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NEW! Coming soon!
Career Network meetings for elementary and middle schools.
Receive FREE career resources to integrate real-world Common Core activities.
For information, contact:
Alyssa Lynch 
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Health, medical careers and publi c services professional development
On Nov.16, the Santa Clara County Office of Education will hold a county-wide professional development workshop for K-12 and community college instructors in the Health and Public Service Industry sectors. Regional Occupational Program, Academic, Career Academy, and Workforce Development instructors are encouraged to attend this workshop. Speakers will address current trends in the health and public services industry sectors. Instructors will network, share lesson plans and learn about the Health Occupations Student Association (HOSA) leadership program. This workship is designed for instructors in the following areas:
- Biotechnology
- Certified Nurse Assistant
- Dental Assisting
- Fire Science
- Health Careers
- Health Occupations
- Medical Assistant
- Medical Office Careers
- Nursing
- Sports Medicine
To learn more about the workshop, call 408-453-4329 or email alyssa_lynch@sccoe.org. Register here. |
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Guardino & Symonds are crowd pleasers at CTE Conference
The fourth-annual CTE Conference was held Sept. 27 at the Santa Clara County Office of Education. There was an increase in the number of counselors and administrators that attended. The survey results show that the conference, which was sponsored by the local community colleges, continues to be beneficial to all stakeholders. Repeatedly, we recieved positive comments that Carl Guardino was amazing and the keynote speakers were outstanding. Another respondent wrote that the conference "helped us to shift our paradigm of thinking on transitioning out of high school and it was a big help to our understand-ing and ability to move in a new direction." Additional feedback indicated:
- 96 percent felt exhibits provided literature to support programs
- 95 percent felt the conference was effective in increasing their understanding of CTE
- 91 percent felt the conference met their expectations
If you missed the conference, you can still download presentations. |
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Common Core State Standards  and how they affect CTE
A PowerPoint presentation has been created to be used state-wide to show how the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) will affect CTE. The presentation includes the CCSS: A New Foundation for Student Success video. This video emphasizes that employers express that students are unprepared for the workforce and the CCSS will help better prepare students for both careers and college. The video is an excellent resource to share with all stakeholders, including parents. |
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CDE released draft of new CTE model  curriculum standards
The draft of the new model curriculum standards were released in late August. The standards will go to the State Board
of Education in January for approval.
There were few changes to the names of the industry sectors, but there were several changes to the career pathways. Each of the industry sectors below concludes with an academic matrix with Common Core Standards aligned to the each of the career pathways:
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National Definition of what it means  to be Career Ready
California Department of Education released a copy of
the national definition of career readiness. The definition was created by the Career Readiness Partner Council.
The council proclaims that a career-ready person is proficient in the core academic subjects, as well as in technical topics. The goal of the document is to inform policy and practice in states and communities. The council website is www.careerreadynow.org.
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Business Partner Spotlight 
SYNNEX Corporation is one example of a company that understands the value
of providing engineering internships to high school students. This past summer, SYNNEX provided three 40-hour-a-week internships to three students from San Jose and Notre Dame High Schools. The SYNNEX Internship video allows the students and Debra LaTourette, Vice President of Human Resources, to discuss the benefits of the internships to the students, company and employees. The students worked with company engineers, and received hands-on projects that provided real-world learning. |
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Conference dates for CTE workshops
This year CTE will have 6 workshops at the following conferences:
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