KSDE CTE Technical Assistance and CTE Updates

The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) will be providing Career and Technical Education (CTE) Technical Assistance opportunities this fall at educational service centers around the state.

Topics being covered include:

• CTE Timeline
• CTE Cluster and Pathway Updates
• Career Cluster and Pathway Program of Study Applications (CPPSAs)
• KSDE Information and Resources
• Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) Information and Resources
• Industry Recognized Credentials
• Work-based Learning
• Students’ Right to Know Act Information and Resources

KSDE will also be providing an Electronic and Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Training Systems Demonstration.

• Demonstration and brief overview of training systems that could be utilized to implement hands-on electronic and PLC programs and courses that include transferable skills in multiple CTE Pathways
• Discussion of courses in Kansas Career Clusters and Pathways that have transferable skills or competencies that connect to emerging high skill, high wage and in-demand occupations in the following Clusters: Agriculture, Architecture and Construction, Engineering, Information Technology, and Manufacturing