CTE Staff Resources

• Applications to house a College and Career Academy or Program for Fall 2013 are now available.
• Application deadline is on Friday, March 30, 2012.
• There will be an Information and Q&A session on Tuesday, March 13th at 8:00 am at TAMS (1st floor)

The CTE Staff Guide tells you all the fundamentals you need to know about operating CTE programs in CPS, such as what teacher credentials are required for each program, what student assessment tools are used, what curriculum and programs of study students should follow, what budget allocations are given to each program, and whom to call for various types of support in the CTE department. This guide is different than other management handbooks. Instead of one "big book", it is a compilation of targeted "one‐pagers" that together make up an overall operations guide. Each page or section can stand alone a separate communication and planning tool. At first, reading in the "one‐pager" format may be unusual, but the utility of having targeted segments makes real‐time use more practical.

CTE wants to make managing your CTE action items and events as easy as possible. We have developed a simple Excel spreadsheet listing of all recommended action items and scheduled CTE events by date. We will update this resource in real-time and send major additions and changes to you via the CTE Email Newsletter.

The CTE Early Warning System includes the information that influences whether students will graduate on-time prepared for postsecondary success, based on research and the experience of CPS staff.

The curriculum posted here have been developed as part of the Curriculum Revitalization (CR) process that is designed to aid in reorganizing 250 non-standardized career programs into 100 College and Career Academies at 40 high schools over the next seven years.

Time Tracking for all Perkins' Funded Employees
CTE AY12 Courses
PAVE Report
Site Visits Entry
Work-Ready Assessments
Work-Ready Reports
WBL Placement Tracker
CTE Program Baseline Resource Requirements
CTE Program Performance Report
CPS CTE Strategy Overview
CPS CTE Work Based Learning Guide

The Exemplary Teacher Award is given for demonstrated excellence in teaching and learning and for exceptional contributions to the profession. Nominees must be full-time Career and Technical Education instructors in approved CTE programs.

Work-Ready Assessments
Work-Ready Reports
WBL Student Placement Tracker

Information on current ISBE requirements and CPS enhanced credentials plus what these enhanced credentials mean for new and current teachers.

Provides an overview of the CTE Speaker Documentation and Student Reflection process.

Collection of CTE's informational materials to distribute to students, teachers, counselors, parents, colleges, and industry.

Presentations and materials presented at the 2011 Annual CTE Institute

Access the documents used at the 2011 May Symposium here.

Presentations and materials presented at the 2010 Annual CTE Institute