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Career Development and Preparation

     

The Career Development and Preparation Division in the Center for Teaching and learning provides leadership and technical assistance to local district, regional and state agency staff to support quality Career and Technical Education (CTE) including career development, occupational preparation, academic improvement and postsecondary in the five occupational areas: Agricultural Education; Business, Marketing and Management; Family and Consumer Sciences; Health Science Technology; and Industrial Occupations. Division activities include instructional program improvement, regional CTE Plan and grant approval, performance data analysis and improvement, and interagency cooperation to enhance effectiveness and efficiency of statewide CTE programs and activities. This page provides links to various resources which support CTE and the division responsibilities.

bullet Agricultural Education Incentive Funding Grant Guidelines New Item

bullet FY09 Supporting Guidelines For Career and Technical Education Improvement (CTEI) and Perkins IV GrantsNew Item
Included in this packet are due dates with support documents to assist in completion of FY09 Grants.

bullet eGrant Powerpoint Presentations

bullet 2007 Illinois Perkins Consolidated Annual Report PDF File New Item

bullet Perkins State Plan (6-Year Full Plan – FY 2007 – FY 2013) PDF File

Using the New Perkins Legislation to Advance High School Reform PDF File

Programs

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CTE Instructional Program Areas
This link connects with information and resources which support the following CTE instructional program areas: Agricultural Education; Business, Marketing and Management; Family and Consumer Sciences; Health Occupations; and Technology and Engineering Education (Industrial).

CTE Curriculum Revitalization Initiative
The mission of this web site resource is to enhance the instructional program improvement of career and technical education (CTE) programs throughout Illinois by aligning lessons with the Illinois Learning Standards, content-specific National Standards, Workplace Skills, and Occupational Skills Standards.

Workforce Experience and Career Exploration Program (WECEP)
The Work Experience and Career Exploration Program (WECEP) is a one or two year school-to-work transition program designed for students ages 14 and 15 who are at-risk of dropping out of school. The goal of the program is to provide intensive intervention strategies to encourage at-risk students to improve their academic class, develop a career plan that guides their transition from school-to-work, demonstrate a positive work ethic, and remain in school after the age of 16 by providing a work-related class and on-the-job experiences.

Secondary CTE Plan Guidelines and Grant Applications
This link connects with copies of Regional CTE Plan Guidelines and the associated state and federal CTE grant applications along with supporting resources.

Perkins III Resources

Instructor Practicum Insurance (IPI) word document
Participant reporting requirements.

High Schools That Work
The Southern Regional Education Board's High Schools That Work is the nation's largest and fastest-growing effort to combine challenging academic courses and modern vocational studies to raise the achievement of high school students. The initiative was established in 1987 by the SREB-State Vocational Education Consortium, a partnership of SREB, states, school systems and school sites.

Fiscal Management

Career Development Resources

Contact Us

Mark Williams, Division Administrator

For more information, please call 217/782-4620 or fax 217/782-0710 or e-mail krothenb@isbe.net for questions regarding this page.

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Resources

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 Area Career Centers in Illinois PDF file

 Child Labor Laws

 Graduation Requirements and Career & Technical Education Resolution PDF file

 Occupational Skill Standards

bullet item High School Challenge

 Illinois Articulation

 Illinois Career Information Resources

 Illinois Learning Standards

The National Standards for School Counseling Programs PDF file

Legislative Information System

Illinois Virtual High School

Illinois Career and Technical Education Leadership Institute

Illinois Forward

Workplace Skills PDF file and sample questions 1 PDF file, 2 PDF file and 3 PDF file

Curriculum Publications Clearinghouse

Tech Prep

CTE Assessments

EFE Directory PDF file

IOES

ISIS

V-Tecs

Connections Project

Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support

Career Clusters

National Research Center

Clearinghouse on Adult Career and Vocational Education

College Zone

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Agency General Information
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