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Below are some important resources that you may view with Adobe Acrobat and/or print. 
If you want to save them to your computer(s), right-click on the filename and click on Save Link as and save in the desired place on your hard-drive.
In some cases, the links are provided so that you can go online to the source.

For Career Technical Education

Glossary of CTE-Related Terms and Concepts

• Glossary version 31910

California Department of Education (CDE), in collaboration with the Chancellor's Office of the Community Colleges oversaw the development of the state plan for Career Technical Education. The plan, which is a requirement under the Perkins legislation, covers secondary and post-secondary programs and builds on the Perkins Plan to make it specific to the state of California.

• CTE State Plan -  PDF File
  
  

California's Model Curriculum Standards for all 15 Industry Sectors and the Career Pathways within.  These were compiled by the California Department of Education (CDE) and apply to CTE programs grades 7 through 12.

• CTE Standards - PDF File

• CTE Standards - Downloadable in Word

• CTE Standards Draft with Common Core

The CTE Framework that corresponds to the Standards (above).  The Standards are the "what" and the Framework is the "how."

• CTE Framework - PDF File

The UC website where you can search to see which courses have been given a-g approval , which means they meet minimum requirements for acceptance by the UC and CalState systems. (Do not worry when it asks for the school's ATP code; you can continue without it.)

• UC A-G Course Website

Project-Based Learning, aka Work-Based Learning, is a powerful format for teaching any content material to students. By contextualizing instruction in a SCANS-based format and integrating that into standards-based instruction, teachers can teach and formally assess at the same time.

Here are some useful links which support the training provided by NREd Consulting.

• Project-Based Learning - A Review of Research on Project-Based Learning by John W. Thomas

• Bloom's Digital Taxonomy - For aligning project tasks to cognitive levels

 
For Middle School Career Exploration 

The following are links to Career Exploration Resources that are designed to engage middle school (and older) students. Most programs include web-based activities, textbooks, games and exercises that can be done independently or as classroom activities.

• Real Game California
• Career Choices
• Paxton Patterson Action Labs
• Career Locker
• Career Cruising
• Who do U Want 2 Be?

For Employment Preparation programs 

The US Department of Labor (USDOL) Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS ) What Work Requires of Schools , a lengthy report done in collaboration with the US Department of Education (USDOE) in 1991 which delineates and breaks down the skills and competencies that young people need in order to succeed in today's workplace.

• SCANS - Full Report - PDF File
  

There is also a two-page summary of the SCANS skills and competencies, as well as a SCANS Checklist that one can use to assist in mentoring and training young workers.

• SCANS Summary - PDF File
• SCANS Checklist - PDF File