Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 172 - Department of Career Education › Rule 172.00.15-010 - Policies and Procedures for Career and Technical Education

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
Program Policies and Procedures for
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
I.
DEFINITIONS
A. CAREER CLUSTER
A grouping of occupations and broad industries into a national
	 classification of 16 clusters that are based upon common knowledge and skills.
	 Career clusters include hundreds of occupations that may be grouped into
	 pathways around which educational programs of study can be built.
B. CAREER FIELD
The organizing structure for the 16 career clusters and 38 pathways.
	 The fields represent the broadest aggregation of careers. Students are normally
	 exposed to career field exploration in middle school and early high
	 school.
C. CAREER PATHWAY
An organization of related occupational areas within a specific career
	 cluster. These pathways have identified knowledge and skills validated by
	 industry from which programs and programs of study are developed.
D. PROGRAM OF STUDY
A career and technical education program of study begins with the
	 exploration of career options; supports basic academic and life skills; and
	 enables achievement of high academic standards; high-skill high-wage employment
	 preparation; and advanced continuing education . A program of study links
	 secondary and postsecondary education and combines coherent and rigorous
	 academic and technical education in a structured, non-duplicative sequence of
	 aligned courses that progress from broad foundation skills to occupationally
	 specific courses . A program of study may include opportunities for secondary
	 students to acquire postsecondary education credits and leads to an
	 industry-recognized credential or a certificate or degree at the postsecondary
	 level.
E. COMPLETER
A student who has completed three (3) Carnegie units of credit in
	 grades 9-12 including all the required core courses in a career pathway of
	 study and graduated from high school. If core classes are taught below ninth
	 grade level, they may fulfill the course requirement for completer status,
	 however three units must be taken during grade 9-12. See lists of courses and
	 grade levels at which they may be taught in each area's section of this
	 handbook.
F. EQUIPMENT
Tangible, nonexpendable, personal property having a useful life of more
	 than one year and an acquisition cost of $100 or more per unit.
G. NEW PROGRAM START-UP LIST
Equipment and program specific supplies and software that are required
	 for approval and operation of pathway program of study and foundation
	 courses.
H. PARTICIPANT
A student who is enrolled in a career and technical course during the
	 reporting period.
I.
  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Sustained, intensive, and focused opportunities for administrators,
	 teachers, and faculty to foster POS design, implementation, certification and
	 maintenance.
J. "SHALL"
The use of "shall" in these regulations indicates that the activity is
	 mandatory.
K. ADULT SKILLS
  TRAINING
Adult skills training classes offered on a short-term basis for the
	 purpose of training and upgrading the workforce.