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News and Updates

• CTE Educator Plan Time Anno​uncement - Summer 2022

  This summer, through the CTE Educator Plan Time series of events, educators from across Illinois will help plan next steps for state CTE standards. CTE educators will explore the data from the CTE Industry Feedback Tour and consider it in light of identified best practices nationally in CTE in order to make recommendations regarding our need for CTE standards and supporting professional development in Illinois. The outcome of this work will be to provide teachers, schools, and school districts with the tools necessary to ensure that there are high-quality and equitable CTE opportunities for all students across Illinois.

  Participation is open to all educators, teachers and administrators, who teach or support Career & Technical Education programs in Illinois. Educators may chose from the following sessions:

  • Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources - June 14 - 9 a.m.
  • Arts & Communications - June 14 - 1 p.m.
  • Finance & Business Services - June 22 - 9 a.m.
  • Health Sciences and Technology - June 22 - 1 p.m.
    
  • Human and Public Services - July 19 - 9 a.m. ​
    
  • Information Technology - July 19 - 1 p.m.
  • Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology & Trades - July 26 - 9 a.m.
  • General/All Career Pathways - July 26 - 1 p.m.
    
    

  Sessions will take place via Zoom and are expected to last two hours. Zoom links will be sent to those registered the day before each session.

  Register for one of the sessions.
  
  

• CTE & Innovati​on Office Hours

  • Wednesday, June 1 - 9 - 11am
  • Monday, June 6 - 1-3pm
  • Thursday, June 16 - 12-2pm
  • Friday, June 24 - 9-11am
  • Tuesday, June 28 - 1-3pm
  • Wednesday, July 6 - 10-12pm
  • Monday, July 11 - 8-10am
  • Friday, July 22 - 9-11am
  • Thursday, July 28 - 12-2pm
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• Nominate a Student, Teacher, Program or Business Partner to be Featured in the Upcoming CTE Newsletter

  The CTE & Innovation Department is in the process of creating a monthly newsletter. One section of this new document will be a Spotlight celebrating students, teachers, programs, and business partners across Illinois. The inaugural issue will come out for CTE Month in February. We hope that celebrations can be part of this newsletter from the start. Students, parents, teachers, and administrators across the state are being asked to nominate students, teachers, programs, and business partners they know. These examples of great things happening in CTE will provide inspiration that may well result in new ideas being introduced elsewhere in the state. Please use the links to the following forms to make a nomination.

  • Nominate a Student
  • Nominate a Teacher
  • Nominate a Program
  • Nominate a Business Partner​
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• IL CTE Data Portal​

  This data portal will allow schools, school districts and community members to view Perkins CTE performance indicator data by race, ethnicity, gender, and special populations. These data points are submitted to the U.S. Department of Education annually.

  • Perkins Measures FY21
    
    

• Jointly Administered CTE Program Form

  This form is to be used by a nonpublic school (a qualified school or a technical academy) located in Illinois to petition ISBE to be recognized as a jointly administered Career and Technical Education (CTE) program.

  A Jointly administered CTE program is a program or set of programs offered or proposed by a qualified school or technical academy that provides coursework and training in CTE pathways aligned to industry-recognized certifications and credentials.
  

  Submit the form to CTE@isbe.net.

  • Jointly Administered CTE Program Form
  • (35 ILCS 40/7.5) Invest in Kids Act
    
    

• Updated CTE Licensing and Endorsement Guidance

  The Illinois State Board of Education's CTE and Innovation Department has prepared a guidance document, presentation, and recorded webinar for the field on the CTE licensure process, all new CTE endorsements, and the relevant assignability.

  • ISBE CTE Licensing and Endorsements Guidance​​ (Updated 8/5/2021)
    
  • ISBE CTE Licensing and Endorsement Presentation Slides
    
  • ISBE CTE Licensing and Endorsement Recorded Webinar
    
    

  Please forward all questions related to this document to cte@isbe.net​.​​​
  

• ISBE AWARDS $1.5 MILLION IN E​DUCATION CAREER PATHWAYS GRANTS TO RECRUIT FUTURE EDUCATORS​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​