DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O. BOX 2120
SUPTS. MEMO NO. 17
May 30, 2008
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 2007-2008 |
From January
2004 through May 2008 the Department of Education’s 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 2008–2009 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 Education’s credentialing Web site http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/CTE/certification/
2008_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 2007-2008 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 Education’s
credentialing Web site http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Instruction/CTE/certification/
2008_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, NOCTI occupational competency assessments, or licensures. Please e-mail the completed spreadsheet (both
teacher and student sections) by July 15, 2008 to Gordon Creasy at Gordon.Creasy@doe.virginia.gov.
The summary columns
from the spreadsheet (“School Report Card Data”) should be recorded on the
attached form by school name and signed by the division superintendent. Regional technical center student
credentials earned should be added to “home or feeder” school totals. These data will be used for the 2008 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 July 15, 2008 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
a. School Report Card Data for Industry Credentials Earned (Word)