Common Core State Standards:

Making the CTE Connection

• Michelle Conrad Michelle Conrad & Larae Watkins Larae Watkins - Missouri Center for Career Education, University of Central Missouri

• Tina ThomasTina Thomas - Supervisor of Instruction, Queen Anne's County Public Schools, Centreville, Maryland  

http://www.corestandards.org/http://www.corestandards.org/

http://www.acteonline.org/commoncore.aspxhttp://www.acteonline.org/commoncore.aspx

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Contact InfoStephen DeWittAssociation for Career and Technical Education1410 King StreetAlexandria, VA 22314(800) 826-9972www.acteonline.orgsdewitt@acteonline.org

Missouri

• Missouri Center for Career Education– Contracted by Missouri Department of Elementary

and Secondary Education (DESE) to assist with:• Curriculum development• Induction programs• Research • Resources for teachers

• DESE Office of College and Career Readiness presented state meetings on the CCSS January-March 2011

What we noticed . . .

• Reactions of math teachers to “Modeling”• Phrasing of Mathematics Standards of

Practice• Reading for Literacy in Science &

Technical Subjects • Reading for Informational Text• Use of technology & multimedia

What we’ve done . . .

• Reading the standards & comparisons/alignment to CTE standards (Business Education, Health Science Education, Education & Training, Construction Trades)

• Conversations with teachers to recognize how CTE fits into the CCSS and how CCSS fit into CTE

• Applying the Common Core State Standards Workshop to determine teacher needs – on both sides

Where Missouri’s going . . .

• Professional development sessions throughout the state• Online implementation documents for Math & ELA• Continuing alignments to CTE standards• Documenting examples from CTE• Developing “translation” guide for teachers for math

content standards• Developing writing posters, rubrics, scoring guides for

CTE teachers• Documenting sample cross curricular projects• Developing teacher professional development to facilitate

cross curricular conversations

Larae Watkins, lwatkins@ucmo.eduMichelle Conrad, mconrad@ucmo.edu

Co-Directors

Missouri Center for Career Educationwww.mcce.org660-543-8768