CTE Special Populations Coordinators

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David Wehbie, DirectorCareer and Technical Education

Special Populations Coordinator

Goal: To develop a consistent understanding of the SPCs’ function and delivery of services.

The Law: Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006

1.“Special Populations” is unique to CTE, and specifically defined by Perkins IV. Students must be, or have been, enrolled in Career and Technical Education courses to be included in Special Populations.

2. “Special Education”, Exceptional Children, or IDEA, provides for free appropriate public education with an IEP designed to meet the needs of a student with a disability that adversely affects their educational performance.

3. “Special Needs” gets used often, but it does not have any legal significance.

Special Populations Coordinator“Don’t get confused”

Special Populations Coordinator‘‘… career and technical education programs prepare students, includingspecial populations, for subsequent employment in high skill, high wage occupations (including those in which mathematics and science skills are critical), or for participation in postsecondary education;”‘‘Access, Progress, Success”

special populations,

Special Populations Coordinator‘‘…prepare career and technical education students, including special populations, academically and technically for opportunities in postsecondary education or entry into high skill, high wage, or high demand occupations in current or emerging occupations, and how participating students will be made awareof such opportunities;…” Transition

Transition

Special Populations CoordinatorThe term ‘special populations’ includes individuals:

• with disabilities; WCPSS 11.5%• from economically disadvantaged families, Including foster children; WCPSS 32.4%• preparing for non-traditional fields; WCPSS 6.8%• parenting or pregnant teens; • with limited English proficiency. WCPSS 3.6%• Specific to NC–Academically Disadvantaged. WCPSS 21.7%

MAJOR FUNCTIONS • Accountability and Planning• Assessment and Prescription• Coordination with other Service Providers• Monitoring Access, Progress and Success• Outreach and Recruitment• Professional Development

The complete SPC Job Description and Appraisal System are located in the WCPSS HR Evaluation Forms section.

http://www2.wcpss.net/forms/forms/spc-appraisal.pdf

See Local Planning Systems site at

http://ctelps.dpi.state.nc.us

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Monitoring Access, Progress, & SuccessDo you know where to find your Local Plan & Performance Indicators?

OverviewPart II Academic Attainment - Reading/ Language

Arts Academic Attainment - Mathematics Technical Skill Attainment Secondary School Completion Student Graduation Rates Secondary Placement Nontraditional Participation Nontraditional Completion

Local Plan continued…Performance Indictors found under “Reports”. Example of Performance Indicator Three – Technical Skill Attainment by Special Populations Categories.

8 CORE Indicators listed on pg. 22 of Handbook

Special PopulationsManagement System

Is a Microsoft Access database

Identifies all students with SPC eligibilities

Identifies eligible students taking CTE courses (CDP+)

Identifies CDP+ students with an IEP, LEP or 504 Plan

Provides data in a usable format to enhance the

planning and delivery of student and teacher services

Deborah Westbrook, SPC Services

SPECIAL POPULATIONS ELIGIBILITIES

Special Populations

ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED(Free or Reduced

Lunch)

SPECIAL EDUCATIONStudents with disabilities/

OCS

ACADEMICALLY DISADANTAGED(GPA Under 2.0

/ 8th Grade Reading or Math

Score Level I or II)

LIMITED ENGLISH

PROFICIENT

504 PLAN

PREGNANT / PARENTING

TEENS

NON-TRADITIONAL

(students enrolled in a course considered

non-traditional for their gender)

POTENTIAL DROP OUT

Special Populations CoordinatorManagement System

The SPC Management System was originally developed to assist the Special Population Coordinators in completing the electronic Career Development Plan-Plus (CDP+). Completion of the CDP+ fulfills local, state, and federal accountability requirements for students identified as Special Populations.

Special Populations Coordinator Management System

In addition to meeting the need for documentation for required reports the program is now used to assure more readily available information for teachers and SPCs. The available information allows teachers and SPCs to work together for targeted, individualized services for students.

SPC Management System- Exports

CTE Special Populations Services

Providing support for both teachers and students

Nan Daughety, SPC, Broughton High School

Velma Jordan, SPC, Wakefield High School

Resources to Plan and Carry Out ServicesDependent on the Diverse EligibilitiesTesting Results (technical attainment)

LPS data (benchmarks and actual results)Elements Post Assessment DataCTE Instructional Specialist

WCPSS ResourcesNCWISE/PowerSchools, EasiIEP, NCDPI

Moodle, Performance Matters and EVAAS

Resources to Plan and Carry Out Services

School Resources Career Development Coordinator SPED, LEP & 504 Case Managers Guidance Counselors Student Assistance Counselor Transition Coordinator

Student Services

Counseling Remediation Transition Graduation

Test assistance Test taking skills

Management &

Coping skills

Teacher ServicesProvide Tracking DataCoordinate with Teachers and OCS to

develop appropriate modified Blueprints

Strategies for teaching students with special needs

Classroom management strategies Class assistance with special projects/

field trips

CTE Special Populations Coordinators

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