommendation

• Create a Tallo profile to store documentation from CTE achievements (WBL, CTSO, IRC, Resume, letters of recommendation)

• Participate in quarterly conference with school counselor

• Complete graduation/career plan and update annually

The Career Learning Program Administration reserve the right to remove a student from the program for failure to meet the Career Learning Program requirements set forth by OHVA. These may include, but are not limited to:

• Failure to attend more than three Newrow Sessions in a semester for pathway courses, without notifying the teacher of the absence PRIOR to the class, and watching the recording promptly after the absence

• Failure to complete coursework by the due date three times in a semester, without notifying the teacher that the work will be late PRIOR to the due date

• Failure to take a WebXam pre or posttest

• Attending less than 75% of virtual CTSO meetings

• Failure to have an approved learning agreement in place by the end of year one in a program

• Failure to attempt at least one Industry Recognized Credential test