1. 2015-16 High School Registration Meeting December 5, 2014

2. Career & Technical Education

3. Agricultural Education O Considerations for Scheduling: O Horticulture II needs to be scheduled in the Spring semester on the block schedule due to the growing season and availability of plant material needed to teach the required curriculum.

4. Family & Consumer Sciences O Name Changes: o Apparel and Textile Production I o Apparel and Textile Production II (available for Honors credit) O Delete Course: o Apparel III- Design (Honors)

5. Business, Finance, and IT New Prerequisites: BD10 Multimedia and Webpage Design - Microsoft Word & PowerPoint is now a prerequisite for Multimedia and Webpage design New Courses: BP40 Computer Science Principles (will be offered for AP credit beginning 2016-2017 school year) Computer Science Course Sequence: BP40 Computer Science Principles BP10 Computer Programming I BP12 Computer Programming II 2508 AP Computer Science

6. Family & Consumer Sciences O Considerations for Scheduling: Early Childhood Education I & II- must be scheduled between 9:30-1:30 if using yellow busses to transport students to internship. Foods courses that require the use of the lab / kitchens should have daily access to the lab facility. Foods class size should be capped at 4 students per kitchen station (most facilities have 5 kitchens) to maintain safety, sanitation, and ensure the ability to deliver the curriculum. ProStart- Please notify CTE Central services if you will be adding this program at your school. Teen Living class size should be capped at 25. This course has sewing and foods labs experiences as part of the standard curriculum.

7. Health Science O New Course: Biomedical Technology II This course focuses on: o Genetics, o Neurobiology, o Sleep disorder and biological rhythms, o Bioethics, the evolution of medicine o Use of technology to study cellular and molecular biology. The curriculum was developed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Apprenticeship and cooperative education are not available for this course. Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) competitive events, community service, and leadership activities provide the opportunity to apply essentials standards and workplace readiness skills through authentic experiences.

8. Health Science O Consideration for Course Offerings O Pharmacy Technician – o Teacher must have the Pharmacy Technician Certification to teach. o CTE will only support a maximum enrollment of 10 students per school. ($299 per student) o Offered to seniors during the spring semester. O Health Science II- needs to be capped at 20 students due to required CPR certification and to provide the clinical job shadowing experience that is a part of the honors requirements for the course

9. New Automotive Courses

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