OHVA CAReer technical education Program Policy

Career Technical Education Program Internal Policy

An excerpt of our Career Technical Education Program policy has been placed below to bring attention to the high expectations placed on students that apply to, and are accepted into, OHVA's Career Technical Education Program as a pathway student. By choosing to participate in this program, effort and consideration needs to be given in regards to class attendance, coursework completion, and CTSO participation. We pride ourselves on providing a flexible academic experience at OHVA, which is why included in this policy is the opportunity for pathway students to communicate and work with their teachers to meet the outlined expectations while still providing the flexibility our students may need.

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 .

OHVA CTE Program Pathway Students are expected to:

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

• Attend ALL class sessions for their pathway courses

• Complete coursework for the pathway courses by the due date

• Maintain passing grades in all pathway courses

• Complete a signed learning agreement

• Earn the OMJ Seal

• Attend all Skill Builder Tuesday Sessions

• Participate in: 

  1. 1. Career Technical Student Organization (CTSO)--student needs to attend meetings, participate in regional events, and participate in at least one fundraiser

     2. Work-Based Learning (WBL) activities--students are expected to participate in WBL activities. Students will earn and document a minimum of 250 WBL hours by the time of program completion. Students will document WBL hours in a supported tracking platform.

     3. Quarterly conferences with school counselor during which a career/graduation plan will be completed and updated annually

• Prepare for and Take:

  1. 1. WebXam pretests for each pathway course at the beginning of the year 

     2. WebXam posttests for each pathway course

• Earn at least one 3-point valued Industry Recognized Credential test within the program

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

• Failure to attend more than three class 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 WBL plan in place by the end of year one in a program 

• Failure to attempt at least one Industry Recognized Credential test