Southeast Tech Prep Newsletter

Nov 13, 2024

Welcome November!

New CTE Educator Workshop October 2024

Southeast Tech Prep would like to extend a HUGE Thank You to Washington County Career Center for hosting the first workshop in our New CTE Educator Workshop Series on October 22. Our goal, is as always, to provide informative and engaging sessions. The date for the next New CTE Educator Workshop session will be determined in the near future. Stay Tuned!

A special Thanks to Mike Elliott, Director at Washington County Career Center
Jeremy Beardmore, Assistant Superintendent at Mid East Career and Technology Centers
Anita Elridge-Metz, Director of Secondary Education Morgan Local School District
Tim Kilpatrick, Assistant Director Of Washington County Career Center for providing
and Allen Kiger and Ellen McCabe from Buckeye Hills Career Center for helping on the Planning Committee.

Here are a few picture highlights from the day!

News from the Region

Join us for the 2025
Regional Perkins Equity Labs

Ohio Career-Technical Education Regional Perkins Equity Labs

Join us for the Ohio Career-Technical Education Equity Lab, an in-person workshop that aims to guide Perkins-recipients on a journey of data analysis and planning system change through the lens of continuous improvement.

This workshop takes place on November 19, 2024, from 9:30AM – 3PM at:

Hocking College Lodge

The Office of Career-Technical Education will facilitate an all-day Equity Lab workshop for Perkins recipient teams.

Districts and postsecondary institutions are asked to bring laptops with access to the Secure Data Center Reports and a team of 2-5 for full benefit of this workshop.

Click Here to Register Now!

CTE-26 Provider Application Workshops Announced

The Office of Career Technical Educations provider application system will open November 1, 2024, for new and renewal CTE-26 provide applications for the FY2026-2030 program period. The CTE-26 provider application authorizes schools to offer career-technical education programs in grades 7-12. Public districts, community and STEM schools may access the application for Career-Field Pathway, Career-Based Intervention, Family and Consumer Science/GRADS, Industry Credential Senior-Only, and Innovative Pathway Program applications by logging in to the OH|ID Portal. The application window for the fiscal year 2026-2030 program period closes March 1, 2025, for all new and renewal career-technical education provider applications. Renewals are only for those approved applications that will expire at the end of the fiscal year 2021-2025 program period. All CTE-26 provider applications must renew on the year they expire. Please visit the CTE-26 process page for additional resources. For technical assistance while applying, schools and districts should contact their Ohio College Tech Prep Regional Centers and their Career-Technical Planning District lead. Tech Prep Regional Centers will provide the following CTE-26 Submission workshops:

Southeast Tech Prep Region

CTE-26 Submission Workshop

Date: January 22, 2025

Time: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Location: Hocking College

3301 Hocking Pkwy

Nelsonville, OH 45764

Registration: CTE-26 In Person Submission Workshop Registration Link

CTE-26 Submission Workshop

Date: January 30, 2025

Time: 9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Location: East Central Ohio Educational Service Center

7077 Glenn Highway

Cambridge, Ohio 43725

Registration: CTE-26 In Person Submission Workshop Registration Link

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News From The Department of ODEW

WorkKeys Assessments

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce is updating the “Workforce Readiness” score for the WorkKeys Assessments. Based on updates to the assessments and review of score alignments to job readiness, the Department will shift the required competency score to the Silver National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC). This level equates to a minimum score of “4” on each of the three assessments: Applied Math, Graphic Literacy, and Workplace Documents.

This score will be effective for the 2024-2025 school year for students utilizing WorkKeys as part of their pathway through high school graduation, and immediately for adult learners using WorkKeys to complete their Adult Diploma requirements. If a learner would like to use a previously obtained score on the assessments to apply to these new requirements, they may do so by reaching out to their relevant education partners.

For any questions about the score change and secondary graduation requirements reach out to the Graduate Success team at gradrequirements@education.ohio.gov. For any questions about the score change and Adult Options programs reach out to the Adult Options team at highschoolcontinuation@education.ohio.gov.

Is your district ready to expand career pathway opportunities for your students?

The Department invites local school districts to attend upcoming Career Pathway Development Workshops. The workshops will equip school and district administrators with the knowledge, strategies and tools needed to create effective, quality career pathways for students.

Who might be ready for these workshops? Schools and/or districts who have leaders and communities committed to developing or increasing workforce readiness programming for their students. Particularly ready schools and/or districts might already have some pathways or are implementing workforce readiness programs to a lesser extent already.

If you are interested in the Career Pathway Development Workshop, please reach out to Katie Good, katie.good@ecoesc.org.