FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - Career & Technical Education
General
- What happened to two- or three-credit career and technology work-based training courses (CTE) as P.E. substitutions?
- Are there any new Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses that will be able to satisfy the mathematics graduation requirements?
- Are there any new Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses that will be able to satisfy the science graduation requirements?
- Will CTE courses that previously satisfied science graduation requirements continue to satisfy science graduation requirements?
- Can any of these courses satisfy the fourth science credit requirement?
- When can a school district begin offering these new CTE courses to satisfy mathematics and science credit requirements?
- Does the CTE course, Principles of Technology (POT), still count for physics credit? Will POT count on the Recommended High School Plan (RHSP), as well as the Distinguished Achievement Plan (DAP)?
- Will students who substitute Principles of Technology (POT) for physics be required to take the End-of-Course (EOC) examination in physics?
- Are there any new CTE courses that count for other graduation credit requirements?
- Since there will not be BCIS next year what will happen to students who still need .5 to complete the whole credit course for the Technology Applications credit?
- What did BIMM become?
- What did BCIS become?
- If we did not have career pathways in the past does that mean we can’t have career preparation this coming school year?
- Is there a training teachers need to take to teach Career Preparation?
- Can a teacher who is certified Tech Ed. and Communications Applications teach the new Professionals Communications?
- I am not clear about Career Preparation and the PE credit. Please clarify which courses may be used to satisfy the PE credit.
- Must students meet with their Career Preparation teacher each day if the school is on a block schedule?
- Is there training for the CTE teachers on the new courses?
General
- What happened to two- or three-credit career and technology work-based training courses (CTE) as P.E. substitutions?
CTE courses, including two- or three-credit work-based training courses may no longer satisfy the P.E. requirement. These courses are TEKS-based courses for which a student may already earn credit toward graduation. The allowable substitutions under the newly adopted rules are all for activities that would not otherwise earn credit toward graduation and not for other TEKS-based courses.
- Are there any new Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses that will be able to satisfy the mathematics graduation requirements? Top
The following CTE courses were added as options for students to satisfy the fourth mathematics credit requirement on the RHSP:
- Mathematical Applications in Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources if successfully completed prior to Algebra II
- Engineering Mathematics
- Statistics and Risk Management
The following CTE courses were added as options for students to satisfy the fourth mathematics credit requirement after successful completion of Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II on the DAP:
- Engineering Mathematics
- Statistics and Risk Management
- Are there any new Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses that will be able to satisfy the science graduation requirements? Top
The following CTE courses were added as options for students to satisfy the fourth science credit requirement on the RHSP and the DAP:
- Engineering Design and Problem Solving
- Advanced Animal Science
- Advanced Biotechnology
- Advanced Plant and Soil Science
- Food Science
- Forensic Science
- Will CTE courses that previously satisfied science graduation requirements continue to satisfy science graduation requirements? Top
Yes. The following CTE courses will continue to be options for students to satisfy the fourth science credit requirement on the RHSP and the DAP:
- Scientific Research and Design
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Medical Microbiology
- Pathophysiology
Principles of Technology will continue to be an option for students to satisfy the physics credit requirement on the RHSP.
- Can any of these courses satisfy the fourth science credit requirement? Top
One credit of Medical Microbiology - Yes
One credit of Pathophysiology - Yes
One-half credit of Medical Microbiology and one-half credit of Pathophysiology - Yes
- When can a school district begin offering these new CTE courses to satisfy mathematics and science credit requirements? Top
New CTE courses that may satisfy mathematics and science credit requirements may be offered beginning in the 2010-11 school year.
- Does the CTE course, Principles of Technology (POT), still count for physics credit? Will POT count on the Recommended High School Plan (RHSP), as well as the Distinguished Achievement Plan (DAP)? Top
Students on the RHSP may satisfy the physics credit requirement by successfully completing Principles of Technology (POT).
Students on the DAP may not satisfy the physics credit requirement by successfully completing Principles of Technology (POT).
- Will students who substitute Principles of Technology (POT) for physics be required to take the End-of-Course (EOC) examination in physics? Top
Yes.
- Are there any new CTE courses that count for other graduation credit requirements? Top
The CTE Professional Communications course was added as an option for students to satisfy the speech requirement on all three graduation programs.
The CTE Principles and Elements of Floral Design course was added as an option for students to satisfy the fine arts requirement on all three graduation programs.
- Since there will not be BCIS next year what will happen to students who still need .5 to complete the whole credit course for the Technology Applications credit? Top
Student can be enrolled in Business Information Management or Principles of Technology to complete the requirement.
- What did BIMM become? Top
Digital & Interactive Media
- What did BCIS become? Top
Business Information Management and/or Principles of Technology depending on the sequence of courses offered on the campus.
- If we did not have career pathways in the past does that mean we can’t have career preparation this coming school year?
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According to the guidelines “prior to enrollment in a career preparation program, a student must show evidence of having successfully completed three courses or one and one-half credits in a career coherent sequence (career program of study) related to the career preparation program area in which the student wishes to participate. This could be a campus-by-campus issue so please contact Vickie Thomas at 713.556.6989
- Is there a training teachers need to take to teach Career Preparation? Top
Most teachers took the training along with their education courses during college; however, since there are new requirements, CTE is working with TEA so that we can do the training in-house.
- Can a teacher who is certified Tech Ed. and Communications Applications teach the new Professionals Communications? Top
The teacher must have six hours of transcripted speech on their undergraduate transcript to teach the class; if the teacher meets this qualification, they can teach the course.
- I am not clear about Career Preparation and the PE credit. Please clarify which courses may be used to satisfy the PE credit. Top
For the 2010-11 school year, a student in Career Preparation or one of the Practicum courses can use that course to satisfy their PE credit requirement.
- Must students meet with their Career Preparation teacher each day if the school is on a block schedule? Top
No, the students will meet on the alternating day that the course appears on their schedule. Also, please remember that the Career Preparation teacher must physically visit each location at least once each six weeks.
- Is there training for the CTE teachers on the new courses? Top
Yes; PLCs are being held in each cluster; the teachers should sign up for their particular cluster on e-Train and attend the training.
