Colorado Alternative Cooperative Education (ACE) CTE Redesign CACTE July 2017 Key Messages for Early Implementation & Change Management in SY 2017 - 18

Common Messaging: Main Ideas Basic Implementation Clarification for Common Confusion Stress Supports

Working Definition Main Idea: ACE students are CTE students, including students identified as special populations. ACE is a comprehensive program including school-based, community-based & student leadership opportunities. Basic Implementation: A true partnership between local industry & organizations is required for the “cooperative” Work Based Learning component of ACE programs.

Working Definition Clarification for Common Confusion: At-Risk is not excluded -- your ACE student population includes who would be best served by ACE programming. Implementation Stress Supports: ACE will positively impact your goal for more Work Based Learning in your district. ACE addresses technical skill attainment & PWR competencies for each ACE-CTE student through individualized training plans, this could include industry credentials.

Administrators Fact Sheet Main Idea: There are five components of an ACE program: students, outcomes, teachers, CTSO & funding. There is a thoughtful plan for rollout of change by SY20 19 - 20. Basic Implementation: Our ACE program focus should shift to developmentally appropriate technical skill attainment and individualized work based learning opportunities connected to classroom instruction.

Administrators Fact Sheet Clarification for Common Confusion: ACE students are CTE students, including but not limited to students identified as special populations. Implementation Stress Supports: Starting in Fall 2017, info sessions, technical assistance support & promising practices will be available for all stakeholders in the ACE redesign. Full implementation is not until SY 2019 - 20. Conditional Status is not punitive.

ACE Teacher Endorsement Main Idea: Every CTE-ACE instructor needs to be credentialed. If they are not -- these are the new requirements for the endorsement. Basic Implementation: Work with district CTE administrator to match your candidate's qualifications to seek an CTE - ACE endorsement.

ACE Teacher Endorsement Clarification for Common Confusion: If you already hold an CTE-ACE endorsement -- YOU ARE ALL GOOD! However everyone is welcome and encourge to participate in the state CTE work based learning professional development to renew their endorsement. Implementation Stress Supports: Starting Fall 2017, state CTE is offering courses in Work Based Learning virtually and face to face throughout the state to meet new ACE teacher credential requirements for developing work based learning.

Infographic Main Idea: A visual representation to frame your CTE-ACE program for ALL stakeholders, including parents, students & school staff. Basic Implementation: CTE-ACE programming is individualized, focused and intentional.

Infographic Clarification for Common Confusion: CTE-ACE courses are a place for students to APPLY not attain academic skills. Implementation Stress Supports: Districts will give you guidance on graduation guidelines-- let them know your ACE program is a great place for students to demonstrate competencies required for graduation. Be a part of the conversation around what that could look like for your students.

Course Titles & Descriptions Main Idea: To increase the consistency and credibility of CTE-ACE programs through intentional pathway and course planning. Basic Implementation: Begin with the recommended course sequences & pathways and align what is already offered in your school to leverage existing programming in your ACE redesign implementation process.

Course Titles & Descriptions Clarification for Common Confusion: Domain = Class Name Students have flexibility to change pathways to be responsive to their individual career & academic plan (ICAP) Implementation Stress Supports: Recommended course titles, descriptions and pathways are intended to resonate with current successful CTE-ACE practices! Choose one that works best for your context!

Pathway Sequences Main Idea: These are recommendations for pathway and course sequences for districts to adopt to maintain a career development and individual technical skill attainment focused CTE-ACE program. Basic Implementation: To start steps toward full redesign implementation by SY 2019 - 20, ensure that there is a sequence 1 in place for the CTE-ACE pathways that are currently applicable to your district.

Pathway Sequences Clarification for Common Confusion: Sequence = Semester Course Cluster Based & Specialized denote collaboration between CTE-ACE and other applicable CTE pathways/courses Students can start an ACE Core pathway at any point in their personal course plan for graduation ACE Core sequence 1 is a requirement to enter any other ACE pathway -- ACE teachers will likely have all three pathways in their program. Classroom based courses like financial literacy & interpersonal skills do not lead to technical skill attainment -- work based learning with training plans does.

Pathway Sequences Implementation Stress Supports: Technical assistance will be targeted to staff doing scheduling & student advising to support the changes in scheduling and credit accrual necessitated by these recommended pathways & courses. Full implementation is not until SY 2019 - 20.

Program of Study Template & Samples Main Idea: Two examples of Programs of Study (POS) aligning CTE-ACE with other CTE programs Basic Implementation: This format meets compliance standards. Consider beginning with a POS that matches your scope and sequence. Use the course titles & pathway recommendations that align with what you have or plan to have in place to create a POS for your CTE-ACE program.

Program of Study Template & Samples Clarification for Common Confusion: Programs of Study (POS) must be customized to the specific school’s ACE course offerings and CTE-ACE pathways aligned to the recommended options. A school may have multiple POS for multiple student pathways. Implementation Stress Supports: A POS in CTE-ACE with the new recommended options will become a visual representation of an ACE student’s course planning to gain the competencies to be graduation ready.

Quality Indicators Main Idea: A compilation of best practices that reflect state and local compliance requirements. Basic Implementation: Review these best practices and compliance requirements -- identify the areas that you MUST seek technical assistance to meet the quality indicators

Quality Indicators Clarification for Common Confusion: These quality indicators are not optional. Implementation Stress Supports: If your district or school program needs technical assistance to meet these indicators -- know that it is available through state CTE program directors.

CTSO -- SC2 Main Idea: SC2 is no longer optional -- all CTE programs have a CTSO -- including CTE-ACE. Basic Implementation: Review the SC2 website for everything you need to build your CTSO or to make it an ongoing inter curricular student organization.

CTSO -- SC2 Clarification for Common Confusion: SC2 is not just the annual student leadership conference -- it is an inter curricular leadership student organization that has ongoing activities each school year. Implementation Stress Supports: The program of work -- available on SC2 website -- is a great guidance document to make an annual plan for your SC2 CTSO integrated activities and student leadership training.

Key Takeaways Implementation of ACE redesign recommended practices & program structure change timeline begins with early implementers in Fall 2017. Mandatory ACE redesign changes will be in effect statewide Fall 2019. Redesign efforts began Spring 2016. Stakeholders including teachers, administrators & job coaches have informed each product, recommendation or change. The words are different but the practices & structures we recommend are already happening in all our successful ACE programs.

Resources & Technical Assistance ACE Website: www.coloradostateplan.com/educator/ACE/ Lauren Jones Austin, CTE Program Director for Special Populations – lauren.jones@cccs.edu Beginning stages of Ambassador Training (2017-18)– contact ambassadors for regional technical assistance (SY 2018-19) ACE Board members are voiced in common messaging (annual ACE Teacher Conference, ACE Division Days, etc)