COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O. BOX 2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 31
July 20, 2007
ADMINISTRATIVE
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Billy K.
Cannaday, Jr. Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
School
Report Card Data and Data Collection for Teacher/Student Industry
Certification Credentials Division Report, School Year 2006-2007 |
From January
2004 through June 2007 the Department of Educations Office of Career and
Technical Education (CTE) has been conducting industry certification training
and testing academies which have been funded through the federal Perkins
Act. These certifications help career
and technical education teachers become better qualified to teach current
market skills and allow teachers to provide students the opportunity to obtain
student-selected verified credits.
Students may earn
verified credits by achieving certain industry certification credentials while
passing related career and technical education programs or courses. Effective with the graduating class of 2004,
students were eligible to use industry certification credentials for verified
credits to meet certain graduation requirements.
Teacher
Certification
The
Department of Education must report the number of career and technical
education teachers who have obtained industry certification credentials through
personal, local, or state-supported training efforts as well as the number of
teachers who need training/testing to achieve a credential. This information is important in planning for
the 20072008 industry certification training academies in various regions of
the state. Updated information on CTE
teacher certification should be reported to the Virginia Department of
Education using the data collection spreadsheet that is available for download
on the Office of Career and Technical Educations credentialing website (http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/CTE/certification/2007_Data_Collection.xls).
Student
Certification
The Code of Virginia requires that local
school boards report annually on the number of student industry certifications,
state licensures, and National Occupational Competency Testing Institute
(NOCTI) assessments passed.
Students who
obtained industry certification credentials or passed NOCTI occupational
competency assessments during the school year 2006-2007 should be reported to
the Virginia Department of Education using the data collection spreadsheet that
is available for download on the Office of Career and Technical Educations
credentialing website (http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/CTE/certification/2007_Data_Collection.xls). All credentials listed on the data collection
spreadsheet are considered eligible for student-selected verified credit as
either industry certification pathway examinations, full certification
programs, or licensures. Please follow
the data input instructions (see Survey Key for Credential Clarification),
and then e-mail the completed spreadsheet by September 1, 2007 to Gordon
Creasy at Gordon.Creasy@doe.virginia.gov.
The summary
data columns from the spreadsheet (School Report Card Data) should be
recorded on the attached form by school name and signed by the division
superintendent. Area technical center student credentials earned should be
added to home or feeder school totals.
These data will be used for the 2007 School Report Card. The form should also be used for reporting total
expenditures for student examinations or occupational competency testing by
school division. These data will be used
to justify state reimbursement to school divisions. Please return the form by September 1, 2007
to Gordon Creasy, specialist for industry certification and licensure, Virginia
Department of Education, Office of Career and Technical Education,
Questions
should be addressed to Gordon.Creasy@doe.virginia.gov,
specialist for industry certification and licensure, at (804) 225-2057.
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Attachment
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/administrators/superintendents_memos/2007/adm031a.doc