Scheduling for Concentration and Career Cluster Pathway Completion How do I work with students to help them be CTAE pathway completers while transitioning to the new Career Cluster pathways and courses?

New Career Cluster Courses Courses have been adopted by State Board of Education for more than 114 career pathways High schools can start teaching these new pathway courses in August 2014 Some courses appear to have similar name Courses are different and be treated that way

Pathway: Business and Technology Pathway Courses: 1.Introduction to Business and Technology 2.Business and Technology 3.Business Communications Pathway: Entrepreneurship Pathway Courses: 1.Introduction to Business and Technology 2.Legal Environment of Business 3.Entrepreneurship Pathway: Human Resources Management Pathway Courses: 1.Introduction to Business and Technology 2.Legal Environment of Business 3.Human Resources Principles Business Management and Administration Business and Technology 1-1 = Introduction to Business and Technology 1-2= Business and Technology 1-3= Business Communications Entrepreneurship 2-1= Introduction to Business and Technology 2-2= Legal Environment of Business 2-3= Entrepreneurship Possible Scenario School in system has 1 certified Business Education Teacher This teacher can offer two pathways in this Career Cluster Teacher is able to start each pathway and treat students as a group/cohort Teacher also needs to finish students in pathway under concentration courses Treat courses from concentration and cluster separately due to structure of courses and alignment to End of Pathway Assessments Pathway 1Pathway 2

Sample Scenario of One Teacher’s Schedule Two Pathways - 4-Block Day 2014-Fall Semester I 2015-Spring Semester II 2015-Fall Semester I 2016-Spring Semester II 2016-Fall Semester I 2017-Spring Semester II 2017-Fall Semester I 2018-Spring Semester II Concen- tration pathway course 1-1, 1-2 or 1-3 or 2-2, or or Planning Pathway Finish Concentration students Start thinking about master scheduling as a multi-year process and not as a semester or year at a time

Sample Scenario of One Teacher’s Schedule Two Pathways - 6-period day Concentration pathway course Planning Pathway

Resources Still Available counselor.gadoe.org – Dedicated web site with web pages specifically for elementary, middle, and high school counselors – Counselors able to reference documents, materials and web pages as they provide career guidance and counseling with students and inform parents – Many popular state guidance and policy documents linked within each web page ctae.gadoe.org – Web site for all CTAE programs in Georgia